New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-30
fBY TELEGRAPH 10 The 1kIBUSkl

fBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TkIBUSEI
Washington. July Ex-senator Carlisle undertook
today In accorda,cA with his announcement to break
the force as far possible. of Mr. Aldrchs recen'
convincing and comprehensive defence OF the Mo
Klney Tarin law but it scarcely be sad thao
the performance fulfilled the general eApc'""2"
aroused for Mr.. Carlisle confined himself u ou' '"o
OF Mr. Aldrich's many Illustrations OF the successii
working OF the Act OF 1900. and on these two Vopos
he was Obliged to admit practically all that the hooe
Island Senator had contendcd for. Mr.. Aidrich hau
used the report OF the Senate Finance ComHittee ="
prices aud wages TO show that in period OF TWENTY
nine months Just before and Just after the passage
Of the Mckinley act. the average cost OF h'ihS '
not advanced as was asserted by critics of the DILL
hut had actually decreased during the pcrlh oa-i00
,f per cent. In the same twenty nine mon'hs' do
Mr.. Aldrich demonstrated from the committees nc
port the average Of wages in this country hao r''oN
"a Of per cent. A..
Mr. Carlisle tried to parry the effect OF inc nrS.
proposition, showing that the cost OF hVihs nav
actually decreased instead OF increasing unuci "'
Mckinley act, BY arguing that II the MCKINNEY Ia"
had never been passed the decrease ID the COS. ~
living yonld have been more marAeu' Ah'''
howav.r IL a more hypothetical conjecture. ana not
susceptible of any proof. The. theory advanced ny
Mr. Carlisle that there has been strong 'ehueho'
toward the lessening Of tho cost OF HVihs III w.
The world In the last two or three years % ~
contradcted by the only statlSucs III 'he i'
Committees report which shows the range OF prizes
in England from June. losO. 10 september i
Instead OF declining at greater rate thah IN 'ne
limited states the cost OF living rose In flgiaho
during those twenty nine months loo per cent
Mr. Carlisle did not refer this interesting 'ac' 70
day however. To meet the second point "' Wv
average of wages bad advanced "a OF Per CENT Dc
shown by Mr. Adrich, the Kentucky orHaNof uV
took to prove that the chief advance Ill "nece '
hoen in eced occupations rather than in pro-
,ected HINES Of industry But this nobody had ever
disputed for the report Itself states 'h"t III me-"
selected industries. most of them prote0Veo. "ie
average increase OF wages was onH ol-ioo VI y"
cent How Mr.. Carlisle consider such scattering
arguments as breaking the force Of Mr. Anr1os s'"
,nent NJ the two main results Of the Mckinley Iarin
net Il IS hard for any candid intelligent cruc u
imagine -
The general debate on the Hale resolution was con-
Timed after .ir Cariisle's speech was hnlsheo ny
Messrs Proctor and sherman. the latter 'hAhlhs
vigorous and eloquent defence of the protective sSs
go, &C sorrd In theory and beneficial in results.
Mr.. Carlisle in beginning his speech said that me
racent report OF the Committee on F1uance had peel
50 Thoroughly misunderstood. or so grossly nhsfep
resented in the pubkc press that he felt IL the uy o
some one on the Democratic SIDE OF the chdhl"el "'io
h.d assisted IN making the invest CATION to state his
view 1t had beeIrThe unanimous OpniOh Vi eVono
msts and statsticans that for many wears in all the
cr.at Industrial countries Of the world the prices VI
commodities we're decreasing and the wages ol tne
working people were increasing. ms VAS III "i'
Judgment the necessary result OF improved me1'ous
of product ton, transportation and exchange. Any one
who cosltended that high prices OF commodities were
beneficial to the community az large was al war WIN
IN. spitt of the age at with the genius OF us
covery and invention which had within the last nity
years as never In any other equal perhd OF history,
amelorated the condition OF manhnc py orfneine AZ
the neoessaries OF life and many Of us luAures "'iH
.Is reach of every man who willing to WORK.
AS a result OF the storm OF November loSo, ''c
senator from Rhode Island and the other friends oil
ths protective system were confessing that hgher
.prices were not beneficial 70 the people anu "'a'
the original avowed purpose OF the Mckinney act WAC
wrong In other words they were contehdIhe tha'
that act had been a success because IL had isl'ou I"
accomplish what it intended 10 accomplish his
pnrpose was 10 show that the tariff act OF loDo IN"
;,t.rered with the natural tendency 70 decline IN
,,e nices of commodities and 10 rise IN the ra'es
Of wages and that it had made 1t harder ana more
expensive for the masses OF the people Oh t'c O'e"
states 10 live.
Tn. senator from Rhode Island had laid down four
cropostions The first that the prices OF com
modtes and the cost OF living have decreased curing
tie period covered by the iavestiagdon which meant
taecording TO senator's ccnclusion) saving 70
the people OF the United States Of S321oOo'Vo per
annum. The second was that the ratio OF wages had
Increased during the period covered by the invesusa
had increased go per cent during that period
And the fourth was that that decline In the prices
Of commodities and that increase In the rate Of wages
q In the United the result of the Republican
policy OF protection. lie (Mr. Carlise) admitted
that on single day-aiter the passage Of the Mckinley
act and during the period covered by the Investigation
the retail prices Of 2l5 articles embraced In that
list gwen by the committee Uaking them all TO-
gether and giving 10 each the same Importance
were 64-1OO OF per cent lower than they had been
at the beginning Of the period and that on single
day (which the last day included In the Invest
gauon) the OF living IN the United States incud
ing remit had fallen 441OO of per cent from the
rate prevailing the beg ming OF the invesugaion
lie submitted that no Just valuable conclusion. for
any purpose whatever, could be drawn from cacu
lations based upon the prices which prevailed on
q single day during twentysc months, and that
the very last day on which the investigation was
made.
Referring 10 Mr.. Aldrich's statement that the com
miee had found that the cost OF living had increased
In England during the period covered by the invest
CATION 0-1O per cent, Mr. Carlisle stated that the
committee had made Investigation whatever con
corning the cost Of living In England and had made
no report the subject AS TO his statement that
prices had been found to have declined In three
cities Of the United States-Fall River, ChengO and
Dubuque-Mr. Carlisle stated that, so far he knew.
no such Investigation had been made lie had
learned Of II for the first time when he had seen to
statement In print
Mr. Carlisle said that he would endeavOr to show
that the prices OF commodities in the United States
whether by wholesale rctail had been enormously
increased by the passage Of the Mckinley act and
by the agitation which had preceded II: and that
the cost OF living In the United States had increased
during the period covered by the investigation more
than 1885 900 900. He proposed TO show In the sec
ond place that the rates OF wages in fifteen unpro
tected Industries In the United States had increased
during the period covered By the investigation. while
the rates OF wages In fifteen Of the highly protected
industries In the United States had fallen since th'
massage OF the Mckinley act. Tie fifteen genera
5000 dne I.akers