The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-19

A CRAZY MEASURE.
Hsee Petitions Being Filed Against
Il.
Aasph Mckenzie Measures Congress
ional Feeling.

sal revolt of the people against the
crazy tariff measure known as the Will
son bill may readily be seen and un-
derstood from the manner in which
petitions from almost every part OF
the union are pouring into congress.
Last evening Congressman Haines
from Troy, New York, Democrat
introduced volume about four feet
by three and two and one half feet
thick into congress which contained
petitions and signatures Of about
$4,000 people irrespective OF party from
his district. Troy, in the presiden-
tial election returned 600 Democrat
ic majority. In this book are found
resolutions against the Wilson bill
signed by the mayor of the city, a
Democrat and all of the DEM
ocratic aldermen. His district
makes % per cent Of all the
collars and cuffs in use in the United
States and its Democratic represent
alive to congress is compelled by the
almost unanimous voice of his district
to oppose the Wilson bill. In the
Z same manner Congressman Sperry Of
Hartford, Connecticut, is obliged to
7 oppose the measure, In all there is
about dozen Democratic congress
men who do not believe in the Wilson
bill. 1t is probable however, that less
than half a dozen Democratic con-
gressmen will oppose the measure upon
it's final passage, so strong is the pow
er of federal patronage. 1t is now
generally believed that the almost
universal opposition of the Democrat
ic press throughout the east has prac-
tically upset the Democratic plan of
imposing an income tax for revenue.
In truth the Democratic party is
about in the condition o. the man be-
tween the devil and the deep sea on
the question as to how they are going
80 make up the deficiency of $75,O0O,-
900 year which will be caused by the
passage Of the Wilson bill. The Demo
cratic orators in congress proclaim
that the Wilson tariff bill carries out
the pledges of their national platform
adoDted in Chicago to the effect that
only a tariff for revenue is conStitu-
tional. Some of these orators, namely
Wilson, iMcMillin and other Demo
cratic members Of the Ways and
Means committee reiterate and en-
phasiZe that the Wilson measure is
tariff for revenue prososition. Con-
gresham Dalzell, of Pennsylvania,
the other day psralyzed the whole
Democratic party in the House by an
Initiating these claims. How can
measure be considered a revenue one,
which creates deficiency? He quoted
what Walker, the Democratic author
of the famous tariff bill of 1916, to
show that tariff for revenue accord
ing to the political economists and
the fathers of the Democratic party
consists of a tariff upon the neces-
saries of life which are universally
used, such as tea, coffee, spices and
sugar. In briefoit is the levying Of
revenue upon imports of products
which we DO not make or raise or
manufacture. The Republican doc
trine is to levy taxes upon imports of
all products which come into cOmpe-
tition with our products, and to let in
free all things which we do not raise,
or produce, or manufacture. Ii the
Democrats were consistent with their
platform they would only levy such
duties upon all products coming into
competition with ours as would let in
the greatest amount of these goods,
thus giving US the greatest revenue
upon them. The Wilson bill is how
ever as acknowledged by Wilson him
elf, protective measure on the Re-
nublican plan, namely enlarging of
the free lists. Thus it is bastard
protective measure in which no atten-
tention is paid to the rights Of labor
or the different conditions of manu-
facture here and abroad. The bill is
very inconsistent in many lines. 1t
discriminateS against the North in
many ways, and fayors the South.
There is no consistency whatever in
the free list of raw materials of the
Wilson bill, for really there is no such
thing as raw materials, because moth
ing is of any value until some labor is
expended upon it, and then it ceases
to be raw material. Logically the
bill has no defense whatever. The
Democrats are depending entirely on
brute numbers, strength and awkard-
ness to pass it.
A very interesting little bit of news
to come TO light the other day regard
ing O. NJ. Hall, to the effect that he is
working hard for the mission to
Sweden, and is very sycophantic when
the presence of the executive in order
to get on TO his job in this particular.
1t is known that he does not think
that the Wilson bill goes far enough,