The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-01-19
HOT SHOT FROM BURROWS
THE TARIFF BILL. RUTELEssLY AS.
SAILED.

THE TARIFF BILL RUTELEssLY AS
SAILED.
Free Trade EaIlncies Revealed In
All Their Ridiculous Aspects by
Mtchlgan's llcpublicnn's Orator
An CnMerciful ArraignMens.
Washington, Jan. 0-Fulluwing is Mr..
Burrows tariff speech delivered i'll the
house to-day:
"lhe measure now under cunsidera.
ti0n has Tor its avOwed object y radical
MoulncutiOn vi the tariff ACE vi lSJJ. II
involves Not only u clunse Ut sales, bu,
complete reversal ot an economic p.,l,-
cy. ine Act Ut 1870 wus eiuc,cC not
only with u view Or securing revenue tor
tine support VI the government, but iur
the turtner purpose vi glvihg encourage
hieit to tue Creation VI new enterprises
and piOtectiun ~ American Industries
anu American wUrknleu agulnst unequal
anu injurious tOreIsn cUnleLltluL. In
its practical workings il accomplished
both these results. Iiiut uct Went Iutu
effect Oct. u, lSSJ, und US u measure for
revenue 1t met, su long US Its operation
was uliuisturDeti, the neeued require
llentS Ot the government. Since the LIST
-
marked deciinc III the revenues until
they have actually fallen below the re-
qulrelnent for the public service. veii-
ture u suggest, however, in tins connec-
tiOn, that this decline IN the public reve-
nles during the present fiscal year is not
attributable to any defect in the law vi
1880, but rather 10 the general der;inSe'
lnent and prustrutlOn vi business through
out the country. lhe ascendency oi u
lNliticAl D8rtv nletiygu to the
Destruction Of Our Protective Policy
has not only crippled und suspended thu
operation VI Our domestic ilanuIa:tire
hut the importer VI foreign laDrlrs ilttu'
rally curtaiis his inipOrtutlons IN the hope
VI securing their admission into our mar
kets upon most favorable conditions. con.
ndei.tiy assert that II tue election of lS'.
had resulted tn the retention VI the h.pul'-
would have been with the assurance of
continuance Vt the American policy Vt
protection. the effect upon tue public rev
cnue ~ well as general prosperity of tile
county would have been entirely reversed.
president Harrison only affirmed lht
truth of history when In hls lust annual
message 10 congress lie said: so high u
degree Of prosperity uld ~ great dinusioii
people This exultant decIaration made hut
little over uue year ugo, us II seems III
tue midst Of present appalling conditions,
was nevertheless grounded On tndisputnble
facts. You tthe Democrats, said tile act Of
1SsN would develop no new Industries ~
created them by the hundreds. You said
II would bring no resultant ltuetts to our
workmen-it secured for them enlarged enl.
1t would dinlinish our foreign trade--tt aug
inented It In 1892 to xl.s5I $50 .0lO. an In
crease over the previous year of $l:s. s.2s;t .ta4
You said 1t would shut out our products
from foreign markcts-Our export trade i'll
creased $l4I, 7y7 .:,SS. swelling Its volume ,u
81 l4s. the largest ever sn"wn in
as sss ssss ST our or ports he ~ e. sas%S"s
said 1t would paralyze our domestic trade
II was never mere vigorous than In the
years Immediately following Its enactment
and complete refutation in Increased III
dustrial activity Oh every hand nnd enhanced
Individual aud national prosperity We are
therefore, justified In asserting that the a"i
Of 1SO, could Its pernlanency have heri
assured. would have accomplished the double
purpose for which II xns eaactsd.
