The herald., 1894-04-03


senate and the country to the great and
commanding fact that by the provisions
Of this bill tho seeming paradox oil re-
duction OF taxes, and at tie same time
an increase of public revenues, will be
reconcilsd when it becomes a law.
will not stop to consider at this point
the vast individual robberies committed
ia protected markets, the untold and
incalculable millionH of bIackmail lev
led by American manufacturers for their
own pockets on their enforced custom
ers, when cut off from all outside COM
petitions; it lie enough for my preeent
purpose to say that we have liberalized
American markets, made them moro &C
cessible to the traffic of the world, and
while net establishing free trade will
have made trade freer and more even
handed between the manufactures and
the consumer. But over and above and
beyond this wide and well-known field
of extortion and injustice, it will
be found from the schedules OF
this bill that tariff taxes now
officially ascertained and paid under
existing laws, on the wants. necessities
and daily consumption OF the laboring
men and children OF the United States,
have been reduced more than $76,O0O,-
COO per annum. These reductions are
as follows: On chemicals, 81, ,000, GOO; on
pottery, $1,00O,000; on glass, $500. 900 ;
on metals, $12, ,500,0 900; on woods, $500,
600; on tobacco, $500. 900; on agricul-
tural products. $3,300.000; on spirits,
wines, ETC., $1,000, 900; on cotton manu-
features, So, ,450, 900; on fax, hemp and
jute manufactures, $4,000, 600; on woolen
manufactures, $23, 800, 900; on silk man.
ufactures, $3,500,000; on paper and
pulp, $500, 900; on sundries, 81, 450 900; ;
transferred to the free lift, $l2,l70,O00.
Total. SIC, $4,000
FULL AND AMPLE REVENUE.
''To this must be added the further
imposing fact that the bill provides for
q full and ample revenue, largely in ex-
cess of present supplies, with which to
meet all the requirements of the public
credit. Such a contamination as this,
go full of relief to the people and OF
strength, safety and honor to the gov
ernment, may we'll atone for the imper-
fections and shortcomings alleged against
the pending measure, and will consti-
tute the rock on which the temple Of
tariff reform will be built, and against
which, in the ameliorated future, the
gates of fraud shall not prevail.
"With such q beneficent and stu
pendoue result now plainly within the
reach of the American people, and al
most ready for their eager enjoyment, |
envy not the fate of the party nor the
man, nor the set of men who shall con-
stitute themselves a hindrsnce and an
obstruction to it's speedy fulfllment.
Faults and imperfections can, of
course, be alleged and pointed
out. Concessions are apparent
which have been unwillingly made in
order to secure its passage; articles on
the free list, as they came from the
house have been made dutiable under
the duress of small majority here, yet,
deeply as regret the necessity for these
changes, do not hesitate to say that
the bill, taken as a whole, as it now
stands, with its combination OF lower
taxes on the necessaries of life and at
the same time increased revenues for
the government, will be hailed as a sub
etantial measure of reform and relief by
the great producing masses OF the Amer
lean people.
Manufacturing interests which years
ago we're in deed and in fact in their in
fancy. and were fostered while yet in
the cradle OF their birth, are now coos-
sal tRskmasters, commanding tribute
from every days labor beneath the sun;
haughtily striding the corridors OF this
capitol and issuing their edicts in the
tones of dictators for or against the en-
actment of pending measures in the
halls of congress. Those who own and
represent these swollen and arrogant
interests do not hesitate to declare in
what terms bill vitally affecting TO-
600, 900 people will be permitted to be-
come q law, and in default of what pro-
visions of financial profits to themselves
they will insure ite defeat.
A GIGANTIC CRIME.
"The enactment OF the Mckinley
bill was a gigantic crime, not only
against every workingmsn and working
woman in the United States, but also
against every individual manufacturer
and against all manufacturing interests.
1t was not 30 designed by its authors,
but such was its real and inevitable
character. It declared policy go fla
Riotius in principle, so rotten in morali-
ty and 30 ravenous in its exactions on
the absolute wants of life, chat it's possi-
BILE duration was only question of
time, when the next election by the
people should occur, and yet the vast
manufacturing interests of the country
were tempted and seduced into accept
ing its delusive bribes and into an eager
adjustment of themselves to it's alluring
though eyanescent and short-lived pro-
visions.
"Ii the reward of labor had ever been
increased as an incident or consequence
of increased tariff duty on foreign i'm.
ports, nothing would be easier or more
gracious to the advocates and beneficial
ries of protection than to show the fact.
The very reverse, however, is true. 1t
can never be forgotten that the enact
ment OF the Mckinley law in October,
1890, was followed almost Immediately
by a reduction in the wages of all work
ers in iron and steel, beginning at
Homestead in Pennsylvania under Car
negie, resulting i'll boodshed and whole
sale murder, and extending to ell parts
of the country and to almost every in
terest OF manufacturing industry"
Mr.. Voorhees, then defended the ad
valorem system as fairer, honeBter and
more easily understood than that of
specific duties.
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
On the subject of the sugar schedule
he said:
absolute free trade in sugar is an
attractive theme, but no such thing has
ever existed ior single hour since the
organization of the government. A
moderate duty has always been imposed
on sugar, and it has always been a
staunch revenue support OF the govern-