Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-27

I'LL, Bower (dem N. o. and Post (rop, I'LL,
engaged In the debate
Almost tho entire day on the 18th was spent
in the continuation OF the debate on Mr. Bur.
rows amendment to restore the existing duties
on wool, with the result OF Its defeat by strict
party vote.
MIR. johnson dem, o. offered his amend.
ment placing on the free list railway bars
nnade in part OF stee), rails and girder street
rails and punched iron or steel fiat rails which
in the bill are dutiable Mt % per cent. He ex-
planned that his amendment included In para
graph ilb girder street rails specifically,
so that there could be no msunder-
standing about that class OF rails That
a steel rail pool existed which paid steel rail
mills to close their works and gave them mo-
nopoly of this production, he said, was gen
orally admitted No revenue would be pro-
duced from putting duty of % per cent. on
them. The ways and means committee did not
claim that IL would produce revenue, and he
asked the house either to put steel rails on
| the free list or show good reason for not do.
ing So
Mr.. Springer tdem, Ill) asked Mr.. Johnson,
who is himself a steel-rail producer whether
placing rails on the free list would drive rail
manufacturers out of the business, to which the
latter replied that 1t would not Its only effect
would be to reduce the profits of the mill
owners.
In reply to sarcastic remark of Mr.. Boutelle
(rep., Me Mr.. johnson said he was not in con-
| gress voting money into the pockets of his
| stockholders, To this Mr.. Boutelle replied
| that his tJohnson's) patriotism had about 1t
| an element Of improbability
| In further reply to Mr. Springer Mr.. johnson
| stated that his mill was not more favorably sit
uated than others. that it was in about the
center of the steel.rail production.
| Mr.. Dalzell (rep., Pa) said that steel.rail
| production was an important industry In eleven
| states, This proposition was TO place steel
| rails on the free list and leave billets and
| hloops Of which thew manufactured
dutiable at 25 per cent Was that justg The
| steel industry was the most splendid monu-
ment of protection Under its benencent op
Grafton the Price of rails had zone down from
| $50 to S25.
Mr. Johnson wanted to know, II the price
went down here, what brought it down abroad9
| To this Mr.. Dalzell replied 1t was the inventive
genius stimulated by the establishment OF the
| industry here. lie said wages paid abroad
we're 40 per cent lower than here. Any argu-
ment based on the present price of rails was
| fallacious, because OF the depressed condition
OF business at this time Mr. johnson, he con-
tinued, sought 10 give strength to his plea for
free rails on the ground that he was himself q
manufacturer. He sought to give the impress
sion that he was In competition with the mills
in the alleged trust. AS matter OF fact he
only manufactured street railway rails and he
had monopoly OF that production.
Mr.. Dalzell went on to say that he held in
his hand copies OF the l02 patents issued to
|
pany. They gave him the most complete and
despotic form of protection yet from behind
that wall OF protection he assumed the role OF
phianthropist and wanted to take the protec.
tion away from the producers OF railroad rails
who had no patents He accused Mr.. johnson
of false statements in the house recently and
OF altering the Congressional Record.
At the night session MIR. McKeghan Qnd.
Neb) wanted free trade, pure and simple. He
was followed by Mr. Sibley dem, Pa,) who
-
Wilson BILL and severely criticised the presi'
dent and secretary for issuing bonds Mr.. De
Forest dem. Conn., in favor of the BILL and
Mr. Russell rep, Comm against 1t, concluded
the debate for the night
On the 10Th Mr.. Dalzell rep, Pa.) continued
his remarks. He began by recapituating the
charges he had made against Mr.. Johnson
| dem, o.. He did not believe, aud had II or
authority of the president of the Cambria iror
works, that Mr.. Johnson paid higher wages
than his neighbors. johnson and Carnegie
were both robber barons, with the difference
that the latter was true philanthropist ant
. gave 5000 day for the relief of the poor In
Pittsburgh, while the fa'se philanthropist from
t Cleveland Johnson) takes advantage OF The
winters blast to dicker about the wages OF his
employees. He (Johnson) had waxed fat on tht
watered stock of his street railroads, and his
} bank account was swelled by the manufacture
of rails under the protection of patents.
Mr.. johnson replied by saying that the ques
tion before the committee was whether stee
rails should go on the free list. He had listene'
{ to the fearful TRADE against himself ana hi
partner, but even confessing that all said wa
true that offered no reason why rails shoul
not go on the free list The personal side O
this controversy was not brought into th
house by him. Instead Of arming himself will
arguments he (DalZelD had brought pins herr
/ to stick into him (Johnson) AS TO the per
t sonal charges he plead guilty to the first, tha
he was monopolist To the next charge tina
he was manufacturing class of rails pro
t tectCi by l20 patents and would not be al
: fectcd by free rails, Mr. johnson replied: "W
4 only have twenty or thirty patents on rails; W
i tried to perpetuate the monopoly and contrC
@ the market, but the courts decided against Us
That threw us open to home competition. M
T. amendment proposes to put Girder rails on tn
: free list so that we will be open to the world
r competition"
s Mr. johnson went on to explain that the al
8 | tentative was to reduce wages or close tn
I mills entirely, as was done at Sparrow Poin
t Md, AS to the grave charge that in changtn
( the record he had practiced a deceit upon III
: house, he explained that when he made hi
t speech he was totally unprepared TO answe
the question Mr.. Dalzell propounded to hin
When he went home and consulted his record
!, he found he was slightly In error and he ha
q made the change TO which Mr. Dalzell had a
: luded But the first thing he had done tf
It next day was to inform Mr.. DalZell of that fac
Q The gentleman had been hard presse'
e continued Mr. Johnson, that he had lugged
II his wicked partner, Arthur j. Moxham. M
G Moxham. although not naturalized citlze
y when the flood AT Johnstown left l2,OOO peop
j. in the water and 5000 drowned was chosen di
tator He fed the living and buried the dea
IS 1t was also true that he had purchased an e
Q gine in England because he could not get
h here until five months after the Englis
!. manufacturer agreed to deliver it, In tho'
j., five months he had paid out $4,000
wages. The purchase of that engine ha
=. benefited American labor. The other pc
IS sonalities had been brought into this CO
IS troversy by the eloquent advocate of the ste
rail trust to cloud the argument In all sci
BUSINESS he declared that this steerail po
/, was only typical of other protected trusts Il
"a existence OF some OF which was perhaps not
Il easily proved as this.
Il Mr. Bland (dem, MOI declared that FRI
Il rails would enable many companies TO repa
p their roads and take many out of the hands
4. receivers.
"a Mr.. Wilson, chairman of the committee toe
Il position against Mr. Johnson. He and maj
ar other democrats mad no doubt sympathz'
| Nj much that Mr. Johnson had said hut tn,