Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-30
PRBB WOOL BILL
Before the HOUSE. III. Halttf
l'i Ohio
lakss q Log Speech aud is IskM Z
Psy Questions
BY Boutelle OF Maine Who tets the Laugh
ON Him.


taxation and when Legislators entered upon
the question Of tsxAii IN, they entered upon
ethical As veil IS economic gronnd.
| The only justification for taxation vas
the necessiLies Of the government. The
| government that took from the citizen any
portion Of his esrnings that was rot sbso-
lusely demanded by the expenditures of the
government, committed = wrong doing. He
believed that indirect taxation vas wrong,
Funstan, Kansas, inquired whether the
gentleman was nos manufacturer Of ms
chinery protected by psten, right.
| HarIer replied in the affirmative.
| Fanstan inquired why the gentleman
was not III favor Of taking of that protee-
ton.
| Hsrter said the difference between a
patent protection and protection under the
| tariff WAS; the man who secured the pro
lection under patent must do one thir Z.
| aud that vas condition Of precedent, he
mus, out Of his own head or by purchase
secure useful creation that was blessir e
to all about him. Protection under the
| tariff came to man absolutely without any
| benefit TO the nation com ing from him.
| HArter then proceeded to denounce the
| Mckinley bill, when be was interrupted by
/ puuif}tt VI WIN ilt QueBt4uu Be II
| v heiher the gentleman did not know that
there had been time in the history Of the
| country when the men and women Of the
United States we're as prosperous as they
were Today. Hsrter replied that the pros
| perity of every man, woman and child in
the United States today was not as great as
it vas at the close Of the Revolutionary
/ war.
Bou'elle said he would not interrupt the
| ge ntleman further.
Hsrter replied that the gentleman was at
| perfect liberty 20 do SO.
Boutelle declined 10 avail himself Of the
| pet imIssion, say ing tBat = man who planted
| himself on the record of 1875 years ago WAS
so hoPelessly in srresrs thai he (Boutelle }
| would not attempt to bring him up in one
dsy. Laughter
Criticising the Mckinley bill in regard
to its effect upon the steel industry, Hsrter
wss interrupted by Dsizell OF Pennsylvania.
| v ith the question - 10 whether it was not
fact that during large portion Of last year
stsel rails sod in New York at . lower
| price than they did in Lordon.
HArter replied thst he believed the gen.
tlemsn was mistaken II the gentleman's $
statement was tine, il proved only that there
was no necessity for = protective tariff on
| steel rails, but It was robbery for the House
II permit the tax to remain upon them.
| Dslzell-Whom does it rob:
| Harter replied that temporarily. when
competition found = natural outlet. prices
might go down under fair tariff system
but when men came and formed combi
nstien, they put prices sky high to the
American consumer, and were entreDched
behind the Republican tariff,
| Dsizell objecsed that his question was
not answered.
| The chairman called Hsrter's attention
to the fact that his time was rapidly explr-
| ing; Harter said il he was granted more
time he would be glad to answer the ques-
tiou of the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
but as his time was not extended he must
| decline TO do so.
Boutelle sugge,ted that that gentleman
should then withdraw his statement.
| Harter declined to do 30. He might
| quote the text, but because he did not have
TIME to preach upon it here was no reason
Why be shouid wipe out the text.
| Bou.elle remarked that he had heard
about a certain person quoting scripture for
bis own purpose. Laughter
Hsrter hoped the gentleman did not
recognize in bin any such person. Laugh
ter
Hsrter strongly attsc ked the wool schsd-
ule Of the Mckinley act.
| McCreary of Kentucky msde 8 general
attack upon the protective system all along
| the line. Uader it combinations and trusts
sprsng up and member, Of those trusts
became miilionsires, while the labor Of the
country had to struggle harder for existence
ard necessities of life.
| People were asking why ii was that the
iron and steel used in this country for the
construction of railways. farming impls-
men.s, etc cost in the past few years
$500, 900 600 more than the same amount
cost in England where there was no protec-
tive tariff. They we're asking Why it vas
| thst the wsgs-worker in England was paid
| q third more for his labor than vas paid to
to the wage-earner in the protected indus
| tries Of Europe that the wage earners in
England was paid twice as much As had
been paid before Great Britain abolished
the protective tariff; Why it WAS that in this
| country in the last 10 years the increase Of
wealth in the agricultural states was only
one-8f;h Of the increase of wealth in the
manufacturing states.
| He thanked the committee of ways ard
means for having brought in the pending
bill, which would save nearly 500 900 900
to the tsI payers, ard for having reported
the cotton bsggiug bill and free binding
| t.ine bill. measures which would be hi shly
bens sacIsl TO the farmers.
| De Forest Of Connecticut. in supporting
the bill said the Democratic party proposed
| 10 adopt that course which seemed most
likely to result in p'scticsl reform. By
this bill it proposed to amend the tariff lsv
| in particular which epgendered most
deeply the prosperity Of the people. Dem
| o Gratis we're not free traders. The Demo
| cratic party favored the RAISING Of revenue
| mainly By duties on imports Tariff for
revenue with incidental protection, that
vas and ever had been the doctrine Of the
Democratic party.
| The duty on wool did no, protect an
American Industry did not promote Amer
icsn Welfare, /; orig mi Ired both. /. had
steadily cut down the rsges Of labor and
had bad effect upon the manufacture Of
woolens.
| D1lli7er Of Iops, in oppositing the
measure, criticised the Mills bill, which he
said merely reduced the tariff from ~ per
can't to ~ per cet The fact that this
House, almost unanimously Democratic,
| vas sent here lit is ciaiDedl as = protest
sgsinst the Mckinley act, rith it's PROM
inens candidate for the Presidency asking
f3r its repeal, had not dared to touch it,
except in acts Of chiid's play, was svidsne es
ths.ih. argument Of free tr,de vas .
demssoaic proclamation secretly discovered
by people Who we're ps,sins il upon the
ba'n doors Of | IVA and Nebraska.
Two years ago the Republican party,
under q tempest Of false preteaces, had
gone down, csrrying the Mckinley &C. on
iss back This year the Mckinley set car
ried the r publican party, snd the gentle
men Who gave the measure iEs name, from
his governors chair, locked down upon q
country made happy and prosperoa. under
It's pr3viso 9.
Under the operstious OF the Mckinley
&c; the prices Of the commodities has gone
down While the prices Of labor hsd gone
up. he vas proceeding to argue tha; the
lsborer in shIs country vss much more
prosperous th,n the lsoorer Of say Eu-
ropsan eouauy. when be wss Interrupted
By Scott Of Ilnnois with the question OF
Why laberers Of the protected countries q
the old world we're not - veil of (if pro-
lection vas right - the IAbo.e,s Of shil
country.
BouselIe's in'e7jscfion ,has shst Was I
chestnut reused S;oH's lid Isnssion. and
be warmly informed the gentleman from
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