Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-29
TARIFF.
THE HOUSE DEBATE CONTINUES.
Most Of the Msmbsrs OF to Phil.
adslphia.
A C0LL0QUIAL DISCUSSION.
Two Michigan Members Entertain Thsir
Colleague.

{ sentatives went to Philadelphia to-day
witness the launch of the Yorktown, an
there were but thirty-fv members presen
when the House met this morning; and i'm
, mediately went into Committee of tn
, Whole on the tariff.
Mr.. Kerr, Of Iowa, approved the redut
tion of the revenue by the abolition off,
internal revenue tax: The tiwss,ss n in the the
Government for 81 alcoholic liquors.
bencefort hey, Of Michigan, said that he
pncins gentlemen on this side OF the
House were not free traders, they were lair
traders. =,
They were not seeking to pull down the
custom houses of the country. They pro-
posed TO continue custom house taxation,
bat they would revise existing laws so as
to bring taxes down to the base line oil
ecessary revenue, and in 80 revising the
laws to place the duty highest on the lux
uries of life and lowest on hfe's necesss-
ries They wanted simply to equallzs the
burden of tax alton. Their policy was not
obstruction bat reduction. He proceeded
to argue that the present tariff was ep-
pressive upon the farmers. He was con-
stantly interrupted by his colleague
(Mr. McDonrelD with statements as to
the great prosperity Of agricultural
aud manufacturing Michigan under pro.
tectiye tariff and the colloquys between the
two gentlemen upon the subject OF the
condition OF Michigan afforded much
amusement TO the ether members present.
The discussion then took colloquial turn
and the subject of free trade, protection,
the wsgss OF laboring men, the fisheries,
ship building, etc, were touched upon
aud at times the questions and answers
c. used great merriment among the few
members present
Mr.. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, said that
Yesterday morning he had received a letter
iron, a young lady about to graduate, in
which she said she had been designated to
speak at her commencement exercises on
protection to American industries. 80
that this question even extended into the
household of American families
Mr.. Richardson, Of Tennessee-Did the
young lady ask you for protection?
NJ. Milliken-lf the young lady had
asked YOU for protection would you have
been q free trader then?
Mr.. O'Neill then declared with emphasis
that he was protectionist OF protection
lets; that he was q protectionist all over,
declaration which was received with laugh
ter and applause.
Mr.. Ford, of Michigan, characterizet
philadelphia as an oyergrown countr!
village, and contrasted its slowness will
} the bustling activity of New York. Thi
condition Of affairs, he said, arose becaus
the citizsDs of Philadelphia had not de
pended, as the citizens Of New York had
{ on their own enterprise and frugality, bu
, had been ted on tn1 public paps. MI
O'Neill suggested that the gentleman mus
have been in condition when he visite
Philadelphia, or must have had his eye
closed. The manufactures Of Pbiladelphi
2 amounted 10 many more millions tina
3 those of New York.
D Mr.. Russell, of Massachusetts,, referrin
} TO the condition of the protected State
PENNSYLVANIA, stated that affairs in tn
coal regions of that State were shame an
a scandal 10 human civilization.
+ Mr. Breckenridge said that the concret
repre- tentative of the protective system WI
, a guard of PinkertOn detectives ut Il
Edgar Thomson steel works for the purp0.
Is of engaging Hungarian immigrants to wor
n while American workmen were kept OF
t at the point of the gun. That was col
o crete picture Of the state OF wages in ALI
n gbeny.
Mr.. Bsyne declared that that was mi
!, take. Detectives were there, but the mt
. they sought to protect were not Hungal
ans. Those Hupgarians that were the
:, were not skilled mechanics and could n
\ do the work required.
Mr.. Reed thought that ii ought TO
pointed out that such methods Of argull
this question of free trade or protectit
were somewhat petty in their natur
,e The question was what system secure
q the greater wealth to the country and u
bigner wages to the workingmen. One
~ those workiDgmen had appeared befo
Of the WAYS and Means Committee, Wa
Of and Means Committee better constitute
IT than the one in this House, because 1t hi
a heard the workipgmen, and he had he
asked, do you get the bensfit
= the tariff? Do not your employt
" try to get the benefit from ii?' He b
T. replied with perfect franknefs, That Ii
n ouarrel between ourselves" Just give
De a market and we will try to get our wor
10 He Reed believed that they would.
MIR. Breckenridge said that Alleghel
county had been depicted as the scene
protective development, and he had sho'
ne the result Of tha. development. A m
70 did not have to eat whole leg of mutt
to know that it was spoiled.
70 denied that it was an incident th
10 he had depicted and asserted that 1t "
" the necessary ecnssquercs OF an unn,
u ural system of taxation, under which
e organized body of armed detectives "
OF used in guarding eonvic. labor, TO und'
sell American labor. "A to what the g
tleuan said about the Ways aud Mea
% Committee, either in the present or Ii
Congress. he treated il with the coutern
'e II deserved.
rs Mr.. Red replied that when there v
d. fear of discussion OF the actoal si.uati
q it was always the custom Of those MT 81
an ficisntly skilled in the use Of parlismeI
ary language in which 70 express tn
feelings, TO use language that was not p
Nsmenisry.
n Mr.. Breckenridge-1f my language
on unparliamentary retracs it. That IL
IN true and deserved, there is no doubt
@. Mr.. Bsyne denied that detectives ".
Ii, employed TO protect Hungarians, and a
the conclusion that the strike at the Tho
son works demonstrated the failure OF
protective system. Strikes were comm
in every country in Europe. 1t took 10
Il, of brains and courage to stand up for tn
=. rights. -,
lse Mr., McMiIlen inquired why, then, tn
,is men OF brains were dominated BY the
lice.
20 Mr.. Bayne replied that they were
dominated. The police were there to h
70 them from interfering with each Other.
w. The committee then arose and
ch House adjourned.
NATURHs HIGHWAY.