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voted Monday and resolution reported oy
the committee on rules and amended on
motion of Mr.. Wilson was adopted provid-
ing for general discussion on the tariff bill
throughout this week and debate under the
6ve.minute rule for two weeks following,
and that voting on the bill shall begin on
the 29th. Hon. w. L. Wilson then opened
the debate In q brilliant and convincing
speech with which, SAYS the Baltimore Sun
correspondent, "his Democratic colleagues
were more than satisfied" Without stop
ping 70 enquire into the causes that had
brought about the present prns,ration OF IN
dustry in this country, he said that 1t there
ever was a time when the burden Of taxa
ton should be lighiened it was at time
when men we're struggling for the nece-sa
ries OF IT,, a time when trade was held in
the paralysis Of commercial crisis.
The tariff Of 1890 represented not only
high aud liberal protection. but 1t repre-
scented all that greed aud -eiishness and
rspaci,y dared TO demand Of the American
people. Applause on the Democratic side }
To illustrate. Mr.. Wilson showed piece OF
cloth worth about 80 cents yard, on which
the act of 1890 placed a tax Of SOB per cent.
50 tax ON 81 worth Of goods. So that the
poor woman in New York or anywhere else
IN this country who by earning so cents
dnv nj her labor is able to buy enc dollars
v,,rth Of this material. must work six days
longer To make the Mckinley taxes 10 take
il out of the custom house. Applause on
the Democratic siJe.l To day, noIwith-
standing the high rRte Intentionally left IN
this bin. there had been call Tor the wool
en- manufacturers Of this country TO meet in
New York on Wednesday next to protest
against bill which leaves them 40 per
cent. tax on their products
The English landlords, Who when famine
was shaving its tens thousands in Ireland
mad. pro,es, against relieving food from
taxation are the prototypes of the gentle
men who will meet in New York the day
after Ia. morrow. Applause on the Demo
cratic side
Now when disease and discomfort, when
consumption and pneumonia and grip are
stalking abroad in all the land, when ;herc
are millions Of men, women and children
mourning daily risk Of death aud daily risk
of disease and permanent loss OF their pro
ductive energies, when thousand aud tens "I
thousands are fighting the cold in their
nightly slumbers because there is no heat IN
the tax put on blankets, these gentlemen
who made the law Of 1888 and Of 1890 are to
meet in New York city TO protest against
your doing anything for the relief of the
American people from this cruel, inhuman
system Of taxation. (Applause on the DE- m
ocratic side.l
Mr.. Wilson discussed deliberately the rea'
sons for placing wool, iron ore and coal on
the free list. Of the question Of wages he
said, ia part: The general Productiveness
IF every country determines the wages OF
the lsboring people of that country. The
general intelligence of the labOring people
of country also in equal measure deter
mines the wages Of the laboring people OF
that country. We have higher nominal
daily wages in this country than elsewhere,
4 st. because we are great new country In
AN era of Development; and secondly, be-
cause We have the mn,t intelligent, self
respecting laboring men in all the world, and
anv industry that cannot maintain it,elfex
cert by taxation on the people of the coun-
try. instead ct increasing the rate Of wages
% the extent OF prulec'ian, diminishes the
wage rate of all the laboring people of the
country Applause on the Democratic
,idc) Every industry that leans upon tax
alton for It's support, that calls upon the law
10 make the consumers of its products pay
more than they would otherwise be obliged
to pay for them, whatever We may call It, IS
"a pauper industry supported 10y the self
,upportiug industries ct the coanIry. Zap
plause ON the Democratic side.l After
speaking TWO hours. Mr. IYIlson became ia
tigued and suspended. concluding Tuesday.
The directors of the adjustment company
which was organized by the Mercantile
rru,t and Deposit Company Of Baltimore