Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-03
HIS GREAT EFFORT.
TIE SPEECH OF SENATOR CARLISLE AGAINST
THE kKINLEY BILL
He Exposes in Startling Manner the Increased Tax
alton That Will Result and Quotes Author
ties 10 Prove That the Sugar Bounty is
Invalid An Unlawful Provision.

Invalid An Unlawful Provision.
WASHINGTON. Oct 2.-Followng is
pretty complete abstract Of senator
CarliSle's speech on the Mckinley bill:
When the conference report was ta-
ken up Mr.. Carlisle said he would at
t9mpt 10 discuss the economic theory OF
the bill. 1t was now about 10 pass en-
tircly from the hands Of the Senate and
beyond its control. and a discussion of
the question could not be undertaken
without nelecting the last opportunity
To state (as accurately as possiblel what
the main provisions OF the measure
were, and what would. bc its probable
effect on taxation. lt was not his pur-
pose TO attempt TO state the effect Of the
measure on the public revenue. because
itwould be impossible to do So with any
degree Of accuracy. But he could state
approximately what its effect ON taxa
tion would bee.
Ia the statement made by the.Finauco
Committee when the bill was reported
the reduction Of revenue had been given
as S7l, 900, 900 under the House bin and
1000, 600 under the Senate bill. or the
jo,OOO. 600 reduction from articles
placed on the tree list nearly SO, ,OOO. 900
came from sugar and molasSes, leaving
only between $1,000, 900 and 5000. 900
as the reduction 0ccasioned by the rc-
moval Of other articles from the dutiable
list. lie asserted that the bill as % now
stood, excepting sugar and molasses, Zee
moved from the free list and placed ON
the dutiable list more than 70 took from
the dutiable list and placed ON the free
list He also asserted that the bin
would reducs the revenues aud increase
the taxation; that while it would
not increase the revenues 10 would
increase the taxation of the
people very many times the
amount by increasing the prices Of the
articles Of similar domestic production.
II IL were true that the revenue that
would be derived under the conference
bill (on the basis Of the importations of
lss9l would be- over S225. 900. 900. then
the average rate of duty on dutIable ar
ticles would be 81 30 per cent. with
out taking into account the effect Of
the ninth section OF the Admini,tra-
tive bill, which would add from & to .
per cent.
TlIE INCREASED TAXATION.
Unless all his calculations were at
fault the average rate Of duty under thc
conference bin and the Administrative
bill on dutiable articles would De- $50 per
cent, instead Of 49, per cent. under
existing law. II the senator from Rhode
Island would take the article, now ON
the dutiablc list aud deduct sugar and
molasscs from them, hc would find that
the average rate of duty under existing
law was a little over % per cent. while
the average rate Of duty ON fhc Same
articles under the conference bin would
bc go per cent. an increased rate of sl
per cent.
Mr.. Carlisle went ON to give fguro.
as to the increased taxation under tho
Oonler"nc" bill. stating 10 Go boz. Zoo tho
iron and s.ecl schedule. $4,000 900. n
the woolcn schedule. ~l4. 900. 900. in the
cotton schedule, $4,000, 900: in the naN
and linen schedule. $1,000. 900. on nn-
plate, ss,i3j,0 900, and on tin in pigs or
bars, Sl,3j1.OOO No man. lac said
could predict what the effect of that
enormous Increase of taxation would
be-, nor could any man predict precisely
what the effect would be- on the rcvcu-
ues Of the Governments All that thov
knew was that the very purpose the
sole purpose and object of such m-
creased taxation ON those necessary ar
ticics was TO increase the price of do
nestle products so as 90 enable new m-
dustries to becstablished dn some case,l.
and tocnablc OIn other cascsl old indus
tries to realize larger profits. But loo
order 10 compensate for that onorm0u.
increase Of taxation on the tool, and
implements OF trade. aud 0n cotton.
wOOlcn and linen clothing. tax of %
cents pound amounting Go -. sOO. .OOOi
was to be- taken of tobacco. The re-
m0val Of that tax would relieve un man
and be- a benefit To nobody except the
manufacturers and retailers of tobacco.
who would divide that . cents a pound
between them. No producer of tobac-
60 and no consumer of tobacco would
be benefited TO the extent Of mill.
THE BOUNTY ON SUGAR
Coming to the question Of the bounty
on sugar. 1 cents per pound on sugar
pOlarizing up 10 30 per cent. and
cents on sugar pOlarizing over gO Der
cent. he said that that bounty wOuld
amount, ON the basis OF the present pro-
iuctiOn, tO between scvcn and eight
millions year This was the first time.
he said. 100 the history Of the country
that il wa, proposed 10 pay out of the
public treasury Il bounty 10 % domestic
producer
But no part Of the bounty. ho asserted.
would be paid 10 the grower of thc beet
or sorghum or cane: every dollar of it
would go 10 the sugar manufacturer. n
might be- said. however. that the pro-
ducer would receive higher price FOR
his produce. That lhe dcciarodI could
not be: for. in the first place. tho farmer
could not control the prices Of hi. prod
ucts, and in the second place thc manu-
facturcrof beet sugar would boz compelled
10 sell his sugar in the open market boo
OmpetltiOu with the sugar made from
cane aud sorghum. and could not afford
. pay 20 the farmer one cent moro Tor
his bcets than their value 90. compared
with the value Of other substance. from
which sugar is made. nor would fhc con-
sumer be- said. receive any bcnch. from
the bounty. he would not get his sugar
one cent cheaper than ho would get itif
there was no bounty paid: Tor thc bOun-
ty-paid sugar would sell Zoo the markets
at the same price precisely as the duty
paid refined sugar coming from other
countries. IL was an entirely ncw de-
parture boo the application OF the prin-
cIple of protection Zoo this country aud
wa. copied from the paternal Govern
mcnts Of Europe. lt did not applv
equally 10 all tho people Of the United
States because there was large area
of the country in which cane. sorghum
or beet could not be- produced. The ad-
vantage Of the bounty would be- confined
% those who make sugar from the cane
grown in Louisiana, the sorghum grown
In Kansas and the best grown in thc
Northwest.
TllE BOUNTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
There was, therefore. no possible
ground ON which the constutionaltv
VI that provision could be- maintained
except the ground that Congrr,. had
the right 30 impose taxes tO raise reye-
nue. for the purpose Of promoting the
general welfare. and that tho proposed
bounty was such a proposition. lt re-
Iuircd no constitutional prohibition 10
nyalidate such a law, because 10 was
violation Of the terms Of every social
compact in free country.
The Courts had invariably held that
no State Legislature could authorize
'ounty or municipality 10 impose taxes
Tor the purpose Of encouraging manu-
'actures or any other Industrial pur-