Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-06-06

WASHINGTON. June l.-Thursday Sem
Itor Sherman addressed the senate on
;he tariff bill Mr.. Sherman showed
hat the government had never resort
ID 10 "A direct tax but twice-once dur
ny the war with England and once
Turing the rebellion. The great bulk
almost all-of the revenues were re-
:eived from taxes on imports, amount
ng since the formation of the govern
nent TO S7.131. 5000 The internal
-evenue tax. esta blished from the war
period, was found To be easily collected
md not burdensome. and was only re-
aimed because il provides the funds
equal TO the amount annually paid for
pensions.
Referring to the old time policy of
he democratic party, Mr.. Sherman
,aid that the senator from Alabama
Mr.. Norganl had said at one time that
ne thought it "a question of doubt, OF
he whole, whether the discovery Of
coal and iron in Alabama would prove
blessing to his people, as it would in
terfere with the raising of cotton and
Increase the price of labor.
Mr.. Morgan denied ever having made
this statement, but Mr.. Sherman said
ne wins sure he could find it.
Continuing. Mr.. Sherman said he
was glad of the development of the
south; il was good sign and showed
that that section of the country was
prospecting as it should. Fhe republic
an party and the people of the west
were indebted to the senators from the
south for the duty that had been given
On coal and iron. They would not
have been granted. he believed. had
not coal and iron been discovered in
the south. The duties on coal and iron
were not revenue duties. but intended
for projections; and ne believed the
democrats would be frank enough to
admit it.
Mr.. Sherman took up Mr.. Voorhees,
speech of April last. in which the
statement was made that Immediately
following the passage of the Mckinley
act the wages of the tvorllmen in the
iron and steel mills Of Pennsylvania
were greatly reduced: that bloodshed
followed; that the bill was drawn i'm
the interest of the iron manufacturers.
and denied the conclusions drawn by
Mr.. Voorhees,.
Mr.. Sherman presented figures TO
show that the Mckinley act reduced
the duties on iron. and that the reduc.
ton in wages was because OF the re-
duction, for the workingman always
felt the effect of reduced duties on
manufactured articles. He denounced
the employment of Pinkertons. but
took strong exceptions TO Mr. Voor.
heeS' statements that these riots were
the outgrowth of the passage of the
Mckinley act
If when congress met the tariff bill
had been taken up and discussed as a
financial question. there would have
been no trouble on the republican side
of the chamber. Had an impartial
committee of both houses gone over it.
the bill would have been passed in
thirty days
He believed in surplus always in.
stead of deficiency. \ surplus. in
public as in private life. was always "A
blessing. His idea of model tariff
was based largely upon the Morrill,
tariff bill of 1861. That was not party
measure. The classification was dis.
tinct and clear. Politics was not dis.
cussed with that bill
Taking up some Of the items in the
bill in detail Mr.. Sherman showed that
those in which the south was interested
had good rates of duty, while those in
the north had low duties. or were on
the free list. Sugar. for instance. was
taxed at 40 per cent. and rice at so per
cent. while wool. la which hundreds
If hfarn \ ,Nf
living throughout the north and west
was on the free list. He would demand
that this discrimination be wiped out.
The southern duties were not for reve-
nue., but for protection. As such he
believed in them. but he wanted the
same duty applied TO the northern
products
MIR. sherman argued against putting
wool on the free list. and declared his
belief and hope that the finance com
mittee would have strength enough to
give to the farmer a fair rate of duty
on his raw products.
Then he attacked the income tax: de.
clared that it had never been proposed
except as a war tax: that there was no
necessity for such tax. and that if
there was IL should be left 10 the
states The idea of taxing the profits
OF savings banks and building corpora
tons was enough, he said. TO make his
blood boil.
In conclusion he appealed to the
democratic side Of the senate not to
force upon the country q measure that
would reduce wages and hc expressed
the hope that the result Of the whole
matter would be a measure that would
result in the glory. strength and power
of this grand country.