The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-08
THE BALL is OPENED.
The Debate on the Tariff Bill
Has Begun in "
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. Mckinley Advocates tho Meas.
urcs in tho Bill Presented by
the Majority Of tho Commit.
tcc-Mr. Mill' Reply.


House today rather tamely. tn,
crowd OF spectators in the galleries wal
neither larger nor smaller than usual
and there was no indication OF any pop
nlar interest in the subject. Gen
Benjamin =. Butler was a prominent
figure on the floor. Neither TO the sur
prise to the ine.ubers who had prepared
themselves, for an attack on King eau
Gus, because Of the limited time which
will DO allowed for tho general debate
Mr.. Mckinley refrained from present.
ing the iron clad rule which was expect.
cd, so that the anticipated preliminary
wranglc was avoided. Although Nc.
kinfey was granted unlimited time Ia
which 10 present his argument, he had
stated In advance he would not occupy
much more than one hour, and the In.
dications were that the speakers who
follow will also reduce their speeches to
small compass. Exclusive OF the
promised night sessions, which more
notable speakers avoid, whenever posi-.
Bile, there will be in all but twenty hours
OF general debate. ,-.5
Following the established custom, the
thirteen members of the Ways and
Means Committee must each be allowed
MI hour, or thirteen hours in the ayore.
gate, 80 that but seven OF the daylight
hours will remain for partition among
the remaining members. ~ =
M'HlNLEY's SPEECH,
Mr.. Mckinley took the floor in Sud.
port Of the tariff bill. "In the last DO.
litical campaign the tariff had been the
absorbing question before tho people.
1t seemed to him that no extended tis-
cussion OF this great principle was. e1.
pected or required or necessary under
existing conditions, for, il any one thing
was settled by the political con-
test OF lSSS. 1t was that the pro.
tective policy as promulgated by
the Republican party In it's plat
form, as maintained by the Republi.
can party through long series OF wears.
should be secured in its legislation
which was to be had by Congress
chosen in these great contests and in
this mastering issue. He interpreted
the victory to mean, he interpreted the
majority in the House to mean, he in.
terpreted the incumbency OF the Pres
idency ofthc United States of the pres-
ent chief executive to mean, that a
revision OF the tariff was demanded by
the people and that revision should be
along the line and in full recognition of
the principles and purposes OF protec.
ton. [AppIause.
The people had spoken and they ask
cd TINS Congress- to register their will
and cmbody their verdict into public
law. The bill presented by the Com.
Iuittee on Ways and Means TO the
House was Il thorough answer to that
demand. 1t was in full recognition OF
the principle and policy OF the protec-
tive tariff. The bill had not abolished
the internal revenue tax, as the Repub-
lican party had pledged itself to do, in
the event that that abolition was neces-
sary to preserve the protective system,
because tho committee had found the
abolition OF the one was not necessary
to the preservation Of the other.
SPECIAL TAXES. -'5gf-'a--
The bill recommended the abolition OF
all special taxes and the reduction OF the
tax on tobacco aud snuff, and it moved
the restrictions upon tho growers OF
tobacco. With these exceptions the
Internal Revenue laws stood as at pres
ent. II these recommendations were
agreed to internal taxation would be re-
duced Il little over ten millions OF dollars.
The committee also recommended a pro.
vision requiring all imported articles to
bear Il stamp or mark indicating the
4 country in which such articles are man
ufactured.
The reason that actuated the commit
tee was that it had become too common
in some OF the countries OF the world t
copy some OF our best known brand
and sell them in competition with oul
home made product.
DRAWBACKS. ,5,i
The next provision recommended wa
one extending and liberalizing tho draw
back sections Of the laws. Under th'
existing statutes any citizen OF th'
United States could import IN article
pay duty upon it, make it into u com
plete product, export it and the govern
Inent refunded ninety per cent OF tn
duty paid on the retail manufacture
The committee recommended tina
hereafter the government shoult
retain only one per cent instead OF tel
per cent. This gave TO the people OF th
United States practically free retail man
ufActory for the export trade. Tho com
mittee said to the capitalists OF the coun
try: "lf you think you think you can q
into the foreign market with free raw
material, we give you then one per con
Of free material and you try and SEQ wha
you can do.' Laughter.
This provision completely disposed 0
what had sometimes seemed almost I'm
nnswerable argument, urged by gentle
men on the other side, that il the manu-
facturers only had free raw material the
could compete in the markets OF til
world. sEs = 49,. -s,. 4.
Mr.. Springer, Of Illinois, inquiret
whether this provision applied to WOO
MISLEADING STATEMENTS.
blr. Mckinley replied that it apple
TO everything. It was asserted by til
Minority that the bill would not reduc
tho revenue OF the government, but thu
on the contrary, it would increase tn
revenues. This statement was mislead
ing. 1t could only be valuable on tn
assumption that the importations Of tn
present year under this bill would b
equal to the importation OF like article
under existing law. Tho instant dutie
were increased to fair protective poin
Ehat trltant the importation diminished
and the reyenues correspondingly dimir
ished. No ono could dispute thatpropt
sition. II the bill shopld become la
the revenues Of tho government wou|
be diminished $50, 1000, 900 to $50, ,000. .0o'
Alter discussing the bill more in d
tail, M. slcKinley said that under tn
duties offered by the bill that the annu'
imports Of S25 10000 Of agriculture
products would be supplied tho peop
OF tho United States by tho America
farmer, rather than BY the Canada
farmer, and that SET. .0O0,0 900 distribute
among tho farmers would relieve SON
OF tho depression prevailing and ,gis
them confidence and courage and u
c,.onnd nh;l;tv II, raise the mortgage