Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-02-10

due 10 protection
The minority in their report on the
tariff bill said that foreigners PAD the
tax laid by the customs law, which Is
inconsistent with other statements made
by Mr. Reed and his associates and
with well known principles of political
economy: and YET he lectures TO this
side OF the house upon its inconsis,
lsucy because f0rr,ooth il does not
agree with him
Quoting on the minority report on
this point Mr. Crisp said that he
knew that. here aud there some be.
nighted republican believed this, bur
the truth was that it bad been eX-
ploded thirty ar forty years ago aud
WAS one Sf the long line OF positions
which have been abandoned one tfier
another. BY the advocates Of that sys-
tenn The foreigner paid the tax. IL
1893. said M Crisp, there WAS I'M
ported into tie United States $4,000
worth Of cotton goods, the duty on
which was SCI 200 II the foreigners
paid the tax thea foreigners paic S2l,'
800 for the privilege of selling SiS,WO
worth of goods in the United states
ERd tie foreigner paid the freight
Democratic laughar)
Inconsistencies on the minority re
posr were further developed by Mr.
CRISP, accompanied by the remark thut
he had never knows a republican IN
masking "a tariff act to be restrained bg
the itleu Of inconsistency" All SURF
shine and prosperity, the speaker said
was claimed for the protective tariff,
but when there are strikes in protected
industries, when gaunt flmiBc stalks
abroad in the land, then Won charge
these upon the shadow of ret@eed du-
ties by the Wilson bill You cannot
thus escape declared MI. Crisp,
"from tie responsibility for conditions
which sac purely the result cgi your
own policy"
Proceeding to II discussion q the
liome market issue, Mr. Crisp &uid it
was ii failure ~ demonstrated bF tie
extravaganza Of the country A cen
fury of protection had not deve5Dpe7i
a. home market for more titan one,
rhird of thc COTTON produced i'll. the
country. Tie tariff and the mU;ket
do not add u cents value to tie pro
dtiction Of the. aE1ieulturists.
Nether the farmer nor the customs
officer will be able to realize The tlrtiHl
on the statement Of the genden-nn
from Maine that the foreigner pays
tie tax" These laws, the speaker
said, were for tile benefit of me man-
uGaeturer. tApplause)
He declared that while the p2oteetiEe
system was built up oSsensiblyfor the.
benefit of Labor, 1t was actually for the
benefit of the manufacturing classeSr
pointing ont that wages of labaFers in
protected Industries went down, while
tlsose in unprotected went up as a no.
SUlt of the Mckinley act He referred.
to the artificial conditiGGs produced by
protection, which was 4 Chinese wall
not only Ssutting cut the WORLD but
S1utting in the United States.
Mr.. CrisP said that Tor the twenty-five.
years the democratic party had been
trying to get into power 1t told tho.
people that if given power it would
reduce the Cumbersome taxation : md this
tariff was redemption Of those
pledges, 1t was not a perfect bin, but
aas a step in the right direction.
Mr.. Crisp closed with an elOquent
appeal to his democratic associates he,
waive minor objections and loolaat the.
democratic principles involved
Mr.. Wilson followed Mr.. Crisp ana
finished his speech amid great onthu-
Siasm, after an eloquent perorauoU-
Men threw up their hats and women
their landkerchiefs, and Mr.. Wilson
was carried on the shoulders. of Mr..
Bryan and Nh TUCKER.
Mr.. Wilson said the old arguments
had been advanced this Afternoon
which. have always been advanced
against every movement of progress and
reform. And they have not been
stronger or more forceful, more at
uaciye or effective shan in the past
He referredj to the argument on the
question OF the gentleman from MiChi-
gan. which he has brought into every
congress, ike n bouquet o. wax flow
erS under glass case.
To the statement of Mr. D0lliver that
he had narrowly escaped being a pupil
Of the gentleman of West Virginia, it
was a narrsm miss, indeed, AR
Speaker, said Mr. Wilson, but judging
from the character of thu argument he
made on the floor it was good rs a
mile Laughter)
The argument of the gentleman from
Maine, which has been heard a every
crosS-road in the country, was that the
progress and prosperity of the country
was due 60 protection, due to the pass
aga of n law of congress rather than
upon the munifcent gifts OF Almighty
God. (Applause)
The truth is that the prosperity und
progress of the country have been be
cause no law of congress could pre-
vent them (Applause.) All the Nc
kinney laws in the world cannot i'm