The evening world., 1894-02-01

Ing to say that England affords us the
needed example: that we LAY but to
turn to her history and find all that we
need by way of examples. Just as In
mists we shall find all liz necessary
for advice, for guidance ana instruction.
Mr.. Speaker, l have looked there, and |
am amazed to find how little the eN-
ample OF England can teach"
After reciting the history Of English
tariffs and their relation TO wages paid In
that country, MIR. Reed said:
England OnI, IA Workshop.
TO sum this all up, England. when
she became free trade, was "A workshop
wherein. was manufactured the raw ma
terial OF the rest OF the world. ~ raw
material she herself had none. Her coal
and iron and the invention of the team
engine had developed her manufactures
so out Of proportion Ia the wnges Of her
market: -,
larger market was one that had more
consumers. The notion that the market
sould be enlarged by those who were
already consumers had not entered into
the popular thought, yet her workmen
had really ceased to be protection ex-
cept on corn, and not on that In any
true protcctiv" sense. II was only a tax
like that on sugar. II made food dear.
iN'lp'hl VI we tpIn laws Il'hll M
Increase of real wages. Repeal Of the
tarin on manufactures. mean nothing.
The whole crusade Of 1870 vas for free
f3oh. ano Cohden nowhere says anything
else. Protection, In our modern sense. liz
never mentioned in any one OF his free
trade speeches."
Wages the Vital Qucstion.
After quoting statistics to show the
great rise In wages since 1860, Mr.. Reed
continued.
The truth is that this very question
OF rising wages IL what makes n good
many men free traders. People with
fixed incomes think that anything which
raises. wages Is inimical to them. and
manufacturers who have. foreign mar
kets arc naturally anxious to have
wages on the foreign standard. I con.
fess to you that this question of wages
Is to me the vital question. To Insure
our growth in civilization and wealth.
we must not only have wages as high
as they are now. but constantly and
steadily increasing
Throughout MIR. Reeds speech he was
and at times the Democrats Joined in
the general laughter al his witticisra.
When at 100 h" glanced at the
c!oCs which noted th,t his time haI
Grafton, there was nm intense stiffness
through the House, A closing refer
ence to that former iilustrious leader,
could hardly have been caught had not
every car on the floor and In the CALLER.
les been strained to catch every word.
As he closed his lntt hand was :alse1
nigh In one Of the few gestures which
had marked his speech. AS his hand
fell and the speech closed there was n
burst or applause which swc!lcd into n
tpm9ltuous demonstration as the en-.
thusiastic galleries gave shouts, hur-
rahs and sharp whistles. which are often
heard In theatres but seldom In the halls
OF Congress.
Roses far Reed.
Mr.. Reed bowed his acknowledgment to
the demonstration and without rcsuming
MS seat, or waiting for the many hands
way back to the Republican cloak room.
Half way IN the aisle he WIS met bv
q page bearing, a huge basket OF Amer
lean equity anl ia, Franc" roses,
Again he bowed his Acknowledgements
as the floors brought out another burs;
of applause, The roses were placed on Mr..
Reeds desk and lie retired to the cloak
room. wh,rs no was tho centre Of con-
gratulatory demonstration by his col
lea CUES. lasting many minutes.
While the demonstration was going on
Speaker crisp ~relinauished the chair 70
old seat which h" occupied In the DAYS
before he vas elevated to the Speaker
ship. When he arose in his place he re-
ceiNed an ovation. ,.
Crisp op~ns His speech.
Until he warmed up he spoke with the
hesitation of n man Weighing each word,
and with n perceptible tremor OF the lip,
As he became aroused however, he dis.
played more freedom and ease, until the
words came In a perfect torrent.
His points were OF an argnmenta tive
character, which appealed to the stu
dents Of the question rather than to the
galleries, He read from the minority
report. and criticised that feature which
declared that the foreigner paid the
tariff tax.
Protection Bcnchts OnI, Capital.
Mr., Crisp. after his opening introduc.
tory remarks, declared that an examine
ton % the protective system would
the ostensihle benefit OF labor. It was
In truth constructed for the benefit Of
In" manufacturing classes, He pointed
tectel industries went down and those
in unnrutcrtri industries went up as a
result of the Mckinley act. This was
hown by the Statistics gathered by the
senate COMMITTEE on Finance.
The speaker spoke Of tho artificial
conditions created by protection. IT took
men from Their natural channels and
lHySri = them to nnnatnral channels
made IN the %channe,a OF trade, Protec.
don was u Chinese wall. which not only
shut out tn" world, but shut In tn
Mr. Crisp WIS greeted with applause
protection was n period Of unrest,
during which the people had con-
stantly rehcll"1 against the heavy
huricns uf taxation. Tho people had al
ways Teen st!!led at the polls hy tho Re
publican promises to educ" the tariff
hut once successful at the polls the Re
publican legislators surrendered Them
""lNes BODY and soul, to the manufactur
ing classes. The speaker declared that
the gentleman tMr. ilccb had, through
nut his speech, refralned from the argu-
mrn's dt reason and resurtod tn those
Of rrtjUiiC".
foinis for the Income Tax.
Mr.. crisp said that the present bill
was not "A perfect one, hut Il was a
step In the right direction. I'm referring
to various features OF the bin, he spoke
ut an income tax, which brought on,
long and loud applause from the Stronl
neon" tax element In the House.
lie cited n speech OF Senator Sherman
twenty years ago 10 the effect that a tau
which cell heaviest or consumption anc
did rot hear heavily ~ the wealth nnC
Incomes OF tho country was iatriusicallS
wrong. AIR. crisp supported the income
AK in vigorous terms. lie said $50, 900. ~
of tax IN accumulated wealth was bu
\ small tribute In return for the benc
nts II received.
Alr crisp closed with an eloquent APP
pea to HIS u mCrrGtir associates L
waive minor objections and tn look n
tn. great democratic principles involved
Their wa a tripl" round OF appldus
and aH TIA" Speaker closed, a paG,
walked towards him with a large pottc,
plant with red flowers above surruunlc,
with white roses below. Tn" applaus