The Portland daily press., 1894-01-19
Was the Discussion Of the Tariff
Question Yesterday,
WITH REFERENCES TO BONDS AS
FRINGE AND TRIMMING.

tary Carlisle-,AM Oregon Republican
Thinks 1t Time to Stop Booming Char
ity and Boom American Worlkingmen.
Washington, January 1S.-At 11.25 the
House went into committee of the whole
to consider the Wilson bill, Mr.. Richard
son, Democrat of Tennessee, being in the
chair. Mr. Hare, Democrat of Ohio. adj
dressed the committee. His remark
were mainly directed to the wool
question. He stated that under a high
tariff the price of wool had been steadily
decreasing. He announced himself as an
advocate of tariff for revenue only.
Mr.. Grosvenor, Republican of Ohio,
Ohio. ard the falling off in the Demo-
cratic vote in the last election was main
Iy in the wool growing sections. He
referred to the news in the papers this
morning that the Secretary OF the
Treasury was about to sell bonds. The
inference was that the treasury was
about to go to protest; that il was bank
rupt. In such state of affairs he asked
what reason there could be for throwing
away the income to be derived from the
800, 600, 900 pounds of wool which came
into the country every year.
In answer to a question from Mr.. Hun
ter, Democrat of Illinois, as to the cause
of the fall in the price of wool in recent
years, he said the price of Ohio and
Australian wool had fallen in London in
the same ratio as in this country. Ii
America cannot produce within three
hundred million pounds of wool neces-
sary for the manufactures in this country
why not impose revenue tariff on that
wool? We need the money, continued
Mr. Grosvenor. The Democrats come
here and try 10 cut down the revenue by
$15, GOO, 600, while the secretary OF the
Treasury is endeavoring to sell bonds at
five per cent in order to save the treasury
from bankruptcy.
Mr.. Ellis. Republican of Oregon, said
that putting wool on the free list placed
American sheep growers in direct compe-
tition with Australian. and Argentine
wool growers There were over one hum.
dred million sheep in Australia and sixty
million in the Argentine, against about fif-i
ty million in the United States. 1t costs
Australian wool growers about three
quarters of cent per pound to get
their wool to market, while it costs
Americans from three to four cents. In
the matter of wages, too, Australian
wool growers have decided advantage
over the American. Here shepherd is
care of from 300 to 400 sheep. His
Australian prototype gets maximum
wages of $40 for caring Tor 1000 sheep.
at is time to quit booming Charity"
said Mr.. Ellis, land begin booming
America and American workingmen."
MIR. Davis, Populist of Kansas, took the
ground that the country was not pros
porous under a high protective tariff.
He gave statistics OF per capita debts in
many states. He said these debts did not
indicate prosperity, and the only case he
knew of where men lived on their debts
was under the national banking system.
Nh. Davis was frequently interrupted by
questions from MIR. Hopkins, Republican
of Illinois. and from others He contended
for FREQ wool and said that at the time of
thsssfree trade agitation in England, the
English farmers protested just as our
farmers were now doing, but their pro-
tests were ignored, and the wool made
free, when the wooden industry imme-
diately increased.
Mr.. Cannon. Republican Of Illinois,
said 1t was necessary to utilize and de-
yetope the industries now existing in or
der to provide for the time when we
should have a population of $50, 900, 600
people He then drifted into the wheat
question. He accounted for the fall in
the price of wheat by stating that we
had but two customers in Europe, and
that, with a shaller demand abroad,
there was a smaller demand in this
country. He was interrupted frequently
by Mr. Simpson of Kansas and others.
He was not qUarrelling with the policy
of Great Britain. He thought that for
her it might be wise policy, but it re-
suited in making $780, 900 panpers, whom
itacost England $50, 900. 600 a year to sup
port.
Mr.. Pendleton, Democrat of West
Virgins, asked Mr.. Cannon whether he
did not know that prior to the pas
sage Of the free trade bill there were over
million paupcRs IN a population less
than half hhe present population:
No. do not know It," said Mr.. Cam
non, and neither does the gentleman
from West Virginia"
Mt. Cultivate, Democrat of Ohio, ac-
counted for the fall in wages by Stain &
the proposition that where there are
two men seeking one job, wages will
go down and when there are two jobs
That free trade did not operate to lower
wages was shown by the fact that wages
in England had steadily increased since
the adoption of the free trade policy, and
that wages in free trade England were
twice as high as in protected Germany.
He laid particular stress upon the fact
that the Democratic party had been
pledged to free wool since 1885.
Mr.. Stone, Republican of Pennsylvania.
said the people had revoked the power of
attorney given the Democratic party.
The next election would follow this by
revoking the Democratic party itself.
Mr. Fithian, Democrat Of Illinois, Gre
atea some excitement by arraignings the
Secretary OF the Treasury for at
no mora right to issue bonds
than have" asserted Mr.. Fithian.
'.Excapt in SO far as is specified in the re-
sumption act, he has no right to raise
= single dollar by an issue of bonds"
taepubiican applause.)
The. let us impeach him." said Mr..
Reed. sotte voice.
While Mr.. Fithian condemned this
action OF the Democratic administration,
he condemned in the strongest terms the
policy OF the Republican party, which
had brought about the results which
made an issue of bonds necessary.
Mr. johnson, Republican of Indiana,
said thu money to be derived from the
sale of these bonds was to be applied, not
ID maintaining q reserve in the treasury,
but to meet the current obligations Of
the government u policy which the