The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-03
HILL ON THE TARIFF.
THE PARTY IN FAVOR
OF INCIDENTAL PROTECTION.

Tariffs Which Create Unnecessary
Revenue nconstitutioual-The Ac-
ton of the First Congress in Adopt
ing q Protective Preamble Modified
by the Second Coneress-Our In
dustries No Longer Infants.
PoRr JERvIs, n. Y, Nov. 2.-Senator
David B. Hill spoke at the opera house here
this afternoon to a large audience. He
said:
dominant issue of the campaign. The power to
levy taxes is a despotic but necessary power in
every well organized government. The differ
ence between the two parties may be briefly
defined as follows: The Democratic
party believe in strict con
strucUion of the federal constitution; the
Republican party believe in a loose cOustruc-
ton OF that instrument. The republicans are
willing to confer every possible power upon the
government; the democrats try to conttne the
government 60 its strict constitutional limits
The republicans say that taxes should be levied
for necessary expenses OF the government
There we agree with them. They contend
further that the taxing power should be used to
foster private industries. The tarin OF 1888 put
a surplus of SO, 000,O00 in the treasury The
Democratic party. holding this TO be a menace
TO liberty and a temptation 10 corruption. said
the tariff must be revised and the revenue lin
lted to necessary expenses. We believe in
tariff for revenue with incidental protection.
This has always been the position of
the Democratic party Tariffs which create
Unnecessary revenue are unconstitutional.
THE FIRST CONGRESS.
I admit that the first congress enacted a
revenue bill with protection preamble Let
the republicans make the most of it, The con-
gress was coerced into the passage OF this bill
by the opportunities of selfish Pennsylvania,
always on the lookout for her own interests
The succeeding congress. however, recoRniz-
ing the danger Of this precedent, and to guard
xrin Of 1sfif
ton of the same kind, enacted an
amendment providing that all powers not
expressly granted to the general government
were reserved to the states. As federatiOaism
triumpned in the bill under discussion the Dem
ocratic party triumphed in the amendment.
All the tariff bills passed since that time nave
been passed as revenue bills without the recital
of protective intent.
AN OUTRIGHT PROTECTION BILL
Let the republicans be candid and throw of
all disguise and pass bill sosly and expressly
for protection, something like this whereas
no revenue is needed, and whereas, certain
private industries need protection. therefore,
we authorize such and such duties" Such
bill would put the consututionality of protec-
doubt that toe United States supreme court
would pronounce it unconstitutional
This cry for protection is a grow
always been deemed temporary necessity to
Encourage infant industries. 1t is dow time for
this TO cease In all my travels l have not
found that monstrosity, that man whose wages
have been increased by the Mckinley bill.
Wages are higher here than in Europe because
of the superior skill and intelligence of our
artisans, and of our trade organizations. 1
challenge our republican friends to show one
single manufactured article on which duty
enough was not left by the Mills bill to repre-
sent the difference between American and
foreign labor. What more can a reasonable
protectionist ask?
The senator read fro n the free list of the
Mckinley bill aud argued that the placing
on the free list of the articles mentioned did
not benefit he masses. l. 9 said that a tariff
on farm products is a mcckery. 1t does the
farmer no good. The democrats propose
not free trade, but moderate tariff revision.
The senator made only a brief illusion to
the force bill. Senator dill left on the $3.50
O'Clock train for Binghamton.