The advocate., 1892-04-27


avoid personalities and unparliamentary
language. am quite cure that these chap
ters from Henry Georges book which have
been printed, ara far more readable and of
infinitely greater value to those who will
read them than great numbers Of reports
and books from departments and from
officials which will be printed at the ex-
pense of the government and mailed free
TO all parts of the country. The only ex-
pense 10 the people attending the printing
of these chapters will be the cost Of that
much of the space Of the Congressional
Record. Should they be all gathered to-
gether afterwards and republihed in pamph-
let form, the expense will be borne entirely
by those persons who may wish to distribute
the book as a valuable document. Now,
Mr.. Speaker, think, as the house is just as
competent TO Judge of this matter and TO
act on it as any committee of the house, the
right and proper thing to do is to lay the
motion Of the gentleman from Michigan on
the table.
The Ohio gentleman, to whom Mr..
Burrows referred, thus spoke:
Mr.. johnson, of Ohio-we seein the Rec
ord every day great tables occupying whole
pages of the Record, that cost five times as
much to set UP as the plain printing that
was required by these chapters inserted
there. These tables contain statistics that
are not read and that nobody believes if
they do read them; and think when fnd
book that is the sblest exposition of the
fallaCies Of protection, that have a right
TO put it into the Record and Rend ii to my
constituents; il the Republicans do not like
il it is because IL hurts.
On vote to lay Mr.. Burrows and his
motion on the table, there were yeas,
l2l, nays, II.
And 80 Mr.. Georges book will be read
by thousands Of readers in the Congress
sionGl Record.
The Republican Michiganders. just re-
Gently ia state convention assembled, de-
clarpd themselves most heartily for the
Mckinley law, with It's reciprocity annex
and approved all the acts Of this national
administration.
The following, relating to Hon. JUS
tlce r. Whiting, of Michigan, who is In
his third term as representative in con-
gress, was sent as a special to the New
York World:
WAsH1NToN, April A. Representative
| Whiting, of the ways aud means commit
tee. returned to-day from New York, where
he has been buying dry goods for his mer-
| camille firm at st. Clair, Michigan. Speak
ing of the enforcement of the Mckinley
law by the New York customs officers, Mr..
Whiting said to-day:
"The importers of New York are protest
ing with one voice against the policy OF the
custom house, which is now to exact the
highest possible rates of duty, and to treat
ali importers as dishonest and guilty Of un-
dervaluatiOn. l have no doubt that the
m owing cause is the fact that money is
needed to 6ll an empty treasury, but the
people must pay the bills. The high tarH
now being collected naturally encourages
| Am rican manufacturers to support the Re-
publican ticket with large contributions,
and have no doubt the administration
knows what it is about.
"The claim that goods have not been
made higher by the Mckinley law l am
able to deny with emphasis after a practi-
cal experience of several days in purchasing
all GLASSES of impOriatioDs, rs we'll as home
made goods. 10 many cases the quality of
goods is degraded in order not to show in
creased cost. In other cases expensive
goods are dropped from the counters Of the
wholesale houses and chsaper articles sub
stituted and introduced rs a change Of
style Il is but poor snbterfuge to make
the consumer think he is paying no more
for the same articles he purchased year
ago. do not think any buyer is deceived"
The American Protective Tariff League
has commanded through It's organization,
hundreds of thousands OF dollars as
campaign fund from the men who have
clamOred for this modern protection of