Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-23
Mr.. KYLE'S VIEWS.
The South Dakota Senator Talks
About the Tariff.


position as 70 the LarlH. And Tor uy
part am willing to concede n great deal
II VIC can only make some kind Of a start
In reforming the system Of taxation. They
have fallen on Mr.. Allen and me pretty
heavily OF late, and, according to what
hear, are rather more out Of humor with
us than with the Democrats, but for my
self must say that have always been
free trader and never concealed 1t. 1t
used to crnbarrass me great deal when
WAS Republican,, for In every campaign
they insisted ON fighting the old battle
over again, and take 1t all In all there is
more claptrap and nonsense on both sides
of ii than almost any other question.
put it up like this: That there arc only
two points Of rest---absolutc free trade and
absolute prohibition Of foreign trade, which
was the old Chinese system. As long AZ
we swing between there never can be n
stable tariff. As I said in my speech,
think that the teachings OF 100 years are
sufficient to prove that every restraint as
TO intercourse between this and foreign
nations should be removed so far as Is con
aistent with revenue, but IL they insist on
having partly protective bill OF course
want raw wool protected In some kind Of
proportion to WOODEN goods"
Free Coal and Free Wool.
"What arc the products Of South Dako-
tn most affected by the bill at it standsi"
Well In my judgment, protection does
rls no good In the long run. We are inter
csted like the rest OF the country In get
ting cheap clothes and cheap sugar, but
doubt very much whether free coal, over
which they arc making such fuss, would
make n particle Of difference to us. 1t Is
the transportation which makes 1t cost us
SO much anyhow, and In that part Of Can
ada adjacent to us there arc no coal mines.
AS to free wool, why, we have the finest
Kind Of pastures and intelligent breeders
and managers of sheep, and II tho Yankee
cannot hold his own with the rest Of tho
world what aro we hero for? The point
that l urge most Is that on tho line they
are now travelling tho tariff question will
remain unsettled ns long as selfish inter
osts conflict and tho greed Of man Is UNI
satisfied.
1T is on these changes that tho sharper
gets In his work. The tariff has been
changed on an average every two or three
years from the start--somo 40 times in all,
j bclicvc-and the spectators slip in be-
tween the changes and mako enormous
fortunes on tho alternating rise and fall.
For instance, while tho Mckinley bill was
pending tho dealers stocked up and got all
the benefit Of the rise. Now they arc hold
ing back for decline in tho rates BY
and by tho Republicans, So they tell us,
Will come into power again and raise the
tariff away up. If experience counts for
anything, they will raise 1t higher than
ever before, and once more tho dealers will
stock up and realize on the rise"
A Tariff Commission.
why not have u permanent commits
sion, then, to settle the ratcsp"
why didn't we appoint u commission
of Shareholders to settle the slavery CUES
tionS How could you get u commission
that was not composed of interested mem
Congress would have to pass on the work
of the commission just the same and would
accept or reject its work Just as 1t has
done heretofore. Congress cannot farm
out its legislative powers. Commissions
aro only valuable in dealing with very
technical and scientific affairs, matters in
which tho great mass of us are compelled
to take the Judgment of experts, but this
question of taxation is one which never
can be got out of politics. 1t cannot be
delegated to experts The tariff must stay
In politics. and right In the center of 1t,
because 10 is n matter of taxation, and
there Is no other place for it but in poll
tbs. The most threatening national evil
Of today--that Is, Capitalization of wealth
lis directly connected with the tariff in
tho minds of the people. and they will
never let it alone. The west has been vot-
ing with the east ON this question merely
FOR the sake of harmony and getting moth
ing In return. There Is profound dissatis-
fation all over the country, and how can
you have stability on the old lines? If
the people had been satisfied with the leg
islation Of the last 80 years on this sub
jcct, they would not have voted the Re
publicans out of power. AS to being in
competition with the labor Of Europe, why,
the farmers arc already in that fix. So
say, rs l said before, in absolute free trade
except for revenue there is stability, and
in absolute prohibition there Is stability,
but anywhere between this question will
be like football banded back and for
ward and worse every campaign and CON
grcss. No This idea 81 u permanent
commission and a stable tariff is what our
Kansas friend calls an 'iridescentdrcam
senator PETER In Doubt.
Mr.. Kyle went ON ut some length upon
the concentration of wealth and the de-
preston inagriculture and kindred topics,
with some figures to show that the Amer
lean manufacturers labor really costs him
but u triile moro than does the labor In
Europe, and that while the French Cana
dians arc driving tho natives out of the
New England mills the Slavs and Huns
are driving them out Of the mines, and
the farmers forcign market is cut down,
and altogether the outlook Is q trille blue.
However as no has said all this and a
good deal more In various speeches, 1t
need not be repeated. The interesting
fact is that he and Senator Allen are as
eager rs amy Democrat to bring the dis
cussion to q close, and both think the end
is near. The populists in the house con-
tinuc to swear by all that S good and great
that Senator PETER must and shall vote
for tie bill SO long as the income tax
clause is In 1t, but the clerical senator has
SO far kept his own counsel with success,
and the Republicans regard him as Ger
tainly theirs.
Tho dead calm which settled upon the
house after the storm over the Indian bill
was the most natural thing in the world,
and it took day or two, of discussion on
the antioption bill to get up much heat.
Mr.. Warner Of New York made what
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