The Washington times., 1894-04-04
FIFTEEN MILLION PEOPLE
That Army Of Americans Will Be Af-
fected by the Tariff Bill.
ALLISON REPLIES TO VOORHEES,
He Declares the Present Measure Proposes a
Change from Constitutional Duties on I'm
ports to an Internal Revenue System.
Partisan Report Of the Bill.

yesterday when Senator Allison rose to make
the Republican reply to the tariff bill. as on
the day previous when Senator Voorhees, de-
clared the Democratic attitude. The Republi-
can side was well filed, but many Democrats
were absent from their places.
The Iowa Senator began by calling attention
to the fact that the President did not regard
the proposed changes in revenue laws OF
supreme Importance, as he had not called a
special session for that purpose. But although
the special session was not called for that
| purpose, tho Speaker had appointed the Ways
and Means Committee so as to enable them to
get to work at once on tariff-revision- He
then reviewed the course of the bill In Senate
| and House.
On the I'd of February, 1894, the bill was
referred to the Committee on Finance. 1t
was not reported to the Senate until seven
weeks afterward. "And when 1 say" ex-
claimed Senator Allison. Z" that this bill was
never read in the Committee on Finance, or
considered lneby line and paragraph by para
graph, state what is known to every Sena-
tor
$50 that it is worth whie," he continued,
| sarcasticaliy, 'for us to consider what sane
| tiop is TO be given to the report Of a commit
| tee thus brought into the chamber being
practically the conclusions of only three men. y
1t was made plain by the proceedings in this
| chamber. he remarked. that as regards two
| features OF the bill involving revenue of
| $50, 900, 900, il came to the Senate as minor
| ity and not as a majority report.
Only five out of eleven members of the COM
mittee gave their support to that feature.
| Il may say," went on Me-. Allison, that l
am embarrassed in the examination OF this bill
| by the fact that we have not yet been supplied
| with the necessary statements and prints of
the bill which would enable US to consider it
as great bill of this character ought TO be
| considered"
Referring to the estimate of expenditures
| for the government. on which the pending
| bill is based. he had no doubt, he said, that
this amount would fall far short of what will
| be the actual expenditures OF the government
for the next year. 1t was notorious that
| there was within the past year a deficit of
| si55. 600 900 (the reason for which he did not
then propose to discuss. and that deficit
would undoubtedly be increased TO S70.000-
900 next year. Therefore. in the position in
which we were placed at the present moment
| it was necessary in some way to raise that
revenue for next year.
"How is tnat TO be done?" he inquired, off
a change is made? The bill proposes 10 raise
the revenue in way entirely different from
the one now provided for in our laws.
1T requires the raising of $50. .000, 900 from
incomes. and further revenue of Sal ,000. 600
u ",
now practically on the free list. This su5sti-
tutes for taxes u new system of internal rev.
enue. This. maintain, is a departure from
the practices OF this government from its be-
ginning down to the present moment"
He remarked humorousiy that after listen
ing TO the speech of Senator Voorhees, yester-
day he could not help wondering what Mr.
Jefferson would think OF the eulogy delivered
on his life and character. and that the Jeffer-
sonian party was endeayoring to raise the
larger part OF its revenue by Il resort to in
ternal taxation in time fpeace.
He pointed out the progress made between
1880. when the amount of capital invested in
industries increased from little over
=, 600 000. 900 TO over SO 500. .OOO. .0OO and he
undertook to say that the prosperity of those
years was without parallel in our history
Under this protective system there had been
not only great increase of wealth, but the
wealth was so diffused that il could not be
said that there were accretions OF wealth in
Il few localities, and that these accretions
were robberies perpetuated by the Republican
system.
The Senator from Iowa. he remarked.
seemed to think that the Senate was going
too slowly in the consideration of the bill.
He did not know until recently that the COM
mittee had been struggling with the difficult
problem for seven long weeks and had been
constantly harrassed by oppressive monopo-
lists.
81 want to say" he remarked caustically.
'that the Republican members OF the com
mittee have had no such trouble with the
mono polists."
There was not an industry in the country
which would not be injured by the bill. while
many OF them would be strangled to DEATH
Referring again to the fact that the value of
the capital invested in luxuries in 1890 was
over SO $500. 600. 600. he said:
"Ald are we TO be whist led down the wind
with the assertion that this bill affects only
few thousand people. when we are con-
fronted with reduction in the value of
80, coo 600 600 in single year?"
1t was estimated that there were SOC. 600
people engaged in the industries affected by
the tariff-4.5 500, 900 Of men, women. and chill
dren- and on the basis of one person repre-
senting the support of three persons there
were Il. 900 600 people who were to be dis
turbed at single thrust made at them by The
Senate of the UDited States.
Therefore. Mr.. President" he said, ..if
the public policy which has made us so great.
so rich, SO prosperous. is to be changed, l in
sist that it shall be changed by gradual steps.
as the statesmen of sixty years ago advised.
rather than by this revolutionary step. Good
faith in legislation requires that the men em-
barked in enterprises under the protective
policy twenty years ago, and who were so sit
uated that they could not now change their
Dusiutcc. uct pt tuEutu loosc from INe
occupations to which they We're accustomed
all their lives and give them no opportunity
of engaging in any other.
Il have only made these general state
ments preliminary TO more detailed exami-
nation OF the bill as presented by the Finance
Committee"
The Senator then made a vigorous attack
on ad yalorem duties. showing that they
practically did not exist in England. France.
Germany, or Italy, and also declared against
the system oi making the valuations for tax
alton those OF the place of production.
Senator Allison. when interrupted by O mo-
tion to so into executive session, announced
that he would continue his remarks on We'd
nesday.
The Vice President here interrupted the dis
cussion to lay the following message from the
President before the Senate:
= II transmit herewith a report of the Secre-
tary of State incosing the final report of the
agent of the United States before the Paris
tribunal of arbitration. Also the protocols
thus far received, and other papers relating
to that matter"
The day closed with a sharp passage of
arms between Senators Harris and FRYE, the
former being taken to task for his announced
intention SO tryto railroad" the bill through
the Senate. and the latter for his chronic
habit of "lecturing" the Senate once a week.
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