Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-02
ERA Of PROSPERITY
Will Be Brought About by
the Wilson Bill.
HARTER IN FAVOR OF 1T.
Products Of American Manufacturers
Are Bound to GiIdle the Earth.

Boston. Dec "A sketch Of "The
Present Situation" in tariff reform by
Hon. NJ chael ID. Harier of Mansfield, o.,
formed the piece de r, sistance at tie din-
ner Of the New England Tariff Reform
league, held last night In the United
States hotel
President Pierce, in opening the after
dinner proceedings, briefly referred to the
encouraging character OF the prospect now
before tariff rsformers. IL was th"ir duty,
De said, to help To carry through the bill
which would SON be brought into con-
gres., and he h ped that they woulr in
time carry the principle of that bill still
further in the direction Of free trade than
the measure itself provided. Mr.. Pierce
finally intr duced Hon. Michael ID. Harter
Of Mansfield. o.
Tariff Reform Demanded.
After some introductory wo ds, used to
express his feeling that "the present situ-
alton" was one of hopefulness and promise,
Mr.. Harter said In part:
''The situation requires Of US unswe-v-
ing support of tar fl ref rm. The condi-
ton of the agricultural class. making up
a. It does 10 per cent OF our population
and furni hing the basis OF ali our pros
per,ty, is as bad, yes, worse than it was In
1894
"The great consu ming masses, who my
be said to embrace the entire nation, were
never In more need of reli,f than now.
Labor. In all our history, has Dever been
90 poorly provided with employment,
while manufacturers. having outgrown
n. Il
factories, have reached point where,
without substantial reductions In tariff
taxation, profitable cont ,uance Of opera
tion by many Is impossible.
"From every side comes the call to con-
gress for relief through reduced taxation.
This call is louder aud In tones more elo-
quent and commanding than ever before.
The monopolist prrss cries To us, and the
high tariff leaders demand Of Us that we
allow the existing high taxes to remain.
Suppose we heed this demand, In what
way IL prosperity 10 flow upon and among
the manufacturing industries Of the coun.
tryi
"Can they not see that under our present
system Of taxation our power TO produce
a. far greater than our ability to consume,
and that a continuance OF our present
policy means stagnation and starvation
Do they not understand that by wise re-
vision and reduction Of the tariff nearly
all our industries can be promptly placed
upon their feet'
viii Increase Foreign Trade.
"They ought to see clearly that reduc-
ton In the raw materials of the fac ory
will re,ult in an enlarged demand for its
goods, because of the lower price it can
afford to sell them at, and that this de-
mand will come not only from our own
people, but from abroad. The man who
cannot see this Is bind, indeel.
take up the governments report OF
our exports for the past eight mont hs, and
you will read there that We have been able
to export nearly all classes Of manufac
tured goods; goods OF which the raw ma
terial was iron, steel, cotton, lumber, cop
per, paper aud even wool
"Such goods we have shipped abroad by
the millions Iu this fact we ought to
read the very plain lesson that the tariff
bill which the present congress will pass
will give to American manufacturers such
prosperil y, such an increase Ia trade, such
an enlargement IN profits as to throw into
the shade any apparent prosperity which
we have been acquainted with In recent
years. Why, then, this howl and opposi-
tioni
HE Opinion Of Protection.
81 believe so called prot eotion has always
been n curse to our people and weight
upon our manufacturers, but even those
who disagree with me in this will find it
Impossible to deny that for many years,
At least, rejection has simply operated to
give to Europe and to project her In the
possession Of vast markets which other
wise would have been controlled by
American manufacturers. With the pas
sage OF the ways and means bill all this
viii be changed. and the American manu-
facturer and his employees will come to
their own.
..Ths two things which make up the
cost of manuiact ured article are, first,
material, and, second, labor. After the
passage uf the ways aud means bill the
American manufacture will have his m u
terial as cheap, or cheaper. than his for
eign competit r. He already has, As you
have seen (me ,-ured by its productive
ness), the lowest cost labor in the world.
'Now, unless you credit the American
manufacturer with less capacity than his
foreign competitor possesses. We can See
that, after the bill bee Imes law, he pros
perity Of the American manufacturer will
ocl pse tnht Oh any oJneE mHuuidcIuTer III
the world, and his productions W II girdle
the earth and fll its marls. You will
then find goUds made in Amer can fac
tories by American workmen on all the
shelves aud in every great warehouse on
che Rlobe.
More Reductions Probable.
at IL said that man II rash who makes
pretictions, but 1 am quite willing TO
assume the risk, and tonight, WHEN my
good frieni, Governor Mckinley. 10 dis
mally ret ling ruin aud croak ny about
the future, dec are IL to be my copvic lon
that every effrct and result of the reduc-
zion OF tariff taxatioI now about to be
male will prove advantageous TO the coun.
try, and hat hes adya t,ges will be so
sonspic icuous that fr IN this time on the de-
nAnd will not be for tue restoration OF
kigh taxes, but that congress will be urged
% make IN re z, ,ducuons ia number and
larger ones In amount"
Resolutions were adopted declaring that
ths New England Tariff Reform league
approved of the tariff bill prepared by tue
ways and means com mmittee of the national
house Of representative, - decided step
IN advance In he direction OF freer trade,
and. to that extent embody ing the priuci-
plss which tue league was organised 10
support
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