The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-21
M,KENNA sEcEDEs.

He Rises Above Party Ties and Talks
sensibly on the Tariff.
WASHINGTON, May 2o.-The house went
into committee of the whole on the tariff
bill. Cowles, of North Carolina, offered an
amendment repeating the tobacco tax. It
was rejected.
Sayers, of Texas, offered an amendment
providing that iron and steel cotton ties or
hoops for baling or other purposes, not
thinner than number twenty wire gauge, be
admitted free. After an extended discus
sion the amendment was rejected SO to
124. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, moved to
fix the duty at 45 per cent ad valorem.
Lost.
McKenna, republican, of California
moved an amendment to the sugar
schedule, reducing the existing sched-
ule 30 per cent. retaining the
dividing line at Is instead Of is,
and secured to the refners of this country
the refining of sugar between 13 and 16,
which the pending bill alphabetically sent
to foreign reiners. As contrasted with the
Mills bill, the amendment was reduction:
as contrasted with the present bill, it was
not case of lowering or increasing rates,
but of change of policy. The pending bill
in all particulars except the sugar schedule
was brave and strong, because it was brave.
In the sugar schedule it was timid, time
serving and weak; weak because it was
time serving and timid. In the other sched-
ules the bill carried out republican princi-
pies. It@might be we'll for republicans to
pause and consider what they we're doing,
as to its practical and political
effect, if not to its moral effect,
The Chicago platform enumerated ways
and means of reducing. the revenue. de-
clared that the internal revenue system
should be destroyed rather than any part
of the protective system be surrendered.
The sugar industry, a part of the protective
system. was surrendered by the bill. The
sugar schedule pointed as directly as ever
free trader pointed to the benefit of buy
ing in the cheapest market. democratic
applause.l Wool was not produced to the
extent of our wants and no one could pre-
dict when it would be. Democratic ap-
plause.] It was to-day declining industry,
democratic applause] and had been given
increased protection in this bill because
it was aeclining industry, and yet
it was called the keystone of the arch
of protection. If the committee was right
on the position taken by it in it's report, the
duty on wool was charge on the consumer.
The bill made sugar contraband in the pro-
was correct why not apply it to other
things! Why not apply it to tin plates
[laughter] and save at once (if the COM
mittee was right; he was only repeating its
reason for not endorsing them) 81. 900, ,0O0
in revenue and taxation? Why not apply
it to linen goods, which We did not produce,
and give the people cheap linen to go with
cheap tin and cheap sugar? Laughter. !
Why not apply il to wool until that article
was produced in this country to the extent
of the peoples' wants? Democratic
laughter. Think of the splendid political
effect on the republican party when it was
enabled to point with pride to the working
man and farmer sitting down to a cheap
breakfast in a cheap suit of clothes.
Laughter.
Cannon, of Illinois. opposed the amend
ment. The gentleman from California was
not happy when he said wool stood on all
fours with sugar. The production of wool
last year under the present insufficient tariff
was 25O. COZ, 600 pounds and the import was
12O. 1000, 600 pounds. Twice as much was
produced at home as was imported and the
home product was sufficient to control the
price at home and regulate the. worlds
price of wool.
Mckinley closed the discussion and Mo
kenna's amendment was rejected, 115 to
134, Mckenna, Morrow, O'Neill, of Penn
sylvania, Harmer, Dehaven, Bartine, Van
dever, Brossey, Kerr, of Iowa, Coleman
and Reyburn voting in the affirmative.
May Build an Incline.
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