The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-13
IN THE HOUSE.
MIR. Grow spealSs-ThS Presidents Refer
eneO To tho Tarifr-A warnin q to Mr.
Cleveland.

ehco W tho thFlH-A NAEhlA v ~ HAf'
Cleveland,
WASHINGTON, Dec,12.-Ex-Speaker
Grow, (Rep., Pa made a speech In the
house to-day Of almost an hour, on the
portion OF the Presidents message re-
ferring 10 the tnriff In which he COM
pared the'old protection tariff laws with
the new customs laws, He showed that
the new law up to December had pro-
duced deficiency OF $l3l00OQ00, while
under protection measures from 1850 10
1898, the revenues had exceeded the eX-
pendltures Sl,3l0,0O0,0O0. He attributed
the depletion OF the gold reserve TO the
payment of current deficiencies out OF
the reserve and Waintnined that the
greenbacks would not menace the re-
serve II there was sufficient revenue.
Mr. Grow called attention 10 the fact
that Mr.. Cleveland said nothing about
the efficiency OF the new customs laws
to produce the revenue necessary to
carry on the government. The Presl-
dent, Mr. Grow pointed out, did not give
the receipts or the expenses for last
year. yet II was fact that the def
cheney for 1891 was S69,0OO,00O and for
the first nve months OF the present fiscal
year SlS,00O,0O0. The total deficiency
since June 30, 1921, was Sl3l 100000. The
bonded debt under the present udminis-
tration had increased SlG20OO 900. That
had been the result OF the new customs
system which the President oXtolled
What OF the customs laws which pre-
ceded II and which Mr.. Cleveland said
In his message was insufficient for the
purposes OF revenue" and which he said
"Impedcd our entrance into the markets
OF the world"
Mr., Grow said that the Mckinley law
MS well as every protection measure
passed since 1860 had produced more
than enough revenue 20 meet the nor
nal expenses Of the government.
From 1868, when the Morrill, bill was
passed, to 1850, the protection customs
system had produced sufficient revenue
to meet the regular expenses of the
government, save during the war.
'The present administration" said
Mr.. Grow, "seema to have begun where
Buchannn's administration left off. ;"
(Applause and laughter on the Republi-
can slde.)
As to the Presidents charge that the
Mckinley customs law impeded our en-
trance to the markets OF the world, Mr..
Grow declared amid applause that no
market was better than the American
70. .OOO, 600 peopls who consume more than
any people the sun shines on"
For no similar period had the balance
OF the trade been In our favor as during
the three years the Mckinley law was
In operation. An emphatic statement
by Mr.. Grow that the greenbacks would
not be retired was received with de-
monstratlon OF approval by the Repuh-
licRns.
The Presidents complaint that the
grcenbacks furnished an endless chain
by which the gold reserve was depleted
was not frank. The greenbacks would
cndangcr the reserve as long us the
revenues We're not equal to the expenses
and no longer.
Paying the current debts Of the gov
ernment out OF the reserve was the road
TO national bankruptcy. Mr., Grow re-
ferrcd to the elections last fall as con-
demnation OF the new tariff law and the
policy OF the administration and warn
ed the President. when he had leisure
totattend ia public affairs. not to dis
regard the new command OF the people.