Telegram-herald., 1890-05-11
NKKLEYS BILL.
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o. lle House o. Cou mons hr Jesse Col
Angs, Liberal nisnist, asked whether
the Government woult take any steps
o. encourage British m2nufactarers
o. send EXHIBITS - tie worlds t4ir AZ
ChlaEo is ,ae Mckinley tarlf 3ll no@
beiore the Ar srican Congress. should
becone iA~, II yisN q ths tact tLst
the olll practically prohibits the lmp0r-
tatiOn q British goods iato yhs CAlled
safes
r. H0a Sir James Fergusson. Par
liamentary Secretary % the Foreign
Once. said thst she question o. Official
participation in the proposed fair
could only % determined after
consideration ol the advantages
which would accrue 20 British ia
teres,s When a. invitation to tAko part
ia the exhibition vas received from the
American Government. IL j. probable,
he said, that tho msu fseturers Of Great
Britain would 20 q great extent DO de-
teFret from sending exhibits % the fair
II the tArih preoluded profitable sales IN
America.
THE HOUSE DEBArE
WAsHISGToy, MAY IT, During his
remarks on the t4r.f bill in the
House Friday Mr. Gear Ia said ne
favored protection fo- any article that
was produced IL this country. II the
United States could produce sugar in
sufficient quantity 70 supply domestic
wants be would foster il by
fair projections bgt he be-
lieved that was mpossible He was
convinced that tie United States must
look TO other countries for her sugar.
There Was an imperative demand for
FREQ sugar. During the last twenty-one
years we had paid in duty on sugar over
$500, 600. 600 This fact should convince
every fair-miuded man Of the necessity
OF putting sugar on the free list He
contended that the sugar schedule OF
the bill would be blow al the sugar
trust
Mr.. Mcmillan (Tenn.) inquired how
il was, II that were so, that sugar trust
securities had had such a phenomenal
rise recently.
Mr. Gear suggested that the pending
bill gave the refners a protection Of
only four-tenths OF a cent, while the
Mills bill gave them one cent
Mr. Mcmillan replied that the pend
ing bill gave them free raw material.
IL was evident from the rise in the
sugar trust securities that the trlst was
not TO be hurt by this bill.
Mr.. Crisp (Ga.) did not believe that
70 the manufacturer protection had
been a beneficial system. AS TO the
laborers in manufacturing establish
ments, ss TO the farmers throughout the
land, he felt sure that the system had
been injurious. The system drove out
competition. 1t diminished the nun Der
of producers Of given article and in
creased the ease and facility with
which they could com bine 10 elevate the
price.
Mr.. Crisp having declared that the re-
duction in the price OF shoes and other
useful articles was due. not 70 the tariff,
as asserted by the Republican party,
but 70 invention, Mr.. Walker Mass. }
asked II Il were not the tariff which had
caused so many inventions TO be made
here.
Mr. Crisp denied this and declared
that no legislation coald prevent Amer
lean genius and enterprise from cheap
ening the necessities of life. 1t was
absurd 70 ascribe invention 70 protec-
ton.
Mr.. wslker-Can you conceive any
thing that goes further in the line Of
protection than patent?
Mr. Crisp-The theory OF the patent
law Is 70 stimulate the genius OF inven-
tion, and the Government says 20 man:
If you viii discover any thing that is
useful 10 mankind We will agree that
you shall have the monopoly of its sale
for seventeen years" The patent sys-
TEN gives 20 an individual that which
is his or reason OF discovery; protec-
,ion takes from the farmer by force that
which is mis- By reason Of labor.
The majority o' the ways and means
committee, said Mr.. Crisp, continuing.
was pledged 70 the principle OF protec-
tion and offered sop 20 the farmer.
Il said 70 the farmer that it had put 4
duty on mis- products when the truth was
thai that would do him no good The
Way 20 benefit the farmer was 70 give
him free salt, 20 give him free cotton
ties and 70 reduce the price % the
necessaries Of life Gentlemen on the
other side claimed that tbev were re-
cordiny The verdict of the people.
The people did not agree that the
tariff question bad been finally
settled at the polls II was gen
orally believed that the protected in
dustriss hsd pus together a great cam