Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-11
The Tariff Debate Goes I'm
ceasingly On.
Protection for Grandmother
HayeS'S Eggs.
The Senate Passes the Army ApprO-
priatiOn Bill.
John W. Green's Nomination as Postmaster
of Los Angeles Confr1med-Wash-
ington Notes.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

Associated Press Dispatches
WASHINGTON, May 1O.-The house to-
day went into committee of the whole
on the tariff bill. Lanham, of Texas, in
a speech generally critical of the meas
ure, urged the Importance of reciprocity
with Mexico. He especially antagonized
the feature of the bill which places
duty on silver-lead ore, declaring that it
would destroy the smelling industry of
Texas and the neighboring states, and
would invite retaliatory legislation on
the part of Mexico.
McAdoo, of New Jersey, opposed the
bill, and in the course of his remarks
sarcastically taunted the republican
party with the failure of it's ante-election
promises.
La Follette's Alleged Logic.
La Toilette, of Wisconsin, drew COM
parison between the Mills bill and the
pending measure. He said the republi-
can bill favored protection to American
agriculture, manufactures and labor;
the democratic bill opposed that policy.
The republican bill proposed to foster
home market for Americans; the demo-
cratic bill proposed to invite all other
countries to take this market from our
people whenever it was in their power
to do so. The issue was made, and he,
as republican, welcomed it. The re-
publican policy would strengthen the
alien labor law; the democratic policy
would nullify that law, because it was
cheaper to import the products of cheap
labor than to import cheap labor ITSELF
He then entered into detailed explain
alton and defense OF the various sched-
ules of the bill.
Mills's Remarks Ridiculed..
In conclusion he said: "What does
the democratic system offer? The gen.
tleman from Texas (Mills) has told us.
listened to his gleeful description of
the worlds market our farmers would
find if the binders OF protection were
removed from their eyes. He descanted
in an enthusiastic and robust speech of
the government soup houses in the old
world, established to feed the herds of
hungry poor, and mounted to his su-
preme climax with the declaration that
men were starving for bread there. l
waited breathlessly for more, but in vain.
In Gods name is this the market you
ask the American farmers to sell their
wheat in? Are they to trundle their
grains from the Dakotas to the old world
and wait for the aristocratic patronage
OF the government soup-hOuses and
other subjects starving for bread to bid
against each other and fix the price ?'
Springer's Take-Ofs.
Springer, of Illinois, opposed the bill.
He denounced granting bounties on
sugar and raw silk, and then in face
tious manner proceeded to point out the
benefit which would inure to the farm
ers of Illinois from the provisions of the
law. Cabbages were now taxed 10 per
cent ad valorem. 1t was proposed to tax
them cents a head According to
agricultural reports no cabbages were
imported at 10 per cent. How many
would be imported at the equivalent OF
80 per cent?
Protection for Granny Hayes.
After ridiculing the imposition of duty
on eggs as a measure of protection to
ex-President Hayes, who had gone into
the chicken business, he reviewed the
free list and declared that the American
hog was Disseminated against, in that
bristles were placed on the free list,
while high duty was placed upon wool.
Was it for the benefit of the Illinois
farmer that his sleek fat hogs
were placed on an equality
with the razor backs of Mexico?
[Laughter] The democratic party was
ready to meet the issue rendered in the
bill; and he predicted that the house in
the fifty-second congress would have a
democratic majority of fifty; in 1892
there would be democratic congress
pledged to repeal this bill if it should
become law.
Dingley, of Maine, supported the bill,
and Barnes of Georgia, Andrew, of Mas
sachusetts, Cummings, of New York,
and Brickner, of Wisconsin, opposed it.
The committee then rose and a recess
was taken until evening.