The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-26
VANCE ON THE TARIFF.
THE INCREASE IN TAXATION
MADE PLAIN.

Eanublicen Promises SHOWN Up ID
strong Contrast With the Party's
Actual Observation-Disclosures
ure's Field for Expectation Shut
out by the High Tariff Policy.
WASHINGTON. July 25.-In the Senate at
o'clock this afternoon the tariff Dill came
mn as the unfinished business. Mr. AIdrlch
asked unanimous consent that the formal
reading of the bill be proceeded with, and
that it be read by paragraphs, the commit
tee amendments to be first acted upon.
Mr. Mcpherson inquired as to the mean
ing of the motion, and Mr.. Aldrlch under
toox to enlighten him. All the paragraphs,
ba said would be read seriatim, and when
a committee amendment was reached 1t
shonld be acted upon first. The committee
orendmepts were left open to amendment,
and then all the paragraphs would De open
TO amendment without any limitation
whatever. 1t was not the intention OF the
committee to limit the offering OF amend
ments.
Mr.. Plumb objected to that part OF Mr..
Aldrich's request as to committee amend
nents The less hidebound the matter was
the better it would be.
A MODIFICATION.
MIR. Aldrich modified his request and
simply asked that formal reading of the bill
he dispensed with and that the bill be read
bv paragraphs for consideration.
Mr.. McPherson-Does the senator mean
by that that the bill will be open to amend
ment as reads
Mr.. Alphabetically, under the rules
of the Senate.
Unanimous consent was given, and Mr..
Vance proceeded to address the Senate. To
the common sense view, he said. it would
seem that the removal of unnecessary taxes
was matter of wisdom; and that to con-
tinue to collect them was not to be thought
of for moment But those who would
think 80 "will reckon without their host"
That has been proved by the history of the
tariff commission of 1888, which had
utterly ignored the wants of the people and
of the government, and thought only of the
wants aud wishes of the manufacturers.
AN INCREASE.
An average reduction of 25 per cent. in
the customs duties had been promised in
1892 but the tariff of 1888 had resulted in
an increase Of 1919 per cent. That tariff
commission had found an average tariff
rate of 40 per cent dd vdtoren1, and had
left an average rate of AZ per cent. which
was now, owing to the constantly increas-
ing rates the result of specific duties, in the
close neighborhood of so per cent. He
asserted that every bona tide effort to
reduce taxes had been defeated.
might be to reduce the revenue
to a certain extent, but not to reduce taxes.
Reduction of taxes was one thing and re-
duction Of revenue another and quite a
different thing. What the people desired
was common sense reduction of the
revenue and a corresponding release from
the payment Of taxes.
THE SUGAR BOUNTY.
But taking off of 2 cents per pound on
sugar with one hand and paying off 2 cents
to the sugar producer with the other hand
was indeed a reduction of the revenue with
both hands, but the taxes remained aud
the people paid the n. Agriculture sup
piled rs per cent. of the foreign exports of
the county; and that export might be
doubled and quadrupled if the tariff were
only arranged so that other nations
could send in their products
to pay for American products, but protec-
ton would not permit Instead of reducing
the wall that shut out foreign products, it was
raised higher and higher, and was bristling
with more and more penalties. The only
possible effect Of proposing bill like the
Mckinley bill was to aggravate the evil.
AN OUTRAGE ON PATIENCE.
1t was an outrage on human patience
and an insult to the intelligence Of man
kind Looking at the high-sounding title
OF the bill, ''To reduce the revenue and
equalize the duties on Imports and COM
pairing 1t with what it would accomplish, the
Dill would be pronounced the most stupen-
dous fraud which man had yet perpetrated
on much-abuSed and long suffering people,
1t neither reduced the revenue in the sense
or reducing taxation nor eQualized the
duties on imports. On the contrary, 1t
increased taxation and made the duties
1nannal nv hnox h,,,,I
poor than on the rich, and by so swelling
the taxes on the necessaries of life as to
shock the moral sense of every man.
THIS YEARS OUTLOOK.
Talking of the probable expenditure and
revenue for the current fiscal year, Mr.,
Vance thought it safe to say that the ex-
pendlture would be very close to
S525,0O0, 600, Of which at least 20 Der cent.
would be in excess of the revenue. Thus,
not only would the surplus disappear, but
tne sinking fund would probably suffer also
uniesss tne river and harbor appropriation
pill should be sacrificed, which seemed to
MN quite likely. He declared that the bill
nad been framed in strict compliance with
Ihe wishes or las the phrase was) with the
demands OF the manufacturers. 1t was not
JusI nor human. He could conceive of
noInihg more illegal, more undemocratic,
pies of free government more
outrageous to the sense of Justice and
M humanity, or more humiliating to the spirit
vi honest statesmanship than the spectacle
presented IN the room of the COMMITTEES on
Hnance, filled with clamorous crowd tell
ing their stereotyped lies about the hign
wages which they pay as oontrasted with
'ne pauper labor of Europe.
EVILS WHICH HAVE RESULTED.
:, Mr. Vance went on to arralgn the repub-
@ .lcah party for the evils which he claimed
mIVection had brought upon the country
a"l.S: auu Salu: These are some of the prominent
SesuIts OF your misrule and Of the policy
imnlch you advise us to continue and
Increase Increase These be the gods, We of Israel.
- you are wise you will worship them no
anger but rest assured that renewed sacri-
Ce nCeI On tnelr affairs will not save you:
i,,,nl i%uonlhg Will help you but to obey the in
yaretiohs Sart IONS OF your prophets repent and de-
pf ot,, ,V rom your idols; turn away every one
y" you from all your denominations"
BLAINE'S LETTER
tonn ri y, Vance went on to quote from Secre-
so go blalne's letter to Senator FRYE. and
~. mat i the unmistakable wisdom of what
tba av Tngulshed man had said illustrated
1ra yne wisdom Of what he had left unsald IF il
Gre Gre Important to extend American trade TO
UeinCral and South America it could NOT he
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