The evening world., 1894-01-09
talk ON The TARIFF.
Julius Caesar Burrows Replies tc
Chairman Wilson.
Says Threats Against Mckinley Law
Caused Hard Times.
Home manufacturers Scared, For
eigners Await Lower Duties.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The attend
ance on the floor and in the galleries was
not large when the House met at IL
o'clock this morning.
At Ills the House resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole for the consid-
Grafton of the Tariff bill, and Mr.. Wilson
resumed and concluded his speech Of
yesterday.
Representative Burrows, of Michigan,
then arose and addressed the House In
answer to MIR. Wilson, making the OPEN
ing speech In behalf of the Republican
minority.
under consideration had for its avowed
object a radical modification of the
Tariff act of 1890. 1t involved not only
q change of rates, but a complete re-
versal of an economic policy.
The law of 1880 was enacted not only
with a view of securing revenue for the
further purpose Of giving encouragement
to the creation Of new enterprises and
protection to American industries. and
American .workmen against unequal and
injurious foreign competition.
IN its practical workings, 1t accom-
plished both these results. That act went
into effect Oct. 6. 1890, and as a measure
for revenue i met, so long as It's opera
ton was undisturbed, the needed require
ments of the Government. Since Juny l.,
1893, however. there had been a marked
iNNl1ll III li' nv tiA'a a''N'
actually fallen below the requirement for
the public service.
The Speaker ventured to suggest; how
ever. in this connection: that this decline
In the public revenues during the present
fiscal year was not attributable 70 any
defect in the law OF 1890, but rather to
Of business throughout the country.
The ascendancy of a political party
riei.ed TO the destruction OF our protect
suspended the operation of our Domestic
manufacturers, but the importer OF for
ci;n fabrics naturally curtailed ms nm
pnrtations in the hope of securing their
Admission into our markets upon more
favorable coalitions.
Mr.. Burrows confidently asserted that
II the elccuun of 1892 had resulted in
",o retention Of Ii" Republican party
in power, accompanied as It would have
len, with the assurance OF the ,conunu-
ton, the effect upon the public revenues
as well as the general prosperity Of the
country would have been entirely re-
versed.
President Harrison only affirmed the
truth of history when in his last annual
message to Congress he said: SO high
a degree of prosperity and so general
never before enjoyed by our people"
This exultant declaration made but q
little over one year ago strange as IL
grounded on Indispensable facts.
You Speaking to the DemocratSl
said the act of 1890 would develop no
new industries; It created them by the
hundreds. You said 1t would bring no
resultant benefits to our worlnen; II
secured for them enlarged employment
and increased wages. You SAID II womb
enhance the cost of the protected ar
ticles; it cheapened It to the consumer.
you said it would diminish our foreign
trade; 1t augmented 1t in 1892 to 81, $50,
$40, an increase over the previous year
OF Sl38, 2S3, 604. You said II would shut
out our products for foreign markets
our export trade increased Sl45, I97, 3SS,
swelling it's volume to 81, $50, 2IS, liS. the
largest ever known in the history of the
country and exceeding the value OF ouf
imports by 500, S75, $50.
You said 1t would paralyze our DO
nestle trade 1t was never more Wig
orous than in the years Immediately
following it's enactment: and, so every
prophecy Of ill-found swift and complete
refutation in increased Industrial ac'
tlvity on every hand and enhanced indi'
vidual and national prosperity.
1.-THE Mckinley tariff never closed a
mill in the United States, shut up q
mine, stopped a wheel, blew out a fur
mace fire. or drove a single * .ntC
the streets. This general paralysis oil
business throughout the country comes
solely from the ascendancy of a politica
party pledged to the repeal OF the &C,
of 1890. and the substitution therefor al
a tariff Invested of all protective Tea
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