The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

by step, industrial operations were con-
tracted. The industrial depression going
on from that day until the present would
continue until the manufacturers knew
what the future had in store for them.
Contending against the assertion that
large lmportations benefited the
country, he said that If 5000, 000, 900 worth
OF goods was brought into this country
it was depriving American manufac-
turers of the sale of that amount and
stopped work to just that extent. (En-
thusiastic Republican applause)
Mr.. Hatch, Democrat of Missouri, said
that not one farmer in hundred raised
sheep for wool. Whenever the tariff on
wool was raised, American woods de-
clined in price.
Mr.. Cannon, Republican of Illinois,
asserted that wool had been as cheap in
this country since the first of last June
as it could be bought in Australia.
Mr.. CoSkran, Democrat of New York,
said: My friend from Maine (Mr. Ding
ley) asks whether it is not better for us
to export goods than gold. That brings
us back to the proposition of the gentle
man from Massachusetts, (Mr. Walker)
whether it would be good thing for the
country to import $3.50, 900, 900 worth Of
goods" Mr. Cochran held that the i'm
portation of $3.50, 000.0 600 worth of
goods could not occur unless we manu-
factured that much to pay for them. Ii
that amount of goods had been imported
it must have been because they were
cheaper than they could be bought here
We must have got more goods for the
$3.50, 600, 600 expended than if we manu-
factured $3.50, 900, OOO worth ourselves. It
we import more goods we must. .manufac-
ture more goods to pay for them. We
want to manufacture goods and demand
tribute from all people of the world. Mr..
(,0Ckran'S time hauincy aYnirad Mr. RPRd
yielded three minutes from the time
allotted tbs Republicans for which Mr..
Cochran thanked him Mr.. Cochran
stated that all that was meant by the
reference on his side to the Homestead
strike, was to point out the difficulty OF
making tariff laws effectual while a
policy was maintained which exposed
the mem bers of tlades unions to assault
Mr.. Wilson spoke briefly and then the
House proceeded to vote on the amend
ments which were: Mr.. Wilson's amend
meDt proposed that the free wool clause
of the tariff bill should go into effect
August !, 1894 Mr.. Payne, Repub blican
of New York, offered an amendment
making the time October /, 1898. For
these, Mr.. johnson, Democrat of Ohio,
proposed a substitute providing that
the clause should go into OBJECT imme-
diately after the passage of the bill. To
this substitute an amendment was
offered by Mr.. Bowers, Repu blican of
California, fixing the date of the opera
tion of the clause at December 81, 1899.
Mr.. Payne's amendment was lost by a
strict party vote the vote on division be-
ing, yeas 81, nays 151, and by tellers,
yeas 6s, nays 154. Mr.. Bowers's amend
ment to the substitute was lost But the
substitute proposed by Mr.. johnson, con.
trary to expectation, was agreed to on
the vote by tellers, yeas 112, nays 1O2, re.
versing the vote on division, which was
yeas 6S, nays SO. ..
The nextss amendment submitted by
Chairman Wilson was one putting marine
engines and equipments on the free list
Mr.. Dingley offered an amendment to
this putting material for marine engines
on the free list, not the completed
machinery. An exciting debate followed,
participated in by Messrs. Dingley,
Boutelle, Babcoek of Wisconsin and
Adams of Pennsylvania for the Republi-
cans. and Messrs. Tarsney of Missouri,
Fithian OF Illinois and Terry of Arkan-
sas, for the Democrats. Mr.. Dingley's
amendment was voted down and Mr..
Wilson's amendment agreed to.
Three seats were occupied on the Re-
publican size and six on the Democratic
side when Mr.. Sperry, Democrat of Con-
necticut, arose at the evening session to
deliver an argument on the Wilson bill.
He had large audience in the galleries
He said: The only excuse for a tariff
tax is to provide revenue. In the pre-
paration of the pending DILL, the COM
mittee seem to have left all revenue con-
siderations out of the problem. The only
other source of revenue the committee
disclose to US is an internal rever ne bill
which the committee hope may p oduce
possibly S50,OOU, 900 leaving all annuaI
deficit in the treasury of at least $50, OUU,
600 and possibly 800. 90 0O0