New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-20

- was simply statement that We eXpecteu
10 40 1t. That is all. We will file the report
at the earliest practicable moment; but we 10
not want TO be limited 10 two days.
Az the close of the discussion the Speaker
stated that the minority would file its views "s
soon as possible and in the mean time the biii
Whole.
THE MAJORITY REPORT.
The substance Of the majority report, WHICH
accompanied the bill. follows:
!. The American people after the fullest ana most
thorough debate ever given by any peop,e ~ thelI
Hscal policy have deliberately ana rightly DECIDED
grievously unjust in operation. The bill on which
ane committee mas expended slcn paaivm. ,o S go
70 me mandate Of the American people III no NOR t
Tree of all error IN lis compex and manifold details.
However may deny the existence oil any leslsiIt-
such pledge for the continuance Of dries that carry
with them more or less acknowlelged pr9tecu91ii.,
reform either to imperil TO curtal. We believe
ence for believing that reduction OF duties Will
not nJure put give more anunqdnt ir 10 ,Scy
may dread the chang In dedng win me tarna
that has interviewer itself with social and indus
trial system the legislator must always reinelDer
that in the beginning temperate reform Is safest
having In itself the principle OF growth.
The report then reviews the tariff legislation
Of the country since the foundation Of the Gov
eminent and continues:
No chapter in political experience carries with
II more salutary lesson than this. and none could
just and rational system of public revenues. neither
exhausng agriculture by constant boodletting, nor
and fevers by artificial pampering In this dlIecs
ton alone lies stability. concord or sections and OF
great industries We have air lady said that public
discussion disclose errors OF minor detail IN me
schedules OF our BILL To escape SUCH errors would
the divisions subdivisions, complex and manifold
metal and other industries that committee Of
Congress- matter hove extended the range of their
ing their Efforts could hope possess We have
not forgotten that represent the people who are
the many, we'll the protected interests who
the few and while we have dealt with the lat
ter in no spirit Of unfriendliness, we have felt that
was our duty and to their privilege 70 make the
tariff schedules. Those who conccde the right OF
beneclaries to fix their own b1unties must neces IS
the laws by which those bounties are secured TO
merely the amanuensis Of the protected interests
1t has been shown clearly and so often In the de-
schedule Of tho existing law was made in its very
words and by a Ui e
In our report to present the record PROOF or thls
fact.
FREE RAW MATERIALS
We have believed that the first step toward a
reform of the tariff should be release Of taxes on
the materials of industry. There can be no sub
stantial and beneficial reduction upon the nee
essary clothing and other comforts Of the
efcial enlargement of the field OF Ameil,
can labor. long We tax materials ana
processes of production. Every tax upon the pro
ducers falls with increased force on the consumer
Every tax on the producer in this coun ri
and so narrows his market rs to limit the number
employment. Every cheapening In the cost or en-
largement of the supply Of his raw materials. while
himself. passes under free competition Immediately
and passes entirely TO the consumer VINO very soon
lions seem carry. because with the rapid widen,
ing of his market the manufacturer is able to sell
llar ,.rnHf 10 "a ia
short-sghted view which supposes that We release
the duties on iron ore and coal and wool ana other
facture iron. steel, woolen and other fabrics
We are legisatng for the gre9, millions OF nom Son
sands of laborers to whom they may thus give steady
and well-patd employment ,,- A..
supposes that removal OF the tar,n duties re on
loss upon those who produce them IN our own
country. The enlargement of markets for our
products in other countries. the increase IN the
Internal commerce. and In the carrying trade OF
our own country, viii insure growing home market
thing they could have under the protective system.
The abundance and cheapnesS OF their supply OF
fer us in many lines OF production the ilanuiac ,
OF other countries are becoming cxhaisteu anu
the of mining In consequence Is increasn9we are
Bessemer ores in the lake region and OF foundry
venience for transportation and for the assemblage
OF materials. the Of the steam shovel In mining
pig iron and steel as 10 take away all possibility
and danger of foreign competition in almost every
Not less rapid has been the growth Of our coal
anf Goa, as N me of Which i
can be comfortably worked at present This coal
aas Of y 9ver world combined The eSs,ng duty OF
rs cents a ton iron ore and on bituminous coal
revenme duty. The importations into this country
are too small add materially to our revenue
higher in the United States than in the countries
that might seek our market IL cGnld meyer nSve
perfect freedom Of internal trade among states
should laws that 9 qbu Gng tc Other
sections for the supplies OF thoSe neGcssar ina
aGriDi not Ny" by human choice -,
havh ing f 4eT s sun Is not esed In this
report attempt restatement Of the reasons ior
wool while bringing no real bnnent to me Ncp,
woogroWers east Gf AL o, 70 ac ee must
that he yearly pays out GOOD dollar ior eyery
doubtful DIM he may Tede or in
dustry and made cruel and relentless war upon
OF the American people Logs are already on the
free list we have gone step foTi TN, r hna put
cheapen and impr9ye the se n II snail
a a nothing more than 10 delay the rapid
destruction OF the American forests We have also
FOR the reasons stated above. that we may give to
the American workinginan untaxed ma'c TnthME
nrnd,ct as far as possible. to the consumer. with
hut single tax. and that moderate one. instead
NJ a medley and emulation OF taxes gathered
during the process of production.
In addition t. these sO-caled raw materials we
,, reIe, sod from tariff duties certain important
articles and manufactures which We nave shown
our capacity TO produce cheaper than any othcr
conntry. such as pig copper and the more impor-
tent aericultural implements. ANY article or manu-
facture which can sustain the competition OF IKE
foreign articles in other markets can defy such
compotition in the home market. ana IS not pro
,oc,aad nv tho duty. but by It's intrinsic SUI
nerior cHeapness and quality. The only effect or a
duty on such articles is to enable those who make
them to charge higher prices to the citizens OF
theIr own country than they charge 10 foreigners.
and this has been VIGOROUSLY the case with both
onnncr and many agricultural implements. In adj
sptynp duties upon what may be called the finished
yrod,,cts we have tried TO impose such rules as
p phi not destroy or distress any OF home in
dus,res on the one hand nor on the Other sIGnre
n u this nile we have the recognized authority
To-, ~ v'e-known and leading tar!n reforIners