Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-12
MORE TALK ON THE TARIFF.

mOR E TALK ON THE TARIFF. Representative Springer Criticised the Wilson Bill in SOnae Places Wages Were at the Bottom of the Whole Tariff Discussion-Congre man Breckenridge Also Defends the Bill.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The house met at II o'clock this morning. The house resolution to investigate the personnel of the navy with the senate amendments was, on motion of MT. Meyer of Louisiana, temporarily laid on the table. The com mittee on invalid pensions was given leave to sit during the sessions of the house. The tariff debate was then resumed, ard Mr. Breckenridge, dem., Kentucky, took the floor.
 The present prostration of business, he said, gave opportunity to examine the subject of revenue with dispAssioRate eyes. He would not assert that this paralysis was due to the high tariff, but there was evil dently some powerful factor ss work, and it was essential that this eause should b @ sought for and removed.
 In some particulars the Wilson bill did not meet his approval. In fact 1t did not go far enough. He would like to have seen tin plate put on the free list even if heavier tax would have to bs levied on whisksy. He would like to see the bounty on sugar removed, but he wanted the su- gar men of the south and the sorghum men of the northwest placated, in order that they might be brought into the demo- cratic fold, for it was only by union that tho reform could be consummated. He spoke of those who..w instrumental in keeping up the high tariff rates as American sharks"
 Mr. Walker (rep., Nass.) took umbrsgs at these remarks and arose to repel tho charge. MT. Breckenridge quickly replied that the gentleman from Massachusetts nsed not have taken the sppellation to him. I self.
 Mr. Walker then inquired what was an l American shark according to Mr. Brecken- 1 ridges understanding.
 l MT. Breckenridge gave Q long list of political and social crimes which made man an American shark, and completed the picture by saying that he was the man who stuffed the ballot boxes and took his seat from William R. Morrison by
 Nr. Walker stated that he was an American manufacturer and asked If MT. Breckenridge intended therefore to in clude him in his description of the Ameri- can shark.
 "If the gentleman from Massachusetts, ,' replied MT. Breckenridge, "6nds himself within the description have drawn; if he corresponds to the definition, let him take lit to himself"
 MT. Breckenridge supported, the ad l valorem feature of the blli. In speaking of the income tax, he stated that while il did not meet with his unqualified ap proval, he was ready to vote with hil party on the experiment of an income tax.
 II hope to live to see the day." said he rising to the climax of his speech, ''wher this continent will be one for freedom and the tariff restrictions be wiped out from the St. Lawrence to the Columbia; wheI free 1sligion, free government and free ed ucstion will be put side by side with fret trade"
 MT. Richards, dem, of Ohio, followed fl support of the pending measure. Hi speech was largely devoted to a historica . review of the various tariff acts which hav' been put on tho statute books of the coun try. and to defense of the low tariff act enacted by the democrats. He asserted that the Wilson bill was prepared in obs dtsnce to the demand of the people, as ex pressed ct the polls, and when they wishe, to reverse their judgment they woul' speak in the same way and in no uncertail tones.
 At 12:45 Nr. Dingley, rep, of Maine took the floor and addressed tho committe in opposition to the bill. By this time tn galleries had filled up somewhat, especial the public gallery, and MT. Dingley' speech, delivered in his quiet but imprel stve style, was listened to attentiv ely.
 MT. Springer, dem, of Illinois, WAS tn next speaker. He began by referring |
 the present condition of the country B
 asserted that the sooner ths bill was pasae
 the better it would be for the country
 "And, mark my words" said MT. Springt
 impressively, '.just ss soon as this bill
 passed every loom in the country will
 started, every furnace fire lighted an
 in action and there will be Q revival ,
 prosperity such as the country has new
 seen. Give this country free wool or fir
 coal or free raw material for the workin
 mons industry and we will take frol
 position in the markets of the world"
 MT. Springer criticised the Wilst
 bill in some places. What broug
 down the psios in England of ss:
 s.ils to SIS or & slS" ssied N
 protective tariff. It was the improved pr
 cesses of manufacture which brought t
 price down both here and abroad"
 He asserted that the price would ha
 been lowered in this country if there b
 been no tariff tt all. In speaiing of {
 foreign trade resulting from high tar
 and particularly the loss of Canadian tra
 Mr. Springer asserted that the McKinl
 bill had unjust1y discriminated against Canadians. There should bs free comm ,ll- cial intercourse between this country . n. Canada. Canada Wss the natural custo nd or of the United States, yet in retsliati
 for the discrimination of the AcKinly
 English agricultural products were put 4 competition with American products Canada, and Canadians were willing to I
 the higher cost of English goods.
 Wases, said Mr. Springer, were at the bottom of the whole tariff diseussion. asseftsd that protection did not Fsise nm wages of the workingman, that 1t '