The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-22
THE TARIFF SPEECH
Delivered in the Mock Legislature
S8EY5 BY Mr.. OoWden in
CLOSING THE INTERESTING DEBATE
ON the Wilson BiiI-Ah Arsume ut
s EilIed With Facts and Figures in
Defense of the Mckinley Bil1-What
tho Wilson Bill Has already Done
and what 1t VIII Do II Passed.

s}5t Following ls the speech delivered by
Hon. W. ]. ". Cowden in closing tho
debate Friday night in the mock legis-
lature at the Ohio County Republican
Club. The debate, which had continued
offered by the Democratic side to in
struct the West Virginia representa-
tiyes in Congress to vote for The Wilson
: bill. Mr.. Cowden's speech contains
4 come strong tariff arguments. He said:
NlR. SPEAKER:-I propose in closing
this debate to state briefly few OF the
reasons why, in ny judgment, the pas
sage of the ilson bill would prove in
furious to the whole country, and par
ticularly to West Virginia interests. My
limited time will only permit reference
to few OF the changes proposed by the
bill.
The Mckinley bill admits foreign
sugar free but to afford protection to
home producers and encourage the beet
sugar industry, we pay bounty OF two
cents a pound on the home product
The Wilson bill decreases this bounty
one-fourth of cent year from July l,
Z 1885, so that in eight years the bounty
will be, wiped out.
The worlds product OF beot sugar
alone is three million tons.
We use more sugar than any other
nation, the amount being two million
tons or, eixty-three pounds to each OF
our population.
The cultivation of sugar beets ls a
new industry and in Nebraska, Iowa,
Utah and California is now engaging
the attention of a great many farmers,
in fact the whole west is especially
adapted to their growth. Beets con-
tain more saccharine matter than cane,
the firat yielding 1900 pounds of sugar
I factories have been established in the
states named and the growth of tho
beet in their vicinity has been encour-
aged. Wheat raising pays but So per
acre, beet raising S75. Nor are the pro-
ducers OF beet sugar the only ones inter
ested in retaining the bounty, 10 say
nothing Of maple sugar produced IN
large quantities in many states. Louis
lana is capable of producing all the SUI
gar we use. Last year that state pro-
duced 100000 tons of cane sugar and
has eight million acres adapted to cane
!. erowing-more than enough to produce
the worlds supply. Last year we Inn
ported l, 100000 tons OF sugar for which
we paid ninety three million dollars in
z gold.
France and Germany have for years
protected tho beet sugar industry by
high duties until they now produce
moro than they consume, and export
large quantities. If we are wise and re-
tain tho present bounty system which
projects and encourages home Industry,
we can in time reach the same reault,
WOOL.
Tho wool growers have tried for
years TO secure q restoration OF the wool
tariff OF 1867; oven the Democratic
state convention of Ohio in 1855 de-
manded its restoration in its platform.
The act of 1867 imposed duty OF ten
md II cents per pound, 10 and II per
cent ad valorom.
Tho tariff commission act of 1883 re-
4uced the duty to 10 cents per pound.
The act of 1890 fixed the duty on first
class IL cents, second class II conts par
pound, and on third class or carpet
wool costing under 13 cents, 80 per
sent; costing over Is cents, so per cent
ad valorem.
The effect OF the different rates OF
duty is shown in the following table,
giving the number of sheep and pounds
of wool produced: