The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-01-20

party has held the reins Of eoverrMent Il hae
proved itself conspcuously incompetent II
deal with single important question presented
by the responsibilities Of civil administrator.
In this deplorable condition OF things clouds
and darkness all around us, what do those
who rule our destinies propose by way
Of rcliefy A tariff bill that II enacted,
predict posterity will pronounce the
most infamous legislative crime Of
our history. Instead of rcliefit brings aggra.
walton. TO the manufacturer whose idle CAPT.
tai is bringing him no returns, whose plant by
disuse Is depreciating and whose income has
been sadly narrowed or entirely cut OF. II offers
the deceptive lure Of free raw materials and
the igns fatuus OF the worlds markets. while
It strips him Of the ability TO compete in any
market and be just to hts employees To tho
farmer It offers instead cf protection an en-.
larged competition from abroad in the products
Of the farm, instead OF q vast and growing
home market, market abroad In which his
increased surplus cannot but degrade prices"
The speaker then proceeded to q discussion
OF the schedules Of the bill, and in conclusion
remarked "Therc Is not q single industry iu
which we compete with our fellows across
seas In which our laborers do not reap richer
rewards than their fellow .toilers abroad"
Mr. Warner dem, N. W followed Mr.. Dal
zell, speaking in defense OF the Wilson bill. In
urging Its pr rompt passing he admitted that 1t
had grave defects. For ono thing II did not go
unevenly. and he protested particularly
against the retention Of the sugar boun.
ty, and he protested still more strong.
ly against the tax OF one quarter
OF u cent pound by which II was proposed to
protect tho sugar trust And he protested
against the reciprocity which pro-
posed to be revived for the benefit of the Stand
ord Oil company. In conclusion he urged the
passage OF the BILL not as compromise but
rs an attack on the outworlis of protection in
the citadel and complete the work at future
day.
MIR. Coombs dem, N. " followed, speaking
on the same line, and when he had finished =
recess was taken, Messrs, Snodgrass dem,
Tenn) and Curtis rep, ". W occupying the
time OF the evening session.
On the llth Mr.. Breckenridge dem, Ky.l
opened the discussion. He said he had always
considered himself the foremost free trader in
Rthe house. but since the recent speech OF his
friend from Ohio, Mr. johnson, he had learned
that he LMr. Breckinridge) did not occupy the
most uistant outpost of free trade democracy.
iii some particulars the Wilson bill did not
meet his approval in that it did not go far
enough. He would like to have seen tin plate put
OH the free list even il n heavier tax would
have to be levied on whisky. He would like to
see the bounty on sugar removed but he want.
ed the sugar men OF the south and the sorghum
men of the northeast placated, in order that
they might be brought into the democratic fold,
be consummated BY our policy of large prof
| it's on small sales and our imposition of taxes
upon merchant vessels our carrying trade has
been thrown into the hands of the English.
| The speaker favored the ad valorem feature
| of the pending bill While it did not meet
| with his unqualified approval he was ready to
| vote with his party on the experiment of an in
come tax. In conclusion he said he hoped 10
'live TO see the day when this continent will be
| one for freedom and the tarif restrictions be
-i,,pl rt-tf Il
| bia, when free religion free government and
free education will be put side by side with free
| trade
| Mr., Dingley (rep, Me) spoke in opposition
| to the bill. He said instead of being meas.
| ure, as termed, to provide revenue, it in
| fact bill to abolish revenue He argued in
| favor OF protective duties, and said protection
simply says to the foreign manufacturers:
| You must pay our government as duty the
| difference between our wages and your wages
| in the production or manufac cture and distribu.
| tion OF any article which you have withheld
| from your labor and which we have paid ours"
| He said the democratic majority, deaf to the
protest of the people in the recent elections,
| are hurrying forward their scheme of warfare
| on domestic industries, under the mistaken
| idea that they received q commission in 1892 to
enact into law the tariff theory enunciated in
| the Chicago platform.
| Mr.. Springer dem, Ill) said it was unjust to
| attribute all the distress which had been pre-
| vailing to the threatened changes in the Nc
| kinley act There were other and subs stantial
| causes contributing to this condition of dis.
| tress Under the protective system which
had prevailed for thirty years, private indebt.
edness had largely increased in this country,
| The sooner the pending bill passed the bet.
| ter IL would be for the country. "And mark my
words" he continued, Just as as THIS
| bill is passed every loom in the country will be
started, every furnace fire will be lighted and
| every instrument of production will be put in
active operation and there will be witnessed
| a revival of prosperity such as this country has
never before seen Give this country free wool,
| free ores, free coal and free raw material,
| worlkingmau's industry, and we will take a front
| position in the markets Of the world"
| Mr. Dolliver rep, 1a) took the position that
| the remedy for. the present depression is the
| employment of our own people, not giving it to
those of other countries. The opportunity to
| work created the wage fund on which the pros.
| perity of our people depended.
Mr.. Harter (dem., o said that there was
| greater difference between the wages of pro-
| tected France and free trade Great Britain, in
| America and Great Britain. protective tariff
put down wages and lowered their purchasing
| power by putting up the price OF goods
Mr.. Brosius rep, Pa) was the last speaker
in the afternoon, and at the evening session,
| Messrs Mcguire dem, CALI and Cockrell
| dem, TeX.) spoke in favor of the pending
measure, arraigning the system of protection
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