St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-03

sl.900.000; on glass. 81. 5OO. 600; on met
ais, sl2, 500, 900; on woods. $500, 000;. on
tobacco, s., 300. COCOON agricultural prod.
uct.. $5,3OO,0O0: OIL spirits, wines 'etc.,
Sl,500,000 on cotton manufactures,
s3.450,O0o; on flax, hemp aud jlte man.
utactures, S6.00O.000; on WOODEN manu-.
features, S2S. $50. coo; on silk manufact-
ures. 3,5O0.000; OH paperta pulp, ;3Ol-
Oo0; on sundres. $2. $4,000: transferred
to the free list, sig, 100000. 'fOtal, &c..
670,COO. TO this must be added the fur
Their 'ss's
IMPOSING FBCT
that the bill Still provides for full and
ample revenue, largely in excess of
present supplies. with which to meet all
tie requirements of the public credit.
Such conSummatiOn as this, so full of
relief 10 the people,0and of str, myth,
safety and honor to the government.
may we'll atone for the imperfections
and shortcomings alleged against the
aending measure, and will constitute
tle rock on which the temple Of tariff
reform will be built. and against which.
in the ameliOrated future, the gates of
avarice, oppression and fraud shall not
prevail. With such a benehcent and
StupendouS result now plainly within
tie reach of the American people, and
almost ready for their eager enjoyment.
lenvy not the fate of the party or the
man or the set of men who shall consti-
tAle themselves hindrance and an
obstruction to its speedy fulfillment
Faults and lmperfectiOnS team, of
course, be alleged and pointed out; COLI
ctSslOnS are apparent, which have been
unwillingly made in order to secure its
passage; articles Oh the free list, as
they came from the house, have been
made dutiabe under the duresS of
small majority here; yet, deeply as /,
regret the necessity Of these changes. |
| do not hesitate TO say that the bill. taken
! us Il whole, as it now stands, with its
| combination of
LOWER TANES
| on the neceSSarieS OF life, and at the
same time increased revenues for the
government, will be hailed as a SUBJ
| stantial measure of reform and relief by
| the great producing masses Of the
American people.
Manufacturing interests which a
hundred years ago were in deed and in
| fact in their infancy, and were nurSed
and fOstered while yet in the cradle of
their birth, are now the colossal task
masters Of the whole people, command
ing tribute from every days labor
beneath the sun, haughtily striding the
| corridors of the capitol and issuing their
edic:S in the tones Of dIctatOrs for or
F.! against the enactment of pending meas
i ures in the halls of congress. Those
who own and represent these swollen
| and arrogant interests do not hesitate
10 declare III what terms a bill vitality
affecting 70.000,000 of people will be
permitted to become law, and in de
| fault of what provisions for financial
profits to themselves they will insure its
defeat. In the hard working days of
attempted tariff reform they are met
| everywhere, and as a result bear them
selves as favOritcS of power generally
do.
The enactment of the Mckinley law
i'll 1890 was gigantic crime, not only
against every wOrkingman and woman
in the United States, but also against
every individual manufacturer and
against
ALL MANUF ACQUIRING INTERESTS.
1t was not SO designed by its authors,
but such was it's real and inevitable
character. 1t declared u policy so f1agi:
tlouS in principle, so rotten in morality
and so ravenOuS in IFS eXactiOnS OH the
absolute wants of life, that its possible
duration was only question of time,
i when the next election by the people
should occur; and yet the vast manu-
i featuring interests OF the country were
tempted and seduccd into accepting its
/ delusive brides and into an eager ad-
! Jnstment of themselves to its alluring.
though eVanescent and ShOrt-lived pro-
! visions.
1 q, If the reward of labor had ever been
i Increased as an incident or consequence
! OF increased tariff duties on foreign i'm
i ports, nothing would be easier or more
i gracious to the advocates and benefi.
| Charles of protection than to show that
| tact. The very reverse, however, is
| true. 1t can never be forgotten that
the enactment OF the McKinley law in
| October. 1890. was followed almost i'm
! mediatelv by reduction of the wages
of all workers in iron and steel. be-
| ginning at Homestead. in Pennsylvania,
under Carnegie, resulting in bloodshed
| and wholesale murder, and extending
TO all parts of the country, and to almost
every branch of the manufacturing in.
| dustry.
Mr.. Voorhees, defended the ad val
Drum system as fairer, honester and
more easily understood than
| SPECIFIC DUTIES.
| On the subject of the sugar schedule
he said: Absolute free trade in sugar
is an attractive theme, but 10 such
| thing has ever existed for single hour
since the organization of this govern
ment. A moderate duty has always
been imposed OIL sugar, and it has al
| ways been Staunch revenue support to
the government. In that great model of
n Democratic tariff for revenue only
the tariff of 1S46-it was declared in
short and in simple phrases that sugar
OF all kinds" and syrup of the sugar"
were subject to duty'lai tax of 30 per
cent ad valOrem. The fact that the duty
hos .l>o
| dement, OF the revenues of the govern
ment and less to the profits of private
| parties than any other tax known to
tariff legislation may be stated as the
main reason why the Democratic party
has never made an issue against it.
| Every dollar collected from tariff tax
on sugar and paid into the treasury re-
| lIeves some other article of even
| higher necessity in the economy
| of life from the imposition of
tariff taxation. During the present fis-
cal year. ending June 80, there will be
paid by the treasury 81, 10000 as
! bounty to the producers of sugar, and
| every dollar of this vast sum is first col
lected from those what plant corn, raise
| wheat and engage i'll. all the various
| pursuits of labor. Nearly $50, OOO, 900 of
bounty money has been handed over to
THE SUGARMAKERS
or the Uni4ed States since the law went
into operation, and each year the sum is
rapidly increasing. 1t was thought
when the law was first under discussion
that the bounty would not exceed
SS,OO0,0 900 per year, but the stimulating
influence of such an enormous donation
| to the manufacturers of sugar was great
| ly moderated. If the law is to remain
| unrepealed, the time is near at hand
when it will confer as a mere gratuity
more than $20.0OO.O00 per year on small
fraction OF our population engaged in
no public service, but in their own
| private enterprises.
| In turning to another subject on
which much ignorant and some malev-
| olent criticism has opened itself, my
| task is easy and the way smooth. In
! securing sufficient revenue for the sup
port of the government with as light
I tax as possible on the neceSSaries of life