The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-23
iFrom our regular correspondent
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
WAsHiSGToN, ID. g., May Is, 1890.


WAsHISGToN, ID. g., May l5, 1890.
The two main topics Of Major McIlin
ley in the speech before the House II
which he opened the tariff debate was
ltrst-the great aud benc cticent scheme D
Extending and libelalizing the DkAw
BACK sections Of the law. The bill pro
lvides that tho drawbacks paid by Tho
government 10 the manu- facturers OF cx'
ported goods be nincty-ninc per cent. d
tho duties that exporters arc Obliged Il
pay foreign Custom.bouscs. Under the
Ipresent law 81 per cent. Is paid. The
result Of this law Is that the mannfsc.
Iturers, we are taxed to support, sell their
goods 10 foreigners at : price, less the
duty, that le charges American citizeus
No sophistry can uisc0ustruc this meas
lure into anything but direct bounty
paid manufacturer for selling goods III
foreign markets.
Secondly - That the time had come
when the American Agriculturist musl
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 10 take great care Of and
preserve the home market, for they
would certainly be driven from the for.
lcign one.
lie was followed tv Mr.. Mills, who
said that this was tho first tariff bill that
had ever como before The people with III
mask torn oil, ike highwHvman de.
Imanding their purses. 10 check im.
lportalion WAS TO check export~tton. No
man could show how we could buy IL We
could not sell. When We refused the
product Of nations, that refusal Wos an
|in'erdiction against our exports. Protec.
lliOn boiled down meant more work and
less result. What did the bill do for
agriculture? Il put sugar on the free
lIist. Why wasn't sugar dealt with in
tho same way as was wooden, cotton and
iron goods! Why not put a prohipitive
tariff on cofIee and develop The coffee in.
ldustry4 or on tea and develop the
sassafras industry? Why did not the
committee put . prohibitory duty on
raw silk instead OF dodgimg II aud giving
Ia bounty? On farmers products the
tariff was laid 10 deceive. The bill in
creased The tariff on wheat 50 per cent.
|9O, 900 zoo bushels . year were exported,
and last year there were imported 1.9 g
bushcIs. The tariff waa raised on corn
|and rye. Last year 2330 bushels OF corn
AID 16 busholo 0f re Woro imported.
The Republicans ho1 - DO moso thon
(1lo q docclvo ~ (armor& They noodoi
-. l'l >>elf leo1ucla Ikoy Vot(
~ T. 80, 1n1sli6o ~ ~, 11( III
i. |k.sS s.sk .ezn hone snd 1oss'gs naFk'
Senator John +. Wilson, OF lows, who
|is regarded = one Of tho best lawyers 10
the Senate, has prepared for publication
|a long article concerning tho recent
|''liquor package decision vof the Supreme
Court, and the effect OF that decision on
|tho liquor traffic In the prohibition
states. lie says that the police powers
|of State permit il TO prohibit or regu-
late the sale within its borders Of in
|loxicating liquors. That II the prohibi-
|iion Of the sale Of intoxicating liquors In
|originaI packages was . violation Of in
|tcr-stato commerce law, tho license sys-
tenn would also fail. The saloons Of
New York City would have liquors sent
from Jersey City in packages, containing
from drink 10 gallon, and avoid pay
ing any license. flo docs not approve q
comm0n suggestion that Congress give
the States permission to make laws pro-
and regulating the liquor traffic,
as he thinks that right shouldn' I be ques-
toned, but suggests that bill entitled
"a bill 10 protect the States In the
exercise Of their police powers" already
on the calendar OF the Senate, will grant
the permission suggested by the Su-
preme Court 10 the States for the cficc-
tive enforcement Of their liquor laws.
A special law recently enacted pro-
hibits the arrest Of any dcscrter from the
~ my within two years after tho time OF
his enlistment would have expired.
Senator Plumb has been cndeavoring TO
through Presidential proclamation. He
failed In this, but through his cfForts an
amendment has been made 10 the army
appropriation bill prohibiting the use Of
any portion Of the annual allowance for
the capture OF any man who deserted
prior TO January 1, 1856.
Senator German has introduced en-
amendment to the interstate commerce
law providing that II shall be unlaw ful
for any railroad company operating d
line extending into an adjoining coun-
try, 10 transport either passengers or
freight between the two countries with
out license granted by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The Connie
sion to have jurisdiction TO investigate
any violation Of the Interstate commerce
law BY such company, ~ II operated
wholly within the Unilcd States, and TO
have power 70 suspend the compaay's
license.
A bill has passed both Houses grant
Ing pension Of $50 per month 10 the
mother Of Chas. 5. psrncIl, the daughter
Of Admiral Stewart. Tho Senate passed
Il tho day Il camc from the House, yet
the Republican Senators refused 10 pass
the House bill granting pensions or So
. month 10 old soldiers who arrived at
the age OF 81 years, for fear Il might
swamp the treasury. Il does look, from
the amount OF the appropriation bills, as
II there would soon be : deficit Ia tho
treasury, instead Of surplus, or else tho
Democratic theory Of taxing incomes to
meet pension expenses would hayo TO BE-
adopted.
The tariff debate vsxes warm. and the