The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-02-12
McRAE'S GREAT SPEECH.
The Mastery Effort of the Distiu.
guirhed Arkansan, Putting Su.
gar on the Free List,

The following are the amendment
and extracts from the speech made
IN support thereof, by which the
able representative of this district
in the Federal Congress, Hon. T. c.
McRae, secured the abolition of the
sugar bounty and placed that
important article, in all grades. on
the free list;
The House being in committee of
the whole on the state of the Union.
and having under consideration the
bill (H. R. 1864 to reduce taxation,
to provide revenue for the govern.
ment, and for other purposes
The Chairman: The clerk will re-
port the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Nc
Rae). .
The amendment was read as fol-
lows.
Strike out paragraph 1870, on
page 28, Schedule E, and insert the
following: That so much of the
act entitled, ''An act to reduce rev.
enue, equaiize duties, and for other
purposes, approved Oct. /, 1890, as
provides for and authorizes the is
sue-of licenses to produce sugar,
and for the payment of a bounty to
the producers of sugar from beets.
sorghum, or sugar cane grown in
the United States, or from maple
sap produced within the United
States be, and the same hereby is,
repealed, to take effect July l, 1894,
and thereafter it shall be unlawful
to issue any license to produce su-
gar or to pay any bounty for the
production of sugar of any kind un-
der the said act, ~
Mr. McRae said:
Mr.. Chairman: Ithankmy friend
from Texas, and the committee for
an extension of my time. 1t is not
my purpose at this time to discuss
the general theory upon which this
bill is constructed All that I have
to say about it now is that the free
list is not as long and the rates of
revenue in the several schedules
are not as low as | hoped for, but |
know the difficulties under which
the Democratic majority of this
able and faithful committee has la
bored in the preparation of the bill,
and duly appreciate the perpleXi-
ties that have surrounded them in
preparing tariff bill at time
when the revenues are short, with
a large part of the consumers and
importers demanding either a low
tariff or none at all, and the manu-
facturers as a general thing, insist
ing upon free raw material and
high duties on their manufactures.
| It has been difficult task. The
great wonder is that they have sue
ceeded as well as they have without
sacrificing that fundamental prin-
ciple of the Democratic party which
denies all constitutional power to
impose and collect tariff duties eX-
cept for the purposes of revenue
only, and insists that all taxes
should be limited to the necessities
ST the government when honestly
and economically administered.
The committee has proceeded
with great caution and conserva-
tism in the work of reconciling the
conflicting interests Of these several
classes, and they deserve and no
doubt will receive the thanks OF the
country for the manner in which
they have performed their work.
This bill, if passed, will be the
first step in the great cause OF tar
if reform and commercial freedom,
and as such I will cheerfully lysupport
the revenue-raising features OF it,
and believe that the gentleman
from New York Mr. Cochran is
correct when he says it will increase
and not reduce the revenues, But,
Mr.. Chairman, l can not support
that provision of the bill which con-
tinues for s years the sugar-boun-
ty provisions of the Mckinley act
The purpose of the amendment l
have prepared is to strike out para
graph l8o of this bill, which is as
follows;
"That the bounties authorized to
be paid to the producers of sugar
by section 23l of the act entitled
'An act to reduce revenue, equalize
duties and for other purposes, APP
proved oct, I 1890, shall be reduced
one.eighth of their respective
amounts, as prescribed in said act
each year, beginning with July !,
1895, and extendind to July !, l9Ol'
inclusive and shall thereafter cease
and determine
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