The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-11

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Mr.. MacMahon of Humboldt.
cheaper labor and other advantages would not
the admlttanos OF the article duty free lessen
the Temuneratlve employment OF the bOraX-
workers IN California? But they Will say:
"le Is. that g tue, the business will have to go
bv the board. but we will get cheaper boraX."
SO they Will, but right here l want TO say
that | differ in toto from those who
seem to think that the Summum hOnum
You can get living rates for what you pro-
duce from tie soil and from manufactures, The
result must be dlslOcatiOn, disturbance of equi-
NbIlum ana consequent rum ana despair.
Cheapness is the Mecca of the Ways and
Means Committee and the political JheorlSt.
If cheapneSs be the great desideratum the
farmer of California ought to-day to be IN
condition of IneNpresslble bcatltude. He has
got It cheap enough; never were clothes so
cheap, or iron so cheap, nothing was ever so
cheap, except the taxes, which he cannot paw,
and according to these individuals Adam Smith,
Stuart Mil. Ricardo, Wilson, Cleveland, etc,
the farmers and fruit-growers ana woo-prO-
dUcers ought to be wy happy men. Are hey
happy? No. there never was such " ant IN
their households as now IN The State OF Cali
furuia- There SITS the specter of apprehension
that Keeps men IN misery night and day; their
business is running behind and if they suffer,
The country storekeeper suffers the wholesaler
in the city suffers.
mat Is q fIlDg Ildl the theorists ana dream
ers seem 10 be incapable of cOmprehending-
That great republic must have diversified in
dustrles. II the wool-gIOwer is TO 90 out OF
business he must live. " hat is he TO do? 90
into lie Wheay business? That is OVercrOwded
Do The farmers OF the Sacr amentO want il {?
Would 1t be conducive 10 the happiness Of your
fellow citizens? No. Ire thing TO do Is TO
encourage diversity OF industries In this
country. The one is harmonious with the
other. and the prosperity OF one depends on
that OF all.
Tho true doctrine NJ this coYntrv ia m CO al
Just yOuf tariff as TO incidentally protect those
things that needed prOttc ion, and this has ever
been the doctrine of tins republic until there
was ushered INTO the Presidential chair a man
who seems 10 be too big to SIT IN II. / spent
TWO terms in Congress and was the follower in
the foregoing doctrine, and would be to-day did
be live OF Samuel j. Randall of Pennsylvania.
These gentlemen of the Ways and Means
Committee believe 10 a certain extent in prOtec-
ton, but Will not carry their belief far enough
to benefit the industries Of the country. Now,
protection is either right or wrong. II II be
wrong tie further you can get away from IL the
better. IL II be right adopt IL. III they believe
thai protection Is an evil why do they not put a
tariff on coffee and tea, on which they could
raise great revenue Neither Is "A product of
the country, and the measure would have no
element OF protection.
When a man is elected to Congress, leaves
his constituency and goes 10 The scene OF his
IaDOTs he Is surrounded 10y all kinds OF infiu-
ences, the effect Of which Will be oblivion Of
the purposes Tor which he was sent. / was
asked 10 vote for a tariff bill In conformity
with the national platform. lyon are Dem
ocrat; here Is Democratic bill from the
caucus; you mnst get in line; there is to be
no fiInchlng, etc, etc. had TO point out that
the platform on which L was elected was
antagonlStlc TO paft OF the national platform,
In l. gard 10 frUit ana wool. 81 was compel led
by my allegiance TO the great Democratic party
and all that kind of thing to vote for this bill"
Democratic or Republican. l cOud not hesitate
nor vote TOR tue bill. In Washington you have
seen the lamentabe spectacle of Democratic
caucus held IN the lower house to compel
representatives 10 forget their obligations 10
their constituents. and, right or wrong, vote at
It's dIctation. some refused, but finally they
have voted 10 give consideration TO the bill
When the American people elected Cleveland
they resolved IN favor OF free wool, it may be
SAID. Wish that question alone could be sub
mltted TO The suffragrs OF The American people.
You have seen not long Since IN the imperial
State of ONO, Governor Mckinley elected by a
majority that makes Us Ieel TO thlnk of II, not
because he was Republican, not that he was a
better man than ONel, but because in bis
career he lncarnaled the idea and gave guar
anty Of everlasting protection IN behalf OF the
industries OF America.
Ihey ask triumphantly "Why is the wool
cheap now, when IL Is profected?" The reason
is We have TO contend with the illimiIable Te-
sources OF Australia, the Cape of Good Hone,
South America, etc. But Tue real cause of the
low pnce is The threat in this bill that tells The
wool purchasers thai If they will only wait nn-
Ill the bill be passed foreign wool Will come IN
aud II Will be Cheaper tnan now.
The history OF this country teaches US In re-
sage of the bill would be. Wool being on the
free list, we would be driven out OF business
aud until foreign counties secured The trade IL
would be cheap. When secured, as in the case
OF iron, then wool would Increase enormously
In price.
The president then appointed the fol-
lowing committees:
ResolutOns-J. II. Glide, B. P. Flint, A. Hol-
man, Thomas Mcconnell, S. f. Holden. S.
2. Knight. J. r. Hall, Professor Hligard, j.
Rosenberg, A. Nj. Wardell, q. g. kimbaIl i Nj
Costlgan, +. l.. CIRCUIT, \. Manasse and H. +.
OstranOer.
Executive commIttee-J F. Shoobert Thomas
Denigan, j; Rosenberg, Z. p. McL-nnan, j. r.
Thomas Mcdonnell, j. T. MacMahon, II. T.
Peckham, j. II. Glldr, P. ID. Jewett. ii. Nice.
cham, +. IL. Ward aud II. f. Ostrander.
AT the afternoon session President B.
Henley read the following preamble aud
resolutions formulated by the appointed
comm lttee:
WHEREAS, 1t is proposed in The Congress OF the
United States TO modify the existing tariff laws
to admit wool and dressed meats free OF duty !:
and whereas. IL is proposed to MAKE swesping re-
auctions In the duties on wooden manufactures.
and whereas, 30 600 citizens OF Cal fornta are EN-
pIoyed directly in the production ana handling OF
wool and mutton sheep and in wooden ma uu a ct
and whereas. the State OF Can ornia contains
approximately 100000 shee producing annually
$4,000 QUO pounds OF wool. and has heretofore
prohtably employed sheep ranges 10000 QUO
acres OF land otherwise waste and of little yaus
and whereas In this industry an aggregate capital
OF $lOO,OO0.OOO Is Invested In this state: and
whereas. it IS our judgment after fun review of
ali the circumstances and conditions that the
proposed tariff change. II carried into effect,
would inevitably imply the destruction OF the
sheep industries of state: that It woulu wine
out the capital employed In them and thus i'm
mover sh multitude of our people: that 1t would
drive worthy element OF our population TO SEEK
other branches of employment already over
crowded. with the result OF filing the highways
causing beggary and Widespread suffering; and
whereas, believe that we should not consume