The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-08
THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN
neKhlsys Bill Taken up BY the House
for Consideration.
The Ohio Congressman Makes q
oe9ong Speech for His Measure
While Mills Enters Some
Sharp Criticisms.

be9em the debate on the tariff bill, Pay
son q Illinois occupying the chair.
A03r discussing the bill more In detail,
Mol hley said that under duties fixed hy
the the annual imports Of SS,OW,000
OF aQficultural products would he sup
plieashe people of the United Stated by
the american farmer rather than by the
CsDap pian farmer, and THAI the s2S, S,0Oo.0O
distr( >uted among the farmers would re-
lieve pine Of the depression prevailing
and I've them confidence aud courage
and >reased ability TO raise the mort
aaoeq upon their farms. During the Il
yesDB reciprocity with Canada, the
un!esd States had bought more than il
had sold. What Canada wanted,
what other countries wanted was
q ire and open market in the United
Statoo. What the United States wanted,
IN IL eSer had reciprocity, was reciprocity
wit9pt equality. Mckinley explained
and blended the wool schedule, and the
pare aph in the metal schedule concern
ing - plate and considered the free list
Roofrring to the growth Of the carpet
indu1lry in the United States he said the
price rf carpets had gone down while the
ad valorem equivalent had gone up. The
favoette assault OF the democratic free
was 10 parade this high per centagc
and cd valorem equivalent 20 show
the enormous burden Of taxation i'm
posed upon the people. When steel
rails were 500 per ton. there was
an equivalent AL valorem duty upon them
Of % per cent; but when rails were re.
duced to $50 a ton, because of this duty Of
y per cent, which had induced our mnn,I-
facturcrs 10 engage In that business, the
ad vnlorem equivalent went up to 81 per
cent. Democrats looked mt the per cent;
Republicans looked at the prices. Demo-
Gratis would rather have low ad valorem
equivalent and high prices than high AL
valorem equivalents and low prices.
There was complaint against the bill that
IL would stop expectation and interfere
with our foreign markets. Was the
foreign consumer better consumer than
the American consumer: Under the
system of a revenue tariff we bought more
abroad than we sold and paid the balance
in gold. In this unhealthy state of affairs
organized opposition Ia the bill came
from consignors here and consignors and
merchants abroad. The press Of other
countries condemned the bill. Why? Be
cause II works against them. This bill
American interests. Notwithstanding all
more products than at any time
in our history. Our exports increased D
per csBcl aore than the exports from free
trade Great Britain. While Great Britain
of her commerce the United States gained
- per cent, and with the same aid To ship
ping Great Britain gave, the ships Of the
United States would plow every sea, I'M
der the American flag, i'm successful COM
petition with the ships of the world. We
| had enjoyed ~ years OF continuous pro-
lection, the longest period since the foun-
dation OF the government, and found our
| selves i'm greater prosperity tiian at any
other time. In 1850, after IA years Of rev.
enuc tariff, the country was IN IA state OF
depression. We had neither money nor
credit. We had both now. Accommodations
| of working classes had increased, their
deposits i'm saving hanks exceeded those
| Of the working classes of any other coun-
| try. These deposits told their own story,
The public debt of the United States per
capita was less than that of any other
nation i'm the world. We lead all nations
| in agriculture and mining. Could any
nation furnish such evidences of pros.
perity? Yet men were found to talk
about restraints. We put upon trade th,
| greatest good Ia the greatest number; th.
largest opportunity for human entleayor
were maximums upon which our pyo
tectve system rested. lApp'ausc.
AT the conclusion of Mckinley's speccl
he was warmly congratulated PERSONAL,
by almost every republican member pres
ent. while the cry "vote." VOTE" wa,
heard all over the western side Of the hall
Mills followed. He declared this wa,
the first bill that had come before ia,
like bighwaymen.d demanding their purses
to check importation was 10 check expor
tation. When we refused 10 take the pro
ducts OF other nations, that refusal wa
AN introduction against our exports, aua
as we removed the barriers To free ak
change we increased our trade
Protection. boiled down, meant
more work and less result ant
| carried out Ia its conclusion, IL meant al
work aud no result. Mills criticized ths
provisions of the bill relating To hides, Tin
plate and sugar and then said, at length
These gentlemen were brought to theil
knees at the confessional and were bount
TO admit there was widespread depression
throughout the agricultural regions. Wba
did the bill do to aid agriculture 2 IL pu
sugar ON the free list. Two years ago the
democrats stood here and declared tina,
shadow. Republicans had ridi
culed this aud had said farm
mortgages were only further cvi
dcnccs of prosperity and wealth
Why did not the committee treat sugar "a,
IL treated woolen goods and cotton good
protective duty on sugar aud compel il
production in this country and carry on
th. protective policy? The committee
had found out that wheat and corn pro
duction was In danger and Increased tb'
duty. The United States exported sO.UD.
co bushels of wheat "A year, and last yea
imported I 1,9i6 bushels; Of corn 69.0O.U
was exported and 2,seD imported
This immense importation must h
stopped. The committee proposed q
deliver the rye farmer from all peril
How much rye did the United States i'm
port? Sixteen bushels last year. Ma
the committee "let the portcullis fall" II
order 10 save the cabbage patch. The
had placed duty on cabbage and tha
, was the sauce for all ills. The farme
: could stand in his cabbage patch am
: defy the world. This was a cabbage hea
bill. Republicans must do somethin
more than this in order 10 fool the farm
ers. This bill would almost stop the q,
portation of agricultural products an
; then the republicans would hear a storf
worse than n Nebraska cyclone. Agricu