The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-26
TARIFF TALK.
Some OF the Speechmaking In the
Senate Yesterday.

6OH&eO sOStOtodJs
WASHINGTON, July 25.-In the Sena te tc-
day Mr.. Sherman offered a resolution in
quiring whether any abuses exist 10 print
ing matter in the Congressional Record. 1t
was referred to the committee on printing
Mr.. Morrill, moved to proceed to the con-
sideration of the tariff bill. Mr.. Gray antag-
onized that motion with one to resume con-
sideration of the House bill to transfer the
revenue marine service to the navy depart
ment. The latter motion was agreed to,
yeas 80. nays %, and the revenue marine
bill was taken up.
On motion of Mr. Frye amendments were
adopted extending the application of the bill
to the life saving service.
Mr.. Cockrell, In arguing the bill, said that
of all monstrosities tnat had come before the
51st Congress this bill beat them ALL 1t was
worthy of the aggressive and restless dis
position Of the distinguished Senator from
New Hampshire, Mr.. Chandler, who had
able lieutenants ON the floor Of the Senate
dancing while he behind the scenes pulled
the wires.
Mr.. Cockrell had not concluded his re-
marks when the hour of o'clock arrived
and the tariff bill came up as unfinished busi-
ness.
Mr.. Al1rich asked the unanimous consent
that the formal reading of the bill be dis
pensed with and that the bill Re read by
paragraphs for consideration. Unanimous
consent was given and Mr.. Vance proceeded
to address the Senate.
Mr.. Blair presented a memorial from
grand army post, expressing abhC hCrrence at
the action of Congress in allowing pension
agents a fee of $40 in each case under the
recent dependent pension act and enclosing
a circular of a Washington claim agent.
offering to active men In localities one-half
the fee in all cases sent to him. He said he
concurred with the memorial in its express
sion of adherence.
When the tariff bill again came up Mr..
Vance resumed his remarks. He arraigned
the Republican party for the evils he
claimed protection had brought upon the
country. He quoted from Mr.. Blaine's letter
to Mr.. Frye and said the unmistakable wis
dom Of what that distinguished man said il
lustrated the wisdom of what he left unsaid.
If 1t were important to extend American
trade to Central and South America, 1t could
not be unimportant to extend it to the Eu-
ropean continent which. in wealth and pop
ulation, was 10 times greater. If free trade
with the people of the Latin races Is desira-
BILE and profitable. no reasoning would
show that Tree trade with the people OF Teu-
tonic blood was not also desirable and profit
able.
Mr.. Mcpherson said that in order to ex-
pedite business he would move that the
pending bill be recommitted to the commit
tee on finance with instructions to report, at
the earliest practicable moment, bill to re-
ports on such basis that the average rate of
duty should not exceed the average ad va
loren war tariff rate of 1864
Mr.. Aldrich-"Are you in favor Of going
back to the rates of 1852"
Mr.. McPherson-"I am In favor Of going
back to rates not to exceed the average ad
valorem rates of 1864"
Mr.. Aldrich-"State the particular rates"
Mr.. McPhers on-"I speak Of the average
ad Yalorem rates."
Mr.. Mcpherson undertook to show that
neither the farmer nor the consumer would
be benefited by the pending bill. Labor
would not be benefited, although in every
campaign the Republican party had pro-
nounced the Democratic. party as the free
trade party. No greater falsehood was ever
uttered. He referred to the campaign Of
| 1888 as one in which immense sums Of money
were corruptly raised, and corruptly used in
| behalf of the Republican ticket That
tfI1m being the Pie~s eitisen of peunsylya-
mia since rewarded with seat In the Cabi-
| net as the price of his villainy. BY such
practices in the campaign of 1888, the public
| voice was strangled, truth crushed to earth,
| and the country dlsgraced.
Mr. George-"The Senator has referred to
| the starving laborers at the North being led
| to the polls. | want to ask whether In the
| North where these protected factories and
| protected mines exist, 1t is fact that there
are laborers unemployed or who are not paid
| full wages"
Mr. McPherson-"I claim the protection
| given by the Republican party under the
| plea of protection to American labor, that
| labor never gets. The manufacturer gets IT,
| Take every article on the tariff list which
| bears an average ad valorem rate OF 02 per
Take tvss the as cost twice as aTse
as European labor and 124 per cent will re-
| present the difference of the labor cost In
| the production of that article. SO the result
| is that out of tariff rate OF S2 per cent lz5
per cent goes to labor ana 093 per cent 10
'"yAld Mr. Aldrich asked Mr.. George whether he
| considered Mr.. Mcpherson good authority on
| the effect of protective tariff and how long
| he considered him good authority. 1t was
not great while since the Senator from
| New Jersey was quoted on the other side of
Mr.. McPherson-"I will answer the oues-
| tion of the Senator from Rhode Island on
nv own saccountGod forbid that the Ameri-
can laborer should be forced to work for the
| same wages as the pauper labor Of anv
| country. l shall vote to give ample protec-
tion to American labor"
Mr.. Sherman criticized Mr.. McPhsrson's
remarks as TO reducing the average rate un-
der the pending bill to the average rate ex-
listing IN 1864. He explained that the aver
| age Oh $500 under the law of 1861 was made
| upon all the goods then dutiable and undu-
taele AT that time not more then 10 or 10
| per centof imported goods were on the free
| iist Under the pending BILL 90 per cent OF
| imported goods would be on the free list: III
the average rate Of duty was ascertained on
| goods dutiable and undutla0le, 1t
would be only II or Is per cent.
Mr. Butler asked Mr.. Sherman what pro-
| portion of the dutiable articles it was pre-
posed to put on the free list, was produced
| in this country. Mr.. Sherman was not pre-
| pared to answer, but gave the amount as
| SlOS. .92O, 900 calculated on the importatons Of
| last year. He gave the amount now on the
free list as about S256,O00,000 making the
| whole amount Of imported goods that would
be on the free list about $685.. 900, 900, so that