The Indianapolis journal., 1892-02-17
Lieut. Bryan Willing to Sacrifice the Binding
Twine Industry in His State for the Sake
of q Little Fleeing N0toriety.
First Round in the Free Coinage Strug.
gle Won BY the Anti-Silverites.
BIand's Attempt to Forward His Cheap Dol
lar Measure Frustrated by New York
Democrat, Aftsra Day of Filibustering.
READY FOR THE FRAY.
Democrats Of the House Prepared 20 Begin
the Attack the Tariff Law.

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the Attack ON the Tariff Law.
srecinl 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-"There will be
firing all along the line in the House
next week against the Mckinley
tariff law" said Mr.. Bryan. of Ne
braska, to your correspondent this after
noon. Mr.. Bryan is a Democratic MEM
Der of the committee on ways and
means, is the author of the free binding
twine hill. and says he is eager for the
fray. "At the meeting of the committee
this morning" continued Mr. Bryan, "the
majority voted to report the three bills
providing for free binding-twlne. free wool
and free cotton ties aud cotton bagging
ana to urge their adoption. The bills will
be reported to the House as soon as the Re-
publican members of the committee get
their reports ready. All of the measures
will be reported at one time, and all will
come up for discussion at the same time.
but each Will stand upon its feet and will
be voted upon separately. Mr. Springer
wrote the report on free WOOL /
wrote that upon binding-twine. and
Mr.. Turner, of Georgia, wrote the
report upon free cotton ties and
free bagging. Each. you see. took
al his subject that which is of most inter-
est to his local constituency. We turned
over our reports to the Republican mem-
bers of the committee to-day, aud only
await the completion of their minority rc-
ports. We certainly expect the bills to 60
to the House by next Monday and prob
ably this week.
.'When will they como mp for debate in
the Housei" was asked.
mo time has yet been fixed. but there
will be not more than two or three days
elapse after the measures are reported be-
fore they will be taken up for cOnsidsra-
will the appropriation bills take pre-
cedencef"
"No. sir. Although the tariff debate
may he temporarily laid aside at any time
to take up the appropriation bills as they
.WilI the debate take general range or
will it be confined TO the specific subjects
in the billsT
WILL COVER THE WHOLE FIELD.
Every speech is expected to tax. . vida
range and cover the entire cat 'ogue;
other wise nearly every member would
make dozen or more speeches. When
blnding-twlne is before the House. for in
stance. you will hear about steel rails.
sugar bounty, clothing and every other
article mentioned in the tariff law. The
debate upon the three bills now ready FOR
report to the House may last q month. but
there will be no unnecessary delay; nor
will any extraneous matter be admitted.
We expect to pass the bills just as they
will be reported and force the fight to q
finish without any other proposition inter-
fering. In other words, when my free
binding-twIne bill goes to the senate we
will know whether that body dares sup
press or vote 1t down just as 1t stands with
out relation to any other item in the tariff
law. We do not expect any misunder-
standing or dodgiuK."
test which will come to you from the great
bindIng-twine industry which has Just
started at Fremont, in your State, and
which promises to supply the entire coun-
try by the aid of its offsprings within q
very short time7" was asked.
This question was evidently not expect
ed by Mr.. Bryan. and evidently was not
welcome. but he metit by saying: IF you
will notice my bill does not affect hemp
twine-the kind made now in my State
but simply makes free twine manufactured
from jute, manila, sis0l grass and other
fore gn- gro wn flores. i notice that of the
fifty Thousand tons of. .tinding-twine man
ufactured in this country the last wear. but
seven thousand tons were manufactured
from hemp"
In this position Mr.. Bryan completely
overlooked the matter of labor and held to
the argument that as long as hemp was
protected there should be no complaint
He then added incautiously, IF it were
not for the fact that it would necessitate
Nm oyerhsuling of the schedules in the
tariff law relating to other articles made
from hemp, would have gone further and
not excepted hemp twine from the bill. ]
think hemp twine should be on the free
list Also"
WILLING TO KILL THE INDUSTRY.
Mr.. Bryan takes the position that the
farmers. even though the manufacture of
twine from hemp will give them good
market for another of their products
themp). prefer lower prices for the twine
they must buy and that the time necessary
to place the binding-twine industry upon a
footing sufficiently formidable TO reduce
prices to a level with an article which may
be imp orted free of duty will not Justify
prese Mt "sacritices" IN the matter of in.
creased prices to consumers He says hc il
willing to try the experiment even in the
face of the fact that in his own State there
is binding-twine industry of immense
proportions which is just getting Oh its feet
1t has been the invariable rule oI
the ways and means committee for the
majority. after preparing tariff bill
and agreeing upon the report to accompany
it. to allow the minority members of the
committee a reasonable time TO examine in
confidence the bill and majority report, 90
as to prepare statement to the House
The statement was current at the Capitol
to-day, that Chairman Springer and fellow.
Democrats on the committee had decided
to violate this precedent and send theiI
bills and reports TO the House without
allowing the ReDublieans opportunity tC
prepare min ority report for presen alton
at the same time. In fact. early In the lay
Chairman Springer did say that the minor.
ity of the COMMITTEES had no right to de-
mand SO much confederation. or TO be given
any opportunity to delay the report of the
bills TO the House. Later. however. Mr.
Springer was persuaded that it would bs
wiser To extend the Usual courtesy TO the
minority.
Senator Morrill,. the veteran tariff expert
of the upper branch of Congress. and chair
man of the Senate finance committee ex
pressed the opinion to-day that no tariff
bill would pass the Senate. He thought
the free bindIng-twine bill might have
been dangerously likely to reach the Presi
dent had not practical experience in Ne,
braska shown that the Mckinley bill
cheapened binding-twine to the farmer
Farmers Friend" Hatch proposes tn pu,
his agricultural committee at work grind.
ing out tariff campaign buneombe for tn,
benefit of the rural voter as soon as pos
sibie. Mr.. Hatch naively said to-day tha
the agricultural committee "would max,