Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-04-26
SENATOR HALE'S
GREAT TARIFF SPEECH-ONE OF
THE BEST HE EVER MADE.
THE ABsURDrrY AND HYPOCRISY OF THE
WILSON BILL CLEARLY SHOWN
THOROUGHLY BAD BILL.


% "Wednesday, April II, Senator Eu-
gene Hale Of Maine delivered a masterful
speech against the Wilson tariff bill 1t
occupies fourteen pages OF the Congress
siondl Record. and would fill nearly two
pages of The AMERICAN If printed in full
1t Is possible. therefore, TO present to our
readers only a summary of and excerpts
from this extraordinarily strong speech
Mr.. Hale. addressing the president Of the
senate, said:
MIR. PRESIDENT Since my service In
Congress began six different general tariff
bills have been reported to Congress, and
discussed by its two branches, awakening
always a deep interest among the people
whose busiBsss and everyday life and pros
perity were affected by the provisions of
the different bills.
1t is not possible that any tariff bill.
dealing with the diversified industries of
the United States, and changing existing
laws under which business and labor have
adjusted themselves. could be reported
and discussed iu Washington without
awakening this deep interest But think
| am entirely safe in making the statement
that at no time during these twenty five
years. has any tariff bill, or, indeed. may
say all tariff bills. aroused 50 deep feel.
Ing smoug the American people and 50
strong and earnest and determined oppo-
sition as the tariff bill now before the Sen
ate, known the world over A. the Wilson
tariff bill.
Nearly every senator about me will bear
me out In saying that his mail Is loaded
with protests sgsinst the provisions Of the
bill that he Is waited upon daily by DELI
cations of his constituents who are
alarmed at the effect OF the bill shoult Il
ever pass and that by private correspond
ence, by the newspapers, by visits to
Washington OF thousands of people at
whose material interests the bin strikes.
the whole country has lifted up It's voice,
wherever the bill has 70 this time been
considered, In loud but thus far iuefect-
ual protest against the bill
TiIE PEOPLE not ROOFS.
The reasons for this are not hard 10 dl,-
cover. Aside from the theories and doc.
trines upon which II is claimed. thst the
provisions rest. and beyond ihe indignant
opposition which sone of Its remarkable
features have evoked. the people OF the
United States are being educated by Oh.
seryation and experience in the conditions
OF everyday life 10 more thorough IN
derstADding of the relation which all Of
our Industries bear TO each other.
The doctrine of protection t. American
labor and American Industries, a. affected
by competition with foreign labor aud
foreign industries. is every wear more aud
more plainly seen 10 involve no preference
for one Kind Of labor above another mae
system OF protection Is seen to be not Que
for the manufacturer alone; but a. manu-.
factures are Inbred with the life aud inter
ests OF all the people, other great to
dustiie- have been learning the lesson that
when you strike at the manufacturer. you
strike st the merchant who sells hi- warta>
At the carrier who transports the projuct,
st the farmer who finds. iu the home
market which prosperous manufacture
opens 10 him. his best resort When hr
seeks to dispose OF the product OF his o,Su
labor.
The better understanding today Of the
interdependenee OF all American industries
each upon the other, and the menace
which overhsngs these industries. thus
Connected BY common bond of interest,
In The calamitous accession TO power Of
the democratic party through the election,
In 1892, all this has brought out from the
lakes To the Gulf sud from -ea-hore u
seashore such an expression OF "rathful
denuuciation of the provisions of the bt!
now before the Senate a. neither House
nor Senate nor the American people nur
the world has ever before seen.
do not propose, Mr.. President. IN what
may say today, to address myself - thv
general considerations that und,riie the
doctrines which animate the two great
political parties of this country The
senator from Massachusetts MIR Lodge
did that so admirably, In the speech when
he delivered here yesterday. that | do not
need 10 60 into that domain. | shall
rather give my attention and try 10 bring
TO the consideration of senators certain,
thus far. unexplained Weaknesses OF the
bill. certain manifest and unpardonable iu-
consistencies in It's makeup, and certain
deplorable cases where. If the bill Is MT
changed but passes as reported by the
Senate committee, destruction Of home
industries will be the result and waste ard
desolation Will be substituted thereby for
comfort and prosperity which now prevail
under existing law
WILL SOMEBODY EXPLAIN!
Before this debate shall come to an end
Mr.. President. desire, and in this | ex
press general wish, or perhaps what |
may call curiosity, that some senator, who
stands in the relation of sponsor 10 this
bill, shall state to the Senate and TO the
country the general theory or doctrine or
proposition or party dogma upon which
the bill is framed and presented 10 the
Senate. Going more into detail, | ask