The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-01
MORE FREE WOOL TALK.
BRosIUs OPPOSES THE DEMO-
CRATIC PROPOSITION.

Wheeler Makes an Energetic Plea for
the New Measure and Points Cut
the Fallacies in the Arguments of
the Professionalism High Tariff
Affecting Rural Churches.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-The attendance
in the House this morning was small. The
inclemency OF the weather, coupled with
the fact that nothing wss expected but
speeches upon the tariff. of which the rep
resentatives seem to have become wearied,
had the effect Of keeping more than half
the members from their seats. After the
transaction of routine business the House
went into committee Of the whole, with
Mr. Blouut in the chair, on the free wool
bill.
Mr. Brosius Of Pennsylvania spoke in OPP
position to the measure aud made vigor'
Gus defense OF the protective system. Pro-
lection, ne said, was no more tax than it
was tax to build fence around a farmers
corn field to keep cattle out.
WHEELER EXPOSES FALLACIEs.
Mr. Wheeler OF Alabama is an energetic
talker, and when he took the floor to con-
clude his speech begun a week or more
ago In advocacy of the bill, he received the
attention Of the hundred and odd members
present. ne spoke DuG IOE DIlo1 blulSB
which he devoted to denunciaton of the
Mckinney act The gentleman from Penn
sylvania Mr.. Brosius) had repeated the
exploded fallacy that the Mckinley and
kindred bills we're enacted to give the
farmer a market and aid the American la
borer in the face Of undisputed evidence
that England paid her labor from 50 TO 100
per cent. more than Germany, France,
Spain or any other Of the high
protection countries. Reports of
the Secretary of the Treasury
stated that our exports OF breadstuifs
we're S26, 900 900 less this year than during
the year preceding and in ten years the ex-
por.s OF farm products had fallen OF c25O,-
900, O00 while India had increased her ex-
ports OF wheat from 100000 to 100000
900 and her exports OF cotton goods from
SO, 900. 900 to S25, 100000.
CHURCHES FEEL THE EFFECTS.
Mr.. Wheeler then read letters from Cardi-
nal Gibbons ON the subject Of the census in
standardization OF his statement that the de-
crease ia wealth aud population of the ru-
raj districts was seriously affecting the
prosperity of the churches. He also said
that free trade in England had more
than doubled the average wealth of
the laboring people OF that
country and that the membership
of families with incomes exceeding 5000
had increased under the free trade laws
from 100000 to 100000 while under the
protection laws of the United States pal
aces and millionaires were growing up on
one side, and novels and poverty on the
other.
Other speakers who favored the bill were
Messrs. johnson of Ohio, Stockdale of Mis-
sissippi, Kyle OF Mississippi, Norton Of Mis-
souri, and Youmans and Stout of Michigan.
A PRoTECTIoNIsT's ARGUMENT.
Mr.. circuit of Vermont opposed the bill
With free wool. he said, sheep would be-
come valueless except for slaughter and the
wool industry would be completely de-
stroyed. He went on to argue that the
provisions of the Mckinley act we're in the
interest OF the farmer, and reviewed in de-
tail the benefits which accrued to agr.cult-
wrists from the enactment of that meas
ure into q law.
Mr. Hermann of Oregon spoke In opposi-
ton to the bill. the enactment Of which, he
commended, would cripple the wool industry
Of the United States.
The debate to-day was without incident
The committee having arisen the House
took a recess until 8 O'Clock
Less than a dozen members were present
when the House reassembled at o'clock,
and went into committee of the whole on
the free wool bill. After speeches by
Messrs Parrett of Indiana, Mllliken of
Maine, Greenleat Of New York and Pendle-
! ton OF West Virginia, the House adjourned.