Evening journal., 1890-05-09
mUnE lAhlFf SPEECHES
Eloquent Members Talk About
the Mckinley Bill. u
THEORY ANp NOT 4 CONDITION

A THEORY AND NOT A CONDITION.
Mr.. Burrows. Of Michigan, Reverses Mr.
cieyeiand's Famous Epigram- -ssssrs.
Flower, Mcmillan, Dookery and Bayna
Present Their Views on the Tarin BIN.
WAsHINGToN, May 9--After the reading
Of the Journal the house went into com
mittee ofthe whole, Mr.. Payson alls.) In
the chair, on the tariff bill Mr.. Dookery
lAlo) said that the fact that the present
system Of taxation did not restrict the rev.
enue 70 the needs Of tie government was
shown by the surplus in the treasury In
the last campaign the Republican party
had claimed that the farmers would be
benefited by protection. Yet after the Re
publican victory the depression in arri-
culture was greaters Chan ever Turning
to the wool schedule Mr.. Dockery made
an argument in favor Of Tree wool and = re-
duction Of duty on manufactured products.
Theory and Not Condition.
MIR. BIFfaughs lMfch )opened his speech
with the declaration that vt isa theory
and not condition which oonfronts us
There could be no condition cf the treas.
ury that legislation could not remove. Tho
condition Of the treasury today was an
everHowing one What was the remedyi
The Republicans would reduce the sur
other sH
In the campaign Of 1888 the two theories
were presented to the American people. and
after full debate on platform and in the
press o verdict was rendered ia favor OF the
Republican theory Of taxation Mr. Bur
rows defended the wood and metal sched.
ules. He favored placing sugar on the free
list and granting bounty, arguing that ID
would save the taxpayers &B4,000, 900, while
the bounty would only amount to s., ,O0O, ,000-
Hit at Mr.. burrows.
Mr.. McMillin Tenn. said that Mr.. Bur
rows, In declaring thatgit was "a theory
and not condition which confronts US.
seemed anxious TO put himself ia antaQ-
onisnn with one Of the greatest men Of the
country. In the state of Michigan there
1900 motgaged farms, while there were
only 5000 which We're not mortgaged Was
that a condition or theory that confronted
the gentleman at home? (Applause) The
average rate OF interest paid by his POOR
over taxed constituents was 2-iO per cent
What remedy did this bill propose for these
over taxed peopleg s
There was a general change in the bin
from ad valorem Co specific dnties. Thai
concealed the true rate of duty. But IA
did more. Prices Z Of foinmoditlea were
falling all over the world, and this change
prevented the consumer from getting the
benefit of the reduction
q The Bounty system AMI 5ohbery.s
Mr. Bayne tl'a) inquired IL the Demo-
cratic secretaries, Manning and Fairchild.
had not recommended a chanee from al
yalorem tc specific M Mcmillan replied
that they had ia some instances, but the
Democratic party had declined to. dc il.
Mr. 'McMillan.ihrn discussed at length the
Republican victory Of 1883. which, he said,
did not express the VIII of the people He
figured that tie bounty system would pro
mote jobbery.
Dir. nayne on Agricultural Depression.
r..Bayne regarded the tariff question a.
settled BY the last election referring 20
the agricultural depression, he admitted
that in some parts of the country the con
dition uf the farmers was bad but the
foreign farmers were in a much more de-
ploratls condition He made the prerhc-
Ton that the census Of 1890 would show u
vast increase IN the value Of the farms of
the country over the value given them IN
1850. There-was one example presented b.
the Democratic party that he commended
20 his side. They stood together and up
Aela their committees action, Qa
Mr. rlqwer Speaks.
Mr.. Flower IN. r. b said that the trainers
Of this bin had wholly misapprehendesi The
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