The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-06

that were necessary for the support OF
the Government IN such way as to
equalize conditions existing between
the manufacturers of this country and |
those abroad. If he were in doubt he |
would resolve that doubt in favor OF !
American manufacturers. But ii he |
knew what the exact condition were he
would put home and foreign manufac-
turers on the same footing precisely.
He would be recreant to duty II he
did not give his support to such a pro-
position as the chinaware schedule.
He knew that the pottery nianufactur-
ers Of Ohio were rich, far richer than
the people he represented, but IL they
could take half of the American mar
ket, why, he asked, could they not take
the whole? 1t was evident that they
did not care to, but only that part
which left them the greatest profit.
They had more or less openly entered
into an arrangement with importers,
the importers taking one part OF the
market and the manufacturers the
other. He knew that when the con-
tractor for the State House at Topeka,
Kansas, wanted structural beams
American manufacturers refused to
supply them at a fair rate, and the con-
tractor was compelled to import them,
although they were paying duty OF
lO3 per cent, and the same was true IN
regard to the Texas State House.
The Senate, he continued, owed some
duty to the American people as well as
to manufacturers. There was a point
where political Sympathies ended and
where business interests began. The
Democratic party had its full share OF
responsibility for the iniqultles OF the
| present tariff and OF that which was
proposed. The Democrats in the House
had opportunities Of correcting. the
errors and wickedness of the Mckinley
bill, but they had sought to e7ade the
responsibility OF their votes, when, by
Joining with the Republicans who were
opposed to that bill, they might have
eliminated many of its errors.
He could see that the game OF bat
tledore and shuttlecock between free
trade and protection was constantly
going on for political advantage on one
side and for personal advantage on the
other, and between the two extremes
the great body of the people were being
crushed and ground. lie would apply
the rule that whoever demanded a tax
for his own benefit should be ready to
show conclusively that his interest was
also public interest. The onus was
upon him. Demonstration should be
made that every single penny Of tax
proposed was absolutely necessary. lie
would cast no vote that did not
represent an informed Judgment in that
direction.
But there has been no attempt to
Justify the proposed increase of duty,
which increase, he had been informed
was in some cases 300 per cent in the
Mckinley bill. Even if such an IN
crease were on some little items what q
fact it disclosed. How such a fact
opened up the whole question and
showed how much knowledge Senators
need on the subject. 1t showed that
every item should be gone over care
fully for the purpose of ascertalning
what the precise rate of duty ought tc
be. No attempt of that kind had been
made.
The bill went over without a vote or
any of the pending amendments ano
apparently without the discussion be-
ing brought to a close.