The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-05

son between tne wilson Dlll as IL comes from
the house and the new Canadian tariff shows
how close an understanding must have OK
listed between the trainers Of the two
measures. No American can doubt that the
ultimate destination Of Canada is to become
, part of the United States. That day will
be u welcome one to the people Of Michigan,
who are now hemmed in on the east by q
territory with which there are fair exchanges.
| To the people of the dominion also union
with the United States would be advantageous
In the highest degree. To the tories in their
extremity the Wilson bill comes-as 1t comes
to every foreign nation-bringing Joy in the
prospect Of larger markets and greater profits;
while to our own people its portion is smaller
wages and restricted activities"
| Senator Dolph (rep, Ore) followed in q
speech against the bill Mr.. Dolph went over
the history Of progress under protection for the
last thirty years. The free list Of the wilson
bill was the object Of sarcastic remarks by
the senator He argued At length also to show
the superiority OF specific over nd valorem
duties. Various provisions OF the bill he
declared would be disastrous to the Pacific
| coast, among others hops prunes, lead lum-
kber and coal. Mr.. Dolph quoted from Presi.
dent Cleveland's tari6 message OF 1887 esti.
mating the loss to the wool grower on flock
of fifty sheep to be only s36 year and on
100 sheep s72, and said that the president iv.
ing in q mansion provided by the government,
surrounded by servants and by all that wealth
could purchase for his comfort and enjoyment
and drawing q salary Of $50 900 a year, forgot
that s36 or S72 year might represent oil that
many families could afford to expe nd for cloth
ing. Mr. Dolph pointed to the rejoicing in Eng.
land over President Ceveland's free. trade mes
| sage. the Mills bill and the Wilson bill. He
saia the question to be determined by this con-
gress is whether it shall legislate in the inter.
est of the people Of England, Europe and Asia,
or for those of this country.
On the 2ist Senator Dolph (rep, Ore } took
up the question of paper making and wood
pulp making in the state Of Oregon, and ap-
peaed to the senate not to destroy this indus.
try of his state.
Senator Gray dem. DELI asked whether
he wanted to levy tribute on the state Of Della.
ware In order that Oregon might have a monop.
oily of the paper business?
II did not say wanted monopoly OF any
industry for my state" replied Mr. Dolph
He went on to say that Oregon used great
quantity OF goods from Delaware, and he paid
high tribute to the industry Of that state.
Senator Gray thanked him for his compli-
mentary words about Delaware The present
depressed condition of affairs in Delaware and
other states, he said, was due to the cultiva.
tion of thirty years Of high protection We
were living under the highest protective laws
the country had ever known. There had not
been single industry of Delaware benefited by
the Mckinley bill, and he predicted that upon
the passage of the pending bill prospects all
over the country would brighten.
The senator from Delaware might preach
that doctrine, said Mr.. Dolph, but there were
thousands of workingmen out of employment
in his state who would convince him of the fal.
lacy of that doctrine
Senator Gray closed the incident by declaring
that they were out of employment because the
Mckinley law was in force and Senator Dolph
resumed his speech
In considering the income tax question diff
ference of opinion was discovered among the
hnd pi
rience in the collecting of the income tax in
Oregon when III was in force, when not more
than one-tenth of the tax was collected
Mr.. Teller rep., COLI said that his experience
had been very different from that of Mr.. Dolph
He did not think it was evaded any more than
the personal property tax. In Colorado where
an income tax was in force, there was not as
much difficulty in collecting it as there was in
collecting the personal property tax. He did
not think 1t was II good argument against bill
to say that the people were too dishonest to
have the tax collected In his opinion 1t was
the most just and equitable tax that could be
collected. 1t might be unprofitable however.
"Mr. President" he continued earnestly, II
want to say to the senator from New Hamp-
shire (Mr. Chandler, who had just expressed
the same views as Mr.. Dolph) "and to the SEN
ator from Oregon, and to any other senator
who makes the claim that an income tax can
not be collected because the people are dis
honest that it is slanderous to the American
people. 1T is an assumption that the American
people for a mere pittaace will commit per-
jury
On the 23d Senator Washburn rep, Mimi
discussed briefly the various tariff acts since
l846. The present bill, he declared would be
| disastrous to the manufacturing interests of
the east Speaking for his own state he said
the people OF Minn esota were only to limited
extent direct beneficaries OF the protective sys-
! TEN, although they had learned that the we'll
la hnr uNff
OF their products than the poorly paid la borers
| Of Europe.
! But" said Mr.. Washburn, "there is another
provision in this bill which will affect the farm.
ers OF the northwest more disastrously than
even the reduction of duties to which have re-
ferred. and that ID the repeal OF the reciprocity
| provisions in the law OF 1890 There Ia prob
ably no section OF the country where the effect
of reciprocity treaties with foreign nations con-
snmmated by the wisdom and persis tent efforts
of Mr.. Blaine under the late administration
have been SO marked and favorable as the
states OF the northwest.
You can, therefore, Mr.. President well
imagine that the people OF Minnesota, as well
as the other northwestern states, look with
more alarm upon the repeal Of this reciprocity
legislation than any other OF its provisions.
am not only opposed to termination of the
reciprocity arrangements already existing be-.
tween the United States and other countries
but am in favor OF applying the same princ.
pie In all our foreign trade"
Senator Dolph then followed with second
installment of his speech.
On the Gath Senator Mills dem, Tex closed
tho general debate on the tariff bill. AT the
outset he declared that legisla tors often had TO
make an election between two parliamentary
measures neither OF which met their approval
II must necessarily be so, for no man could
frame measure 10 meet the approval OF every
one. Every act OF legislature must
be compromise measure, ard no act
more 30 than one regulating taxes "This
| biil does not meet my approval said
he, ''and doubt II 1t entirely meets the up.
hroval OF any gentleman on this side OF the
chamber But, such as II is II will have my
hearty support" Hc might want to offer souie
condiments 10 the bill. but whether or not he
was able 10 secure their adoption he would bow
TO the viii OF his party and vote for the meas
urc Us they ordained IL should be II was
Il strictly party measure and had been q
party measure from the foundation OF
the government and from the ioun
dation and organization OF tho dem
ocratic party. II he had been
chosen 10 construct this bill and had had the
foriy-iour members OF the democratic side oil
the chnmter In accord with his views he would
have constructed 1t OH far different liues He
would not have left coffee on the free list and
wou d not huve put cotton. coal una
Iron on the dutiablo llst He would put
nc free list metais wool, cotton