The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-02

Wilson bill puts the tin plate tarin back
to where II was before, and not only pro-
poses to destroy the industry In this
country butwill reduce the revenue on
this one item $4,000, ,O0O!"
"The Republicans In congress-" said
Mr.. Horr, propose to let the Democrats
fight over their tariff measure. They will
decline TO support any amendments be-
cause the whole principle of the bill
is wrong, and the amendments
are only made to boost the
interests of Democratic members in their
respective districts. They know they
will never get back to congress II some Of
these schedules affecting their home con-
stituencies go through. There
was one member from Wis
consin, for instance, elected on
the Chicago free trade platform. Before
he went to Washington the crockery
manufacturers of his district gave him
few practical lessons In the crockery busi-
ness, and the result was that the free trade
member told the ways and means COM
mittee that he thought the crockery
tariff was none too high-if anything 1t
ought to be a little higherv
''That reminds me, said Mr.. Horr "of
little grandson of mine whose mother
has taught him to recite the story OF
George Washington and the hatchet
which some of you may have heard. He
is taught to recite it this way: when he
says father 1t was ! who cut down your
.L< &. fot 20
arms my darling boy-I would rather you
would cut down all my cherry trees than
tell naughty story"
"Now," continued Mr.. Horr, "the little
boy made little slip and told me the
story this way: Father, 1t was who cut
downyour cherry tree" "Come to my
arms, my darling boy" aid his father, Il
would rather you wound cut down all the
cherry trees OF somebody else than cut
down one of mine!'"
"And that" said Mr.. Horr, sis the way
the Democratic members are tackling the.
Wilson tariff bill"
"The fact is, !" said Mr.. Horr, "the DEM
ocratic party doesn't know any better.
Mcmillan of Tennessee, comes from dis
trict whose industries are represented
by two grist mills and a
blacksmith shop. What does he know
except on theory, of the great bee hive
that makes this country prosperous? And
five of the ways and means committee are
in as poor position as that to understand
the practical features OF this great indus
trial problem. The Democratic party
does not know any better. They have
had no business experience. Running a
nation requires business experience and
the Democratic party hasn't had a chance
to get any for generation"
al went through 21 states the
year before the last presidential elec-
tion," said Mr.. Horr. 'In every
city, town and village / found mills
running, wages high, everything
prosperous. Recently / visited eleven of
those same states and found mills shut
down or running on half time; wages re-
duced and distress everywhere. What is
the cause of it? Can there be but one
answer? 1t Is not silver. The president
thought it was silver, and after he had
got through fishing he called congress
together to remedy the matter-and in
stead of applying the remedy in prompt
and business like way this Democratic
congress spent weeks and weeks talking.
Suppose fire should break out in Paw
tucket and when the fire department
reached the scene instead of turning
on the water suppose they should
hire hall and go to debating
how many pounds pressure to the square
inch the hose would stand? II the present
city administration was in power they'd
bounce that fire department, wouldn't
they? That's what the people are going
to do to the Democratic party the first
chance they get"
"But II isn't silver that was the matter
with the country--it's the tariff. The
Democratic party doesn't dare to go as
for as their free trade platform dictates,
but they are just as wrong in principle,
simply because they don't know. Our
industries are paralyzed simply in
fear of the passage of a Democratic
tariff. Mr.. Wilson will tell you that the
Mckinley bill is the cause OF it, but you
must remember that the country reached
and maintained its highest point of
prosperity under two years and half of
the Mckinley tariff, and not until the
Democratic party assumed a absolute control
Of the government did the trouble begin.
1t is all in anticipation of what a party
will do that is running the government
without knowing how to do business"
81 feel" said Mr.. Horr, "as il had a
perfect right to say Il told you so.' We
were told that wages had nothing to
do with the tariff, but you don't have to
argue that point now. Just point to
facts and the Republican party has all
the campaign material it needs.p
81 am only surprised at the result of
Democratic rule in one single particular.
i knew they would make trouble, but
didn't believe they could do it SO
'quickp"