Asheville daily citizen., 1892-07-01

trial Decentralization.
From a Senate Debate
When the resolution offered by Mr..
Hale attributing the prosperity OF the
country to the republican policy of pro-
lection" and directing the committee on
finance to inquire into the effect of
policy of tariff for revenue only" calnc
up Mr.. Hale said:
Tariff for revenue only, which is to be
the rallyins cry of democracy in their
campaign, is only separated from
free trade by the amount of revenue
nce'ed to maintain the government.
All Incidental protection of the Amer-
can laborcrs in his competition with IN
paid and rauper labor abroad, all rccog-
milton of great industries built up under
the protective system, were rustlcsSly
tossed aside and kicked out of the pres
encc OF the convention by the democratic
party there assembled"
MIR. Hale said the tree traders were in
t he saddle; the representatives. of those
states which had framed the free trade
constitution of the conicdcravv voted
down the platform as prepared by the
manipulatorS, and substituted one as
near free trade as possible. The platform
| originally suggested contained a distinct
reference to the difference between labor
in this country and abroad as making up
tariff legislation; it stated distinctly that
no injury should be done to industries al
ready butt up and that their healthy
growth must be promoted. All this was
stricken out and a tariff for revenue only
was substituted, The policy ofthe demo
cratic party was British, not American.
Tnritl for revenue only with protection
denounced as robbery and a fraud, was
British. No wonder both candidates
and platform had received unstnted
eulogy from the London press. The re-
publcanS OF the United States gladly ac-
cepted the issue presented them by the
other side.
Mt. Vest Dem Mo- said he agreed
with the senator from Maine that the
issues between the parties were made up.
They were made up i'll 1893, when
Thomas Jefferson, i'll accepting the office
ot secretary OF state, rcpudiated the dec
laration of Alexander Hamilton that
congress had the right to levy duties to
protect American industries. The demo-
cratic party held then and held today,
| that such a doctrine was congressional
abSOlutlSm.
I'VE accept the challenge given .oday
by the senator from Maine" said Mr.
| Vest, land propose upon this Issue to
stand or fall as political organization.
1t is useless to indulge in criticisms OF
platforms. The position of the two par
ties is distinctly and unmistakably set
forth before the country bv their history
aside from any declarations made by
their national conventions. The plrfy
to which belong believes i'll Il tariff tor
revenue, not i'll Il tariff for protection to
| be levied by congress in its own discretion
without any limitation whatever.
Continuing, Mr.. Vest said it was not
true that the protective tarit had ere
ated the prosperity of the Uuitcd States.
The country had prospercd to a great
extent in spite of the tariff; in Spi of
unjust and odiOus determinations made
III iavOr OF one class and against another.
He was prepared to show that he Nc
klnlev bill had increased the prices OF the
neCcsSarics of lie Never i'll the history
of the country mad there been such li :
turbancts of labor, such distress in agri-
culture and such a lesscning and limiting
of foreign markets as under tliS ntd-
nous legislation.
Mr.. Vest exhibited twenty. .onc samples
of necessaries of life, supplied in March
last by New York house, with a state
mcnt OF their costs abroad, the duty on
Them and their prices here, asserting
that i'll every instance the cost to the
laboring man had been increased by the
Mckinley bill
Turning to the predictions made in the
matter OF tin plate, Mr.. Vest read state
ments from the Tin Plate consumers as
sociation of the United States aud others
to show that although the Mckinley
bill imposed an additional charge upon
American tin plate manufacturers of
from ten to fifteen million dollars year,
the entire output of the American indus,
try which the bill was to foster did not
amount to one per cent. of our imports
and consumption. Today tin plate, by
a combination of manufacturers, had
been put up to $5.25 a box, when be-
fore the Mckinley bill it had sold for
$3.75. He read an enumeration of one
hundred trusts and combinations that
had been formed because of the McKin-
ley bill.
Mr.. Hale asked: "Does not the scna-
tor know that in free trade England al
most everything is managed by trust?'
Mr.. Vest-No, Mr.. President; it is not
true. That has been investigated and
its falsitv shown.
Mr.. Vest said it was impossible for a
trust to exist in England without pos
sessing enough capital to control the
output of the whole world. There
was no tariff to keep out competition.
He then referred to Mr.. Carnegie, who
from his castle in Scotlad had tele
graphed his congratulations to Mr.. Har-
rison, as now entrenched in his work
shops behind walls eleven feet high to
protect his protected industries against
, the people of the United States. He
+ added:
81 know, and am glad to know
that they the republican party have
put up at the head of their committee
another of the same brood. know Mr.
Campbell well. He is the feed attorney
and nothing else, of A. P, Armour. II,
haunted my committee the special com
mittee on the transportation of meat
f products from one end of the country tc
the other for the purpose of defending
Armour and his big monopoly. He i:
the person who advised Armour to defy
the senate of the United States and was
forced to come back to Washington tc
avail myself of the statute we have here
of compulsory process. This man i.
e nothing but the tool of monopoly. H'
q is the ablcst instrument of Armour ant
his gang in order t. rob the people il
the west. of course, he is at the head o
n the committee. He is the sort OF man tt
e do the work you pointing to tl
republican side of the chamber hav,
TO do. Armour's money and hi
Campoell's talent for manipulation
| nno;pct tho h,,,er,oan ,>ao ,,1aI Wa ,,,: