The times., 1897-06-10

Only no man, ne Sa1u, coul0 De
Democrat who did not believe that creed,
| who believed in destroying the limitations
| OF the Governments taxing power.
| MI Rawlins desired Mr. Mills to specify.
| MIR. Mills said that he was talking about
old line Democracy, and that If the gar
| ment fitted certain gentlemen, they Could
wear it, He wanted to know If the new
Democracy intended to Join the party that
| produced the American women who be-
came rich by tariff and eventually
duchesses, and marchionesses, and all the
other sissies. Perhaps the Republican
party did not believe in a hereafter
That question, however, would soon be
settled.
/ Had the Republicans and their allies
forgotten that every dollar of import
kept out prevented a dollar of export? II
you want to take the wealth OF America
to England. you must bring the wealth
OF England to America; and this can only
be had by the freedom of exchange.
| Mr.. Mills devoted q part OF his speech
here to discussion OF the compe nsatory
duty TO the manufacturer, which went on
all the same whether wool was high or
low, the wool-grower or purchaser Of
goods getting no compensation at all. The
same was true OF cotton goods
He characterized the tariff as scourge
Concentrated money was u Constant men-
ace, and 1t was against this that the
fathers spoke.
Mir. Vest moved to put wheat and wheat
flour on tie free list. Lost ayes, Is; noes,
81 Messrs, McLaurin, Tlllman, Bacon and
the new evangels,'' as they are called,
voted against putting wheat and wheat
flour on the free list
Mr.. Cannon moved new amendment
the export bounty provision, on which he
has already spoken giving bounties as fol-
lows: Wheat, 10 cents; tobacco, cents.
rye. 1 o cents, etc, as previously noted
Mr.. Cannon gave way TO Senator Thurs
ton, who had read from an Omaha Demo-
cratic free silver paper an editorial claim
ing great business and building boom in
Omaha.
Mr. Gray reminded Mr. Thurston that the
Wilson tariff was stil in operation
Nr Thurston traced the boom to the
prospectof the new tariff.
MIR Cannon asked Mr. Thurston what Ne
braska declared for at the last election
Mr.. Thurston- all the heresies OF the,
Chicago platform, but for the first ard
last time. cf.~
Mr. Berry desired to know If he couldn t
have read certain remarks OF Mr.. John
Wanamaker tgreat laughter and also Ger
Tain news from Ohio from Mr. Creelman
fLaughter3
Mr. Cannon said that would be cruel
AMI uniustifiable, considering Mr.. Thurs
tons speech.
Mr.. Lindsay asked If prosperity was
confinea to Omaha, Uaugh ter and whether
the local prosperity was not due to the
appropriation of $500, 900 by the Govern
mcnt to its exposition.
MIR. Thurston denied that the appropria-
ton had anything to do with the omaha
boom.
Mr.. Allen agreed with the suggestion
that the exposition boom had great deal
to DO with the Omaha prosperity As a
matter OF fact, prices were ruling low in
all classes Of products.
Mr.. Cannon addressed the Senate on
his exporthounty amendment Agriculture
he held to be the country's primary in
dustry. There was intended to be an
equilibrium between agriculture and manu-
factures' Protecting the latter was cor
rect originally, but 1t had passed agti
culture like a thief in the night, and agri-
culture was still innyuishine Protecting
the one without the other is an imposi-
ton Everyone knows that the home mar
ket has never been sufficient foI the
consumption of our agricultural products.
The farmer has always received n free
trade price for his products and pays a
protective price for imports. What con
sistency can there be in the position that
the labcrer IL the mills and mines must
be protected. hut that the farmer must
be expose TO the competition of the most
degraded labor in the world? He would
like to see the present bin pass, with
some notifications, and TO see ii endure,
but there are ether questions yet TO be
considered to secure the peace and sta
bility of the Republic.
He stood within the Ines Of protection
in his amendment; it was built on the
theory OF self-preselvation for the farmer
He had been asked when be first knew
that the tariff was robbine the farmer
He discovered the fact, he said, by In M
ing it over. H said that the present Re
publican tariff was inequitahle because
it did not take care of agriculture and
that was exemplfied in the present era
Of falling prices. The cause of the fall |
was the multiplication OF improved ma !
cHinery and the diniDution of the volume |
of money, and the latter was the more |
potent cause. Mr.. Cannon traced the de- |
velopment and power of the trusts, and |
showed that the farmers had not made |
and could not make a tIust. The farmer |
has no guess even on the piice of his |
wheat. 1t was SO with the cotton grower, |
not wlthstan dug the argument of Mr. |
hat ta~ ofx |
of cotton Such prices are fixed in Liver /
pool. There was something wrong IN the
spirit OF the age. Politicians, financiers,
and even ministers Of tie Gospel had no
ime for an! scheme for the equalization |
Of the burdens of the poor.
Mr.. Cannon said he was authorized by |
the chamber to say that they
feel that protective tariff will not re-
store prosperity TO the American people in
any general sense. He said that there
IS even now conspiracy among the gold
Standard countries to force silver countries /
20 the ngle standard, as Japan and Peru.
By the time we had performed our inter
national minuet, we would be the only |
lation standing for birnetallisn, and we
would have to form an International agree
nent with ourselves Recurring to his |
amendment, Mr.. Cannon in reply to ques-
ions from Senator Allen, showed that the
,ost TO the Government by reason of the ex-
port bounty on wheat would be SAT ,94i
$50. The Republicans believed In Go vcrn-
mental aid TO Industries which cannot stand
alone They ought to support this amend
nent. Mr. Mckinley was quoted as say
ng that the sugar bounty was an assured
Would the Republicans now