The Washington times., 1894-04-12
TARIFF AND ANNEXATION
Senator Hale Brings Out His Favorite
Hobby in Speech.
PLEA FOR HAY AND LUMBER
The Tariff Bill, Says the Senator, is Made Up
After Fashion as if Canadian Com
mittee Had Fixed Their Own Schedules
and Duties.

Senator Hale, of Maine, yesterday spoke
against the tariff bill, directing his attack
largely to the benefits it conferred on Canada.
He said:
II think am entirely safe in making the
statement that at no time during the twenty-five
years of my service in Congress has any tariff
bill or indeed, may say, all tariff bills, aroused
so deep feeling among the American people
and SO strong and earnest and determined op-
position the tariff bill now before the Senate
known the world over as the Wilson bill.
Before this debate shall come to an end, Mr..
President. desire, and in this may express u
general wish or perhaps what may call Gu
iiosity That some Senator who stands In the rsla-
tOn OF sponsor 10 this bli shall state 20 tns senate
ana TO The country the general theory or doc
triue or proposition or party dogma upon winch
the bill is framed and pa esentsd TO the senate.
Going more into detail. ask that some Senator
who undertakes this task shall tell US upon what
ground the senate coiniEIttee mas adoptcu cer-
tain changes which have Loon niado in the
Wis, bin Us 1t passed the House
For myself, Mr. President. am free to say
that while am familiar with and believe that |
can fairly construs the tarit plank in tho Last
platform of tho Democratic party as propounded
by tho Chicago convention Of 1882 and the letter
OF acceptance OF President Cleveland which 'ol-
lowed said convention, find myself hopsiessly
confessed aud lost in tho attempt which have
made 20 reconcile either or both OF these with
tho provisions o: the bill, either passed by the
House OF Representatives or as tinssteh aud
manipulated by tho Senate committee. which
has upon its back the burdens OF the bill now
before
"Bei.re. Mr. President. going into details
touching the reinarlaD Die provisions Of this bill
let me say that l. in common with other sena-
tors and with thoUsa nds of the American people,
have studied the bill with painful attention, in
ord0r to md out any reason OF cause for its pro-
visions. and | am compelled 10 say that ON
this study three things become 20 me appaIont
"tirst-lt is a bill 10 protect the South and TO
punish til. North.
''Second-It is n bill for the benefit of the Euro
pean manufacturer and producer at tue expense
OF our own manufactured aud producer.
"lhird-And this touches my own state-it is
in every para graph that deals with the products
Of the Dominion 81 Canada, as brs ugrt IN com
petition with the rCGucts Of our own people
along the Canadian border, simon-pure, Al
most uuadultoI 81 bill for the benefit OF Canada
and to our corTesi nGing hutt.
Senator Halo criticised tes makeup OF the
Finance Committee, charging NAT the Wilson
bill was committed TO the hands %. three or four
Senators from the southern states
lie then went on 10 compare the protected
products Of the South and ~ show t1st the u!ll
protected rise and sugar, and compared tEe prc-
lection .: these three articles to that given 10
hay aud lumb0r. He continued:
II he provisions of the bill which strike down
the whole scheme of reciprocity, under which
additional trade had been growing up with tor-
northern wheat grower and the northern millor,
ana will at ono blow destroy The trade which has
grown UP with Cuba, and Will, besides, shu: oU.
from the German market the all sady es.ab-
lshsG and increasin. expectation from the
northern packing establishments Cf poFA iCr
that country
The whole scheme of reciprocity and ths
marked success attending il since IL was ftI.t
adopted during President Harrison. ctnin.s-
tratiOn, and under the guiding hand Of Secretary
Blaine in the State Department, will be fully
aired later in the debate
The merits of the reciprocity scheme, which
has already increased our trade with Cuba from
81 ,CooeC0 to ssieo0,ooo and with Brazil from
s1,G00CC0 to sl600D.00O without going into the
figures in other countries, Will be fully consde ed
aud thoroughly discussed when that part OF the
bill is reached"
framed to catch Two votes in the South, and that
although other reciprocity treaties had been
stricken down the Hawaiian treaty had been
saved i'll order that the vote OF the Democratic
Senators of the Pacific coast might be saved
Discussing the bill it affects his own const.tu-
ency, Senator Hale said:
Il come now, Mr.. President, ID the considera-
tion of that portion of the bill which more
nearly affects my own constituency, and which
falls with destructive force upon the farmers
and manufacturers and labCrers OF that entire
portion of the United States which stretches
across the continent from Maine 10 Oregon and
Washington, and which finds sharp competition
and dangerous rival In the Dominion Of Can
ada, which lies along its entire border
Il do not hesitate to charge that, as affecting
this region of our own country, this bill is made
up after fashion that could not have better sat
isfied the. Canadians had committee OF their
own taken the subject in charge and fixed their
own schedules and duties ! am not unaware
that in making this statement am assuming
grave responsibility, and certainly should not
make ii if did not believe that study OF the
bill bears me out in this strong assertion
lie discussed the probability of future amalga-
nation of the two countries and said Canada
must come to us, would not go 10 her, and
asserted that the Mckinley law was Fastening
the union He continned:
THE Wilson bill and the amendments reported
by the Senate committee throw over all this aj-
vantage and indefinitely postpone Political union
Of the two countries, and, in fact, establish
pslicy SO favorable 10 the Canadians that
:aould look to see the growing sentiment for
aexation die out, and that in the generation to
come should find ourselves with a growing
and possibly hostile rival along our entire north
ern border. This consideration alone in the
broad domain OF statesmanship ought to be IN
itself the deathblow of the bill"
\ strong point in Mr. Hale speech was the in
evitable annexation of Canada, and he laid great
stress upon this This question woke the almost
somnolent Senate TO a brief discussion, and Mr.
Gray inquired what advantages would accrue to
the American farmers along the Canadian bOr-
der if the products of Canada competed on equal
terms with his own.
Senator Frye suggested that there would be no
border, il would be all our country.
Senator Hale replied that the farmers Of this
country would derive general benefit from the
extension of the country and the wiping out of
of Mexican territory as a precedent. and no one
doubted, he said, that the advantages which this
country derived were commensurate with tho
advantages which the smaller country obtained
Senator Gray agreed with the Senator from
Maine TO the desirability Of extending free
trade over tho sntiro continent, but he could NOT
see what specific advantage the border farmers
would obtain.
Senator Morrill, suggested that in case Of an
nexation large amount Of immigration
which comes from Canada would remain
there and consume all tho products which now
come in competition with American products
Senator Hale predicted that If the bill passed
and the Canadians were thus given evsry at-
vantage they desired without any compensating
sacrifices on their part the growing sentiment
for annexation would speedily die out.
He then took up the subject OF limo, and in re-
ply to a long and involved question from Senator
Mcpherson said that the Senator showed such .
knowledge of questions which wore wrong and
such a knowledge of subjects of which he knew
nothing that he (lr. Hals) was unable to answer
him. He then proceeded to discuss the various
questions of the bill, but was subject to many in
terruptions by questions.
Senator Hale concluded his speech at g. 10 p.
m, after speaking two and a quarter hours and
Senator PETER resumed his speech, which was
begun and interrupted last Thursday.