The advocate., 1892-01-27

It's name.
How glorious the foregoing would
sound TO the ears of the denizens In the
great valley Of the Mississippi, II this
stumper from Maine would talk for an
hour In such q strain to an assemblage
Of people, gathered at the hustings.
Here Is something precious from ex-
Governor Nelson Dingley, jr.
It is true that in October, 1880, a tariff
bill was passed in response to demands from
one end of the country to the other, that
the revenue should be reduced 10 the actual
wants Of the treasury, and that surplus
should not be piled up which could only be
used in purchasing unmatured debt at a
large premium.
Can any man Of dispassionate, intelli-
gent Judgment say that that was the real
object Of the Mckinley tariff act of Octo-
ber /, 1890. Did the late Senator Plumb
have any such idea as that expressed by
Mr.. Dlngley? Did Hon. Harrison Kelley,
who represented the Fourth Congress
sIonal district of Kansas in the Fifty
first Congress, have an impression when
he voted against the Mckinley bill, that
1t should be enacted In response to de-
mands from one end of the country to
the otherP No; he could not consent to
vote for such a spOliation measure.
Hon. Preston B. Plumb, in the latter
part of the Fiftieth Congress, having be-
come familiar with the iron and steel
monopoly Of Carnegie & Phipps, who
had been leglslated into the possession
of millions Of dollars, by reason of hav-
ing been special pets of Republican ma
tlonal administrations, thus referred to
iron beams, such as were used In the
government building In the city Of To-
peka, state Of Kansas:
Who pay these taxes9 When the manu-
facturer of iron comes to the Senate and
says, "I can live or can make profit if a
certain duty is imposed" what ia he sayings
He is simply saying, "If you give me GER
tain duty, you put il in my power to charge
over that duty as an additional tax on the
farmers of the United States" = =
These manufacturers were not willing to
enlarge their production and thereby meet
the entire American demand, but preferred
TO manufacture limited supply at enor-
mously increased profits, and that, think
is feature of the iron manufacture in this
country to a very considerable extent. That
is to say, those who manufacture these ar
ticles-beams-do not care to supply the
entire American market, but prefer to
supply only that portion of it which they
can supply at an enormous profit.
But Representative Charles A. Bou
telle, beats the record in the line Of dis
graceful Congressional buffoonery; anC
1t might be said of him when he ceased
to be a law maker Of the capital Of The
nation, he could count upon an Occupa
tion as vain, trihlng clown, who nigh
amuse weak-minded people at circus
Referring to an interview that New
York reporter had had with the wife o
the present governor Of the Empire stats
in referring to the executive mansion a
Albany, Mrs. Flower was reported as usinl
the following language quoted by MI
Boutelle:
have been in number Of trade mart'
in Europe and southern Asia, and hsv
yet to find a better, cheaper, place to shOl
than flrst-olass American store. America
goods are good enough for one America
family. The mansion needs replenishinG
Il is an American institution and for thre