The times., 1897-03-25

man, it helps the poor. man, TO give then
this prime article OF food at a lowe
price -
'-If it helped the farmer said Mr.
McMiilia, ''helped the laborer, helped tn,
poor man, to give him this prime article
OF food at lower price, what shall We
say of the gentlemen who come now an,
propose to hurt the farmer, hurt the
iahorer, and hurt the poor man by putting
an additional tax on this prime article oI
food?"
He also had a quotation from Mr.
Dingley himself, saying: THE transfer oi
sugar aud molasses TO the free list will
afford conspicuous relief to the people. "
IF the transfer of sugar to the free
list did this, tlfen,' exclaimed the speaker,
sits reilnpositioa must afford a conspicuous
burden"
He proceeded TO show that the pro-
posed tariff gave the sugar trust a
greater advantage than the one-eighth
differeatial.
Mr. Dingley interrupted, asking for the
facts upon which this statment was
based.
The gentleman talked of kinder
garten the other day" replied the speaker.
"T'n keep up the Kindergarten till he
sees what is the truth in this matter"
Mr.. wanson read from printed state
ment to show what is the real advantage
to the trust under the proposed duty.
"Does the gentleman not know" asked
Mr.. Dingley, "that 100 pounds Of raw
sugar viii not produce loo pounds OF re-
fined? Under the existing law the pro-
lection given refined sugar amounts to
one.tenth and one-eighth; under the pro-
posed law it is one-eighth. These are
the facts and no one can show anything
else"
well. III give my friend the benefit
OF my calculations" said Mr.. McMillin,
sand he can go home and wrestle with
them
Il don't need to go home and wrestie
with them," said Mr.. Dingley.
Mr.. McNillin then read his figures show
ing that the proposed tariff gives the trust
nearly two-fifths of a centon the pound.
He pointed out that the American Sugar
Refining Company is recognized as eigan
tic trust with two wings, which have en-
tered into an agreement TO farm o ut and ap-
propTiate the territory of the country. In
order To carry o ut its plans it controls ab
solutely the price of sugar. Notwithstand-
ing these facts, the profit Of this trust is
guaranteed them under the bill.
He continued:
al opposed putting sugar on the free
list originally, and the substitution of a
bounty paid for a tax received. / believe
yet that the sugar tax, being purely and
almost wholly revenue tax, is lesiti-
mate tax, but do not believe that while
iz..- HaaF tn FOR ind
perpetuare the sugar trustin the way that
it is done in this bill
Mr.. McMillin criticised also the increase
OF duty on tin plate made in the bill, de-
nouncing it as unwise and oppressive.
'sUnder the law of $780, he said, 1.-The
duty ntin plate was increased TO % cents
q pound. When We came to frame the law
of S94, cent pound was taken off the
duty. Gentlemen on the other side pro-
claimed that this was the ruin OF an Ameri-
can industry; that the reduction would
close the tin-plate factories; that labor
would stalk idle through the streets, and
that hunger would invade the home OF the
wOTkingman. These gentlemen were neitll-
erprophets nor sons of prophets, ,asis proved
by the report of Mr.. Ira Aver, special agent
Of the Treasury Department, concerning
the tin-piate industry of the United States"
Another item in the hill which met his
disapproval was the retention of the pres
ent duties on pig iron and steel rails,
while the manufacturers of them In The
United States were exporting their prod
ucts. lie devoted much time to a con-
gderation of the agricultural schedule,
which he denounced as an attempt to
humbug the farmers.
This IIli, said Mr.. McMillin, carried not
only higher rates of duty than the present
law and higher rates than the Mckinley |
bill, but higher than any law ever passed |
by an American Congress or groaned under |
by anAmericanpeople. The rates on wooden |
goods were not only higher than ever seen, |
but the rates on raw wool have been in |
creased by impressing higher duties on the |
WOODS coming from certain countries than |
were heretofore imposed The rate OF duty |
borne 10y woolen goods taken as a whole and |
averaged would amounttO between SO and |
lO1 per cent
''Thus it is proposed to destroy all pos
nbility of reaching foreign markets with |
pur wooden goods; to tax the carpets and |
Of the people more than double |
what they are taxed now; to hamper manu-
material and proclaim to the American
people that against the eXactions of the
nyaricious there is to be no relief They
Ire given to understand that the Govern
ment will hold them while the manufacturer
heeces them, and that neither nursing. |
crying nor complaining will relieve them"
'lf there were nothing else against
his measure, the fact that it proposes to
raise unnecessary revenue ought to con-
denim it il the minds of the people. Gap
Dlausel
MY friend whose imagination scars
rom heaven to earth and earth to heaven
must not forget that the granaTies of the
est are bursting with grain that cam
lot be sUld. That business is dormant
md the people suffering In his serene
/ tell him look out. A day
Il reckoning will come when there is a |
settlement of the taxes"
The agricultural schedule was dissected
With the keen knife of sarcasm. Roars of
aughter accompanied his recital Of the
idicuIous protection reckoned in hundreds |
f dollars given to wheat and corn and
ats
These changes he said, that don't |
epresent $4,000 of increase on agri-
ultural products are expected to float
n increase Of $113, 900, 900, mostly On
rotected manufactures, both in and cut |
{ trusts"
Turning to the subject Of tax on raw |
he said: when the Democratic
arty joins hands with the Republicans to s
lunder the people for the benefit of the
ch and the trusts it will cease to be the
arty of jefferson, of Jackson and Of Polk
Enthusiastio applause