The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-06-09
SHERMAN
Gives His Views to .he Senate on the
Tariff Question.
He Dcnounccs the Employment Of PIuker-
tO,s and Defends tho MCKINLEY Biii, and
Relieves In q Surplus Rather Than .
Deficiency Opposes Income Tax.

WASHINGTON, June Thursday Sem
ator Sherman addressed the senate on
the tariff bill. Mr.. Sherman showed
that the government had never resort
ed to u direct tax but twice-once dur
ing the war with England and once
during the rebellion. The great bulk
almost all--of the revenues were re-
ceived from taxes on imports, amount
ing since the formation of the govern
ment to S7,131, 100000. The internal
revenue tax, established from the war
period, was found to be easily collected
and not burdensome. and was only re-
tanned because it provides the funds
equal to the amount annually paid for
pensions.
referring to the old time policy of
the democratic party, Mr.. Sherman
said that the senator from Alabama
(NIr Morgan) had said at one time that
he thought it a question of doubt, on
the whole, whether the discovery of
coal and iron in Alabama would prove
blessing to his people, as 1t would in.
terfere with the raising of cotton and
increase the price of labor.
Mr.. Morgan denied ever having made
this statement, but Mr.. Sherman said
he wins sure he could find it.
Continuing, Mr.. Sherman said he
was glad of the development of the
south; it was good sign and showed
that that section of the country was
prospering as it should. The republic
an party and the people of the west
were indebted to the senators from the
south for the duty that had been given
on coal and iron. They would not
have been granted, he believed, had
not coal and iron been discovered in
the south. The duties on coal and iron
were not revenue duties, but intended
for protection; and he believed the
democrats would be frank enough to
admit it.
Mr.. Sherman took up Mr.. Voorhees,
speech of April last. in which the
statement was made that Immediately
following the passage of the Mckinley
act the wages of the worllmen in the
iron and steel mills of Pennsylvania
were greatly reduced: that bloodshed
followed; that the bill was drawn in
the interest of the iron manufacturers,
and denied the conclusions drawn by
Mr.. Voorhees,.
Mr.. Sherman presented figures to
show that the Mckinley act reduced
the duties on iron, and that the reduc.
tion in wages was because of the re-
duction, for the worllingman always
felt the effect of reduced duties on
manufactured articles. He denounced
the employment of Pinkertons, but
took strong exceptions to Mr.. Voor'
hccs' statements that these riots were
the outgrowth of the passage of the
Mckinley act.
If when congress met the tariff bill
had been taken up and discussed as a
financial question, there would have
been no trouble on the republican side
of the chamber. Had an impartial
committees of both houses gone over it
the bin would have been passed il
thirty days.
He believed in surplus always in
stead of deficiency. A surplus. il
public as in private life, was always ;
blessing. His idna of model tariff
was based larc ely upon the Morril
tariff bill of 1851. That was not a part,
measure. The classification was dis
tinet and clear. Politics was not dis
cussed with that bill.
Taking up some of the items in Tho
bin in detail, Mr.. Sherman showed tha
those in which the south was interested
had 'r"od rates of duty, while those il
the Irth had low duties, or were OF
til rec list. Sugar, for instance, wa!
Id at 40per cent and rice at 80 PEI
cent, while wool, in which hundreds
of thousands of people earned theil
living throughout the north and west
was on the free list. He would demand
that this discrimination be wiped out
The southern duties were not for reve
nue., but for protection. AS such III
believed in them, but he wanted tn,
same duty applied to the northern
products
Mr.. Sherman argued against putting
wool ON the free list. and declared hi
belief and hope that the finance com
mittee would have strength enough t.
give to the farmer fair rate of dut,
on his raw products.
Then he attacked the income tax; de
,lared that it had never been propose,
except as a war tax: that there was n,
necessity for such tax, and that /
there was it should be left to th
states. The idea of taxing the profit
of savings banks and building corpora
tions was enough, he said, to make hi
blood boil
In conclusion he appealed to th
democratic side of the senate not t.
force upon the country measure tha
would reduce wages, and he expresse
the hope that the result of the Who'll
matter would be IA measure that woul
result in the glory, strength and powe
of this grand country.