New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-13
CLEVELAND AND BUCHANAN.
rHE ONE BEGAN WHERE THE OTHER
LEFT OFF. BORROWING MONEY
TO PAY EXPENSES.


REBUKE FOR THE MKINLEY BILL. WHAT
BEARING. HE ASKS. DID THE ELEc-
TIoN OF 1894 HAVE ON THE WILL
soN-GoRMAN- -BRIcE PRopUcTr
lpy TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIpuNEl
washington. Dec. 12.-For the second time in
more than thirty years did the House Of Rep
re.entatives to-day resolve itself into Com
pni;tee OF the Whole in order to hear a speech
the Presidents message. In speaking OF the
Incident to-day. In conversation with a Tribune
correspondent. Mr.. Hit. OF Illinois. said:
'It reminded me Of old times. when Satur-
Aevs we're usually devoted TO speeches on the
Presidents message 1t was the rule. or custom,
that no other business should be done on those
DAYS As remember them. the speeches were
generally the slavery question. and the gal
ieries would be crowded as they were to-day. but
very few members of the House would attend
except those who were to furnish the oratory.
After the war came on and business piled up II
vas difficult TO spare .he time for so much ora
,orv and 'Thad' stevens insisted that 1t must
be discontinued. and he carried his point
II was Galusha A. Grow. of Pennsylvania, who
was a member OF the House Of Representatives
forty years ago. who broke the long silence two
years ago as he again did to-day. and on both
occasions he devoted himself TO discussion OF
,hat mart OF the annual message which relates 10
the National fnances-especially the means or
obtaining the revenues necessary for the support
OF the Government. His speech to-day was d
forcible and interesting one. and commanded the
attention OF the House, which rewarded MIN
with generous applause, especially wnen he de-
clared that This Administration seems to have
,Arun where Buchanans left of"-that is. TO
borrov money TO pay the current expenses OF
the Government.
Mr. Grow read the following paragraph from
The Presidents message as a text for his speech'
BY command Of the people customs revenue e, sys vs.
yored classes al the expense OF the great mass VI
our countrymen. and which. while inefficient. ior
The purpose of revenue. curtailed our trace ieia
lions and wpedsd ou- entrance to to- the ,ss eoey
y,9Sts Of he Government Il .ot truct the avenues
ShfsP 2 Sns Ss
advantages to favorites. and which. while encour-
tons. recognizes the fac, that American sef-reli-
snce thrift and ingenuity can build up our coun,
trys industries and develop Its resources more
turely than enervating paternalism
The President. Mr. Grow said. had failed to
give Congress any information as to the work
ing and results OF the customs revenue sys-
TEN which he extolled. He had disregarded the
custom Of presenting the receipts and expendi-
tures Of the Treasury, leaving Congress to learn
OF the financial condition Of the Government as
best II might. Figures furnished by the Treas
ury Department Mr. Grow said, showed that
from July l. 1894. the date at which the new bill
went into effect. TO December 10, 1895. the dehcit
in the revenues Of the Government amounted 10
s131, ,S54. .204. besides the amounts which may be
included in deficiency tills covering the part OF
the fiscal year prior to December TO- In the same
time the bonded Indebtedness had been increased
.r-1.. cf
snue doesn't seem To- have been success"
The speaker reviewed the operations Of the old
system denounced by the President. and COM
pared II with those Of the present The tariff
had been changed in 1867. in 1888 and in 1890, but
throughout he said. IL had been continuance
OF the system inaugurated by the Morrill, act of
February. 1851.
Mr. Buchanan had closed his Administration
having experienced deficit in every year OF H.
the total amount being S15.00OoOO This was met
BY the issue Of bonds That was the last Demo
cratic Administration until the present, and this
one seemed TO have begun where that one left
or-by the lie of bonds. daughter and ap-
plauseJ Under the operations OF the old system,
said Mr. Grow in the thirteen years from 1880
4 1898 the receipts Of the Government had eX-
ceeded expenditures In the total sum OF sl'i9o-
I571ss Two-thirds of the war debt of s2.7OO.
sions paid 10 those who had risked their lives
IN the defence Of the Union had been increased
by sll4 100000 year The recent deficit had oc-
CURED during a period when the payment OF
pensions had been reduced s1s.OOOooO year.
The President spoke Of the Mckinley law as
irnneding our entrance into the markets Of the
world" said Mr. Grow. There is no better mar
ket IN the world than that OF the United States
with its 70000,0OO people, purchasing more per
capita than any other equal body OF people on
the globe and doubling their purchases every
thirty years" He asserted that no market was
OF any consequence TO any people unless they
could put articles In them at less labor COS,
than they could be there produced. The tmtcd
states sold agricultural products abroad. because
fts vast area produced surplus over nome com
retition other articles. he said, could not go
Abroad unless the labOrers Of America Were will
ing TO reduce their wages to point at when
they would compete with those OF the countries
into which their productions were sent lheIe
yotld be he said. no advantage In going into
market that does not pay the producer living
wages. . ,, .,.,,
said The spea ker had produced surplus ~ revenue
every year since 1855, when II was $hZ.oOooVo
up 10 the time when the new method 50 strongly
e commended went into force. us record win re-
sueot ~ the foreign commerce OF the country
VAS as good In 1850 il amounted 70 81 xloU5,oVv,Vvo
In 1890 TO 81 500 600 00O In 1881 to lVGVOOVVo IN
1882 10 81 5s7 100000. tinl greatest volume ever
reached I'm the history of any country. Inc
Walker tarif Of ls47 came 10 an END in 1901. win
G record Of the ba9hce or trade asd'ASl 'Mla
country i'm every year Of It's existence IN ne
face of these facts asked Mr. Grow wnat the
use of talking about being Kept out oi the niai
Le,s - the world? We could 80 into any country,
he said ~ the laboreIs Of the United states Woud
work at the same rate # wages as preVails u.e,v
7, wss 10 protect the aborers Of THIS country
against the prevalence Of wages ABROAD tha'
tbe system Of protection was necessary
And the President thinks the oId sys,sh @ puon 3,
the way Of cheap living, continued MI ulUn; ,T5
"Accordlng TO his theory the poorhouse "uuu
be the IDEAL place Of existence. reople a.e
cbeaper there than anywhere else u-ausntea lns,
S,hynoss ~ living in Itself was not the most
desjrable thing for this country That was as inc
CHARACTERISTICS of countries in which hoineieSS ,esI
poverty is the sole heritage OF the sons o1 'J ,he
Nr cro1y ouoted from the census 10 snow ine
,rar,endous Increase OF the amount OF ihe vaIue
~ -. n'a,e,tacinres and the paid In wages
- ,,rotecfive system, ana the decrease Oh