Evening journal., 1891-11-27
THE WASHINGTON FIGHT
Mr.. Mills Angry with Mr..
Crisp's Friends.
THEIR CRITICISMS DIsTAsTEFUL.

They Say His Temper Would Make Him
an undesirable wielder Of tho Gavel,
but senator Carlisle Declares There Is
no Foundation for the Accusation.
NEW YORK, Nov. "a New York paper
has received the replies given below from
Messrs. Crisp and Miller, the principal
speakership candidates, as to their atti-
tude on the tariff question. Congressman
Charles r. Crisp writes;
what MIR. Crisp Says.
My record on the tariff question is az clear as
that OF any representative in congress- have
always acted and sympathized with efforts 20
obtain genuine reform and positive reduction.
The first vote ! cast in congress for Mr.,
Carlisle IN preference TO Mr.. Randall for speak
er Of tho house. Latcr voted for the Morrison
hill and for tho Mills bill. / havo laAade tariu
speeches ia congress, IN New York, IN Messa-
chusetts In Missouri IN Virginia, IN GYio, In
Maryland, IN Kansas and in Georgia, and Ia
each and every one OF these many speeches
have advocated reduction Of duties.
OF course I cannot outline IN a brief dispatch
a tariff hill such as I would like tosee enacted,
but the following paragraph from The Records
report Of my speech on the Mckinley bill may
servo your purpose.
His Idea OF Tariff Bill.
Mr. Crisp Mr.. Chairman, the committee on
ways and means have spent months OF restless
days and sleepless nights trying 20 find out
country can suggest plan Of relief IN hve
minutes. Modify the existing tariff laws re-
duce taxation; permit some reasonable com
| petition IN the market; destroy trusts. accord
equal rights TO all and special privileges to
none Do these things and You viii help him
/ fitta fha faf4fnnf ffln salt Innf would helm a
/ little You give Il TO the fisherman on the
coast Of Maine aud on the coast OF Massachu-
setts; why not give Il 60 the farmeri
Give him free hagging, in which the farmer
! OF the west sacks his corn, and with which the
| farmer IN the south wraps his cotton Give him
free iron ties, with which ia the south he binds
his cotton bales and with which in the west he
bales his hay
Give him some reduction on his hats on his
| wooden clothes and on his cotton goods Ia
that way, and ina that way oRly, can you benefit
| the great mass Of the farmers of the south and
west You cannot increase the price Of their
products by protective tarin duties, but you
can decrease TO them the cost Of productions
and Of living by reducing the tariff ON thos,
articles used 20 make their crops, and on thos'
articles of necessity which All families mus
use.
Any further information that may be desired
will be found in my speeches
The stand OF Roger Q. Mills.
Roger @ Mills thus defines his position
In reply 10 your dispatch inquiring about m.
, views on the tariff ] would say that II M
speeches IA congress and out Of il In all parts o
the country for the last fifteen years have no
made thom known ican hardly do 70 within IN
limits OF a telegram. I would try II had IN
power, 70 make the tariff low for the Unite
8 States, / would exempt from taxation all RAJ
e material whyH Because we could then PR
/ duce cheaper than any other people, and sell !
y markets now closed TO us by reason OF VI
y higher cost which the tax on matoria make
= l That ssouid give vastly more ernploymcnt
'e our labor, and consequently higher wages ih'
IS any proposed system OF taxation,
Its Eject ON American Labor.
= The Brst question the legislator must a,
y himself H. How win It Affect employment
I American labori Having rendered free fro
q taxation all raw material, the rates ON the a
r iahed goods should be reduced 10 that figul
O that win bring the required revenue and
more. This reduction OF rate win be a redu
ton OF price to the consumer, and largely 4
{ crease homo consumption and home produ
u tion, and again enlarge the demand for emplo
8 ment. This is substantially what / have sal
S all over the country.