New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-10
ur1RROWS LEADS THE FIGHT.
gEATTACFS THE WILSON BILL
~ AN ABLE AND FoRcIBLE SPEECH
HE RIDDLES THE MEASURE.


HE RIDDLES THE MEASURE
.,pwAy WILSON FINISHES HIS INTRODUCTORY
pruARxs-MR. BLACK ADVOCATES LOWER
w.crs-A MONSTER PETITION FROM
COLLAR AND CUFF WORKERS.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE rnsRuxsi
washington. JAN s-The feature OF to-day's
tariff debate Mr. Burrowss speech. Al all
.,,,.s forcible II not a polished orator. Mr..
burrows to-day exceeded the expectations OF n'S
..ord. With a complete understanding OF the
s,h,ect IN hand and with an array a hsures
and facts which he knows how to use in order
-. .,,r.n an argument or furnish an illustration.
.s none Of the Democratic speakers has so far
Noon able to do. he easily outstripped his an
,oson,s,s IN the forum OF debate. His merciless
,oeic punctured the misshapen mass OF con-
,raa,ctorv propositions which Chairman wilson
nos offered in the name Of the Ways and Means
committee to the House for perfunctory con-
alteration. and showed by clever ana iucio
..,,ys,s how the measure was conceived not TO
carry out the pledges Of the Chicago piatior'n'
hut 10 destroy the industrial interests OF one
section of the country at the expense u
another. and to punish or reward as the case
might be. those most vitality concerned IN mann
,an,ns an equitable system OF taxation accoro-
ing to their political faith.
II is needless to say that Mr. burro"ss
sneech was followed with sustained attention oy
both sides of the House. The applause winch
greeted his concluding remarks showed the ap-
nreciation of his Republican colleagues "h'ie
the whispered comments among Democfa.s
demonstrated plainly enough how dimcuit IL VIII
ma for some of them to reconcile their sup
.ar,5ancv 70 Executive influence and mistaken
not,ons Of party loyalty with their own conVic-
t,ons and the duty they owe to their COLI
stituents.
THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PROTEST
The House was called together tonight az o
o'clock. 1t Immediately W. mt into COMMITTEE Oh
the Whole with Mr.. Richardson (Dem. Iehn'|' III
the chair TO consider the Wilson bill. MT names
Dem. NJ W was recognized. and spoke asa'hs.
the bending bill. Mr. Haines Is one OF the cn,ei
NJ the boiling Democrats. and he represents 'he
ocular and Cuff" District OF New'forK' '"e
centre Of which is the City OF Troy Mr.. haiheS
presented to the House mammoth ana UNIQUE
nrotest against the collar and cum scneoule Vi
the Wilson bill. The petition was signed pS
sssle persons without respect to party ai''ii-
alton. and was contained In gigantic Vo'u"e
measuring about four by two and naii Dy '~o
feet and required the services Of eight men 10
bring 1t into the House
Mr. Haines's speech was devoted altogether 70
a Vigorous attack upon the schedules OF the OIL
concerning shirts collars and cuffs MT. haines
began by quoting the Presidents message IN 1000
touching the tribunals Of constituencies anu
declared that as shown by the vast memorial
the people of the XIXth New-York Disti1c' hau
taken a stand adverse to the linen scheou'es Vi
the bill The interests he represented had peen
totally ignored by the trainers OF the DILL ano
the opposition of his constituents was not ina
which rallied behind monopoly Ninety per cent
49, rarsors employed In the shirt industry
IN Troy were women. The tariff OF 1888 mao
given them no protection. but the INDUSTRY hao
been saved by the act Of 1880. That nao not
however. excluded foreign goods. nor had II IN
creased prices of collars and shirts. as he showed
He did not protest in behalf OF cap'tahs..
his concern was for the labor engaged week
wages in Berlin averaged 81 40; in Troy female
lucrative earned from 81 to S. These operatives
were fairly we'll enducated ana contehte9, ~
deprived Of protection they would soon SINK :.
the level Of the unfortunate workers IN Ger.
,nsnv The dread of the tarin reduction nae
already caused loss Of $2,O0O.OO0 TO the waee
workers of Troy He did not believe that poll
tics should enter into the auesuV en- , lou" nen,n
cfatic Representative from the AlAth congress
sional District Of New-York
When the House met to-day at IL O'Clock ther'
were lust forty members present by actual count
The galleries. too, were somewhat depleted ant
4hsre was a z general air Of relief manifest tina
the House had overcome all obstacles and ha$
got well started on its tariff journey.
After the call Of committees for reports (whicf
was without RESULT. the House went into Com
mittee of the Whole. with Mr.. Richardson lDem.
Tenno in the chair. and Mr.. Wilson Dem.' W
MAJ resumed his speech.
He held that any industry which was oe
pendent upon the protection OF law. or ieane'
against the taxation laid upon other INDUSTRIES
reduced the rate Of wages. 1t reduced wages
II not In the main. at least by reducing IN
purchasing power of wages. The English iron
worker Is paid three or four times as mucn
the same class of laborers in Russia. yet Englan
has been able to maintain her supremacy asans
this competition of cheap Russian labor. tn
United States had exported last year owe
. $1,000 900 bales of cotton to be sold in the market
J. Of the world. which was sold in competition wit
the cotton of Egypt and India. even though tn
wages paid American plantations was te
times much as In Egypt and India
FREE RAW MATERIAL THE CRY.
He enumerated the exports Of many othe
branches OF highly protected American manu-
features. and showed how these American mad
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tries having cheap labor. He held that II w
could compete In spite Of this disadvantage W
would be in a much better condition to compel
II the American laborer had free raw material.
In referring to the numerous petitions whic
had been presented In Congress protestin
against the passage Of this bill. Mr.. Wilson In
tmated that they had been signed under CO
ercion. He said he had just received a lette
from former constituent. stating that he ha
been discharged from iron mill in Youngs
town. Ohio. because he refused to sign pet
ton. Democratic applause.) And this wa
not an Isolated case; his mail every day wa
hlled with letters from workingmen stating tina
those petitions had been signed under dures'
and hoping that he (Mr. Wilson, would not b
Influenced by them.
In speaking Of the income tax Mr. Wiso
said that the Committee on Ways and Mean
Mad IN all tk~