Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-04-07
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
BIZ, for this Object Passes the House
by an Overwhelming
Majority.
Mr.. Springer Given ROusing Re
ceptiOn Upon his Appearance
on the Floor.
He Prepares a Brief Statement on
the Wool Bill, Which
is Re

y
(CaI.l Geary said it remedies defects in
the existing law. No measure short Of 1t
could effect the ends desired.
Hit Oils. and Hooker Miss said the
fatal objection to this bill in the mind of
every man of honor and truth was that it
was deliberate violation Of pledged faith.
With cold perfdy this bill declared, said
Hit, that all treaties In contra
vention with the act should be
abrogated. He discussed the point at
length and said that to pass the bill would
be breach of honor and good faith.
Geary said the Chinese government 10th
through its officers at home and in this
country, had done everything IN its power
to violate the spirit of the treaty.
Herman (Oregon) end Cutting (CaI.)
also favored the bill and after further de-
bate it pass ed, 179 to 43.
The bill absolutely prohibits any
Chinese, whether or not the subject of
China excepting diplomatic and
consular officers and servantsi from enter
ing the United States, and Chinese
who may hereafter leave the United States
are prohibited from returning to this coun
try 1t makes liable to arrest Chinese or
persons Of Chinese descent, entering the
United States or found unlawfuIly therein,
and provides for their punishment by
imprisonment, not exceeding five years
and subsequent removal to the coun
try whence they came; provided thai
when they come by way of contiguous FOR
eign territory they shall be returned to
China. A proviso allows the secretary #
the treasury to admit Chinese, other than
laborers or artisans, to temporarilg Wit
the United Statos under such rules as ne
may prescribe The last clause repeats all
acts and treaties inconsistent with this.
The nays were: Alexander, Andreg =.
Beeman, Belknap, Beltzhoover, Ber-
gen, Brosius, Bushnell, Cheatham,
Coburn, Coolidge. Craig PENN Culber
son, Curtiss, English, Epes, Flych,
Grady, Greeneaf, Harter, Heard,
Henphil, Henderson, Qns.) Her
bert, Hit, Hooker (Miss.), Hopkins
(Ill), Johnson lind. J, Johnson IN. d.,
Lawson (Ga.l Little, Lodge, Miller, Per-
kins, Post, Powers, Randall, Robinson
Pa.), Stevens, Stockdale, Storer, Stout
and J, D. Taylor-43.
Springer and Wool.
Congressman Springer was given &
splendid reception by the house today.
Shortly before his appearance some friend
distributed several score of carnations
throughout The hall. Almost instantly a
carnation was seen in the button hole of
nearly every member on the democratic
side, and several republican members fol-
lowed the example. Springer's desk was
beautifully decorated with flowers.
A few moments after 2 the house went
into committee of the whole, BlOunt (Ga.l
in the chair. As Mr.. Springer entered
the hall, leaning on the arm of Congress
man Bryan. his lieutenant on the ways
and means committee, the house burst
into great roar of applause, which in
creased as Springer mounted the rostrum
and grasped the hand of Chairman
Blount.
1t is not often that the business of the
house is suspended for ten minutes to
pay respect to living statesman, but it
was done today. When he took his
seat politics were forgotten for a few
minutes, while members from both sides
crowded around him. Mr.. Springer then
announced that he was not able to speak
at length. and would ask Mr.. Bryan to
read brief statement he had prepared.
A summary of it follows:
He said the committee asked
the bureau of statistics to furnish a state
quality In the United States and Europe
during the existence of the wool tariff from
1864 to this time. The bureau referred
the matter to S. D. North, secretary of the
National Association of Wool Growers,
and the special agents Of the census office
in charge of the wooden statistics. That
statement when furnished made a com
parison between the Ohio medium
washed wool and Port Phillip, Australia,
fleece which are considered of substdn-
TALLY the same quality. These pric,
when reduced to gold basis, show the
prices of these qualities In London and
Boston differ very little from year to
year to 1890, except during the unusual
years 1871 and 1872 in which the
prices are affected by speculation. Leaving
these out OF the account 1t appears that for
the remaining twenty-three years the
average price of Port Phillip fleece was
one-third OF a cent per pound more than
The Ohio medium washed, in Boston. The
duty on Port Phillip fleece was % cents per
pound, and II protection protects 1t would
make the price Of Ohio wool % cents
greater. The fact that it is really lower
in price than the Australian
shows that American wool-growers do not
receive anv increfsn In price by reason of
the tariff. The reas on for this is that Amer.
lean wooden manufactures donot manufac-
,ure American wool exclusively, but mix
with woods, cotton, shoddy and other
adulterates. As wool, under the opera
ton of the tariff cannot be exported the
American wool grower is confined
to the restricted market. Under
the conditions of the manufacture
of foreign and domestic woods
not in con- petition they must be used TO-
gether to complement each other for the
manufacture of wooden goods acceptable to
the market. With free wool the price of
these goods would be reduced to the extent
OF the talltf On foreign woods used III their
manufacture. This decrease in price would
largely increase the manufacture and
sale of such goods and so increase the
demand for American WOODS by manu-
facturers. In other words, the cheaper
ing of foreign wool by the removal of the
tariff benefits not only wool growers and
wColen manufacturer but is OF advantag
to the general public VINO ale consumers
In conclusion, Springer called attention to
the fact that placing law sugar on the
free list in 1890 caused an increase con
sumption o. sugar TO The amount of nearly
"a per cert. in 1891, and said The passage
OF the wool bill would have a similar
effect IN an increase Of the consumption Of
wooden goods and GAUGE the starting up Of
III Establishments idle during 1850; wouc
give employment to S74 coo, COO capital
causing an increase in the use OF materials
wortn s9o,O0O,OOO; create demand fol-