Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-30
COULD NOT MAKE Ii
Carlisle Tries Hard TO Score
Point
IN HIS TARIFF EXPOSITION
But lie Falis TO Weaken the Logic ol
the Masterful Address Of Sea-
atof Aldrieh.

wAsHissroS. July 29.-carllsle made
q speech In reply To senator Aidrlch's
speech on the tariff In the senate today.
lie ssid he ought to apologize TO the
senate for the discussion At this time OF
a subject which all felt could not be
disposed Of, but the recent report Of
the committee on finance had been
thoroughly misunderstood and 90 mis-
represented in the public press and
otherwise that he had felt il to be the
duty of some one on his side OF the
chamber who assisted in making this
investigation to state their views OF Its
conclusions. II Was the unanimous
opinion Of the economists and statis-
ticans that had investigated the subiec.
that for many years IN all the great IN
dustrial and commercial countries OF
the world the prices Of commodities
had been decreasing and the rate OF
wages increasing, especially In those
occupations on which are required .
double degree Of skill.
Labor sud Capital.
In other words capital had been re-
ceiving year by year a smaller percent
age upon its total investment, and
labor had been receiving larger per-
centage. OF course there were very
many aggravated exceptions to this
rule, but they we're mainly attributa-
BILE to the artificial conditions caused
by unequal taxation and interference
by the government with the affairs of
the people. If all these disturbing in
fiuencee could be removed the univer-
sal rule would be in all civilized coun-
tries IS he had stated it. This ten-
dency to . decline in the price Of COM
modities and increased rates of wages
was the necessary result of our I'M
proved methods of production and
transportation aud exchange. This
rad been going on all over the world
except where the government had con.
sidered itself wiser than its people and
enacted laws which interferred with
the distribution OF products. What
ever made it easier for the people to
live decently and frueally. whatever
made the necessaries of life cheap to
the masses was a blessing to mankind,
and he had never been able to appre-
ciate the justice of the policy which
compelled men to work longer and
harder In order to support their fami-
lies.
He Never Could UnderAtand.
He had never been able to appre.
ciate the policy which taught that you
could make people happy by taxa
tion, either by increasing the price of
their products or the cost of what they
were compelled to eat and wear. Any
man that contended that high prices
were an advantage was At war with the
civilization Of the age. Ii high prices
were beneficial TO the general welfare
we ought to retrace our steps and go
back to where our ancestors stood a
hundred years ago. We ought to dis
pense with steam and electricity and
cast the whole burden of our industry
upon the laboring men and women OF
our country: we ought to discard the
railways and 20 back to the OK cart; in
short we ought To throw aside every
thing which science and art has done
for humanity and return to the most
primitive methods of production. and
the distribution Of that would undoubt.
edly produce high prices.