Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-10
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our conditions to the level of orr foreign
competitors.
, The destruction of the wool industry, The
speaker asserted, would be attended by the
sacrifice of 47,000,000 sheep, in which
2,000, 600 farmers have invested 500, 000,-
900.
Ms. Burrows Read Extracts
from q memorial address to the President
by the citizens of Bessemer, Mich. setting
forth the present deplorable condition of
the from mines in the upper peninsula Of
that state, and from the protest by the board
Of supervisors of Gogebic county against
putt ng.ifon ore on the free list,to show the
appalling effects in those regions of the
mere approach to free trade in that article.
Beside the mining property directly in
'volved in the proposition, MIR. Burrows
scheduled other investments and improve
ments TO the value of sl52 100000 that
would be impeIilied or destroyed by plac-
ing iron ore on the free hst
In dismissiug this branch Of his subject,
the speaker made this appeal to the South:
sin this connection, cannot refraia from
expressing my amazement that you people
of the South are 20 blind to your own inter-
ests as to cringe beneath the party lash and
give this me asure your support. A bounti-
full Providence has placed within your
reach an inc xhanstible supply OF raw ma
terial, which needs only to be utilized to
give you an industrial impetus and develop
ment which would be the marvel OF the age.
Your mountains are bursting with iron and
coal, your forests, unexplored, invite to new
nd hrtu Inn 10
will you be content to stumble over these
natural gifts that you may do homage to
theory which, if it ever had any place in
human affairs, belongs to other conditions
and to another generation!
"Let re implore you to turn your backs
on the dead pist and face the future. Place
yourselves abreast with the spirit OF the age
by laying hold of the mighty possibilities
within your grasp. and so bid IN securing
the highe,t prosperity Of your people and
the industrial advancement OF cur common
country"
The provision that call articles imported
by the United States shall come in free Of
duty" was declared to have been in pre-
vious experiences fruitful source of frau1
on the revenues, and therefore, was elmi-
natetfrom the law by the act of 1890. By
the government was to he enlisted among
the forces hostile to the development and
maintenance of domestic manufactures.
Passing from the free list to the dutiable
schedules, Mr.. Burrows said: 1--WE find
here the same spirit of hostility manifested
in every provision. There is not schedule
in which there are not some industries
which will be imperilled by the passage OF
this bill.
Man. Will Be Utterly Destroyed.
On the other hand. If there ia any pro-
vision in this bill which will stimulate
single domestic industry or give Increased
employment to labor, it has not been
pointed out. The measure as whole looks
only to the lessened Industries and lower
wages.
alt ought to be entitled "a i'll to lessen
tie revenue, destroy American industries
and pauperize American labor.
1.-The majority seems to have been actu-
ated only by the desire to lower duties all
along the line, regardless of the conse-
quencss to American industries or Amsri-
can labor.
s'And in this connection it is noticeable
that not line in it is responsive to the pub
lie hearings had before the committee On
ways and m0ns. The hear
rigs might as well never have taken place,
so far a, any seeming effect was produced
on the majority of the committee. What
secret advices you may have had in framing
this bill will probably never be disclosed,
bat that they were from sources unfriendiy
to American interests cannot, in the light OF
this measure, be seriously questioned or de-
MED"
The general effect of the bill upon the
industries of the country, it was declared,
would be to stimulate importations, TO the
detriment of American industries and labor.
Even existing rates, in many instances, 1t
il said, have not been sufficient to restrain
injurious foreign competition, the growth
of importations of pottery, cutlery, agrlcui-
tural productions and manufactures of flax,
hemp and jute being quoted as proof.
"There will be, too" Mr.. Burrows said.
mo compensatory advantage to the govern
ment, for it is susceptible of demonstration
that in many instances the revenue derived
under this bill, il the entire demand for the
home consumption was supplied from
abroad, would be less than under existing
law.
al shall not pause to call attention to the
many incongruities in this bill. The COM
mittee may be able to explsin why pig iron
is taxed and cotton ties are free; why the
northern farmer, with harvest labor at 81
a day, is allowed 90 per cent. on his wheat,
and the rice producer of the South, with
15 cents day labor, secures II per cent;
why tallow, wool. grease and degras are
made free az tanners materials, while the
sumac of Virginia and North Carolina,
used for the same purpose, is protected
why the farmers potatoes secures only 10
per cent. consideration, while peanuts of
Virginia grow in security
Behind Chinese Wal
of So per cent. why in many Instances the
duty on the finished articles is less, or no
more, than on the articles entering into its
manufacture. But ] cannot pursue this 10
quiry. have only to say that the bill, as
a whole. is as unscientifc as it is un-Ameri-
can.
But the most startling features of the bill,
Mr.. Burrows declared, was the general sub
stitution of ad valorem for specific duties.
at is matter of surprise, he said, that
the chairman should have the courage to
further state that specific duties lead to
greater frauds in administration, for count
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