The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-06
LAST EDITION
IN The SENATE TODAY.
Republicans Show Their Intention of
Delaying Tariff Bill.
Senator PETER Denounces the Wilson
Bill as Amended by the Senate and
demonstrated Against Its Passage.

Bv The AsSOc'dtcd Press.
WASHINGTON, April 6. -. The policy OF de-
lay OF the minority OF the Senate was made
manifest this morning when before the
conclusion OF the reading OF Yesterdays
journal, Mr.. Chandler (Rep., n. H.) made
the point OF no quorum and the roll was
called showing that four Senators
less than quorum were present.
After a delay af 10 minutes four
Senator'S dropped in 10 complete
the quorum and the reading of the Jour
nal was concluded and the routine morn
ing business was proceeded with.
Mr.. Hill moved that when the Senate
adjourned today il be until Monday.
This was lost, 25 TO 26.
senator Peler's Tariff speech.
BlJ Tho Associdtci Press.
WASHINGTON, April 5.--Mr. PETER in
troduced his speech by discussing the sub
ject OF taxat ion and the amounts paid by
the people OF the United States TO support
the government. "All taxes" he said,
"paid by the people amount TO nearly one
half OF the government debt at the close
of the war; He also discussed the
large payments OF interest by the people
of the United States which had not been
accurately ascertained, but which was
enormons- ltq aLao nssn&SQped The lqlss
ssamount OF mewey spent on sports,S for
spiriss, tobacco, ON bodrds of trade aud IN
other ways. Ia every W.
Peffer, "thsspsaplc2Ee tszsss-sal -
to be tfr--.SyFsa4 lgO esAuiss tolnake. .tlisse
burdens lighter.
Taxation is undermining the Repub-
lie. Legislation has taken away from the
masses of the people, and given TO few
thousand persons countless millions of
the earnings of the people. The wealth
of the country is unequally distributed,
as 40i7 families possess about 40 as much
as do II SS7 other families.
NTheap rondit iopa veEult from nniuGt
and unequal taxation i'm one form or
another and the conditions are growing
worse.
"The most consistent and practical
system of tariff taxation for revenue only
is tnat adopted BY Great Britain, taxing
only such articles as are not produced in
the country levying the tax and in addi-
tion such articles as are OF a more or less
harmful character as liquors and tobacco
"But while this method is simple, it is
unjust in its operation. Sugar, coffee, and
tea and spices would supply all the
revenue we now derive from customs. But
system which operates SO uniustly upon
the people could not be enforced in this
country
Excepting the war period, we have
been raising our customs revenues mostly
from manufactured articles for at least
fifty years and there does not appear any
general desire to change the practice in
this respect, though advocates of free
trade are multiplying fast"
Senator PETER, after cbaracterizing the
Mckinley bill as a Legislative monstros-
. ty," and the Mills bill as a "protective
tariff" framed to cover the difference in
wages between this country and others
whose productions compete with ours,
continued "a follows:
"The Wilson bill is a protective measure.
IL has free wool but taxes cloth; free
hides, but taxes shoes. 1t protects man
ufacturers and gives free raw materials.
"The chairman OF the finance committee
denounced protection as robbery How
can he. support this? His speech
was an arraignment of his colleagues and
for himself. When tariff freformers bring
us free wool and leaves such burdens on
the clothing OF men and women who per-
form manual labor of the country, may
we not inquire where the line is TO be
drawn between q tariff for revenue only
and the eliminating atrocity of class
legislationP
81 do not favor the Mckinley bill. il
was in some respects monstrous piece OF
legislation, but as 1t was there ~ no
use to change except to improve.
''The Populists believe in graduated
income tax, and regard IL as the most
= able system OF taxation. While poll
ticians juggle with the tariff, statesmen
ought TO make IL a matter OF business
Admit free of duty all useful articles that
we use in large quantities and do not our
selves produce As to articles
OF prime necessity which we pro-
duce az choaply as abroad, levy q
duty to pay handling. From this grade
let duties rise according TO the cost and
character OF the article so that high priced
goods, which only the wealthy people use,
and luxuries ofovery kind shall pay higher
duties.
"The Populists do not believe in pulling
down the rich but in raising up the poor
We do not believe i'm abandoning wholly
the present system.
protection rs taught by our fathers is
the proper doctrine. Protection TO domcs-
tic Enthusiastically such industries as can
be protected, and that only long enough
market for them and no more. Bounties
In many cases are better than cheaper
duticsn