Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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ley In the speech before the House in
which he opened the tariff debate was
/ first the great and beneficient scheme
of extending and liberalizing the draw
back sections of the law. The bill pro-
vides that the drawbacks paid by the
government to the manufacturers OF
exported goods be ninety nine per cent
of the duties that exporters are obliged
to pay foreign Custom houses Under
the presnt law 90 per centls paid. The
result of this law is that the manufac-
turers we are taxed to support, sell
their goods to foreigners at price
less the duty, that he charges American
citizens. No sophistry can misconstrue
this measure into anything but direct
bounty paid manufactures for selling
goods in foreign markets. -
Secondly: That the time had come
when the American agriculturist must
sell his products in the, markets of the
world In competition with the low
priced labor Of foreign countries. The
only remedy or advice he offered the
farmers was to take great care of and
preserve the home market, for they
would certainly be driven from the for
eign ones. AssE .-
He was followed by Mr.. Mills who
said that this was the first tariff bill
that had ever come before the people
with its mask torn off. like the high
wayman demanding their purses. To
check importation was to check expor-
tation. Noma could show how we
could buy il we could not sell. When we
refused the product of nations that ref
fusal was an interdiction against our ex-
ports. Protection boilt down meant
more work and less result. What did
the bill do for agriculture? 1t put su-
gar onthe free list. Why wasn't sugar
dealt with as was wooden, cotton and
iron goods? Why not put prohibi-
tive tariff on coffee and develop the cof-
fee industry? or on tea and develop the
sassafras industry? Why did the COM
mittee not put prohibitory. duty on
raw silk instead of lodging It and CIV
ing bounty? On farmers products the
tariff was laid to deceive. The bill in
creased the tariff on wheat so per cent.
10000, 900 bu. q year were exported and
last year there were imported 1946 bu.
The tariff was raised on corn and rye.
Last year 1888 bu. of corn and 16 bu. of
rye were imported. The republicans
had to do more than this to deceive the
farmers. They needed markets for
their products. They were told that
home market was best. But they
knew that both home and foreign mar
kets were best.
Senator John F. Wilson, of Iowa,
who is regarded as one of the best law
yers in the Senate has prepared for
publication a long article concerning
the recent "liquor package decision" Of
the Supreme Court, and the effect of
that decision on the liquor traffic in
prohibition states. He says that the
police powers of state permit it to
prohibit or regu late the sale, within its
borders of intoxicating liquors. That
if the prohibition of the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors in original packages was
q violation of interstate commerce law
the license system would also fail.
The saloons of New York City would
have liquors sent from Jersey City in
packages, containg from drink to a
gallon, and avoid paying any license.
He does not approve common sugges-
ton that Congress give the states per-
mission to make laws prohibiting and
regulating the liquor traffic, as he
thinks that right shouldn't be question
ed, but suggests that bill entitled "a
bill to protect the states in the exercise
of their police pOwers", already on the
calendar of the Senate, will grant the
permission suggested by the Supreme
Court to the states for the effective en-
forcement of their liquor laws.
A special law recently enacted pro-
hibits the arrest of any deserter from
the army within two years after the
time of his enlistment would have ex-
pired. Senator Plumb has been en-
deavoring to have amnesty extended to
all deserters through Presidential
proclamation. He failed in this but
through his efforts an Amendment has
been to the army appropriation bill
the use of any portion of
the annual allowance for the capture
of any man who deserted prior to jan
uary L, 1885. - ,'
Senator German has introduced an
to the interstate commerce
law providing that it shall be unlawful
for any railroad company operating a
line extending into an adjoining count
ry, to transport either passengers or
freight between the two countries with
out license granted by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The Commits
sion to have jurisdiction to investigate
of the interstate commerce
law by such Company as ifit operated
wholly within the United States, and
to have power to suspend the company's
license.
Mr.. Hill has introduced bill in the
House granting a pension of $50 per
month to the mother of Chas. s. Par
nell. He explained that the pension
was asked, not for the reason that she
was mother of Mr.. Parnell, but as the
daughter of Admiral Stewart.
The bill classifying worsted goods as
woolen cloths has passed both Houses
of Congress.