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the reason for taxing csbbages and putting
saurkraut on the Tree list,
Mr.. Dingley inquired why the Mills bill taxes
cabbages ten Der cent. aud placed saurkraut
on the free list.
Mr. Springer replied that the Mills.bill was
not before tho House. Io wanted the gontle-
man to give a good reason for voting for the
pending bill and not shield himself behind the
MIR. Butterworth lRep.. OHIO suggested that
a cabbage was a raw material Laughter
Mr. Springer-And suurkraut manufacture
Mr. Springer. alter ridiculing tho imposition
OF duty on eggs as measure OF protection to
,hc late president Hayes EnS % w. sGno one into &
aud declared that the Amoricap i!og was dis
crimpotod agansti in , tRat hI!l hhri7tlss wero
placed upon wool Was it for the benefit OF tho
Illinois farmer that his sleek, fat hogs were
placed on an equality With ne tho @ @ra2oIDacks of
was ready to meet the issue tonderod in the
bin and he, predicted that the house in tho
lifty-senond Congress would nave u Demo-
cratic majority of nifty, In 1892 there woulG be
q a,Democratic Congress pledged to repeal this
bill If II should become Jaw ,
Mr.. Dingley said that the pending bill pro-
posed to admit free oil duty 81 per cont OF tho
Imports into this country i made "a the average
ratio of duty on all imports 10 ner cont less
than existing law. and lower even thun tho
Mills bill. One Of tho largest benefits proposed
TO be conferred by the bill ut1n the consumer
would be that realized from FREQ sugar Last
year our people consumed 3VOOOOUOO pounds
Of low-GrAde sugar. Under the terms Of tho
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United States could not produce. or produce In
sufficient quantities to supply, the home de-
cause duty on such articles apnleciatod tic
cost to tine consumer; and that was why tho
duty on sugar OF which the United States pro-
duced only one eighth of its consumption was
n tax which Increased tho burdens OF tho
people The duty on calico for instance, was
not a tax. but tariff. Il enabled our manu-
article to the consumcr
Mr.. Andrew CDem., Mass, opposed the bill
There was no free trade party i'll existence. but
if anything would create ono i was such a
measure ~ the pendinG one. which not only
continued the war tnrin OF twenty five years
ago but Increased that tariff.
Mr. Cummings Dom. \. " characterized
the present session Of Congress asa as a raging sea
which were q complex battery turned upon the
Treasury, The friends Of the reople were p"r-
overheard and breathed their mOnns to the
winds and tho waves. This taritl bill was only
eySr II IHs G9mpeY o., macneIry Fry In4nS
of Il bleak mountain in scotland, there Is ono
place on earth where taxed wheat aud paurers
ton was made sneak thief in tho larjer
Of the, people As ,thE, thE whT war;, tariii had
It's ofrspring today threatened them With
scorpions. The liorublicans claimed that the
bill was carrying out til" American system. 1t
was not an American system. II was the Old.
cast-off, and abandoned system oi England.
1t was tho spectre of tho most lawleSs and
meanest OF English kinGs-James l. James
Stuart with his google ewes and elongated
tongue. ought to be here TO advocate this bill
ExtravaCance was his necessity and eXtrnva-
gance was the necessity now. This lii struck
"a New York rs though sne were viper or an
unclcan reptile. on behalf of her millions OF
people ne protested against tho pa sage o. the
MIR. Brickner Dem. Wis expressed his dis
appointment of the bl Instead of relieving
distress and correcting blundcrs it greatly IN
creased both.
The committee then rose. and tho Speaker
announced the following committee appoint
ments: On Rules. Bount Of Georgia; on Ap
banking aud Currency. Cooper of Ohio; on
Railways and Canals, Featherstone Of \rkan-
Springer of Illinois He also announced tho
appointment of Mnssrs Cutnhcon; Mckenna.
and Cummings as Wis itors to West Point.
Tho House then took a recess until ) O'Clock.