Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-20

AFFAIRS antccedent to tho inauguration OF the |
protective policy he declared that no public and
little private Indebtedness existed then.
Mr.. Hopkins (rep, ILL said that the bill that |
had been reported by the ways and means
committee was certainly an anomaly OF con-
grcssional legislation. 1t neither comes up 10
the standard OF the bold and defiant
declarations OF their party platform nor
| meets the expectations of the more con-
| servative element OF their party. As
| revenue measure 1t is confessed failure
| With the TREASURY almost depleted and the gov
ernment marching on the high road to bank
| ruptcy, this bill still further reduces the rev
| enues OF the government and cuts of Its power
| TO meet Its obligations to the enormous amount
of $40, 100000 annually. He then proceeded to
make u long review of the history of tariff legis
| lation In this country
On the 10th Mr.. johnson dem. o. de-
nounced the attitude OF his party in the pro.
| longed delay OF action upon the tariff question
after coming into power. II Mr.. Cleveland had
shown the sagacity and courage the situation
| demanded, the ink could not have been dry on
| the commissions OF his secretaries ere congress
| would have been called into executive session
| to relieve the country OF its burdens OF taxa
| ton. But instead of that we were expected to
| rest on our laures and divide the SPOTS.
| AT last however, the committee charged by
the house with the duty of bringing In a bill for
the abolition of system which the majority
| had declared a fraud and robbery had been
| heard from. They had given us democratic
| report anu u republican Dill Inc VOICE IL
the voice OF Jacob but tho hands are the
| hands of Esan 1t Is n bill for which they have
| taken the Mckinley bill as q model and OF
which the best that can be said is that it is the
| Mckinley bill shaved down; or a redistribu.
| tion of spoils of protection. He would vote for
the bill II he could get thing better, but he did
not like IT.
That the bill contained some good points, he
snid, was true The Mckinley bill contained
some good points; it put raw sugar and some
.l,..F lTnN IA, 1~,11a
farther and puts wool coal, iron ore and un.
dressed lumber on the free list, and in so far
makes some show Of redeeming the pledge to
| abolish protection. This was its little sprinkle
OF saving salt which commended it to him. The
bill might suit tariff reformers whatever they
may be, but he was pioud to say that he never
was lariff reformer. He was only plain
free trader.
Put before q republican house by a republican
ways and means committe the pending bill
would htly represent the idea of protection
amended by the friends of protection" But
proposed by democratic ways and means com
mittee to a democratic house as representing
the idea OF an administration elected on plat
form declaring protection an unconstitutional
fraud and robbery, IL is an evasion Of IA promise
and political blunder of the gravest kind,
confession that the democratic party lacks
courage and honesty.
Mr.. Johnson proceeded then TO show that the
bill, If enacted into law, would injurc but one
trust, the sugar trust
Mr. Dalzell rep, Pa.) followed Mr.. Johnson.
He said: I'm the few months that the dominant
party has held the reins of government II has
proved itself conspcuously incompetent to
deal with single important question presented
by the responsibilities of civil administration
In this deplorablc condition OF things, clouds
and darkness all around us, what do those
who rule our destintes propose by way
Of relief? A tariff bill that If enacted
l predict posterity will pronounce the
most infamous legislative crime of
, our history. Instead OF relief it brings aggra-
vaton. To the manufacturer whose idle capt.
tai is bringing him no returns, whose plant by
disuse is depreciating and whose income has
been sadly narrowed entirely cut OF. it offers
the deceptive lure of free raw materials and
the ignis fatuus OF the worlds markets, while
IL strips him Of the ability to compete in any
market and be just to his employees. To the
farmer it offers instead of protection en-.
, larged compc tttion from abroad in the products
, OF the farm, instead Of vast and growing
home market u market abroad in which his
increased surplus cannot but degrade prices. "
, The speaker then proceeded TO discussion
a OF the schedules OF the bill, and in conclusion
remarked: "There is not single industry m
, which we compete with our fellows across
seas in which laborers do not reap richer
i rewards than their fellow-toilers abroad"
Mr.. Warner (dem., N. " followed Mr. Dal
Zell, speaking in defense of the Wilson bill In
, urging its prompt passing he admitted that Ii
j, had grave defects. For one thing it did not &C
q far enough He thought in some places 1t bore
= unevenly, and he protested particularly
, against the retention Of the sugar boun
. | ty, and he protested still more strong
= ly against the tax OF one quarter
= of a cent pound By which it was proposed II
= protect the sugar trust And he protes tee
n against the reciprocity which was now pro
. posed to be revived for the benefit OF the Stand
- ard Oil company. In conclusion he urged the
!, passage of the BILL not u compromise bu
y y as an attack on the outworlSs OF protection il
. order that the guns might now be turned upoI
u the citadel and complete the work at u future
: dav.
u MIR, Coombs dem, n, W followed, spealSin.
l. on the same line, and when he had finished
;, recess was taken, Messrs. Snodgrass dem
u Tenn and Curtis rep, N, ~ occupying the
: time of the evening session.
II On the l1th Mr. Breckinridge dem, Ky.
&c opened the discussion. He said he had alway
considered himself the foremost free trader Il
u the house. but since the recent speech of hi
+ friend from Ohio Mr.. Johnson, he had learne
~ that he lATr Breckinridge) die not occupy tn
s. most distant outpost OF free trade democracy
e In some particulars the Wilson bill did no
&c meet his approval, in that 1t did not go fa
u enough. He would like TO have seen tin plate pu
~ on the free list even II a heavier tax woul
u have to be levied on whisky. He would like I
U see the bounty on sugar removed, but he wan
ie ed the sugar men of the south and the sorghum
men of the northeast placated, in order tina
to they might be brought into the democratic folt
's for 1t was only by union that the reform coul
st be consummated Bs our policy OF large pro-
IL It's on small sales and our imposition of take
Of upon merchant vessels our carrying trade ha
OF been thrown into the hands OF the English.
v The speaker favored the ad valorem featur
III of the pending bill. While it did not NEE
IN with his unqualified approval he was ready
ic vote with his party on the experiment OF an il
~ come tax In conclusion he said he hoped
~ ''live 10 see the day when this continent will
Mt one for freedom and the tarif restrictions
e. wiped out from the St Lawrence TO the Colun
bia, when free religion free government an
In free education will be put side by side with FIRE
)l- trade.
Mr.. Dingley Crep, Me) spoke in opposito
n to the bill. He said instead of being mea
cd ure, rs termed, 10 provide revenue, 1t was
ds fact bill TO abolish revenue He argued
n. favor OF protective duties, and said protectio
va simply says to the foreign manufacturer
ed "You must pay our government rs II duty Il
II difference between our wages and your wag'
We in the production or manufacture and distrib
ly ton OF any article which you have wi,hhe
re from your labor and which we have paid ours
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