New-York tribune., 1894-01-14

struction than in what 1t contains. do not under
stand what the gentleman says , ,,.
point is that If an absolute gift were made to TINS
country of all the cotton goods or all the woo,,nn %
goods consumed in IT, thus shutting up our m MUS us
and stopping the circulation of money II would De
the greatest curse that can conceIye Or (which
the people of Massachusetts would cheerfuiy sub
init to-" democratic laughter) or,,, r.nor,
written by Mr.. Reed spoke of that Gentleman
a. the Leader nS & Of hs he R cY of m
could scarcely furnish pedestal large enough TO
SUPPORT bo hI h point % DHe N.Y. fyef Reed ~ exeSansed in
tone some remarks With Republican haI sssr s,
the words but had not caught their meaning:
asked Mr. Reed to repeat what ne hap psa sad; 1,uyb
ingly explained. and Mr. Cochran made the com, CON,
plimentary remark that private dialogue ~ "nGn r
which he excluded he always regarded as
something in which he had suffered loss u'aush-
teri
4 COLOorY WITH MR.. WALKER.
Mr.. Walker (Rep. Mass) again got into the dis
cusson by quoting Mr.. Cochran as saying that 'ne
highest priced labor always the cheapest.
want To say" said he after some coloquy WIN M
Cochran who asked him whether as manufacturer
he did not admit H. that the highest-pr'cen dool
on a given scale OF competition in any locahy a'-
ways means the most skilled labor and the BEST
but It does not mean that it IL the cheapest labor
the world over" Applause from his Republican
colleagues In which he himself joined to the great
amusement Of members and spectators, VINO 'ausneo
heartily at the scene) ,,o
sled industries but had not gone far when Mr.
Walker again broke in with The remark thas :.ard =
the wav 10 keep them a.. employed IL TO nave ni-
versiied industries to the largest extent mere is
no such thing as natural advantages IN manu-
"Do you mean to say" Mr. Cochran asked that
n VeF which HI ho' qestion Mr Wafer retorted with
another: is II river manufactured artc'e'
NO" said Mr. Cochran. 'out is it not an ad-
Dos The river manufacture" asked Mr. Walker
persisen,ly. and the laughter eontinueh .,,o,,ar
EiTlr.; n2a better address "'''s'" TO '''
Mr. Walker replied Il am not
Il do not quite understand tne asi remark sa,1 u
usual condition when the gentleman says anything
u.dughterJ , -, a.. ,,.u.,, rim ,.os no,
u.rfsct in ali particulars. Many articles had been
ief ON the duable list on the principle that man
who mad been engaged on prolonged debauch would
die n his whisley was off too suddenly. Laugh
,er and applause On the floor and in the galleries)
;,r.i Of applause such az has rarely been wit
lcssed in The history. Of the House Cheer after
cheer rang out from the galleries. which the chair
man was pow"rless to repress When II appeared
that the crowds We're tired OF cheering; the en-,
thuslasm broke o"t again ana again. an" cries o'
MIR. Dr,pEWs PLEA FOR PROTECTION.
When he turmoil had somewna; suhsided. Nj
Taylor (iep Tenn spoke in opposition 10 the bill
He was followed by Mr. Draper Repr Mass) who
said that he approached the tariff question from
the standpoint OF business man. the nature OF
whose hiiriness has made II necessary that he
should make the tariff study as that he should
know the cost Of the material he used or the prices
at which he could afford to sell his goods. After
referring To the Industries Of his state. which
were affected by The bill. Mr.. Draper continued:
"Ali these reductions Of tariff mean reduction Of
wages. and probable decrease In the development or
industry In lines where the duties are to-day
needed for protection whore foreign producers COM
pete to-day under present duties. isssenng of duty
Will lower the wholesale price OF foreign goods Tns
done. American prices must be lowered 70 CORE
SponI or American producers so ont Of business lf
the prices Of home products are lowered by act
of Congress they must be produced cheaper Il they
are to he made here AT all. and they pretty Ger
tain 10 be cheapened in the way foreign goods
made cheap-by low wages. The inevitable viii b.
,cogni2"i. AMI perhaps. after some friction. he
submitted to- and business Will go with the
laborers permanently degraded. unless by The
ercse Of their right OF suffrage they change the
party I'm power and undo what is now being done
Mr. Weadock dem. Mlch.l next spoke for the
bill and Nir Dooittle rep, WashD against IT,