Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-14
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They sny the senate nm Heats the
Mckinley Measure.

Washington. Aug. 13.--Chairman vii
Ham l.. Wilson, author OF the Wilson
bill. prepared Tor the Associated Press
~ the close OF the caucus today a
statement of his Views on the tnriif
Situation The statement IL IN Mr.. VIII
Soh'a handwriting and gives succinctly
MS position on the action OF the house
IA ucecutng the tarin bill. IL Is az
follows:
Il can not sec where we failed 10 do
ANYTHING we couli DO to bring about
q Better result When I have done
the best according TO my capacity and
Judgment ! must fall back on the
consciousness ~ duty done The dim-
Guilty (which the country must rccog-
nige Is that on the tariff qucstinn VIZ
did not have n Democratic senate and
what had ever been gained has boon
wrcsted from "a protection body
have been willing TO take any. even
the most desperate chances that gave
the least hope OF success m getting rid
OF the most objectionable senate
amendments and would have fought
TO the fourth Of March with amy around
70 stand upon and any following TO
sustain me. We have been confronted
BY "A senate with closed ranks, whilo
we have had divislona from the begin
ming that have been fomentcd from the
senate and the growing impatience OF
uicts with anything that might be
caVd tarin reduction bin, haStp--S,--
them unwilling to stay unless prouiac
could be glvon OF assured or most prob
able victory. We could not honestly
give such promise, and man can NOT
continue a battle with his army ready
ana eager 10 break away"
Representative McAiillln, one OF the
Democratic house confeiees gave n
statement more In detail as to the ef.
feet OF the tariff bill which would be
enacted as result OF 'oday's action.
lie said.
'7rhe effect OF the caucus action wni
be TO pass the house bin with the sem
ate amendments Whilst the house
bhl IS a better measure. in my judg-
mcnt than this, the measure which
would become a Law instead by tcday's
action IS wonderful Improvement On
the Mckinley law, II glveR free wool,
fee lumber, free hsnip. fax md Jnie,
and reduces largely manitoba goo IN
into which all these materials eater. To
Illustrate the average duty on wooden
goods under the Mckinley law IN rs ~
nor cent. This has been reduced mora
than nalf. There IL considerable re-
duclion In all schedules and the aver
age on all viii be about 3s per cent, na
against about 90 Per cent under the
present law. and In addition to this arc
list upon which no tax Is collected al
en-. The right OF the president 10 i'm
pose taxes without congress Is thrown
aWnv ana given back to the congress-
to whom II belongs and whom II was
wrested by the Mckinley law Much
has been said concerning IN. suirnr
duty. There IS little honent given 10
the manufacturer by this hill than by
the Mckinley law, There Is very con
fiderable reduction IN this. whilst as
/ stated IN the beginning the senate
leave thu bill In less nc
ccptallo shape than II left the house,
there IL no cemparls0n bctWocf
merits Of tae two. II should not be- !
forgotten also that the system recon. |
mended by the house known ns the in. |
come tax is retained IN the bill and be- 1
comes n part Of our fiscal policy BY /
this II Is proposed to tax what people |
have In excess a. their needs rnther /
than to tax what they need and have
not"