The herald., 1894-01-12
THE PROTECTION SHARKS,
Colonel Breckenridge Tells
Who They Are.
The Tariff Debate Growing in
Interest.
Springer Damns the Wilson Bill
With Faint Praise.
DingIey Says 1t Is . Measure for Dsn-
cheney Only-Davis Wins the APP
piause OF the Senate
Galleries.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated fress
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-In the house,
today. after routine business. the tariff
debate was resumed. Breckinridge.
Democrat. OF Kentucky, took the floor.
In the course of his speech, Breckin-
ridge likened the advocates Of proteo-
tion to sharks.
Walker of Massachusetts, insisted on
knowing to whom he applied such
epithet.
Brsckinridge answered: ST refer to
those who during the peril and distress
of the great civil war took advantage Of
labor in the name of patriotism, and
later in time of profound peace increased
those exactions until, in the fifty-first
congress, they wrote law which en-
riched themselves. / refer to those who
admitted new states to retain power,
those who purchased ballot boxes and
took the seat of William r. Morrison in
this house by bribery" democratic
applause.
Richards followed with short speech
in support of the Wilson bill, after
which Dingley. who spoke in the plane
Of Gear, one OF the Republican members
of ths ways and means committee. who
was unavoidably absent in connection
with the senatorial fight in his state.
took the floor.
Dingley said: THE pending tariff
bill purports to be bill to provide rev.
enue. 1t is in fact bill to abolish rev.
enue; in short the proposed tariff is not
bill for revenue only but for deficiency
rka f<>~ cb
render of needed revenue. is the alleged
necessity for reducing the taxation OF
the masses. find surrender of about
$36 .000, 900 in duties on articles of luxury
or voluntary use, consumed mainly by
the well-tc-do who are willing to pay for
it. Then about $6 .000, 900 revenue was
surrendered by the reduction of the
duty ON tin plate one cent per pound.
Lumber and many agricultural products
are placed ON the free list. and Canada
will pocket the duties which we suf-
render."
Springer, who was chairman of the
way and means committee in the last
congress. followed. He spoke only on
| the tariff question and tried to chow;
that laborers and agriculturslists have
not been benefited by protection. He
| quoted census Office statistics on the
amount of mortgage indebtedness.
New York has O larger per capita of
mortgaged indebtedness than Ne
braska," interrupted Reed.
Yes, sir )" replied Springer.
''That shows" said Reed, what
! those figures are worth as showing the
condition of agriculture" Laughter, ]
Springer commended the free list on
the Wilson bill, but said if ne had been
framing the bill he should have made
some material notifications. He spoke
OF the Mills bill and said it was q meas
ure which, in comparison with the
pending bill, seemed like the work of
statesmen.
In concluding, Springer predicted that
| with free raw materials the country
would become the greatest manufacture
ing country of the world, as it is now
the greatest agricultural country.
Harter declared if, by law. goods were
reduced for the benefit of many il mat
tered not how much it injured few for
the good of the many.
Brosius closed the debate for the after
noon in opposition to the bill, and q re-
cess till night was then taken.
At the night session Mcguire and
Cockrell spoke in support of the Wilson
bill. Mcguire said the bill was bad in
many particulars, yet an honest effort
in the right direction, and would there
fore have his support.
Cockrelps speech was devoted to q
constitutional argument against protec-
tion.
At the usual hour the house ad-
joufned.