The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-05-23
BUTTERwORTH KICKS.
The Ohio Congressman Surprises
His Republican Colleagues
a Fierce and Logical DenunciatIOn 0i
1IckinIey's Tariff BII-His Argumentg.
Endorsed by Many Western
Republican MemherA


Republican Membsra
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The first open
break in the ranks of the high takers
came yesterday when Con gresham Ben
Butterworth stood up in the House and
denounced certain featur es of the Nc
kinley tariff bill in a manner which
paralyzed the Republi ans and drew
out ecstatic cheers from the Demo
,.rats- Though But terworth had
ii reatened to deliver Just such a speech
his colleagues supposed he had been
gage ed by the summary closing of the
pener. u debate on Sat urday. Butter
worth, However. was NJ It to be choked
of in this manner. and attacked the
measure with Vigoi bordering on
fury. Mckinley loo ked daggers,
and even the Repah licans smiled
at his discontinue A peeuIiari-
/ ty of the situate on was the
presence Of the Republic ans during the
denunciation of their bill for they have
heretofore boorishly ah scented them
I selves while the opponent s OF the meas
ure were speaking. Spea ker Reed fidg-
eted as if his chair were cushioned with
thistBes. Mr.. Butterworth is always
one of the best speakers sn the Repnb-
lie IN side, but yesterday his words
roll ed out in torrent of eAoquence that
won ID have swept all before it in an I'M
preh ldiced assemblage.
Mr. Butterworths speech was as re-
mark: lble in manner as in matter A
Repul lican in good standing in his
party and a leader in it's counsels AR
Butter worth has the reputation of be-.
| ing a old and honest man, a + mutation
which he we'll sustained ye sterday by
admoni shing his party not to GO too far
| in ITS W, 0rlo of sustaining the protective
system The meAbers. of both parties
crowded around hiUI and the DEM
ccrats Cheered TO the echo his
warming to the high takers not
to kill the goos', that lays the golden
eggs by Overt eeding it. At first
a little di. hdeUt, as if feeling his way,
and somey Ehss dif1dent abou5 casting
loose froT q bis mornings, he finally
warmed p to his work ahd made a
speech VIII ich will be read from one end
of the cou ntry to the 9th er. Mckinley
and the OF her high tag .ers would have
been glad o cut him OF. had they dared,
but they ere afraid 90 do so. His elo-
quenee. his earnestD ess. his logic COM
ma nded att entiOn ~ I'd respect At first
the Republicans sas gloomy and silent.
while only Demo rats apnlauded. hut
finally, when the full force of the argu-
ment dawned pom them, some of the
low-tarln kepu Dlicans from the West
forgot themse' YES and joined in the eX-
presslons OF approval which, at almost
every sente nee, greeted the speaker
from moor and galleries. Republicans
applaudeoy Butterworth who will next
week DOW down to the rule of King
Caucus q nd vote for the Mckinley bill
to encr urage monopOlies and foster
trusts. The news that Butterworth was
teariu g the tariff bill to tatters spread
rapid iy, and the Hobbies were quickly
file j with eager auditors. No speech
in either House this session has created
So CHI excitement.
The proceedings were opened by Mr..
McMillin, who moved to reduce the
t'duty on ammonia, saying he could see
no reason why this article of necessity
to the farmers should be so heavily
I taxed. Mr.. Mckinley stated that,
since the tariff had encouraged COM
petition in this country, the price of
ammonia had been reduced from 20 to
~ cents per pound.
! Me Butterworth was then, by unan-
, 1 imous consent, accorded permission to
discuss the tariff at large. and spoke as
follows:
al insist that as we proceed with the revision
| OF this tariff we shall proceed with reference to
! some nxed basis line Of principle lappausel
and bearing in mind that competition alone
ne yer reduced the cost OF any thing, because it
, m nst be elear'to this House that shoemaker
C IN not make'A pair OF boots for any less be-
ause therear nine others sitting by his side
;ach at work on a pair of boots. The increase
OF production results undoubtedly in improved
mcthoHs. Competition reduces the selling
EricesSN commodities to the lowest point con-
/ s1ssert with profit. 1t could not go below that
GfCctTse for if it does the industry is neces:
} saltS destroyed That, then, is its limit. And
/ we nave got to so protect Our manufacturers
mat In the fair, open field of competition they
cam hold their own and even have the coigne of
PVantage- Competition never, OF itself, orig
mated a new industry on Gods earth. New in
! oustrles and new fields OF employment are the
! result of the creation OF new inventions.
What Is new industry? A new device, a
ne" machine which may open up new employ
menus. The man who produced the harvester
introduced hundred new and diversified in
z austries for opening up fields of labor.
| tne man who produced the Corliss engine null
siphed the fields of labor. He produced hun
r / dreds of new industries. The acceleration of
= production is a result OF new devices II We
3 hao continued to weave in the old way the
n | price of cotton goods would not have been re-
! ouced one poor scruple in all these years; but
= with the creation of new devices We now turn
s out thousand yards where in former years we
o made but ten This reduces the cost. Zap
a pIause on the Democratic sidel What else!
They may use new machinery and improved
o machinery on the other side of the water as
@ Eell as we can Where is the advantage to us?
s 6enius Is not confined to our own countrymen,
i out our people have been given the grandest
n opportunity in the world. Applause New
Z elds are open to them
The creation of new industries is the work
Q 4 the brain Of the workman He gives you
: your new fields of employment He gives you
: your new arts. He reduces the cost OF produc-
ton IN our country And yet we are constantly
: I ascr1o1ng the reduction to influences to which
{ II Is in no doubt in part due but to which
some elements OF 1t are more due than they
i are due to the direction OF the trade winds
!, desire to call attention to this matter because
am aware that we are expected to follow in the
L wake marked out for us by a committee chosen
+ upon one line OF thought. This is our bantling.
o gentlemen OF the committee. It is no more
I yours now than it is that OF the member from
4 the First district Of Ohio This bill is a Re-
publican measure, and is ours as well as yours,
and the criticism which will keep it in the line
= OF presidents which have prevailed in the ad-
justing at tariff with direct reference to the
principle which ought to control is not out OF
! place
4 Il am perfectly aware that my honored
0 friends upon the committee have tried TO meet
p every phase OF the situation. I am equally
aware that il is unsafe TO rely always upon the
= testimony OF the beneficiary or to take his fig
I | ures- Applause the Democratic side. /
: Now, say to my friends on this side OF the
House that the Republican party is charged
with no higher mission than the preservation Of
: the equality OF opportunity in this country. No
{ industry. whether it be manufacturing sui
phnric acid or manufacturing plows harrows
. | or manufacturing any thing else. has right TO