Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-09
DocKERY RErLIED

farmers OF Canada.
DOCKERY REPLIED
that the question revealed another
injustice Of the tariff system. The
Western farmers had no COMPETE
ton, but the effect Of tariff on ag-
ricultural products was detrimental
to the farmers OF the East. Eggs,
with a duty OF ) cents dozen, were
brought from Cinada 10 New York,
because il was cheaper 10 lay the
duty on eggs than to pay raiirOad
rates from the West TO the East.
Therefore, the tariff gave no benefit
to the farmer Of the West and taxed
the Eastern farmer to the extent OF
the duty.
Dockery then submitted an argu-
ment in favor Of free wool and re-
duction Of the duty on manufactured
products. In his State there were
1000, 900 more people than sheep,
and, between the people and the
sheep, his sympathy was with the
people.
Discussing the subject Of trusts,
as CONNIE cied with the tlriff, he de-
nOunced the dressed beef monopoly
Of Chicago as having plundered the
farmers of the west by unscrupulous
exactisns. If the farmer was u be
relieved, II the mortgage was TO lie
taken of his farm, the government
must speedily reverse its policy in
regard TO foreign trade. II the gov
eminent would unshackle our
genius, unhamrer our enterprises,
unfetter our resources, we would
SOON oUTsTRIP ENGLAND.
Burrows tMich.) said the republi-
cans would reduce the surplus by
one theory, the democrats by
another, and ii was this conflict Of
theories which prevented the RENE
dy being applied. In the campaign
OF 1855 the two theories were pre-
scented to the American people, aud
after full debate on the platform
and in the press verdict was rem
dered in favor Of the republican
theory, n verdict so pronounced es
TO wrest the Presidency and the
popular branch Of Congress from
the democratic patty. In the
measure the committee on ways and
means had presented il sought
to encourage the popular YER
dict and to erystllize 1t into
law. The democratic,'partyI was
again going before the people with
an appeal that they reverse their
verdict. The democratic party
favored n tariff for revenue; the
republican party favored tariff for
protection and revenue-not Incl
deuLal, not accidental, but inten-
tional. A tariff for revenue only
was step towards free trade and
the republican party was against it.
TApplause.1 The bin was intended
rs a measure Of protection from the
enacting clause to the closing pl-a-
graph. Burrows defended the l,n
plate, sugar and wool sections.
FREE TRADE MEANT
unrestricted competition, gnre-
stricted competition meant cheap
goods; competition in cheap goods
meant cheap labor; competition in
cheap labor meant cheap flesh and
blood; competition in cheap flesh
and blood was slavery. Cheap
clothing and cheap food were Of no
value if human labor was cheaper
still. [Applause.l Free trade meant
cheapness to the rich and idle, but
longer hours and harder work TO the
labOrer. In this race for cheRpness
the republican party did not propose
TO enter.
Whatever might be the cause of
the present agricultural depres-
sion, no one would be bold enough
to assert that It was due TO the policy
which had created a home market
capaciOus enough TO consume. ex-
elusive Of cotton and tobacco, 50 per
cent Of the products Of the farm.
Whatever might be the remedy for
the agricultural depression, one
thing was true-it would not be
found in the markets OF the world.
eIn this bill, /" said Burrows, 1--WE
have sought to reduce the revenues
to a basis OF the governmental needs
without impairing single Ameri-
can industry or depriving n single
laboring man Of the products Of his
TOLL;
Mcmillan (Tenn.) proposed to
stretch this bill-his putrid patient
upon