The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09

where With the little population that to-dsy Ia.
habits, e. We are but running TO and tTo
have iouSd ii sions tHs Xppa Ishisn rsse. y
the south. al AROUND the great lakes 81 the
that We have reached he point Where We can
0 k.Ss%. spa n p! MSsHsas 3,
other points in this country. cheaper thar Il
world. With the rich deposits upon the sur.
lace. close TO the seabosrd n many plaeee.
the improved methods Of mining, with siec.
trieity; with the steam shovel with all the, in.
sa,i2n,s insss,Tny' sceompsny tns march Of
ore could DO loaded upon the boats on the
lakes or upon the cars in other parts OF the
Countries where heretofore we have look ed for
upOn iron ore ls no longer needed TO protect
us. who have the largest product OF all the
foreign ore that might come into this country
from Cuba or elsewhere. would only increase
with it so true Is L ali that but for the iimid-
| ity and ,seifishness that come from thirty
. Sl esans or ;Ss eaning IeSn
this country might to-day boldly say: Throw
down the wslL We will not Snly SUPPLY this
great countries In this respect"
| There had been NO more uurighteous, and
this country than that Of the makers Of steel
| rails tApplause.l Under the tariff system
tom and a now siSia so she on sr saSh rons
mills mil eom6 Ine tc keep up the prices to the
ducton, at point Just little lower T' than that
At which foreign rails could be imported with
the tsT 5 q, added d;n And now when We have
we can make steel rails as eheaply as they
can bemade anywhere else in the world. they
still IS per cent. Of protection.
why you stlll give them 20 per cent. Of protec-
Nj; Wilson rsplisd that the only answer he
q tsxatIcs on iSs iron and stssl industries o.
There Is to-day a tax Of seventy. nvo. eents
a, ton on bitpmIncps, coal The, Republican
labor cost Of production with the labor cost 10
recite the substance Of the platform oorrsctiy.
for speak from memory. hope some OF my
Nj. Reed We on this sid. are more familiar
seems r.: Il S Be SI.S he Bs%Sofstia lEsurhssf
the l.epab Iican platform Of 1892 is only a dis.
man from Maine; ours. We hope, Is still a .po-
tent and working energy. to be illustrated; so
III. HOUSE, IN Sbsanee to the 0s VIII 81 thy
American people. lApplause]
FREE COAL AND TREE LUMBER.
The majority report on the Mckinley bill
said. I" % have recon mended no duty higher
than We deemed necessary to eQualize the cost
With tSe conptries Thai MIX im GSp ise
articles into the United States" Yet here in
the coal industry was case where tariff tax
OF 10 cents ton was put or maintained upon
in these United States the cost OF mininga
the testimony before the Committee on Ways
and Means It was proved that In his own dis
cents a ton. it was proved that in the Poca.
hontas region The cost OF mining ton Of coal
paia to 9nsf and.r r @ses
proposed simply to e1ualize the difference be-
tween labor In this country and labor in foreign
countries here 10 q tax o. 10 cents on ton OF
The United States was no. only the great
the great coal producing country OF all the
world. II the regular coal hook Of the, trade.
suppose II Isl we have In these United states
TO-DAY $4,000 square miles OF territory .under-
can Be today profitabiy WcrSed"t6ree times
moro than three times as much as all tho
sSa ct al With The theses ' .s Il sar .0 s%pp Rss
SO close to the SURFACE that the cost o.
t %nn h po.s sSss SSsa S ... S.n
Pss s sr spea coal
eSSs Sa. Simply Question q saSsdy q the
great railroad corporations OF the country.
neither Democratic ground nor Republican
ground can you continue the tariff upon coal
Unsd states shouia be- axsS 70 pay boautes
or subsidies the great railroad carriers OF
The country had reached such an extreme
o. protection at that any pr9dueer angwhere in
pro tsT to him unless Il gives x 10 Elm
al the country. from the Atlantic to the Pa
eiac: for his own market without foreign COM
sransSortation to the rem ofsst part H q the the
United States. !AppIauseI But we are, to-
As to lumber. another article put upon the
free list. he said; Logs. as every one knows.
brought from Canada. may be brought from
any country that has them 70 this country
lists we are nudina our forests and destroy
Ing rapidly the most valuable part Of our tim.
SsT Il IL not PRETENDED that ihS cost Of
seek our market Along the canadian border
the line and presume at the same wages.
port port Of at dressed iSnbsr and fi0issed lumber
Is one Of the growing. as II is to-day one OF the
lie believed that our a@Ser could BE- e sSSas
to EUROPE; exported to south America. ex;
n SS sd Ss the
i here il !, S NJ own r home market without the
EFEEcT ON WAGES.
pss s esns on
that labor as q tax on the material he uses Is |
SO much diminution OF the wages OF the labor |
Ing man; As you cheaper his material you |
With unta1sd Iron and untaTed steel in its |
allow him 10 put his finished fabrics on tho |
market at rate that will double and ever con-
that will widen the field for his products. and |
In this way secure to him abundant work. In |
creased wages. aud that personal independ-
once that he can never enjoy under q closed.
high-tarin market Applause on the Demo-
cratic sidel
Mr.. Wilson quoted from q speech OF Mr.
AbrAm 4 Hewitt on the Morrison Tariff bill |
TO the effect that the only defence OF the work
ingman's personal indie pc nd ence and the only
control OF his labor and the price at which he
would dispose Of IL lay In his organizations
and In his trades unions; and that the only
arena upon which labor organizations could
could manifest their power to protect Is In
country which throws down the bars and gives
the nottingham untaxed raw material to
work with. Applause on the Democratic
side Trusts. combinations great corporate
cAnltal may thrive In a closad mArka at hacanaa |