The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-12-29

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pt the Tariu Reform question What the
Minority Report OF the Ways and Means
Committee says-The Report wrltton by
! EH-spcAker Thos. u. Reed.
WAsnlNG1oN. Dec % The views of
the minority Of the committee on ways
and means, as expressed by ex.Speaiser
Thomas u. Reed, starts out in eharae.
teristlc fashion MS follows:
Th' most surprising thing about This bin is
the fact that This prop, siiion 10 raise revenue
Nil io@cr the revenue Of this country lfiOJ0u0O
below the revenue OF 1899 which was ouly
/ t2,tOl lGoaboye our expenses
THIS fact and The other fact that hy this bill
the larger part Of the burden Of taxation is
transferred from foreigners and borLe by our
own eitiz 'ns should always he kept In mind
dnrlhR the discussion. Hal tho committee
In making what the chairman Oh the
nnor q the house has called a
political bill," followed the plnIu
uneomprpmisIng declaration Of tho party which
lheg rorres, nj, and abolished protection ~ .ng
US inrn f,r rtycnue onl7 our task in com
meniing upon thetcsult OF the committees S effort
woul have been muth moro simple 1he biil
would then h we be, q aightforEurd, manly
ausmpt 20 carry out pledges, and Wo0ll have
~ cot IL isspe two great principles So
far tie committee has departed from Tho
domnl 81 the nation. that We are
tempted 10 borrow Ihrase from Their
own patorm and designated tho bill as a.
"cuWardly mnkoshift" were Il not that the
results have been already too serious for mere
epihetS such q phrase, even thus sanctioned,
Would BE- oui Of place 10 discussion which IN.
wolves 30 muc1 Of importance 10 oil classes Of
citiscns u stlll, however remains fact that
The bill can In no way bo justified by people
who claim 10 have obtained possession of at
branches ot the government on distinct
promise which they now as distinctly ic.
pudiate
Hut the committee, instead q proceeding In
Us great work of aboiishing protection and re-.
heyinE tho pcope from the load OF taxation
which They have always averred was the result
Of protection, has presented q bn which Is
only another tarir tinkering bill the like Of
which has disturbed the conditions Of business
80 many times The last thirty years
II tA great misfortune that such is the case.
for had tho bill been for revenue only Ia the
ouly sense possible for that term. the peop.e
might hayo seen nt q glance Whether they de-
sired the cue 70 Icy or tho other. and the
question mlTht have hcen settled once for all,
aud the couatry might have attained 10 that re.
pose. stability and certainty which our business
prosperity - much needs
n prot c ion be the object, why choose IN :
time q all olh'ls 10 sues htute Tor o system Of
protection which has proved reasonably salts.
factory one Of which We know nothing. abd
WIN the principles OF which The rtyisers are
not IN aee0ri
Thn other and frosher plan has all tho faults
which thu trainers OF this ban CHARGED upon tho
old and very lev Of its virtue. The new plan
inyolv ; metho u e. couraging manufacture
by giving them What IL caiiel "irce raw ma.
ierla, ~ mat what goes into the mill pays no
taxes, hhd what goes into consumption pa an
tho taxes Tho manufacturers pay no taxes
on whal th-y buy, and the people. the caulya
lent OF taxes on all ther purchase
Haso happens that 'ffts raw material" Is
about TIE same TO the producer and exporter
The so-callod free raw matoriala froo wool
free coal and free iron are not Put on the FREQ
Est With ang reference direct or indirect 70
raising rcycEuc
They arc placed there 10 encourage manuiae.
turcrs who ore TO be compensated Tor any loss
10 THIS market by the markets ~ tho world,
where they win have the chance 10 struggle
with The cheaper labor Of the old World Win |
whatever energy ibeT may have left after the
struggle AZ home with that same cheap labor
let IN TO our markets BY n lover tariff which |
Goes not give us ito ampousatlon even Of |
larger revenue. These deluslye adynnt
hFcs are 10 be given the manufac
turrrs - the expense Of the miners
who dc out the ores and mine the coal. AZ |
the o.pcnse o. The farmers Who raise the
wool and tAe railroads which transport All |
these products With these advantages thus |
obtained at She cIteIse uf other citizens. tho /
Manufacturers, forced BY the lowering Of the /
iarin, 20 Hght Tor their markets az home are 10 |
enjoy unlimited foreign trade How they can /
obtain ioothold in foreign lands when this |
very bill is drafted upon the supposilion that |
they can not keep their own markets without /
protection, seems beyond domain Of logic
II the woolens OF America need, as this very |
bill assumes, 10 aud 20 per cent 10 enable them |
70 have fair how 10 our own markets, where
ia the unlimited foreign trade which awaits
them 10 countries where they are stripped Of
the NJ and ~ per cent protection and Obliged TO
pay ircigh, and all other charges and night CON
nceiions cxisting for scores Of years.
The doctrine OF the democratic platform that
protection Is rothery and should bo abolished IA
inoomTr henslble and sturdy. The new move /
mcnt on behalf Of mitiga,cd and sporadic rob. 1
berry IL contrary alike 10 good morals aud pub
lie faith An false pfetcnsCs are unNlse, con
lrary 70 sound pcliey and sound statesman
ship Hence many Of us who are sure that
the Democratic platform ia utterly untrue ad. |
miiied It's stTaightforwardnes and. dlreetness
This bill framed by those who repr, sent tho
platform can not receive that praise
II pruicnes toa revenue tarid. aud does not
rniso revenue II prctenis to give Protection.
but destroys 1, In every way.
liow the bill will act as a revenue raiser and
how 1t can act as an iniurr 10 the government,
aud tho producer. both together is well excn-
pliiied In the changes made in the pottery
schedule.
While It would be impossible to specify the
probable effects OF this bill few OF the most
important may be briefly touched upon
As TO the future relation. between Canada
lnd the United States, It perhaps would not be
lecorous for US 10 talk fuilv but there are those
= ho btl eve that what they think Is the mani.
est destiny OF this continent Is one nation and
ine market and one development These who
lave that thought IN :heir minds as they scan
he hi will see how little this bill compared
with existing law eonduoes 10 that end
What effect also this bill will have upon the
roatlcs made by the last administration with
,uha and the Spanish.American committee the
committee has presented no calculations and
made no suggestions
Against the consideration Of such bill Great
ng such denct and leaving Il unac.
ounted for. the minority vainly pro;cs
- Nhth lhe ulil WAS laid before The committee |
Who would dare II Of sound and statcsmanlike
mind to create deficit OF t7t00 ,OoO an hlindly
'ote It, with no plan In sight whereby the gov
rnmont could meet Its expendiiurcsy That
ame protest we make 10 the house and to the
ountry.
The bill ought not TO be reported without the
Internal revenue oill which Il TO make up the
Ioneicney Are we TO pass this bal aud be then
oerccd into the otherl Who knows IL they
we're presented together that We might not pre-.
er 10 stay where We are'
We will not strive in any way 10 Increase
he turmoil which this bill has already ere.
ted An end can be put to all this hy tho
efeat Of this bill and TO the accomplishment
I this every energy should be bent The best
ray TO put an end to this agitation is to put an
nd TO tho cause.
A Death Trap.
NEW YORK. Dec. % "A policeman,
while standing in front OF the Fourth
district circuit court an iron frame
tructure, five stories high, at Second
venue and Fourth street, Friday
morning noticed ths walls OF the