Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-30
TARIFFS BUSY DAY
Debated in the Senate and at
Monona Lake.
PITH OF THE TALK in THE SENATE.

Carlisle Replies to Aldrich and Proctor
Suggests a New View of Strikes-Sher-
man Thinks Free Trade Good for Eng
land-A Three Cornered Discussion at
MonOna Lake Assembly-St John for
Prohibition, Warner for the Demo-
cratic Tariff Idea and Mckinley for
Protection.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-Carlisle made
his reply to Aldrich yesterday. His speech
was neither as long nor as exhaustive as
that of Aldrich, but was devoted to at
tacks on certain portions of the formers
speech, the kentuckian putting in his
work where it "would do the most good ~
Carlisle first attacked the statement that
the cost of living had been decreased since
the passage of the Mckinley bill, but di-
Gressed to say: "I desire to say further
that outstanding the statement of the
senator from Rhode Island (Aldrich) that
the cost of living in England had in
creased during that period, the committee
made no investigation on that subject
1t caused the prices of number of arti-
cles to be taken, but made no inquiry as
to the proportion in which they had en-
tered into consumption"
just ii Heard of This Investigation.
Carlisle further said that he had learned
for the first time from the presentation of
the report that an investigation had been
made into the cost of living in this coun-
try so as to show a decline of prices in the
thre' cities of Fall River, Chicago and
Dubuque 0he home OF Senator Allison).
&c knowledge of any such investigation
had come to him as a member of the COM
mittee. He proposed to show that the
prices, both retail and Wholesale had been
greatly increased by the Mckinley bill
and that the cost of living il the United
States, giving to each one of the articles
its proper Importance, had been increased
during the period covered by the investi-
cation and during the period of agitation
which had preceded the adoption of the
Mckinley bill more than S2S5. .000 600
Couldn't Get This Money Back.
This money was gone out of their pock-
cts forever 1t did not follow that the de-
cline which had since taken place might
not have been equally brought about if
the Mckinley bill had not passed. An IN
dependent examination had shown that
in fourteen months preceding the exami-
nation made by the Aldrich committee
prices had declined "A per cent, although
Aldrich in an inYesti CATION of twenty
of sixty four hundredths of 1 per cent.
He proposed to show further that the
rates of wages of fifteen unprotected in
oustries had increased since the passage of
the Mckinley bill, and that the rate of
wages of the highest protected industries
:ell after the passage of the Mckinley bill.
As to the Status of Wages.
The fifteen unprotected industries We're:
Bakers 5lacksmiths, Sricklayers. cabinet
makers, capeuters, laborers, machinists,
masons, ironm holders, plumbers, painters,
soOne-cutters, tailors and tin-smiths. The
fifteen highly protected industries in
which wages had been reduced were: Bar
iron, boots and shoes, cotton goods, cotton
and woolens goods, steel flint glass, green
glass, lumber, machinery, pig iron, steel
ingots, steel blooms steel rails, vii dow
glass. woolei. goods There has been a
decrease Of s. - in the wages of these pro-
tected industries and au increase of Z 05 in
the non-protecte ed.
The Tax on Wooden Goods.
With good deal of labor Carlisle said
he had separated from the tables of Aid
rich articles of wooden goods, including
yarns, for which we had paid abroad S19-
5S3 900. The ad vaiorem rate of duty on
these. including carpets, blankets and
other things upon which the rate was
lower than others, was 81. 81 per cent
amounting TO SIS, 1S2 COO, so that it cost to
lay down in New York (without including
nything for insurance, commission,
freight. interest and other charges), SS7,-
765, ,OOO what had cost abroad $40, $50. .OOO
He did not believe, after looking at tt .se
figures, that senators would longer con-
tend that the foreign producer paid the
tax upon the imported article.