The herald., 1896-07-12

erat1On OF congress, tne VleWo OF tnlo
association concerning the proper franz
ing of the metal schedule of the new
| tariff were frequently solicited, and were
| promptly given and as he iadds that
| the schedule as adopted Is the most har-
| monious and completely protective OF all
| the metal schedules in our tariff legisla-
ton, we are not left in doubt that the
views so promptly given were prompt
| ly' accepted.
$50 much for the origin OF three I'm
| portant schedules. Let us pursue this
| Investigation a little further. Turning
to page 290 of the hearings before the
1 committee of ways and means OF the last
congress, find that Mr.. William Whit
| man. president of the National Associa-
| ton of Wool Manufacturers. said he
| had framed two clauses prescribing
| the taxes on women's and children's
| dress goods and these clauses turn up
| as Mr.. Whitman framed them as sec
tions 374 and 375 Of the Mckinley act.
| with q blank in the provisos hlled,
| doubtless, according to the same gen
| tleman's suggestion. (Laughter).
"At page 21S of the hearings Mr.. Isaac
N. Heidelberger in behalf of the whole
| sale clothing manufacturers, submitted
q memorandum of their demands. ana
that memorandum, so far as 1t related
bodied In paragraph 1886 of the act.
Qaughter)
1.-The makers of firearms appeared
at page 1866 with the sections they
wished incorporated and made a part
of the tariff schedule of duties, and
those sections appear in their own words
as paragraphs 169 and ITO of the act, with
single trifing change. (Laughter)
Again, at page 80 Of the hearings
may be found the demands OF the tin
plate makers-they were going to be
proffered by the trusted counsellor Of
my friend from Michigan (Mr Burrows).
and although thousands and tens OF
thousands of consumers and laborers
protested against these demands, Mr..
Cronemeyer's wishes are exactly en-
bodied in paragraph las of the Mckinley
bill.
AT page 70 Of these hearings Mr..
Charles s. Landers, representing the
makers of table cutlery. presented the
corrections and amendments which they
wished to the senate clause, and at par
agraph 167 of the act his memorandum
appears in the very words in which he
wrote it.
"On page 65 of the hearings Mr.. w.
F. Rockwell makes known the demands
of the makers of pocket cutlery, and
these demands literally appear in par
agraph 165 of the bill.
Now, I understand for the first time
in my life how consistent logical,
complete. protective tariff is framed.
justly related (Renewed applause)
Our friends upon the other side merely
leave the blanks on the committee table
and look at the ceiling or stroll around
the capitol. while the parties who de-
sire to tax the people come and fill in
the blanks according to the suggestions
of their own greed or selfishness. CAP
plause.)
And that is the method of con-
structing comprehensive and logical
bill How much trouble my friend
from Indiana (NIr. Holman) could avoid
II, instead of toilng over his appropria-
ton bills he would only put the blanks
on his committee table, and invite the
government officers to come and write
in the salaries they desire to receive
Naughter) Yet 1t Is just as right, just
as safe and proper just as defensible,
to make up an appropriation bill by al
lowing parties to write in their own
salaries as it is to make UP a tariff bill
by allowing parties to write in their own
bounties.
What was not known then-not un-
til later-was that each of the trus<,s re-
oeived what it had bought and paid for
in advance. The sugar trust had refused
Its usual heavy contribution to the Re-
publican campaign fund, and it was
put over the fire. and had some Of its
fat fried out The steel rail trust had
ingly. 1t was disciplined by reducing
its protection from ST. go per ton to s1344
And so on.
Mr. Mckinley acted merely as the
auditor of the accounts of the Republi-
can national committee, delivering to
the trusts what 1t had sold to the trusts
for cash."