New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-24
THE FREE-TRADE MESSAGE.
CRITICISED IN THE SENATE BY MIR. FRYE.
ENGLANDs CAUSE CHAMPIONRD BY Mr. CLEVELAND
A POLICY DICTATED BY THE SOUTH
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WASHINGTON. JAN 23.-Mr FRYE. OF Maine
delivered nthe Senate TODAY one of the best tariff
speeches which that body has heard in years II
was welldelivcred and was listened to bv a crowded
Chamber and still more crowded galleries. Wher
Mr. Frye laid down his manuscript
the galleries broke out in loud applause,
which the presiding officer did not seem
to care TO check. As argument the
spcech's great value lies in the fact that the
speaker narrated his own experiences while travel
ling abroad last summer. Mr.. Frye's trip was
not entirely given to pleasure, but the contrary
seems to have given him an opportunity for col
Letting valuable data compiling highly interesting
hgures and seeing with his own eyes the condition
or the working people in Europe. One after the
other he took up the different countries he visited
England, Ireland Scotland Germany, Belgium
Italy, etc In each he had nyestg gated the subject
or labor and wages for himself depending in not
d single instance upon the reports Of C0nSuls,
or upon the statements Of employers, but going
himself among the worl<lngmen and women, and
hnding out from the most direct source what he
hid before the Senate today. Mr.. FRYE declared
himself in favor OF repeating the tobacco tax
the repeal OF the tax unon all spirits used in the
mechanical arts and manufactures and in favor
Of the repeal Of the duty upon articles the i'm
Successful production of like articles at home.
The reduction OF the tariff recommended By the
lrtSlicnb WOulu leaQ In MS OPINION 10 the lncN-
liable increase Of the revenue. American in
dustries would be crippled and American labor
sacrhced without COMPENSATION and the home
market surrendered without pay.
JOY IN ENGLAND OVER THr MESSAGE.
The Presidents message, said the speaker, had
been received with unboundcd Joy in Great Brit
ain. And why not? England had been seeking
the American market for years with persist
ency which never tagged, a courage which never
failed, faith never hopeless, although for
quarter of a century she had seen her aggreSsions
met by strong dcfenccs. But now the President
Of the United States declared that these defences
were to be razcd The British press had at once
proceeded to scf-cOngratulations and to strip of
mercilcssly the Presidents disguise. Mr. Frye
quoted extracts from articles in British perlodi-
Gals. These congratulations, he said would have
heard. lie quoted from The Pail Mall Gazette
to that effect
Mr. Frye declared that the counsel, the advice,
the friendship of Great Britain 10 any nation IN
commercial matters had invariably and new,
tably resulted in injury to the nation which had
accepted it. Ireland was an instance OF that
He quoted from a speech made by Thomas francls
Meaghcr in Dublin in 1s47 And yet said ne,
Great Britain hoped, and the Democratic party
expected the Irish votes next a for Mr M I,cve peN
dencv One of the leading frce-trade speakers
in England had declared ye"rs ago that the great
est triumph of Great Britain would he the sun
mration of the markets of the United States In
the promise of the Presidents message they cnhli
see that suhiugation nigh at hand Great Brii-
while other countries had their markets nartl9lly
closed to her. She found now within her nordcS
the iierccSt kind OF competition ana net for
instance had been absolutely destroyed. rn,,
teen years AGO there were 900 persons cml9yen
in the silk industry in London, ana To-Day 'hcio
only 5000.
THE PARTY WOULD ENDORSE ITS PEEst7rNr.
Would the Democratic party of the unlteh
States, he asked indorse its new chef| lie was
strongly inclined to think that it would. lie
knew that members of that party had pe'h
masouerading for years as reformers iavorlhg
tariff for revenue only, with incidental pro
lection" or a "tarf for revenue eNclusNeH.
and that, in manufacturing districts OF NSw-
Jersey and elsewhere they masqucraded a. ma,
hammered pr0tcctonists: In the SCUM ths} nnu
had more bodncsS and less diversity OF INDUSTRY
but even there within the last year or two bhnd'd
probably bv the smoke of newly bullt furnaces
or disturbed by the hum OF looms therc was 10
be found here and there friend oil protection
The controlling element Of the Democratic party
had been ALWAYS in the South, and the Southch
wing Of the Democratic party controned II 10
dav rs powerfully and completely 9s IL dld before
the Rebellion. when il compelled the party mo
the championship of slavery. There was nor ile
slightest doubt as 70 the atttuar OF tnt ui
bellion il declared in the Confederate CONSTITUTION
that no bounty should ever be granted from the
Treasury, nor any law be enacted 10 ioN'er or ~
courage any branch of industry whatever ihat
had been the solemn declaration of Southern Demo
Gratis: and they believed now as they had be-
licycd then.
RvPVBIrCANs Will ACCEPT THE TssVE
The Republicans took up the Presidents gann'et
of free trade with great pleasure and joined Issue
with the Democrats. The Republicans declared
that instead Of the tariff being vicious, illogical
and ncquitabc, it increased maryclou,y the
prosperity of this country. and that, instead OF
duty being a tax paid by the consumer, no instance
could be found IN which the duty had not de
creased to the consumer the cost OF the article
consumed The Republicans further declared Iila'
the future prosperity OF TINS country nor tMv"'5
five wears at any RATE depended absolutely on
the benign influences of IA protective 'dilh, ite
admitted that this country possessed h''iy M aa
vantagcs over competing nations Dul ne ue
cIared that with all these advantages, IL coubd
not compete in manufactures with the EuIof"'n
nations because il was handicapped IN ths matterr
of wages On this point, and on the addtonSl
noiut that the price Of all anuiactufed dttlcEs
had diminished under the protective system, Mr'
Frye supported his argument with numerous IL
lustrltiOnS many ol them Drawn lIou hls wv"
observations in Europe.
As TO the surplus. ii was Democratic incapacl'y,
he said which caused il; and now the country
has to look out to see that the same Democratic ln-
capacity, in administering medicine ala not give
poison. and kill the patient lie was as much
gains the surplus aS the President was. but he wa
not frightened at IT, lie would rather have surplus
than a deficit II there was any honest purpose
to get rid of the surplus it could be done without
the slightest difficulty. In the first place. some
of il ought to be expended wisely IN coast drtences,
in increasing the navy, in building up the mrrchane
marine and in educating the people ~ proio>'d
in the bill of the Senator from New-lianp,hre
(Alr Blair. v,
indicated a way to prevent q surplus ana ,ne
which would do il beyond all manner Of question.
That was "A repeal Of all the Internal Revenue laws.
Rnt his Democratic friends and their allies the
disillcrs and brewers and saloon keepers, had re-
Gently developed wonderful regard for tempenncs
and had become great temperance champions, pro
testing against whisl<ey being made cheaper. But
he told them that the temperance sentiment OF the
country was rapidly crystallizing into the opinion
that the sooner the tax on whiskey was repealed,
thc better and quicker the principles of temperance
would be subserved. lie could see. however. ono
or two objections TO its repeal and one of them
was that so much revenue could not be spared
As TO the duty on sugar he declared himself in
favor of taking II Off hut he would not kill the
sucar industry OF this country feeble il wasl
lie would give bounty equivalent to the present
1utv on srOar But II the urDoSp of the Demo