The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-29
PLUMBER PURE AND SIMPLE.
Vest Thus Characterixes tho McKinle

Vest Thus Characterixes the Mckinley
Bill-A Party Vote.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-In the course of
his argument against the tariff bill, Mr..
Vest said: The advocates of high tariff
taxation were confronted by great peril
and depression in the agricultural inter-
ests, and the emphatic demands of the far
mers for something besides lying statistics
and frothy declaration had caused the
president and Secretary Blaine to urge
upon congress legislation for subsidies to
steamships and for reciprocity treaties
with South American states in order to OBJ
tain q foreign market for American pro-
ducts. Very little was heard now Of a
''home Market" but great deal of South
American market. So at last the protec-
tionists had been driven from their preten-
tious humbug about a home market, and
were forced to adopt the principle Of free
commercial intercourse. which they
had 30 long opposed and derided. Vest
went to criticise the provisions of the pend
ING bill that are supposed to be for the re-
wanted was an opening and IN enlargement
Of foreign markets for their surplus wheat,
corn, cattle and pork and decrease Of
tariff duty on clothing, hardware, tin, and
other necessary articles of daily and inces-
SAINT use by the farmer and his family. The
who we're persistently asking higher duties
to exclude foreign competition were avail
ing themselves of the monopoly given by an
exclusive tariff to charge the people of this
country from 20 to 20 per cent. higher for
their goods than they could sell the same
articles for in the unprotected markets of
the world. It was no longer protection,
but pure and simple, naked plunder. Amer
leans boasted of their free institutions. of
liberty and equality, but who. he asked,
could call himself free man, save in mock
cry, when by course of law the proceeds OF
his life and labor were unjustly taken to
enrich another.
Turpie addressed the senate freely on
McPherson's resolution to recommit the
bill with instructions to report q bill to re-
duce the revenue and to equalize the duties
on imports in which the average ad valor-
not exceed the average ad valorem tariff
rate of "a. If there was choice to be
made between the pending bill and the
Morrill, tariff of 1854, he would choose the
Morrill, tariff, but as the proposed instruo-
tions were simply an expression of the
opinion OF that great leader Of the
the people for his reelection, the
scheme would be the imposition Of lower
duties ON things in general use and of
higher rates on articles Of luxury and refine
mem, the total sum Of the levy not to exceed
the necessary expenses Of the government,
and interest on the national debt. Tha
question was taken ON the motion to reoom-
NIT and was defeated by q strict party vote.
yeas 10, nava 29. The reading OF the bill by
paragraphs was begun, the frst schedule
being that a. to chemicals, oils and paints.
Mcpherson moved to reduce the duty ON
acetic or pyroloRneous acid not exceeding
specific gravity Of .147 from one and one
half oents to one cent per pound, and ON
acid exceeding that specific gravity from
four TO three cents per pound. The vote
was, yeas Is, nays %. No quorum.