The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-01-19
HOT SHOT FROM BURROWS.
THE TARIFF BILL RUTIILESSLY AS
SAILED.
Free Trade Fallacfes Revealed in
All Their Ridiculous Aspects by
MichiEan's Republicans Orator
Am Unmerciful ArrniEnment.

house to-day:
s'Ihe measure now under considera
ton has Tor It's avowed object Il radical
OF the tarIf acl OF 1870. LII
involves not only Il cnause OF sales, but
= complete reversal OF an economic pUll-
cy. 4 ne act OF 1880 was enacted not
Only with Il view OF securing revenue Tor
the support OF the government, but Tor
the turtner purpose OF giving encourage
ment to lne creation OF new enterprises
anu protection 10 American Industries
anu American WOrkLuen AGAINST Unequal
and injurious 1orelSn coINpSulon. III
Its pracllcal WORKINGS IL accomplished
both lAeoc resulls mat act Went lAlo
entcL tcL. y, 1861, ana us Il measure lof
revenue it nlet, 50 lOnS us Its operation
was unuisturDed, the Hueueu require
lnents OI the government. since inc lst
" July, 1896, however, there nas been Il
marh,u decline III the revenues untl
they nave actually tanen below the re-
QuirenIelt Tor tAe puDlc service. ven
Lure 20 Suggest, 4oWeNer, Ia lhls colAec-
ton, that tuIS decIlle III the puDlic leNt-
nucs uuiln5 Inc present HsCil year Is not
To ANY uelttt III tue law Oh
lSJU, but ralAtr 70 The Stuefal uefaii5c-
meAl ana prostralion Oh BUSINESS through
out the country. me aScenuency oI u
political parry pledged to the
uur Protective FOhcy
has not ony crippled ana suspehd@u lhe
operation OF our domestic iuIuuLLcllies,
but lne Importer OF loie4Sn IlIfiCs Aalu-
rally curtains his ilnportaLoAs "a tile nope
OF securing their admission INTO our lndf-
ketS upon most IIForaDle coluIliolls con-
nuenlly assert tnaL IL the eIeclioh OF loJ-
had resulted in the retention OF the Repub-
lican parry Ill power accompanied as II
would have been with the assurance OF
4 continuance OF the American policy OF
protection, the effect upon the pubic rev
enue as well as general prosperity OF tue
would have been entirely reversed.
president Harrison only affirmed the
truth OF history when III his last annual
message to congress he said: 80 hIsn
degree of prosperity and 50 great Il dilIuslon
OF life We're never before enjoyed by our
people This eXultant declaration made but
u little over one year ago, as 1t seems IN
the midst Of present appalling conditions
was nevertheless grounded on indlsputaDle
facts. You Ohe Democrats, said the act OF
1890 would develop no new lnduStrIes-lt
created them by the hundreds. You said
it would bring no resultant Dement'S 10 our
workmcn-it secured for them enlarged EN-
pioyment and increased wages. You said
ii would diminish our foreign trade-lt aug
mented it in 1892 to 81 ,Sal ,oso.6lo. an m
crease over the previous year OF sl2S.ZS5,oof
You said it would shut out our products
from foreign markets-our export trade in
creased S1i5 191.3SS, swelling its volume 70
81 ,D3o21S, lis. the largest ever known in
the history Of the country and and exceedlns *, a. me
value of our imports by S2o2. .S13.Gs6 You
said it would paralyZe orr domestic trade
it was never more vigorous than III the
years Immediately following its enactment;
and so every prophesy of i'll found swift
aud complete refutation in increased III
,iustrial activity on every hand and enhanced
individual and national prosperity. We are.
therefore, justified iii asserting that the act
OF 1890 could its permaaency have been
assured. would haze accomplished the double
purposc fnr which it was enacted
Revenue and Protection.
s'The Mckinley tariff never closed mil
In the United States, shut up mine.
stoy ped a wheel. blew out furnace fire,
or drove a single workman into the streets.
T'his general paralysis Of business through
ascendancy OF a political party pledged
to the repeal OF thc.act OF 1890 and the
substitution therefor of tariff divested
OF all protective features. With such n
party in full control OF the government. Is
1t any wonder that domestic manufacturers
suspend operations until advised of the con
ditions under which they must market
their output?
fore not as the result Of existing tariff
rates, but from an apprehension dt seems
now to have been we'll foundedl that these
rates were to be 50 modified as to over
throw and destroy our protective Dolcy,
exposing our domestic manufacturers TO
ruinous foreign competition and lnangurate
In this country an era OF free trade. with
all it's attendant evils. How easily You
might demonstrates the beneficent effects
Of restored confidence. You have but to
abandon the policy upon which you have
entered. recommit this bill and permit eN-
tsting tariff regulations to remain undls-
turhed. and all our industries VIII quickly
revive
Mr. Burrows then took up the tariff
plank OF the last Democratic national pat
form and compared it with the South car
olina ordinance of notification. He con-
unued
1T will be seen. therefore. that the
ground on which the Democratic nullifiers
stood in 1892, and from which they We're
driven by the stern patriotism OF Gen
Jackson, Is Mt last reoccupied IN ISL. sixty
years later In force by the whole Demo
cratic party And, 1t is not difficult now
to understand the alacrity with which the
Northern Democrat obeys the command 20
take position In support OF the nneonsh-
tutionality OF protective tarlH ana the
forced as 1t is hy the Southern wing OF the
Democratic narty now nnhappiy donlnat-
Ing the repubic). It Is not surprising
therefore. to find the Democratic party OF OF
1892 with it's two wings reunited, the
South In the lead. moving under the
Confederate Banner Of Free Trade
To the complete overthrow OF our protective
sy stem. It may be safely asserted tnat po'n
parties believe in raising some portion or
the needed revenue for the support or the
by imposing duties on foreign
products coming into our markets, ana the
only points at Issue are nrs. .ne a1 a,axs ha o.
ieyicd: and second. he rate OF duty they
shall bear
Mr.. Burrows then argued at length on
the constitutionallty OF protective tariff.
citing Webster. Adams, Jefferson and others
In support thereof.
.vrariff REFORM. he continued. "s finally
Interpreted to mean free raw material. and
reduction of duties on competing foreign
products entering our markets below the
protective point, regardless OF the consa-
Ouence to American industries and Ameri
can labor This Is tariff reform Before
proceeding to specific explanation ! de-
sire to say that this measure. as whole.
stands without parallel In the history Of
the proposed tariff legislation IN the country.
It was framed with intentions OF carrying
out that portion OF the Democratic plat
form AMI policy which declared for a
tariff for revenue only and II Is the bold
est step vet taken by any party In the
United States In the direction Of free trade,
a step which. IL 1t shall find popular fol-
lowing in this country. will certainly lead
to individual disaster and national bank
ruptcy. And. In this connection. | desire to