1.-THE Mckinley tariff never closed u mil
In the United States. shut up mine.
or drove single workman into the streets.
out the country comes solely fram the
ascendancy Of u political party pledged
TO the repeal OF the act Of lS!Ki. aud tht.
substitution therefor of u tariff dirested
party In full control Of the government. Is
1t any wonder that domestic Manufacturers
suspend operations until advised Of the con
ditions under which they must market
sThis Industrial depression came there
fore. not as the result Of existing tariff
rates. but from an apprehension 1T seems seems
rates were to be SO modified as 10 over
throw anl destroy our protective policy.
exposing our domestic manufacturers to II
ruin"us foreign competition AMI inaugnrat..
! In this country an era Of free trade. will,
: all Its attendant evils How easily You
might demonstrate the bene6cent effects
Of restored confidence. You have but to
snandSn the policy np9nn ~, which aa you have
listing tarl1 regulations to remain nndis-
turbcd. and all our industries will quickly
revive"
plank OF the last Democratic national plat
form aud compared 1t with the South Car
olina ordinance Of nulliicatlon. He con-
tin9ed: . Ala. A..
ground on which the Democratic nulliiierS
stood In 1892. and from which they We're
driven by the stern patriotism & OF Cen
years later. in force by the whole Demo
cratic party. An,:, 1t il not difficult how
to understand the alacrity with which the
Northern Democrat Obeys the command To
tutionaiity Of q protective tariff AMI the
confidence with which 1t seems to be en-
forced al 1t is by the Southern wing Of the
Democratic party tn9w nnhappily yl,n'i'a.t d"mi,at
therefore to find the Democratic party of
lEl2. with Its two wings reunited. the
s3uth In the lead. moving under the
to the complete overthrow Of our protective
system. 1t may be safely asserted that both
parties believe In raisinx some portion OF
the needed revenue for the support Of the
products coming into our markets. and the
only points at issue are. first. the class Of
articles ,pOn which these duties shall be
levied; and second, he rate OF duty they
Mr. burrows then argued at length on
the constitutionality of n protective tariff,
citing Webster, Adams, Jefferson and others
..Tariff reform" he continued. .is finally
interpreted to mean free raw material. Anl
reduction of duties Oh competing foreign
products entering our markets below the
quence to American Industries anh Ameri-
can labor. This Is 'tariif reform Before
proceeding to a specific explanation l de-
sire TO say that this measure. AS whole.
the proposed tariff legislation In the country.
1t WAS framed with Intentions Of carrying
out that portion of the Democratic plat
1arin for revenue only and 1t is the bold.
est step yet taken by any party In the
United States In the direction OF free trade.
q step which. II 1t shall hnd popular fol.
to individual disaster and national bank
ruptcy And. In this connection, I desire to
say that whatever may have been the plir-
pose Of the majority In making this bill.
cratic platform Of 1892. 1t will. II enacted
into law. prove disastrous to the interests
Involved. and in 40 far as 1t cluims TO re-
deem the pledges. 1t Is either u confession
of error or
An Exhibition "f Cowardice.
"If in error. you ought to he pat.iotIr
enough TO promptly avow II. abandon the
policy upon which you have entered alL
permit the country to resume Its industrial
prosperity. II. on the other hand. Won s!Ii
adhere to the PRINCIPLES Of the ruita:o
IL this messure you have openly betrayed
the confidence Of the people who inirilsted
resting attention In this bin Is the proposed
"a the free list; 1t Will not escape notice
In this connection that upon examination
Of the list Of articles thus transferred from
the dutiahle to the free list the ,ntrreS.s
sna
half 0f the items embraced III this pr"l,scL
transfer are the products Of domestic, hus-
bandry. The bill " free donation to for
eiyners. at a time. too. when the Treasury
Increased resources There Is not In 1t even
u suggestion Uf reciprocity, by which some
concessions might bc secured for our sur
plus products In the markets Of the nations
thus favored for free entrance into our own
It IL y bold free trade sift-the pric. paid
Tor . Democratic theory.
such a proposition would at any time
arrest public attention. but to be made In
the presence OF y depleted treasury, and
power to issue bonds on whitL he may eor:
sa r. sstssit! So starr r..