The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-05

eannos pass BY 10 silence the absurd areu.
saiion that the h&lSe hsll rafaas ~fFee
trade, the ''rslta of industry. and tisc
degradation 81 American iafssrH These
charges are aS iaiSe IS they are misleading
Il would seem that no man rrePase 70 cat
stf excessive saxa.iea without sehscc;iae
himself 70 the chanrc cf free
uadc True, government revenues might
be reduced by making duties SO high IS Ia
Y.revenf imvorfaticnS altogcthcr. hut that
j. the other end of the system which in
c-eases the faxes pAsd 20 private persons.
N the fgSt method ef reduction Aeads 20
frsc trade the other leads g. free plumber.
which Is worSe- II j. safe ~ say that there
j. not senator In this body, or man Ia
any way prominent IN councils of the Re-
publican paTty. who a. one time or an
other has ne; admitted the neccs
sify of reducing taxes in order 20
stop the surplus They are therefore trcc
traders. and desire the ruin Of industry,
and the decentralization ot labor. The nal
nori.y respectfully submit that the enc
nsies at American iatssr arr thcy who san
pisni & with the labor ~ annaiurallRed
fuTsignees whenever they can oe soi
cheap
BENEFITS cF FsES Wool
The minority caaclusis their repsrt We
are firmly Convineed iha, beside the al
vantage 20 the whole ecuntTy which would /
result frasn placing wool unan the free list 4
reap his share OF benefit With the caa- /
sumption of coo isoa, ,o0o pounds of raw Wool
ia iSS7. and a population % 6aOgo.eo0 the I
average Der capita ef ption Is easily
rcekoned a. le pounds. cs 20 pounds 20
the average fariiiy of fgc persons, ard the
Northern farmer. constantly exposed 90
the rigoTs 81 oar winters. consumes sanae- /
thing faore than the average z requires
from thrte to fsur POUNDS 81 mskc pound
e{ cloth. - that from l. 81 Is pounds Of /
u. .f..a l -
seen ~ b. a low average. This l. now 4
taxed from Sa 70 nearly % per cent Tho .
manufacturers arc not heHeated, hceaase I
their finished paoiuct Is made nOt from
unisxed wool, bat cheaper wool, Il lhe 4
tax be taken oil woods, We viii import I
more woods of course. aud In ne other way 4
can our great factories prosper. because Z
their capacity Is beyond puF oWu
wool production. and When the fac
tories are turning out ulurc preduCt {
the employees have steaaier work and = E. 4
Ter wages aud indirectly. Of cs5urse, thc 4
house hili the manufactures. with free 4
woods, saCGre even higher competitive al. I
vantage over foreign manufacturers than 4
under the present iaW. Manufacturers Will (
export woelen goods as we now export
cotton sud leather. and the demand for
VIII encourage lncrcaSed production, while 4
the AVERAGE woal grover viii reap from
cheapencd clothing more benefits than he 4
ever did from the tax OF his product, which !
he must himself pay.
The minority, therefore, dissenting icom 4
the report ol the majority, commend tothe 4
senate and country the hjll Of the house of i
rcpre>cu fHfiycs as measure for the re-
duction Of taxes based alike upon Justice .
aud good policy. lSHAM C. HARRIS. !
n. W. VOORHEES,.
e. ". VANCE
/ concur in the above report. endorsing (
The house bin In rcspectfo articles placed .
on the free list. bat desire some mOdltea.
ton in tae dusiablc list.
J. K. MCPHERSON
Senator Beck. In the supplement- OF the 4
report. eui0giAes much Of the bin. ans SAYS /
that the senate substitute, in every feature +
of Il, Increases the cust OF goods 90 the 4
home consumer land closes the markets f,
OF the world against imports and exports \
as well, except such as are really aEri- 7
cultural and have 10 BE- sold abroad Tor l
any price they bring in free markets with 4