Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-10

istence about $l40,OOO,OOO, but IL was re-
pealed.
There was tax on railroad corporations,
on banking corporations, on insurance COM
panieS, trust companies, telegraph compan-
les. and other immense money concerns
Coming from these classes, IL came from
those who depended on il alone Tor nelther
bread nor clothing. II was tax upon
wealth and accumulated property ana
therefore was not 10 be endured. Inese
were all repealed, and "the oppressed rlcn"
relieved from the burdens Of supporting
the government. All! How tenderly the
Republican party looks after those VINO
toll not, neither spin.
Sir. II these income and other taxes
have mentioned had been permitted 70
stand. thev would long since have wiped
out our national debt, improved all the
rivers and harbors appropriated or estl-
mated for, built all the Notifications now
contemplated around our coast and PAID all
the pensions.
The system of rebates is extended and
intensified by the present tariff law. rms
has been another means used 10 quiet the
American people aud keep them from com
planning against that system. BY THIS
means the American manufacturer is en-
c0uraged and enabled TO ofter ana sell tne
products OF American manufacture 70 Tor
efgners more cheaply than the same wares
are sold 10 the American laborer and
American citizens.
Where is the Justice in thisi Why sell
10 a pauper abroad at a less price than
laborer al hOmet Why fleece your neighoor
In n yav that no one in any other country
is REQUIRED TO, or will endure. We may
admit, for the sake Of argument that
commerce that is even bolstered up by the
pillars that sustain rebates Is better tnan
no commerce at all. But even when we
concede this. we have not conceded ana 90
not concede the stability OF system that
REQUIRES such bolstering, or the justice OF
such taxation. - -
MIR. Chairman, the rebate paid to the
Standard OH Co. alone on the taxes col
lected from the tin plate imported last year
amounted to, il is SAID, about S1OO,OOO.
Mr.. Chairman-If no other good resulted
from the Mckinley bill, IL has taught the
American people that the tariff is tax
and q tax upon the people who consume the
articles upon which it is levied. The day
that tax was removed from sugar the price
went down in all American markets, an
amount about equal TO the duty removed.
On the other hand when an additional tax
of /. . cents a hundred was imposed on tin
plate tin plate went up in price all over
The country. So on pearl buttons, upon
which the duty was vastly Increased.
Mr. Chairman-There is another provi-
sion of the present law that should be
eruended-the one allowing those who are
opulent enough and have the leisure TO so
abroad and bring in free Of duty quantities
Of clothes as wearing apparel. To illus
trate a rich man going abroad can orlng
back thousands Of dollars worth OF wear
ing apparel free from taxation, but II one
of his humble labOrerS were TO seek 10 get
az N D. .,rr hrOrCrhf
for the use OF his family he would have TO
nav according 20 the average rate on wool
en- goods, more than 800 duty. and on some
GRADES he would be compelled 70 pay on
knit goods more than $500 duty. There
should be some limit placed upon the
amount Of wearing apparel that can be i'm
ported free of duty.
know one man who voted for the Nc
Kinley bill and who helped 70 saddle that
measure upon the people, who in less than
q hundred days after its passage landed IN
England and bought thousand dollars
worth Of clothes the first thing. He was
protectiouist. This battle is on, and TO the
fnish- On the one side is arrayed the Dem
ocratic party in favor of Just taxation, on
the other its opponent clamoring for eXces-
sive and unjust taxation.
In the course of his speech Mr.. Nc
Millin was interrupted by Mr.. Raines, OF
New York, with the suggestion that
the State elections in New York had not
been Of a character to encourage the
Democratic party.
Mr.. McMillin retorted that the ex-
Speaker had on Monday last referred to
the triumphant march Of truth. That
march was emphasized by the fact that
the gentleman from Maine, Mr.. Reed,
no longer occupied the chair, but was
relegated TO the floor, where he could
do nothing but curse and cry. Laugh
ter. The city of the gentleman from
Maine went Democratic the other day.
Applause.
Nr. Reed, who was In the cloak room
when his name was mentioned, strolled
down the aisle, and as he did so, made
the apology that he had not been pres
ent because ne knew that the gentle
man from Tennessee was speaking.
Laughter.
Mr. McMillin replied that he cared
not what the gentleman's excuse for
being absent was.
AT the conclusion Of Mr.. McMillin's
speech he was the recipient Of magni-
icent cluster OF red roses, and his Dem
ocratic colleagues hOnored him with
generous applause.
Mr.. Dingley, Of Maine, opened the
debate on the Republican side in oppo-
sition to the Democratic tariff bills.
II the gentleman from Tennessee, said
he represents in hiS.speech and his recent
NORTH American Rcrisi0 article the views and
Durposes of the Democratic party as TO
farifT legislat. n, and ave no doubt he
docs then the three sporadic bills reported
nv the Democratic majority OF the Ways
and Means Committee, and now before the
committee as the tariff reform scheme OF
Democratic House containing l+O Demo
cratic majority, afford the most striking
exhibition Of letting Il dare not before
Presidential election wait on Il would
aftel. the election, that has ever been my
fortune to observe in the political history
Of this country.
The gentleman from Tennessee, con-
demps the Mckinley tariff enacted oy the
ReDublican party, and condemns all pro-
tective duties IS ''class legislation, rob
berry. a ''wau Of fire. to destroy foreign
trade. and a measure which IS sprlnglnR
ruin upon the country.
The voters who were deceived and per-
suaded to accept Democratic promises IN
New England, that the Democratic scneme
Of tariff reform looked 10 the relet OF
manufacturers suffering for want OF Tree
coal, iron ore, and free pig iron. with a sly
intimation that the manufactured articles
would be undisturbed, are awaiting re-
demption Of these pledges by this Demo
cratic House.
The voters in West Virginia, Virginia
and other coal and iron producing States,
who were told that the Democratic plan OF
tariff reform would leave coal and iron ore
and pig iron undisturbed, and would
severely cut the duties on Eastern manu-
featured products are beginning 70 ask Tor
the redemption Of pledges made to them