The Globe-republican., 1890-10-29
THE NEW TARIFF BILL

THE NEW TARIFF BILL
Extracts From the Closing Speech OF SEN
ator Aldricf, September 30 Effect on the
Cost of Living.
Pending the late discussion in the
Senate on the Mckinley bill. Senator
Aldrich explained its provisions in the
following concise manner:
In the construction of the pending
bill its trainers have sou,ht. as far as
possible to cure all defects and to
remedy all inequalities growing out of a
want of proper relation in rates. and
their action in this regard should be
considered rather as correction of
rates than an increase of duties.
There is another more numerous and
much more important class of articles
upon which increases have been made
more Important not only from their
greater value, but from the ultimate
effect which their production here would
have upon the industrial future of the
country. These are the articles of in
dustries which, in the act of 1888, and
and in prior tariffs, we have surrendered
without question to our foreign Compel
ling to confess could not be made in the
United States. and upon which we have
never levied protective duties These
include all the finer and more expensive
manufactures in every schedule of the
bill For illustration, as in the cotton
schedule. we have increased the duties on
sall the finest cotton cloths-those which
in texture and in cost rival silk fabrics.
We have advanced the rates on cotton
velvets, chenille goods and on all fine
fashioned hosiery and knit goods In
the fax schedule we have increased
rates on all fine linen goods, on laces
lace window curtains and embroideries
OF every description.
In the wooden schedule we have adj
vanced rates on tho finer dress goods for
women's wear, on all the more expen-
sive kinds of cloths for mems wear, and
upon fancy articles composed Of WOOL
In the silk schedule we have raised the
duties on silk velvets, and pushes, and
upon silk laces and embroideres and
on ready-made clothing composed of
silk. Increases have also been made
on ornamented and decorated glassware,
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more expensive manufactures of iron
and steel the duties have been advanced.
Other increases have been made on
mus cal instruments, on fine tissue and
surface-coated papers, on manufactures
of ivory and shell. and many other mis-
cellaneous manufactures of fancy art-
-cles From any economic standpoint an
increase of the rates upon these articles
is justifiable. They are all articles of
voluntary use; none of them necessary
for the comfortable existence of our peo-
pie. 1t was the purpose Of the commit.
tee in the preparation of this bill to
formulate a declaration that hereafter
they should be produced by American
working men and women. We have now
the requisite skill. taste and the mate
rial for their manufacture and every pa
triotic impulse dictates that we should
make their production possible in the
United States
Our Importation of these articles
amounted last year to 5000. 900. 900 OF
foreign va ue, and including duties and
importers profits. cost our people $780,
O00, 600 Their production here would
SINc uAShe W q Va mcu
and women, and If we include their de-
pendents four to FIVE million people
would be supported by this addition to
our National workshop These five
millions Of people would in turn be
clothed and fed here and would furnish
greatly enlarged markets for our farm
ers and manufacturers
There has been no increase in rates
upon any of that large class of manu-
features which our friends upon the
other side are 80 fond of calling the
necessaries of life. On many articles
in common use by the great mass Of
the people of the country, including all
ordinary grades of cotton cloth. all the
low grades OF wooden cloth. there have
been reductions Upon none of these
in any schedule has there been any in
crease. and call the attent ON of Sena-
tors upon the other side of the chamber
TO this statement and challenge them
to question its accuracy in any particu-
lar
repeat that on all the articles which
Senators upon the other side have de.
.scribed to-day as the accessories of life
there are not only no enormous increases
in rates by this bill. but there are mono
whatever. Tho American manufacturer
is not asking Tor any increase in tho
protective duties on any Of this class Of
articles as none Is necessary; he has
the entire American market to-day. and
will retain it whether the tariff Is
higher or lowan In fact IL 1t were not