The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-27


worth cost 81 81, aud would cost
under the pending bin 81 81, and
he asked why should the existing
tax be increased. Ready made clothing
was, he said. one Of the very largest ele-
ments of trade among the negroes 1t was
one of the rarest things to see a grown ne
gro in the south with anything on his back
made by another negro. 1t was all bought
in stores, and an enormous part of the negro's
earnings was diverted from his pocket bv
the tax on readymade clothing. He could
not understand its necessity.
WHAT HE MDANT BY a DOLLARS WORTH.
MIR. Aldrich wanted to know what was
meant by a dollars worth. A dollars
worth in India, China, or Germany or Eng
landl
Mr.. Morgan said that he took the COM
mittees own statement When the COM
mittee reported a rate it must have some
basis, and he assumed that basis to be cor
rect. For instance, under the present law
dollars worth of blankets cost 81 60, and
would, under the pending bill, cost 50 TO-
Mr.. Alllson-Last year ne imported &c.,
900 worth of blankets Under the existing
law 60 cents is added to the cost, and under
the pending bill 81 10.
Mr.. Morgan-I do not say that it is added
to the actual cost.
Mr.. Alllson-I am afraid that somebody
will draw an inference from the senator's
remarks that he does mean to say that a
blanket which cost 81 there cost 169 cents
under the existing law. do not think it is
true. l am afraid that the senator does
not mean to say it, yet / am also afraid
that somebody may think he does say it.
Mr.. Morgan-I can't take care OF the
judgment of the people.
A HEAVY TAX ON THE RACE.
He went on to say that from calcula-
tion he had made the negroes of Alabama
paid in tariffs So 80 per capita every year,
while not one in hundred of them paid
any state tax. If he were the author of
such law as the pending bill he would
feel ashamed to look negro In the face
He went on TO quote from an article in a
New York paper to show how much cheaper
the products of American factories are sold
in Cuba than they are in the United States
he mentioned the manufacturer price of
hoes protected by a rate of As per cent? as
$ll in the United States and IS 40 in Cuba:
potato diggers IS, as against SO so:
shovels, per dozen, 50 20 as against
as against S0c, and another class of kettles
81 81 as against 81 10. SO that, he said.
the people of the United States were paving
taxes in order to enable American manu-
facturers to sell their products cheaper
abroad than at home.
In conclusion, Mr.. Morgan said that he
ueTe ClOSeu UHe ueDdUo, 80 Tar as Cne negroes
were concerned. He had tried to separate
them from the whites for the purpose of
showing that the party which professed to
be their best friend, and has always made
such a profession, had no use for them in
the world, except to do its voting.
CoLQUITT DENouNcEs THE BILL
Mr.. Colquitt addressed the Senate. He
compared in some points the House bill and
the bill as reported by the finance commit
tee of the Senate, and said that
that comparison showed what a log
rolling and dickering, affair the
modern tariff bill was; and it admonished
the Senate that it was the province of wise
government to let the people and their &C.
cupations alone. Instead of being a
measure ITO pay the debt and to provide for
the common defense and general welfare of
the United Statesn the tariff bill had be-
come, in these later days, nothing
scheme which, under the guise of revenue
bill, transferred their hard-earned sua
stance from the pockets Of the consumer
and OF the worker into the Golfers of the
favored classes, selected by the Lawmakers
as the special object of their consideration
and rega d. The pending bill was the out
come of the war, of all the discordant ele-
ments and of the different occupations in
society urged on by cupldity cunning aud
reciprocal plunder He was as much
opposed to the House bill as he was to the
Senate bill and would say; "a plague on
both your houses"
NO BENEFIT TO THE FARMERS.
Mr.. Colquitt went on to discuss the pro-
visions of both bills in reference TO agrfcul-
tural products in order to show the futility
or the proposed duties on farm produce So
far as aay benefit to the farmers was con-
cerned. Mr.. Colquitt spoke of the decay of
a niFlcr Ipdn frTYi No.
some portions of Pennsylvania, and said
that while the farmer bore his bur-
dens all attempts to handicap Him
by weights which he could not
carry ought to be denounced. The
natural RISKS of the farmers calling were
always grave enough, and no man had a
right to say that he must assume burdens
and pay tribute to help out the profits of
other business ventures. The American
farmers were conscious of their wrongs
From all parts of the land they were
coming together, they were joining hands
In organization and CO operation, and they
demanded that their rights be needed and
that justice be done.
CALLING HALT.
They insisted on their right to the profits
of their industry, and they declared that
they would no longer bear the most of the
burdens of society and the government
Endowed with good, practical sense, vigor.
GUS in character, moral in habits, lovers of
home and its traditions, the farmers of
America would never allow themselves to
be degraded to the condition Of the tillers
in India and Egypt. From his
heart he wished them success and bade them
godspeed. By destroying monopolies, by
Judiciously distributing the public burdens,
by stopping profigacy in expenditure, by
economy in administration and by reducing
taxation, by constitutional and legitimate
increase Of the currency, the condition of
the agricultural class would be greatly i'm
proved. He protested against the doctrine
that it was the duty of the government to
aid private enterprises.
LEGISLATION HAS LIMITS.
He knew of no political necromancy
that invested legislation with creative
power. There was no omnipatence in legis-
lation. 1t could not, by the touch of an
enchanter's wand transmute dust into
gold, clothe poverty with riches or diffuse
wealth and happiness over the land.
Mr.. Spooner gave notice of an amend
ment which he would offer to the tariff bill
providing that on and after Oct l, 1894. tin
plates thinner than No. I6 gauge
shall be admitted free unless the quantity
of tin plates Of such guage produced in the
United States during the previous fiscal
year shall equal the amount of such tin
Zoe sd =,