The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-23
EXPOSED BY MILLS.


iisered In Congress.
WASHINGTON. May s.-The tariff do
bate In the House was begun yesterday
MIR. Mills. Of Texas. replied 70 Mr.. Nc
Kinley's opening address in eloquent
terms
The Democratic party" said MIR
Mills. believes in maintaining taxes
on such articles at such rates as viii
bring revenue sufficient for economical
administration with the least possible
interference with the expectation ant
private business OF the people. The
Republican party. OF the other hand
desires to maintain such taxes as vii
induce the largest possible restriction
on importation consistent with the rails
ing OF e The chief object Of the
Republican party is 70 check importa'
ton. but it has . secondary object, and
this is not TO check IL entirely, but u
check it just so far as will bring revenue
for the needs Of the Government The
ways and means committee comes In here
with a bold and u~ncquivocal declaration
OF this taxing principle. 1t is the
first bill in the history Of the coun-
try that has come before the people
with the mask torn OIL and demanding
with the audacity Of q highwayman
that the people shall surrender.
We lay down this principle on this
side Of the House. that to check i'm
porsation is TO check expectation. Gen.
tlemen may split hairs. but no man can
call to mind a trade which was not made
on the basis OF some sort Of reciprocity.
One man gives something that he may
receive something in return from an
other This is trade the world
over. The great body Of the people OF the
universe are laboring to get the best pos
sible product OF their toll. When they
sell something to Others it is with that
purpose in view. You can't make any
thing else out OF it." Mr.. Mills elabor-
ated this idea at some length and con.
gtinued:
Protection boiled down TO its last ex-
IRENE means more work for less re-
suits. We hear much about the impor-
tation Of foreign wares taking the bread
out Of the mouths Of nome workers. II
that is true in any thing 1t must be true
In metals. Let us see what the figures
vent me bv Mr.. Swank. of the Iron and
steel Association. = nrotectionist As nigh
A. anv and 4 Rem blican Of GOOD stand
ing. says on this point
In 1870 we imported =. 100000 tons Of
pig-iron: in 1879. 5000. 900 n and in
1s53. 1000. 900 tons. II the doctrine of
projection be true this competition from
abroad should have caused 4 correspond
inrd~ iminution OF the American product
OF pir-iron. but was that the result? In
1870 America turned out s.. 600. 600 tons
Of piR-iron: in 1871. Sc. 00o. 900 tons, and
In 1878. 119. 600. 600 tons. As the impor-
cation Of the foreign iron increased the
-outpue OF the home mills increased in
even greater ratio. This shows conclu-
oivelv that the Democratic position q
riehtzthat increased importation does
not diminish the demand for home
product nor interfere with the prosperi-
~ Of domestic manufacture.
same subject which will interest IA
There came Z period during which the
importations diminished. and. il the
~protcction doctrine be true. with dimi-
mutton OF competition from abroad the
output OF the domestic manufactures
SHOULD have increased in like ratio. In
ISIS the importation Of pic-iron had fall
en- to 1850. 600 tons. Did the domestic
OUTPUT show corresponding increase as
competition was withdrawn? No. The
domestic output fell from 119. 600. 600 tons
~ 1874 10 81. ooo. 900 tons IN 1879. and 10
81. 0o0. 600 tons n 1878. As Importation
diminished home production dimin-
7shed. iust az home production in
.creased All the time that Importation
had been increasing. According 70 this
same iron and steel authority. At the
very time when foreign importation had
fallen almost 70 nothing a million
skilled and unskilled laborers in this
country were withou work simply be-
cause there was no demand for their
nrod II foreign com netit;on Il the
great bane Of our National p~rosperitv
whv did not the home manu- facturers
take the market when their FOREIGN
rivals wit from ~ WIN. this
iron ana steal ! uthor;tv savs that tbe
very moment omen foreiyn corr net;tion
VA wi,hd rawn the smoLestacLs ~ the
sror mills ~ perr.vlvar;. MA ~ othor
.,sa thar sor ohsarvator;. fro,o which u
atudv M siyns ~ the heavcns. TI,augh-
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