The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-04-12
CONGRESS.
Abstract of the More Important
Proceedings of Both Houses.
TUESDAY, APRIL 3.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3.
In the Senate this morning Mr.. Morgan
(Ala.. d. introd uced bill to increase the EN-
eiency of the foreign service of the United
States and TO provide for the reorganization
of the Department of State and for the consul
lar and Diplomatic service. Referred.
The Bering Sea bill was taken up, the ques-
hon being on Mr.. Aldrich's motion to recon-
cider the vote by which the bill was ordered
Yesterday to a third reading. The motion to
reconsider was agreed TO, but Mr.. Hoar, who
had desired to offer amendment, declined
70 do so and the bill again came to the stage OF
its passage The bill was passed without
division.
At2 o'clock the tariff bill was laid before the
Senate as unfinished business" Mr.. Allison
Qowa, r., addressed the Senate in order to point
out what he called 1.-THE defects that finger
around the bill"
Mr.. Allison went on to argue that the pro-
nosed income tax and internal revenue taxation
were departures from the practice and policy of
the Government. There never had been, he
declared-except in time Of war, or to provide
for war Expenditures departure from the
policy of deriving the revenues of the Govern
ment from duties on imports.
Thomas Jefferson had been quoted yesterday
by the Senator from Indiana but he Mr.. Alli-
som wondered what Jefferson would think if he
should come back to these shores and find that
the Jeffersonia ian Democracy of this day was I'M
dertaking in time of peace, TO raise the greater
part of the revenues of the Government from
internal taxation.
Mr.. Jefferson and the father of the Republic
had maintained that the Government should
be maintained, in time of peace, by means of
duties on imports. They had held that duties
on imported goods should be so distributed as
to give protection to American laboTers and
American mechanics. And that was just as far
as the Republican side of the chamber desired
to go. 1t was for that reason that Republicans
said that in levyiDg duties there should be dis
elimination made for the encouragement and
protection of those who lsbored and toied in
this country; and in that they were following
the footsteps of their fathers.
He regretted exceedingly that Senators were
not in possession of full statistical information
on the subject of manufacturing industries in
the United States but he found sufficiently
elaborate statement for his purpose, in the
Census Bulletin. No. 81. These statistics dis
closed that between 1880 and 1880 the manu-
featured products of the United States had
increased from S., 349. 100000 to $9,054, 100000
an increase of 69.27 per cent. That increase
bad taken place under the protective system.
And that increase of wealth had been diffused
throughout all parts of the country. 1t could
not be said that it was a mere aggregation of
wealth in a few States; or that it was the re-
suit as stated by the Senator from Indiana, of
aggressions and robberies on the part of those
who were benefciaTies of protective tariff. 1t
W8s tne greatest IN Inc agTICuItuIal STATES. 90
under what that Senator had described as a
policy Of robbery and spoliation, it was found
that every portion of the country had made
rapid progress between 1880 and 1890, unless
the census returns were a sham and lie.
The country now asked to reverse that
policy and to adopt a new policy. What was
that new policy? 1t was that there should be
practically no protection to American industry,
American labor, or American products. 1twas
to deal with that great subject as if the only OBJ
iect was to raise revenue for support of the
Government -
Mr.. Allison declared that with few exceptions
all the industries of the United would be para
1yzed, if not strangled to death, by the pending
bill. None OF them could survive and have
healthy existence