The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-29
THE WILSON TARIFF.
The Majority Report or the Com
mittee on Ways and Means,
Embracing the Customs Features of the
BilI. Presented in the nouse-The
Minority VIII he Heard
From Later TN.

iris afternoon. Mr.. Wilson, from the
committee ON ways and means. pre-.
sented the majority views accompany
ing the bill ITO Reduce Taxation, "a
Provide Revenue for the Government
and for other Purposes" and il was
referred 20 committee of the whole on
the state of the Union. The report is
a. follows:
The American people. after the fullest and
most thorough debate ever given hy any people
H. their fiscal policy, have deliberately and
rightly decided that the existing tariff H.
wy0ns "a principle and previously unjus, in
operation.
cont. nuing. the report says: They have de.
clel. a. free men must always decide. that the
power ~ taxation has no lawful or constitu.
tonal exercise cx ,cpt for providing revenue
for the support OF government. Every de-
parturc from this principle Is a departure from
the fundamental principles OF popular ~iustitu-
fian-. and inevitably works out a gross Unequal.
IT'S ntAe c~ftizen-hipofa country. For NOR than
thirty years We have levied the largest part Of
our federal taxes In violation OF this vital
trfh. until We have reached In the existing
tariff an extreme and voluminous OF class taxa.
'ioH 20 which history may be challenged to
furnish any parallel. So many private c..er-
pfis-> have been taken into partnership With
H. government. so many private Interests
BOW share In the prerogative @! taxing
Mooii people. that any aficmpt
% dissolve this Illegal union is
necessarily encountered by an opposition
that rallies behind II the intolerance OF mo
nopoy the power OF concentrated wealth. the
inertia ~ fixed habits. and the hone~' errors
a. generation of false teachings. The bill IN
xhirh the committee has expended much pa.
tent and anxious labor IL not offered As "A com.
pe;e response TO the mandate OF the American
people. II no more Processes to lie purgci OF
al protection than TO be free OF all error in is
complex and manifold details. Hcxever. vs.
nav deny the existence OF any legislative
pedge. ~ or the right OF any congress To make
such pledge for the continuance of duties that
carry with them more or less acknowledged
proiertion we must recognize that great inter.
~~t- 10 exist whose existence and prosperity
q j. no part OF our reform either to
lrperii or TO curtail. We believe. a:.d we
have The warrant Of our own past experience
fr believing. that reduction OF duties will no,
irare hut give more abundant life to ali our
manufacturing industries. however much they
may dread the change. In dealing with the
tarir question a with every other long-stand-
IN abuse that has inter woten itself with our
social or Industrial system. the Legislator must
always remember that in the beginning TEN
peraie reform Is safest having In itself the
principle OF growth.
~ - NettA ~ OUT OWN
country ought 10 satisfy every intelligent stu
dent that protection has always shown It's
hlsity ~ "A system NJ economy by absolute
failure To insure healthy AMI stable prosperity
70 manufactures Itteaches men TO depend on
artificial help. ON laws taxing their country
met for prosperity in business. rather than
Upon their own skill and effort. II throws
into artificial channels where there
must always be fuctuation and
uncertainty. and IL makes q tariff system the
fcc.-ha.. OF party politics and the stability of
hrTe business inrere SIS the stake OF every
popgar election None have recognized this
Truth more fully than The wiser men who
from time 70 time have engaged In the So
sailed protected indusxr -es.
Years ago Edward Everett stated In an ora
zion nj Lowell that the SPACIOUS men who
founded the mar I~facfures OF New England
we're never friends Of a high tariff policy.
Hon Anasa Walker. . former member OF
ths house from Massachusetts. and one of our
foremost writers on conomic questions. de-
clarri 4, 10 BE- within his own personal kEowl.
eiee that when the proposal was made to i'm.
pose the protective tariff OF is1s.the leading
manufacturers OF Rhode Island a amongst whom
Va Mr slater. the faith ~ Of cotton spinning
IN ms country. met AZ the counting room OF
. q their number and after deliberate con.
sderstion. came unanimously to tho
tAAA my N0uAl I4IntIl
y et alone. their business had
ffown up naturally and sncce aded well
am they felt confident Of fts continued pros.
p'fliy u let alone ~ the government. They
arttet that ty Laying a protective tariff their
rtsiness would be thrown out Of its natural
Channels and subjected TO fuctuation and M.
certainty.
bGf az usual. the clamor ~ selfish and less
'Afs1hted men and fhs ambition OF law.
HaAers % usurp the place OF Providence pr.
vailed The country ent-r~i on n protective
p"Ney. viii the unfailing result that govern
Afal Leip begot a violent demand for NOR
1Nverlmsnf help Tbs moderate tariff Of
~ rapidly grew into the tariff of
2 "uinaiionsf that carried the country TO a
'rf-e q civil dis ~ri and provoked natural
fslsson- Prote rtion has run a like course
- l"L When CONFESS began to repeal war
"r1tuS and 10 relieve manufac turers OF the
A'rrnal taxes. which they had used ~ secure
srAper~ating duties on like foreign products
'asr- rose q demand throughout the country.
-"as-t respect to party. for . reduction OF the
- tArf1 Unable TO resist this dc.
l4aa the protected indusf ries haf
~ sad thwarted any reduction Of eonse-
s-ehee untn ~. whea they defeated . houss
."'hat ild make "A substantial reduction. by
s4'sis ting a senate bill which carried . hort.
.ol'A cat OF 10 per cent As soo.s. however. a.
- eea on OF issa gave the next house to the
"tN party. tHat Uiii was repealed by the
o-1Eoin1 republicans. and rates restored 10
~H-t tley we're tcfore la. Ard although the
s-nahd for tariff reform and reduction OF taxes
AHrser since been u burning and a growing
W " the country. the protected indus.
1NFstive exactcl and received from every re-
p-1As4n conxrc.o elected since 1871 an in
~ tasir v9ote tion. occasionally p.r.
-ltAg ~ sep>24 or the lcsscnin- OF a lax
s-NHAs paidtnQI " treasury in order 20 keep
from or tn increase duties levied for
f tclett Protection left to its natural
I Aent4m never stops short OF prohibition.
III pohsa:iory walls are always needing Ia
"A4t hixner or to be patched and !
"-lAened. A protective tariff never has $
A'Fr can give stability and Satisfaction ;
u NOVA benrhciaric~ Even n its victims are I
rvAt crtoo scattered to agitatc for it, de- !
hose bench IA ric~ are sure To agitntc 4
4a iacrease. When the reform tariff of {
va Ncfors congress the legislature was
prophecics that II would destroy Our h
tlr,ng Industries. throw labor out Of y
F"fintnt or 70 compel Il 20 work AZ manner :
@ni dwarf aud arrest .hc prosperous I
NJ ~ ;he country. Every representa-. 1
NJ n four great manufacturing states r
nE.aas t.ted against Il with gloomy o
9AATs ~ ~ Lighting effect. Tho ratcof "A
\, provided Ina Tint tariff was mu,h lower y
II nose 81 the hill VIC hero ofer. What Ii
Fesult' Instead or lEsralyxilg the in d
~. and panperizing the labor OF New En- n
- ~ the rest OF the country. the tariff OF Il
r" rave immense xlpur ~ ,narnfrot,~, .t.b 4