Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-09


crease the safe guard for this great indu.
Try. ard would encouIase it until th
United S,ases possessed within itself th
capacity to supply its own people With TIL
prime article of necessity. Applause,
He favored placing sugar on the free Ii.
and grating . bounty, arguing that
would save the tax payer s64o, Goa
while the bounty only amounts to 81 600,
| 0OO.
Free trade. he said. meant unres'ricte
competition; unrestricted competi,io
meant cheap goods; cheap goods mean
cneap labor; competition in cheap 4Aho
meant cheap flesh and blood; competitio
in cheap nsh and blood Was slavery
Cheap clothing and food were of no vslu
| ii human labor was cheaper still. GAP
! plsuse). Free trade meant cheapness /
the rich and idle, and longer hours, hsrde
work to the lAborer. Ia tins race for cheap
ness the republican party did not pfopos,
to enter. Whatever might be the cause o
| the present agricultural depression, no on,
would be bold enough to assert il due Il
the policy vhich had create q home mar
ket csoacious enough TO consume (sxclu
sive Of cotton and tooacco) 95 per cent O
the products Of the farm.
McMiliin of Tennessee, said in Michigan
there was AZ Coz mortgsged farms; an,
+3 900 not mortgsged. Was that condi
ton or theory that confronted the gentle
man at home? Applause. The average
constituents was 3 10 per cent. Wha
remedy did this bill propose for these over
taxed people. In Ohio the number Of
mortgages was POI 600 the mortgage in
deb,edness $3.50 100 90 What had tn,
chairman OF the ways aud means done {,
relieve one particle of this excessive in
debtednese. Although hslf of the people
of the United States ho lived during tb,
war were dead although the nstor 81 deb
then over tSo biilios dollars-hss beer
reduced below one billion. the ,arif tax.
tion imposed TO meet The charges Of the v 4,
was rot abated one jot.
Mem llan read table to show the labor
cost and proposed duty on staple articles
manufsctured. 10 meet the statement tina
II crease 10 necessary to prott C, labor
Wool has made last year amounted to s.,
0O0. 900, the labor cost Was % per cent and
the present tuty Was 6S per cent and the
committee proposes TO make it i | per cent
Protection with i-cidenial revenue Why
it was protection ~4th accidental revenue
because il would be an sccid Mt if any
goods came liz at all Mcmillan opposed
the .iik bounty, and denounced the action
of the majority in increasing the duty or
tlnpiare. lpseai Of yielding 81 600 900 io
the treasury tin plate will be made TO yield
SIS 900 100 Gtntlemen on tn o'her side
spoke OF the victory achi, ve1 by republi
cans IN 1888. This WAS q victory when
100, 900 popular maj )rity was for the d. M
ocratc Candidate.
Milliken Of Maine" Does the gentle
man not believe that more than 100 ,00C
republican votes were suppressed in the
South?" Applause on republican side
McMillin-''No, sir. that is absolute y
false. (Applsuse on democratic side
am tired of this business Of a lot of people
standing back and thsnking God they are
not wicked like others. when their Own
record is as rotten as cancer sore. (AI
plause on democratic side What is your
record2 You stole one presidency and
bough. another, and now you talk abou'
suppressing votes 1t 10 fact known BY
all men that far vas fried out Of manufac
tnrers all over the country for campa gu
purposes in 1888. Ask your Postmaster
General how much money he contributed. .
Milliken-The candidate on our side did
not nut up $40 900.
McMilliD-It II is a known fact that during
the asst campaig gn money was used withou,
stint; votes were bought in ''blocks of ave. :
and some people who put up Doodle to bu,
"block," were rewarded with fat offices
and now it is proposed to pay Others in an
ind, No 4 L..
method resorted to by the majority to re
ieve the farmer and spoke agains
bounties.
Bayne Of Pennsylvania thought the las,
election decided the people in favor Of
tariff
The probable effect of iha fruit provision
would BE- to stop lmpOrtsti0ns and deprive
the people of cheap oranges, throw out oi
occupation many thousands of poor who
derive a subsistence during a portion Of the
year from traffic in this fruit, disa.trously
affect large amout t of capi al invested ir
foreign fruit trade, destroy the business OF
box making in Maine and other states
where boxes for these imports are now
made. The rebate allowed BY the bi or
boxes manufactured in the United States
was q mere baga'elle. This is done
me re ly that the orange growers of Calfornia
and Florida might have exclusive contro
of the home market, the demands of which
for large portion Of the year they are un
able to supply. The people were to b.
deprived of cheap oranges in order that il
ten years from TOW Florida may have tn,
privilege of beginnir & to supply them, ir
the meantime charging those able to buy
al ha &c n.
growers or the condition of the market may
compel the m to pay,
He admitted there had been depression
in agricultural dis'ricts but thonght ths
next census would show a vast increase ir
the value of the farms OF the country. HI
argued in favor of the tinplate duty ant
said large majority of the tinware manu-
facturers declared themselves for it. Thi,
vas the best tsrf bill ever produced M
. lsborer or sewing girl or farmer or mil
hand left imp olecfsd by it
Flower of New York said the pending
bill disre garded ali combinations of equal
ity of citizens and industries under the Law
and proposed to i,creAse the prese Mt dutie
ard levy new ones in the interest of partial
ity and rjust discrimination. The man
ner in when this bill dealt with frui, WAS
fair illusra,on Of ts unfaivness, Injustice
insincerity in its dealings with large com
modirie- in varion. schedules
L. conclusion Flower said: The mos
OF 'ctonxble measure, in my estimation
ever offered as sJlg,ion of the tar A Quss
ton. is this bill relieving few bur lens, ere
arg new ONES aud adding to those tha
already exist"
At the conclusion of Flo orer's speecl
which was greeted with 1psu.o. the ca n
mittee rose and the House at 80 took
recess uutil 8.
Evening Session.
At the evening session debate on til
tariff hull was resumed.
Simonds of Connecticut favored an in
creased rate of duty on Sumatra tobacco.
Cooper of Indiana made an argument i
opposition to the protective system of tar
alton.
| Pierce Of Tennessee opposed the gener
al features of the bill especially critic sn
the sugar schedule - oeing in the intere.
/ Of the sugar trust
| Eoloe of Tennessee condemned trust
I and combines which controlled the countr
and traced their creation to q great exieu
( to the protective tariff.
Stockbridze of Maryland spoke in favo
of the bill and a protective .ys:em.
Brooksnire of Indiana contended that th
paraiy sis which today affected the agricu
tural indus;y would be enhanced by tn
passage of the pending bill.
! Shively CT Indiana argued that it vas
protective system for the benefit Of . fe
and to the de,rimsnt Of many.
The House At 10 IS adjourned.
Great Speed OF the Cushing.
The torpedo boat Gushing arrived at Il
Washington navy yard Sunday af'ernoo
at 6 80 o'clock, having made the run fro