Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-12-04
THE TARIFF QUESTION,
AS Viewed by Prominent Law Civ
er from Purely Republi-
can Standpoint,

As Viewed by Prominent Law Civ
er from Purely Republi-
can Standpoint.
In an interview which was had
with Senator Joseph Hawley, at
Washington, on Saturday, that distin-
guished Republican claw giver" was
asked whether or not the Republicans
in the Senate would make an effort to
prolong the debate on the all impor-
tant tariff bill, when that measure
should reach the senate.
"The Republicans will stand for an
opportunity to be heard on the sub
ject," he replied, "in all its branches
and there will be full debate upon our
side of the chamber, but we will make
no factious opposition, and will not
resort to the tactics for delay of the
final day beyond the time when legiti-
mate debate shall be exhausted If
the Republican Senators had any dis
position to seek this delay, which they
have not, they would not be support
ed by their constituents in doing Sc.
The manufacturers and others who
are interested III the subject OF tariff
are anxious to know their fate. And
they will desire to have the question
disposed of as speedily as it can be
properly done For this reason, if for
no other, the Senators from the man
ufNcturing states will join heartily in
getting the question out of the way
as soon as it can be done after the ln-
terested people and the Senators "a
Voring the protective theory shall have
been heard"
In reply to aquestion as to whether
the manufacturing states would not
be Modified largely by the fact that
the Wilson bill goes so far towards
putting raw materials on the free list,
the Senator replied that they would
not, but that they were protectionists
upon principle and went upon the
theory that whatever injured the
country was injurious to their inter
ests, and that if by such legislative
basis as proposed the coal mines and
wool producers were to be crippled
the manufacturers would feel that
their market was also impaired and
they would not favor it. He would
therefore work and vote against the
changes just as he would vote and
work against the changes proposed on
manufactured articles, and he was OF
the opinion that other Republican
Senators from the manufacturing
states would follow the same course.
He said that from the foundation of
the government until the recent law
went into effect sugar had been upon
the dutiable list and it had always, up
to that time, been recognized as an al
ticle from which revenue could be
properly derived, and one on which
the duty would be more evenly dis
tributed than upon almost any other
article. The Senator dwelt upon the
capacity of Americans for the con-
SUMPTION of sugar, and declared that
in another decade the people of the
United States would consume 5000,
OOO,OOO,OO0 pounds, or half the pres
ent production, for all of which the
country would have to send its money
abroad unless the home production
could be fostered He called attention
to The fact that during the last year
that foreign sugar was taxed 1t had
derived revenue of $68,000,000 to the
treasury, and asserted that it was
folly for the government at this time,
when the revenues are running SO low,
to deprive itself of such a source OF
revenue which it might receive while
building up au important industry at
home"
In addition to the above intensely
Republican views, the senator asserted
with all the ardor of an antogonistic
partisan that this legislation would
lose the Democracy any number OF
states, south, west and northwest, If
the same should eventually become
law.