Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-17
HOEE SMITH HIT HARD Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma
 Calls on the Secretary TO ANSWER A GRAVE CHARGE He Was Severely Criticised for Not Attending to His Business. COMPETITION FROM CHINA AND JAPAN Called Forth Passionate Speech From Sem ator Stewert Suggesting That Free
 Coinage of Silver Is the Only
 Remedy for the Evil.
COMPETITION FROM CHINA AND JAPAN

Washington, Dec. 16.--The evils with which our manufacturing industry is threatened by competition from China and Japan were passionately portrayed in the senate today by MT. Stewart, pop ulist, of Nevada, in connection with his resolution instrueting the finance com mittee to inquire what the effect of the difference of exchange between gold standard countries and silver standard countries has been on the agricultural and manufacturing industries of the United States. MT. Stewards contention was that the expenses of labor and mate rials are paid for in silver by those coun- tries and as the products are sold in the United States and Europe for gold or its equivalent the orientalS have, in the diff ference of exchange. an advantage of 50 per cent, and that this advantage, joined to their mechanical skill, their low wages and their cheap mode of living, enables them to undersel all competitors, and will if not checked transfer the manu- featuring of the world from the west to the east. The only way to prevent such an evil, MT. Stewart argued, is to restore the parity between gold and silver No action was taken on the resolution which lies on the table, to be called up at any time for further discussion. The other proceedings in the senate today were of a routine character. Petitions were presented for a restoration of the wool and woolen schedule of the Me kfniey tariff act and for 1 cent letter postage. Bills were introduced to exclude aliens from public employment and to protect public forest reservations, and a resolution was offered by MT Caffery and agreed to calling on the president Tor report as to why the law providing for the payment of sugar bounty has not been executed.
 MT Call presented a written state ment. the name of the writer being with held. asserting the unreliability of the press dispatches relating to Cuba and also asserting "the complete organization ard success of the revolutionists" Re- Tered to the committee on foreign rela- tions.
 Among the numerous bills introduced and referred was one by MT Gallinger, republican, of New Hampshire, exclud- ing aliens from public employment. At 2:30 D. m. the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
 The House.
 The session of the house today lasted an hour and forty minutes and was de- voted chiefly to routine business. Dele gate Flynn of Oklahoma offered a reso- lution, which was adopted, calling on the secretary of the interior for the reason why tHdt OIllcer naQ not thrown open to settlement the Wichita Indian reser- vation in Oklahoma, and inquiring whether any of Secretary Smiths rela- lives were interested ini delaying the time of it's opening. He severely criticised the secretary for dereliction in executing the laws of congress and asserted that there never was a secretary of the interior since the foundation of the government who had devoted less time to his public duties than Secretary Smith, who, he said, was "parading around the country changing his mind on the money ques- tion."
 Tomorrow was set apart for the con- sideration of amendments to the rules of the Flfty-first congress so as to per- nit an enlargement of the list of com mittees and an increase of membership thereon.
 A bill was passed to legalize certain practices in vogue of importing fishes, packing them in bonded warehouses for export.
 Unsuccessful attempts were made to have printed in the Record various memo rials and petitions on the Cuban and Armenian questions. The house then at LAO p. m. adjourned until tomorrow