Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-14
STILL ON WOOL
More Speeches Against Putting It
on the Free List.
SENATOR LODGE TIE CHEF SPEEKEP
Messrs. Hoar, Teller, P!att and
Higgins in the Same Line.
TIERS IN THE HOUSE

Some routine business preceded the re-
sumption Of the tariff debate in the Senate
today. Bills were passed as follows: Grant
Ing jurisdiction to the Court OF Claims in
the case Of the owners Of the tow boat Flu
ture City, wrecked on the Mississippi river
in lsss; to pay Joseph Redfern. one of the
Fcrd's Theater victims. S2.1ls: TO authorize
the appointment Of women as public school
trustees in the District Of Columbia: for
the development and announcement OF silk
culture in the United States, under the su-
pervision of the Secretary Of Agriculture
The last bill was champiOned by Mr.. PETER,
Its object belng to give the Secretary OF Ag-
ricuiture authority to designate five agri-
cultura! stations where experiments in silk
culture should be made. IL encountered
some opposition from Mr.. Cockren tMol.
who thought If such experiments were TO
be made they should be made under The
auspices of the states. rather than the fed
eral government.
A bin 70 pay the heirs OF James Bridger
5000 was also passed; bill for the relief
OF the heirs Of John Weightnan, t,assed
some time ago, on motion of Mr.. Quay OaD
was recCnsiderei and recOmmitted Then
at 1880. the tariff bill was laid before me
Senate and Mr.. Lodge GiassD took the floor
with an argument against free wool
Mr.. Lodge Against Free Wool
Wool Mr.. Lodge said, ought TO be the first
TO receive and the last to lose the protection
OF the government For centuries wool was
regarded as the foundation OF Eagland's
prosperity. In the time Of Elizabeth an act
was passed by parliament 70 prevent its ca
portation. The wool sack on which the
speaker OF the house Of commons sits today
was the symbol OF the source of Great Brit
ans commercial and financial greatness.
Mr.. Lodge proceeded 10 call attention 10 the
| Tact that in the early DAYS of the reuublic
| the fostering of the wool-growing Industry
I engaged the attention OF Washington and
/ other statesmen, not merely because il was
regarded as a useful industry. but because
1 its production and manufacture were con-
sidered one OF the greatest necessities of an
I Independent nation. In case of war il was
| as essential that soldiers should have clothes
as that they should have arms and food
| Yet, he said. IL was proposed TO destroy this
| vast Industry in order TO furnish a valuable
campaign cry Tor the democratic party
/ There was no trust in wool raising The
| growers of sheep were widely scattered
They could not concentrate their forces to
come here and secure protection for their
products. MIR. Lodge characterized the de-
mand OF some of the woOlen manufacturers
for free raw material as utterly selfish ani
short sighted. Moreover. he denied tina. any
large proportion Of the manufact arers
| shared in this demand. and produced resolu-
| tions passed by the manufacturers of New
| England in support of his statement. Those
who cid cesire free wool. he said, were
mainly mugwumps and dilletante rzfor-ners
The events OF the last twelve months had
! caused even them to see the error OF their
| ways and they were rapidly disappearing.
Inadequate 10 Project Laborers.
Mr.. Lodge also protested against the
woolen schedule as Inadequate fer the pro-
lection Of the laborers in the woolen mills,
and read a number of petitions from the
New England operatives predicting that
the enactment of this schedule would -e-
| suit in n reduction OF their wages Mr.
| Lodge charged that Jacob SchoenhOf. the
consul TO Tunstan England. under the last
| Cleveland administration. haG been largely
| instrumental in framing the wooden sched-
| ule. he was about TO show who SchOenhof
| was, when M. Vest arose and declared
that Schoephof hal as little TO do with the
| framing OF this schedule any man IN the
| world.
DO you say he was Rot consulted . asked
| Mr.. Lodge.
/ ''As government official Schoeahof may
| have furnished the committee with the
| prices CT woolens. bat if he offered any ad-
| vice as to the schedule IL was not taken"
No. retorted Mr. Lodge. 1t did net 80
| The Massachusetts Senator despite Mr..
| Vests denial gave Mir. Schoenhofs record.
| Schoenhof. ne said. came here. Polish
jew, in the sixties. and furnished peddiers
outfits. failing three times. much to the
| grief OF his creditors. IL was such man
as Schoe3 hof. he said. whose figures were
taken in the determine ton OF the schedule
| under which one OF the greatest industries
OF the country was TO live.
Mr.. Lodge quoted from some statements
made by Claude Meeker. consul at Brad
| ford. England. to show the benefits which
I would accrue to the English manufacturer
from the enactment Of this schedule. Mr..
Ledge then reverted 10 the surprise occa-
stoned few days ago by the failure OF
/ the New England Senators TO antagonize
| the cotton schedule. The reason for the
silence of the New England Senators. he
said. was obvious TO any one familiar with
faN Ia man fac E.nr =
Why they should denounce a schedule more
scientifically drawn than any cotton sched-
uie ever prepared
| cotton goods were slightly lower than they
should have been they were drawa on the
best and fairest principle, ana that prln-
ciple was protection. The schedule was the
work of the Fan River manufacturers.
The great industrial movement OF the soutn,
he declared, passionRtcly, the noNcTaeEt
! that knew no state lines. Ihat had no eNi
memories. that realized that the prosperity
OF one section was the prosperity OF an
had saved the cotton schedule. This Whole
bill TO be passed by a Congress ana ap-
proved by a President eiecied on Tree
trade platform. was ? high protective bill
a bad bill an unjust bill. but a protective
tarin bill. Free trade had he''a stricken
down IN the house OF It's friends. IL hae
! been defeated By the fcrces OF the nOrtf
ana the rising forces OF the south that
made for uniOr and prosperity
Tho tiae Of human thought and endeG yOr
I had worked here Its 0OMntan a Dll mat
! placed fairly protective duties on cotton
goods and destroyed the woOlen Industry
by withholding justice 70 il was monstrous
and indefensible. Protection could be de-
Tended. he said in conclusion. free trade
could be defended, but a bin Of preferences
was infamous.
! MIR. Teller Favors a Duty On Wool.
Mr.. Teller Of Colorado followed Mr.
Lodge with some remarks in favor OF a
duty on raw wool. In the course Of his
speech he read a statement from the New
York Tribune to the effect that the sen
atorial auctioneers." in order 10 save the
sugar schedule and pass their bills, had
| traded OF prohibitory duties on cOttons
and u-oolens Mr. Teller wanted to know
if any of these proposed duties on woolens
were prohlbiiory. IL they were he aunoUnc-
ed that he was opposed TO them.
MrAidrich replied that none Of the finance
committee am aEdments 70 thi schedule and
none of those in contemplation 50 FAR as he
knew. We're fairly protective. rauch less pro-
hibitory.
Mr. Vest Joined MrAldrich IN an emphatic
denial that there had been any bargains to
obtain prohioitory duties.
Later, while discussing the reduction OF
the rates woolens. Mr.. Hewley Comm
interrupted Mr. Teller 70 remark that these
reductions would result inevitably in lower
ing the wages Of the operatives 30 or - per
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