The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-22
IFOR PROTECTION.
Min0rity Report of the Ways
and Means Committee.
THE WILSON BILL ASSAILED
Described as "0nly Another Tariff
Tinkering Bill"
CREATES A PRIVILEGED GLASS,


no Proposed New Tariff Measure. the
Minority Declare, Is Not in Keeping
with the Declared Principles of the
Dominant Party Inequalities of the
Free Raw Material Provisions as Seen
Through Republican Spsctaclcs.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22-The report OF
the minority members of the ways and
means committee on the tariff bill was
submitted to the house yesterday, The
first part of the report discussing the bill
was generally prepared by ex-Speaker
Heed. The other members of the minor
ity, Messrs Burrows, Payne, Dalacli, Hop
and Gear, prepared the portion of the re-
port dealing with the special features
The report says in part;
The most surprising thing about this
bill which we will treat of in detail some
what later, is the fact that this propo-
sition to raise revenue will lower tho reve-
nue. of this country s74 ,000,p1O below the
revenue of 1893, which was only s2.0G0OUO
hbove our expenses, This fnCt and TIE
other fact that by this bill the larger part
of the burden of taxation il transferred
from foreigners and borne by our own
oitizens sbould always he kent in mind
during the discussion.
Had the committee in making what the
chairman on the floor of the house has
called political bll'' followed the
plain, uncompromising declaration Of the
party which they represent, and abol-
t.he1 protecli,n giving N. n thrift for rev
epue only. our task in commenting upon
tbe result of the committce's efforts would
have been mucb more simple The bill
yyouId then have brpn n strniahtfor,ynid
manly attemut TO carry ont pledges. and
would have plnccd in issue two great priu.
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ueeb way ~ NAY 10 ne lidhuthcthref,
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world lhsteau OF the market OF the
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verse, but In the Emitted States all this
has been accompanied by the nearest an.
Proach to general dist ribution that the
world has ever seen.
/ This has not been all owing to the thrift,
but the tariff has been the foundation of
It. Labor organizations have PLAYED a
great and useful part in this distribution.
Men in general who employ labor are no
more naturally disposed to nav hiph