The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-19
TARIFF FIGHT IN THE HOUSE.
.,r WOOL SCHEDULE ADOPTED as
.,poRTFD BT TINE COMMITTEE.


49,. ~ sheep In Onto thst There Are Less
,...r Now than For-sriy-sibiey, =
,...,i,.ni. Democrat, Attacks the VIII
sos Bn snd the Proposed r.'us Of Roads.
u,sy,xoroS. Jan. 19.-At IL :25 the House
..,In,o Com mittee Of the Whole to consider
N.rarir bill The pending amendment was
w., ~ Mr.. Burrows tRep.. Mich.) to restore
a.. .1Istlng rates on wool and woolens. to
.hicb Mr.. Pickler Rep. 8. d. had offered the
.msndment to Increase the duties on wool TO
IL and II cents.
.rpport Of the free wool proposition. He said
49,, under high tariff the price OF wool had
s..n steadily decreasing. Hesnnounced him
.., "A An advocate CT u tariff for revenue only.
NJ Grosyenor tRen, Ohiol referred to the
,.,s that the Secretary OF the Treasury was
.hout to sell bonds The inference was that
Ms Treasury was about to 20 to protest-that
n rss bankrupt In such n state Of Affairs. he
..lsd what reason there could he for
,hrowinE away the income to be derived
tom the 100000 900 pounds OF wool
yhioh came into tho country every year. The
p.mocrats," he said. come here and try to
an, down the revenue By $40. 100000. while the
escrstarJ Of the Treasury Is endesvoring to
,.l bonds at nve per cent In order to save the
FrsssurJ from bankruptcy"
Mr. Ellis tItep.. Or said that putting wool on
IN. free list placed American sheep growers in
SIr.ct com petition with Australian and Argen-
tine wool growers. There we're over 100000
200 sheep in Australia and go. 100000 In Ar
,.utin.- against about ~. 900. 900 In the United
at.tsa II costs Australian wool growers about
three-quarters OF a cent per pound to get their
vol TO market while IL costs the American
nom three to four cents
Mr.. Davis Pop. Kan. took the ground that
the country was not prosperous under the
high protective tariff. He gave statistics OF
the per capita debts In many States. He said
debts did not indicate prosperity. and the only
case he knew OF where men lived on their
debts was the national banking system. lie
eontsnded for free wool. and said that at the
time OF the free trade agitation in England tho
English farmers protested, Just as our farm
srs were now doing. but their protests were
Ignored and wool made free. when the wool
'eS NJ Gsnnon VRep.. ill., said It was necessary
TO utilize and develop the industries now ex-
listing in order to provide for the time whom
90 people. He accounted for the fall in the
price Of wheat by saying that We had but two
customers In Europe. and that with smaller
demand abroad there was a smaller. demand
in this country. He was not quarrellinR with
the policy OF Great Britain he thought for her
II might be n wise policy. but 1t resulted In
making 100000 paupers. whom It cost Eng
land $50 UO0. 900 q year to support.
non whether he did not know that prior to the
passage OF the free trade bill there were over
million paupers in population less than
No do not know IT," said. Mr., Cannon.
shaking his head energeticallys and neither
Republican laughterl
Mr. 0uth waite dem. o. accounted for the
s%hsrs thsre are two men seeking one Job.
wages will go down: and when there are two
Jobs seeking one man. wages Will go up
was shown by the fact that wages In England
had steadily increased since the adoption OF
the free trade policy. and that wages in free
Mr.. Fithian TDem.. ILL created some excite
ment by arraigning the Secretary Of the
Treasury for attempting to sell bonds He
has no more right TO issue bonds than have"
right 10 raise single dollar By the issue Of
Then let US impeach him." said Mr.. Reed
Mr. Flt6ian then condemned IN strongest
which had brought about result which made
the issue OF bonds necessary,
Mr.. johnson lRep.. Ind said that In q time
Of peace the Democratic party was about to
issue lntereht-bearlnG gold bonds. q policy
tho Repubicsn A party to u resort to, and the
money to be derived from the sale Of these
bonds was to BE- apnlisd. lotto maintaining the
reserve in the Treasury. but to meet the cur
rent obligations 81 the Governmental policy
which the Democrats must roalize could not
tax feature OF tho Tarlff bill. He character
led the Democratic party as having no con-
T.e'ye SSnH SH
party could not hop its two wings together.
Mr. Wilson uteh. o. expressed himself as
being IN favor OF protection to the wool growers
Of Ohio. even though Texas wool growers
might petition In favor OF free wool. This
Cochran would express iii that the Ohio sheep
were on higher plane OF civilization than tho
sheer IN Texas laughter Livery one knew
place indeed. When he was n boy he used to
wonder when a bad man died. whether ne
bad gone to hell or Texas lIsughtsr.l But
Texas was becoming civilized. and might ulti-
mhtely be- on the same plano with Ohio.
MT; Han Dem. Mo- spoke In Seriptural
the present effort to drive out tho evil spirit
Of protection and the curing OF the man who
Nc was followed by Sir. Norihway tRen o.
sEo created some amusement by reading from
sDcmocratc campaign publication OF 1855 TO
rsiute the statement OF an ohio Democrat that
the price OF wool had deprecated under u pro-
, nSic tHIlh, The circular asserted that the
in ma and e1ualized. Republican laugh
Ar Si"Sies lem. y. Y. J defended the pur.
pose OF the Secretary OF the Treasury TO issue
Gohos howl had gone up that u was in the
cd Mho Gsa Spgs q b val
gold Tor u, ami that gold is needed by the Gov
slhinent" Iclerrng to the bankers Of New
ihork, pr, Sickle said g In the dark days OF
the rebellion these gold bugs Of Wall street
poured forth their wealth to clothe and feed
me soldiers aud cannot hear them slandered
on ms floor without lifting mp my voice in
,helr deienes anu in thnnkfulnsss for their
generosity in the time OF need"
o. G Springer hem.. Ill spoke briefly In
tNotoi Tree wool. lie made the statement
nat lhers ha4 hHen a decrease in the number
u shetp IN ohio Ia recent years and when MIR.
,pII'9Ws asked him TO explain the cause OF
~, defrgass. Mr.; Springer said thouGhtfully
a' he supposed Il WAS because there were
y" ~ sheen now Than formerly. Great laughter
s nnhhtpHIilcan Eid"I Then Mr.. Springer inno-
wn,ly asked Mr. Burrows to explain why there
ssIe,s sheen In Michigan now than a few
NaThgo Mr. burrows. amid the laughter OF
togHsbuboHn- replied that il was prODably
Si.sss accounted Tor bT the fact that there was
-Sret numtrT uf sheep.
Fow.~ MsSe That answer" explained sir. Bur
nIsS eecau - Il IS probably within the eom-
i,sISun,on Of the gentleman from Illinois"
nv u6hean laughter
H. TssndletoD Dem, W. Va and Mr.. Grain
and r. i9A spoks in favor OF tho Wilson bill
Dinsin.. LOUD len, CAL In opposition. Mr.
ianISsy. heR, Me In an earnest speech de-
rows 'HNhleh' piOioseu " hI' bu'-
,n nt Pearson Dem. a } and Chairman Wilson
No. against the proposed amendment and
EnrrtS ihomAs iAich.l HICKS PA. , and