The sun., 1893-12-20
WILSON'S TARIFF REPORT.
THr Wars AND MEANS shJoRTTY
ON THE PROPOSED BILL


Mech Psient snd Anrioss Labor Expended
by the CornuIttee, but the Btn Is Not Of
fsrss =. . Co-pIste Rs.pon.s 70 the Mas.
.,.o,,.. p.o,,. =, Do.. No, P.oo..
,,.--., = -
-. -. -
r"S No'' '''''ee ou'' '''po W
ESow hnouEh TO avoid All hrror-F'rst
step Toward Tsr'H Reform Should he a
Release OF Taxes o. the Materials OF To-
s..,ry-Ths Arrums.t for the Removal
ar D,u.. a, leo, Ore. Wool. .,s Coal
w., rs 49,. a., u.,,.
..., 81
v VIC
Fste Dnp 'hHneea IN Orasr 10 n'sco"r-
age the Bogus American tndustrS-The
s-esr BouHtJ-Reinxation OF the Farm
.r.' Burdsu- Aimed At-ERorts 60 Pro.
s,.. ,b. er..,.., R.v.,,.-Cou,.,,.o,
..u,.T. MA. p,.
fhe See'proep o's"se 'o ne 1sP'ssa'
w.surxaroS Dac. 10 -"Ths Amsric.n nao-
nj. .f,or IN. ,,Iiost nd ,no.,tborn,eh doista
.ysr aivsn bv sny people 70 thar nscai poicv
have deliberatelv and rightly decided that the
..i.tino 10 tarifY Ia wong in nrincIple ana urIav
ou.iv unip,t In ona,.,ior
such IA the onenIn0 n.rso,apb NJ tba mn.
io,itv rsnort snbmittad nv tba Dsmocr,tIo
m.mheYs ~ tho Wav. ard N.ans com r,I,toa
to.dav 10 tho full commIttaa Tha yanort vva.
,rittsn by Chairman Wuaop II uaaIaid bv
him before bis Democratic assocIa,ea last
night. and reoeiyed their cordial apnroval
CoptinuIpR. the report SAYS.
They have decideJ. as free mon must nj
vays decide. that the mower Of tnxation has no
lawful or constitutional exercisc eycent for
nrovidIno revenue for IN. aunnor, Of povarr.
m.nt. Every departurs from tbts principIs 4.
n danarture from tho tundamop,oI nrIrci,tna
sf popular institutions. md Inevitably worka
out . gross inequality in the citizensbip Of a
eountry For mora than thirty vaars wa have
i.yied thu largest mart of our Fedsral taxoa In
violation of thIs vital truth until va. bav.
reached in tb, e.istinu tariff an sy,remoa and
yoluminoua systsm Of claas aYatIon to which
history may be challenged 20 furnish anv mr..
allei. 80 many priyate entsrprIses nave baa,
taken into partn ersbip with tho Government,
40 many private intares,. now .bara In IN.
preroeative Of taxing .even,v m IIIiona q, noo.
pIe. that any attemnt to dissoIvs tbis i,Isosl
union ia necessarily encoun,srsd NV nm onno.
sItion that r.Iliaa bsbind ~ tba Irtolor,r.a =,
mononolv tho nower of concontr,tod uoaI,h
tbs inertia n, e,od bahI,s ana tha horast
errors Of a generation of ,ai.a to,ohiro
"The hill on uhicb the oommIt,ao
nanded mpch n.t,ont ard dan,Jousiaho, 4, -.
ofYered as n compIste rasnonaa to IN. manda,a
Of the American peopIe. II mo mora nrofsssoa
20 be puraed Of ali nrotoction thar 70 ba ,soo
NJ ali arror In ia cor,Io, .nd r.ni,at, 10 .e
taIla- Hovever wa NAV dsnv tho a,is,anoa y,
any leaislative nlsdoa or n, rho ,Igh, -, ona
Con0ress 10 mata sucb n,adga ~, th. .',,,.
uancs NJ dutIaa that c.,rx ,yI,h thor, ~. =.
Ies. ack novlsdged nrotac,ion ,va r,rot go
nize that great inrares,a do o,ts, whoaa -.
encs and nrosperIty n 4. M nnrt n, on ,stors,
eItber TO i'm mnsrII or IN cnrtaiI wahaIi.,o ona
wa have the warrant q, our ovo no.t
perienoe for believing that r.duction ofdnt,as
will not in niure hu, Give nnors ahnndart ne. =,
all our great manufacturIng industrIas r.,
syer much thew NAV draad tho cb,naa 7,
dealing with the tariff question a. With e,s,v
other long standing abuse that has tntsrwovan
itsslf with our ,ocIal ar indns,,iol .vs,ar, ,S,
lerislator must alvavs ram.mharth. A. ,hs |
beginning temperate rsform IA .a,ast h.yInr,
I'm it.slf tb, urinaipla q, pyow,b
"A uIance At the tarIfY IaoisI.,to, o,or-
country ought 10 sa,is,v aver ,r,a,,Icost ~
dsnt that nrotect,on has slv.y. r., ~.
falsity as a systam Of economv h, ia ahsn,n,s
failure 10 insure healthy and s,,bIa nro.narI,,,
to manufactures. Itteaches man 10 denanJ on |
artificial help, on laws taxing their conpt,v.
men. for prosperity In hu.Ins.s ro,har ,na.
upon their own akin and an,ort 7, Sra. .n
hu.Insss ont of N. r,,ura, .b,nn.I.
ncisl channels. vher, there mnst nIwovs -.
fiuctuation and uncertaintv and n m.La
tariff system the foo,hnIl n, nar,, noI,,,a.
the stability of large business ,n,ara.,a 81
stake of every popuIar alaction Non. -
recognized this truth more fuIIv than ,ho -
man Who from time 70 tina hsva ara.oaa =.
the so-cslled protected indu.triaa -.
Mr.. Edward Everett stataJ. IN an o,a,iou
at. Lowell. that the s,uacious mar ,rSa
founded the manufacturer n, Now -
land were neyer friend. =, hIah
tariff policy. Tbs Hon. Amss. w.insr
A former msmbsr Of thI. Uou.a ,ror, 49,
ehusstts and one Of our foremost writars .,
economic questions. declared II Ia ha wIthIn
his own personal knowledge that wbsn tha
proposal was made 10 Impose the nro,sct,ve
eariif Of 1916, the leading mAnufacturars ~
Rhode Island, among whom was Mr. sIa,er
the father OF cotton spinning In this countrv
met at the counting room of one Of theIr nun,
bsE. and after deliberate consultatIon cana
to the conclusion that they had