The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-30
A TARIFF FIELD DAY.
Mr.. Cxrlisle's Reply to Aldrich Sounded
StnkiDgly Familiar.

Held DAY on the tarln to-day, transactlng
other business. Mr.. Aldriohs key
note" on The Republican side was answered
by a resembling though very brassy key
note" from the other side, on Senator
Hale's resolution as to the relative merits
of the Republican policy OF protection"
and the Democratic policy of tariff for
revenue only" The first Senator 10 enter
the lists and to take the gauntlet thrown
down by Mr.. Aldrich Wednesday was Mr..
Carlisle. of Kentucky. The drift of Mr..
Carlisle's speech. fortified by facts and fig
ures, was that the Mckinley tariff act had
not, within the twenty-seven months COW
cred by the investigation of the sub-com-
mittee. reduced the price of commodities
nor increased the wages of labor. but on
the contrary. had interfered with and OBJ
structed the operation of the natural laws
governing the subject. He Instanced tf-
teen general occpations in unprotected In
dustries where the average rate of wages
had gone up. and then named fifteen other
trades in highly protected industries
where wages had gone down.
If" said Mr.. Carlisle. higher prices be
injurious TO the community az large. and
If lower prices be beneficial, then every
thing which interferes with and arrests the
natural tendency towards decline In the
prices of commodities. and q rise In the
wages of labor; any thing that tends to
make it harder and more OK pensive for the
masses of the people TO live. whether 1t be
fear, pestllence, famine or Mckinley act.
Is a public calamity, to be depl0red by
every man who loves his country.
CARLIsLE's SWEEPING CLAIM.
MY purpose will be to show that the
tariff act of 1890 has Interfered with not
only the natural tendency TO a decline in
prices of commodities. but also to q rise in
the rates of wages. and that it has made
it harder and moro expensive for the
masses of the people of the United States
to live"
He said that the fifteen general occupa-
tIons in unprotected industries which he
had selected. were bakers. blacksmiths.
brick-layers, oabinet.makers, carpenters,
common laborers, farm laborers, machin-
lists, masons. iron .mOlders. painters, plumb.
ers, sione-cutters, taIlors and tin smiths.
The ersge increase OF wages in these oc-
equations during the period covered by the
investigation of the finance committee, he
said, had been 75i100 of l per cont.
The fifteen highly protected occupations
were bar-iron, bouts and shoes, cotton
goods, cotton and wooden goods. crucible
steel, f1IDt-glass, green-glass, lumber. ma
chinery, pIg-irOn, steel ingots. steel bolts
steel rails, wlndow-glass and WOODEN goods.
In these occupations, ne held. the rates Of
wages had falien since the Mckinley act
Al average of S91O0 OF l per cent, as
as against rise of 75100 per cent In the
fifteen unprotected industries.
Mr.. Carlisle then went into q detailed
statement as to the cost Of imported goods,
aud as TO tin plate. On the latter point he
said the Mckinley act had paid--not to the
importer. not to the government. not to the
dealers, but directly to the Welsh tin plate
manufacturers-S4.629 . $50, or more than half
the value OF the plants of the sos tin-pate
works OF Wales. The Mckinley act as to tin
plate had proved To be not the friend of the
American consumers but of the Welsh
manufacturers.
taxing another example. Mr. Carlisle
said that the ad valOrem rate of duty on
carpets, blankets and other things upon
which the rate Is more than any other, Was
" SIllO0 per cent, amounting TO SIS lS2 0a0
on the twenty-seven months importation
of those articles. SO that, with this rate. it
cost s31, 765, 900 to lay down In New YORK
what had cost a broad S1g 5S3. 600. He did not
believe, after looking at these figure, that
Senators would longer contend that the
foreign producer paid the tax upon the i'm
ported article. For himself, he would 70
hack TO the old delusion, once entertained
by his friend from Iowa Mr. AliisOnl. with
regard To wool. that the consumer pays, at
least, part OF the tax.
MIR. Allison-l have not entirely recov-
Mr.. Carlisle-The Senator says he has
not entirely recovered from that deluslon
yet. Well. then, L am sorry for him In his
present condition.
HUNGRY FOR FREE WOOL
In his closing remarks, Mr.. Carlisle ex-
hibited two samples Of woolen goods exact
ly alike. except az TO color manufactured
in Canada. which he SAID was q protected
country, but admitted wool free OF duty.
These specimens sold in Canada for 221s
cents pound. but could not be made in
the United States for less than 40 cents.
This showed what our IN an ufactnrers cou Id
do if they were given free wool to work
with.
Mr. Carlisle closed his speech 2:20 p. NJ,
having occupied little more than an hour.
Mr.. sherman made q long and earnest
ply TO what he termed the fair argument"
of the Senator from Kentucky, denying
that the cheapness was IN itself q benefit
10 the people of the United States espe-
cially when IL was the United States
products in which the fall of prices &C.
CURED. lie said England could afford to
be free-trad- country. 1t had ceased to
be an agricultural country. and was almost
exclusively manufacturing country. with
vast dependencies TO draw upon for its
supplies. Ii no were. an Englshman he
would lie fret Trader. Every other coun-
tI3 ol Europc hau auOpteu 10 mOOlnCatlOn
OF our system of protection. Mr.. Sherman
argued that the policy of the Democratic
party of the present day had departed Tar
from the old Democratic party In the day 8
of Washington. Adams Jefferson and Mon
roo. which favored the encouragement of
American industries. He commended the
results obtained through the action of the
Mckinley act in relation To sugar tin plate
and other Industries. and spoke of the ben
ehrs which the farmers of the country had
derived from II. He believed that when
the question of protection should be dis
cussed before the people. and when the
Democratic party had taken its bold posi-
ton In favor of free trade, the alignment of
the people would be in favor Of the policy
OF protection. as approved by Washin gton
and Adams. and Jefferson, and Madison
ami Monroe; as IL WAS even favored by
Jackson. and Is only lost sight of In the
lights of modern Democracy. The people
would stand by the old doctrine of their
fathers
Senator Proctor also spoke. and after O
short speech by Mr. Allison in defense of
the Mckinley k:il Mr. Hawley obtained the
floor. The Hale re- soiution wont over till
tomorrow. and Mr.. Hawley will be the
first speaker.
The anticipation bill Was laid before the
Senate as the uDtinished bnsiness. lt was