The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-14
BEGINNING 70 BOLT.
Ben Butterworth Strongly At
tacks the Tariff Bill
ONLY 4 FEW SECTIONS READ.
The Lesd Ore Lobby See Defeat STAR
ing Them In the Fsce.
ONLY 4 FEW SECTIONS READ.



tariff bill McMiliin OF Tennessee moved
TO reduce the duty on ammonia as there
vas no reason why m article Of necessity
to farmers should be 90 hsaviiy taxed.
Mckinley of OAio opposed the amend
menf. and said the tasiG had encouraged
competition in this country. 20 that the
price Of ammonia had Leen reduced from
20 TO ~ cents per pound
Butterworsh Of Ohio suggested that,
while be knew nothing Of the case under
consideration, the price Of the article was
not reduced on account OF competition
alone. II WAS reduced on account OF inn
proved methods Of manufacture. He never
doubted that the protective system Was
wise, humane and benencent, and scat
tered blessings on the land from shore to
shore. II there was any danger 10 tho pro-
tective system, IL was IN the oscillation be-
tween the extreme Of fyee trade and the
extreme which created inequalities among
Americans themselves. He insisted that
We should not create inequality here: that
the protective system dealt with condl-
tions, not national boundary lines. except
when the presence Of those national
boundary lines indicated the presence OF
rh;ch Il vss necsssarv "a internose the
harr,er of : protective tsrif. Ccmpetit,on
r.v.r c,eeted |. new irdu.tvv They vere
created ~ the vo,k n ths hrain bv inven-
tor. The committee had tried Ia do the
hest Il could in framine the bilI. but Il was
not aIvav, safe "a relv altovather
nnon ths se.timonv 81 the beneficiaries
rra., III. Isv rArrl.u.e On the Demo-
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d...rv.3 ,,ctecsior
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held the World in their rrasp. When he
"a 4. Ala MT f.vo, thsf Mind 81
r,o,act,or h. vas toId .sYou ara
not sound ON the tariff" The rime had
com. ~h.r sor,. l;,fie concern shon,d IS
shovn ~ American homes and American
6res;des -. Aid mot helieve Il vi.e or
.,-,,.,.rs ~ m.ta s,,ch ..-eer,,r. ,.auc-
s;c,, =, .r..r tn. $1,000 ae.i,s - ~.
hssrs -. n r.s. : hiH yrAect;ny II the
hi.hs.t d.pree the nrotrctive svstem
Whst h. vsnted 70 avoid "a. navine too
mach for an indnstrv and srch vas The
60 -;sh t,r p,.ts Ihe dntv vonld
s.,o.,r. ), eco IN 0n hsfo,. ~. mann
s.c,rr.,. - tin Mat. ccuId dec,srs . divi-
a.ra y. ~i.h.a th.t h;s pavtv .ho,,a
srs 49,. . t.,s. s,.r II. did not .rr.ct
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~. uou.. hsyeafs.r Ue vas ouit. A.
,ssav - ~ ro ont es hi. Democratic friends
-. =, 81 ria ~ him when thev cerrv.
.snsered him He Vas Already ont h..
s,-. ,hsv ,r,k that action.
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