The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-01-20

ss measure for revenue It met, so long as its
operation was undis,urbed. the needed require
ments Of the government Since July j. 1928
however, there had bsen marked declinct in the
revenues until they had actually fallen below The
requirements for the rlblc service, This do
cline IN the public revenues during the pros.
ent fiscal yea- was not attributable to any de-
feet in the law Of 1890, bus rather to the general
arrangement and prostitution OF business
throughout the country The ascendency OF q
political party pledged to the destruction OF
our protective policy had NOT only crippled and
suspended the operation OF our domestic manu-
factures, but the importer Of foreign fabrics
naturally curtailct his importations in the
hope OF securing their admission into our mar
kets upon more favorable conditions He con.
fidently asserted that II the election OF 1892
had resulted In the retention OF the republican
party In power, accompanied as 1t would have
been with the assurance OF continuance Of the
American policy OF protection, the eficct upon
the public revenue. as well us general pros
perity OF the country, would have been entirely
reversed
President Harrison only affrmed the truth
OF history when In his last annual message to
congress he said: $50 high degree Of pros
perity and so great diffusion of wealth were
never before enjoyed by our people" This ex-
ultant declaratio made but little over one
year ago, as II seems In the midst OF present
appalling conditions, was, nevertheless
We are justified in asserting that the act OF
1890, could Its permanency have been assured,
would have accomplished the double purpose
for which II was enacted-revenuc and protec-
ton.
The Mckinley tariff never closed q mill in
the United States, shut up u mine, stopped a
wheel. blew out a furnace fire or drove q single
workman into the streets. This general par
alysis OF business throughout the country
comes solely from the ascendency of q political
party pledged to the repeal OF the act OF 1890
and the substitution therefor OF q tarin divest-
ed of all protective features. With such a
party in full control OF the government is 1t any
wonder that domestic manufacturers suspend
operations until advised OF the conditions
under which they must market their outputr
Mr.. Burrows then took up the tariff plank of
the last democratic national platform and
compared 1t with the South Carolina ordinance
of notification. He asserted that whatever
may have been the purpose of The majority in
making this bill, in so far as 1t conforms to the
democratic platform of 1892, 1t will, II enacted
into law, prove disas trous to the interests in
volved and in so far as 1t seeks to redeem the
pledges, It 10 either a confession OF error an
exhibition OF cowardice. He said IL
would not escape notice that upon exam
ination of the list of articles transferred
from the dutiable to the free list the interests
of the farmer seem to have been selected for
special assault and destruction, as nearly one
transfer are the products of domestic husban-
dry. The bill is.a free donation to foreigners
at time, too, when the treasury of the United
States is In pressing need of increased re
sources. There is not in it even sugges tior
of reciprocity. 1t is o bold free trade gift-the
price paid for democratic theory
After calling attention to individual items oi
the pending bill, and, declaring that the minor
ity in the house intended to resist to the last
this wanton destruction of American indus
tries he said If there was any provision in the
bill which would stimulate n single domestic
industry or give employment to labor it had
not been pointed out Under the proposed
policy Of ad valorem for specific rates, coupled
with the reduction proposed, revenue and do
mesic indus tries will alike diminish and the
latter in many instances disappear.
After quoting from leading authorities as tc
the advantage of specific duties, MIR Burrows
said starving families clutching for the las
morsel of food, cannot be lulled into forgetful
ness of present misery by the announcement o
lower ad vaiorem duties on the necessaries o
life. Tramping the streets, out of employ
ment receiving aims, lower ad valorems viii
not heal the wounded pride of the brave mer
who never before were dependent upon public
charity. The laboring people of this country
ask not lower ad valorems but work They
prefeRhigh ad valorems constant employment
and abundant wages to low ad valorems idle
ness and want
recent years Mr.. Burrows concluded as fol
lows:
"rhe record of this years Industrial and in
dividual suffering resulting from this proposed
legislation will never be made up 1t exceeds
the possibility of human calculation and I'm
plore you to abandon this suicidal policy. Have
you not pursued it far enough TO be convinced
of its disastrous consequences? You have il
within your power to instantly reliev,
this appalling situation. You have only
to substitute for the pending measure
a joint resolution declaratory of your pur
pose to maintain existing law In full force
and effect during the continuance of this ad
| ministration and business activity will instant
ly take the place of business depression. /
would arrest the slaughter of our fiocks, opeI
| our mines, reight the fires OF our furnaces un
chain the wheels of our industries, start every
| spindle and loom, while whistles and factor,
| bells would call the tramping, starving million!
| back from enforced idleness TO prof table EN-
| ployment and the American republic woul,
| leap with bound to its accustomed place il
| the van of industrial nations"
At the conclusion of his speech there was
| great outburst of republican applause.
| Mr. Black dem, ILL., then took the floor, an,
| referred 10 Mr. Burrows picture of dire dlsas
| ter in this country and said the suffering de
! picted by him existed after thirty years o
| laws written by his own party Not law ha
| been placed ON the statute books by the demo
L
| responsibility for the laws came only with thi
congress. Before we took charge" said he
| ''the present condition OF affairs had begun
| II that condition Is due to exishng law you can
| not say we did it. So far as the law is respon
stble for the present conditions II is the law o
| tine high protective tariff"
| Mr.. Black proceeded TO discuss the condition
OF the agricultural classes, who are now, he said
| borne down by the lowest prices since record
have been kept. In referring to the state o
affairs antecedent to the Inauguration of tn,
| protective policy he declared that no public anl
| little private Indebtedness existed then
| Mr.. Hopkins (rep., Ill said that the bill tina
had been reported by the ways and mean
| committee was certainly an anomaly of con
| gressional legislation. 1t neither comes up Il
| the standard Of the bold and detian
i declarations of their party platform no
| meets the expectations of the more cor
| servatve element Of their party. A
| With the treasury almost depleted ana the gov
| ernment marching on the high road to banl,
| ruptcy, this bill still further reduces the rev
| enues OF the government and cuts off its powe
| to meet its obligations to the enormous amour
| OF SO,0o0O00 annually. He then proceeded !
make long review of the history OF tariff flegis
| lation in this country.
| On the 10th Mr.. johnson dem. o. dt
nounced the attitude of his party in the pre-
| longed delay Of action upon the tariff question
after coming into power. II Mr. Cleveland ha
shown the sagacity and courage the situatio
demanded, the ink could not have been dry o
| the commissions OF his secretaries ere congres
would have been called into executive sessio
TO relieve the countrySof its burdens OF taxa
| ton But instead OF that we were expected I