The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-29
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WAsnINGToS, D, O., July 2S.-Mr.
Vest (Dem.) addressed the Senate on
the tariff bill to-day.
The advocates Of high tariff taxation,
he said, were confronted by great
peril. For years the farmers had been
told that the home market was all they
needed, and that the foreign market was
bacatelle, almost worthless. Now a
great change had come. The depression
in agricultural interests and the EN-.
emphatic demand OF the farmers for
something besides lying Statistics and
irothy defamation had caused President
Harrison and Mr.. Blaine TO urge
upon Congress legislation for SUP.
sidies to steamships and for
reciprocity treaties with the
South American states in order to
obtain foreign market for American
products. 1t was very hard on the home
market, but a great deal OF the South
American market, and OF the rascally
devices by which England had robbed
the United States OF the valuable trade.
Mr.. Blaine now deprecated the putting
Of raw sugar on the free list, or Of in
creasing tho duties on wool, and sug-
pested that the duties on sugar and wool
should be utilized to secure free
,rado with the South American
states. So That at last the pro.
teclionists had been driven FROM their
pretentious humbug about the home
market, and were forced to adopt the
principle Of free commercial intercourse
which they had so long opposed and de-
rided. The high priests OF protection
were now burning ngincense on the affairs
OF FREQ Trade and were yelling for re,
ciprccity treaties, subsidies to steam and
sailing vessels, Pan.American conyen'
tions-anything to bring about Free
Trade with the South American States,
80 rs TO enlarge tho foreign market ior
American products. .y,,, 5i.r
Mr., Vest went on to criticize the pro.
visions OF the pending bill that ia sup
posed TO be for the benefit OF the lar
mers, aud said that what the farmers
wanted was the opening and enlarge;
ment OF foreign markets for their sur.
ulus-wheat, corn, cattle and pork, and
the decrease Of the thrift duty on cloth
ing, hardware, tin and other necessary
articles of daily and incessant use by
tho farmer and his family. The time FOL
soothing syrups and emolient applica'
tions was past, aud the full.grown men
who had been for years pondered under
the pretext OF a home market, would bt
no longer satisfied with garbledstatistlce
or with tho purring official assurance
that the farmer would be relieved BY
higher taxation. '.-r /.
Referring to the proposed increase ase Sn; OF
duty on tin plate (of which $sl, ,0OO,0ot
was imported from England last year
Mr.. Vest eaid that it was for the puTpos'
ofiorcipg the people Of the United state
to the use of'Pittsburgh galvanized iron
The reading Of the bill by paragraphs
for amendment was begun, the tl!s
schedule being that as to chemicals, oliI
mud paints. Mr.. Mcpherson moved =
reduce the duty on acetic acid, not ex
ccedipg gravity OF l47 one.thousalmna!t
from liz cents TO cent per Iounn. I'M
vote was-yeas Is, nays %; NO quorum
The Senate then adjourned.