Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-23
THE TARIFF DEBATE
Consideration Of The Now Bill Con-
tilued In tho House.
MORE MONEY, LESS TAXES WANTED
Newlauds States tho Position OF Silver
Republicans on the GU sion OF
FrotC 10 Ion.

floor when the House entered on the
secondIday tsrifi debate at ten O'Clock.
AS the day advanced members poured
In and the galleries became crowded.
Gibson (Rep.. Tenn.) the frs,
speaker, delivered a general argument
In favor OF protection. Dockery (Dsm.,
MOI, who followed, said IL was not
surprise to him that the discussion
thus lar had been tame and uninterest-
ing. "The truth is," said be, "that
tho people OF this country want more
money and less taxes" Democratic
applsuse.)
"rhis bill does not represent the Is
sue of the late campaign. People
would prefer Sil8, 10000 more money
put In circulation than SEE that
amount absorbed by the treasury.'
| Dockery said IL did not lie In the
mouths OF the Republicans to criticise
the bond issues OF the last administrs-
ton. "Clevelsnd was Criticized ON
this eide OF the House," said he,
"while you endorsed his policy in the
last Congress. Your committee on
| ways and means refused to give the
House an opportunity to vote on
the Senate resolution prohibiting
bond Issues, because your leaders
had been notified by fifty Republicans
from. the West that they would be
compelled 10 vote for It," Dockery
ridiculed the Idea that the present
tariH law was the monster which had
destroyed our industries. II 1t had
done SO, why, he asked, had the Re'
| publican members OF the wnyl and
means committee lifted the metal anu
cotton schedules almost bodily from
this mo nBtrouB law? He deaIeu that
there was AL era OIL prosperity Tor labor
during the existence OF the Nc Kinley
law and instan oed tue Carnesi 10 strike.
| "rhat catastrophe" Interrupted
DAIzsll, "wns the result OF Q contest
between organized labor and the OPP.
pononts OF organized labor. The Me.
kinley law had nothing to do with
it,"
eyes, and the protectei employer
hired Pinkert0n detectives TO shoot
JowEe organized labor" returned
DJckefy. "a distinguished Republic
can, then member OF this House,
TOLD me at the time that IL was the
worst disaster the Republican party
had experienced in twenty years"
Dackery was rs. cris,iy ys,saoastic in
his remarks on the absurd.ty OF giving
alleged protection TO the agriculture
products. or 1868, 100000 products OK.
ported by the United States last year
1904, 900, 900 was agricultural products.
In Conclusion, he said the policy OF
protection had driven our flag from
the high seas, impoverished the labor
ing men anu multiplied farm mort
/ gage.
Newlands (silveritp, Nev.) then took
the Il jor AS the spokesman OF his
party which numbers three members
| OF the House.
In the House today Mr.. Newlands
discussed the tariff bill from the
standpoint OF the silver men VINO
united with the Democrats aud Popu.
lists during the last campaign In opp Isi-
ton to the Republicans. The allin nee.
he said, Ptill continued and was likely
TO analgamate the combined forces
Into one strong party with silver as
the supreme dominant Issue, questions
being subordinate to 1t anu the largest
tolerance being exercised as to ths dif-
fersnce OF opinion 90 other question:
which hitherto divided the various
elements constituting the silver forces.
Much depended 10 the future upon
the. tolerance, wisdom and oonserva.
tive action OF the allied pnrties, ana he
proposed to address himself 20 the
question of what line OF party action
would be best to promote the cause OF
bimetallism which he regarded as the
only radical cure OF the present condi-
tons.
| Although, he continued, 1t Ia some
times difficult to determine the exact
issues settled by q ampaiyn there can
be no question rs to tue tsriti. The
popular verdict OF the election WAS in
favor Of protection. The Democratic
party declared silver to be-
the dominant issue ana nearly
snatchsd victory from most dec
perate conditions. The Republican
victory would have been complete,
had not the Democratic party pre-
scented other unnecessary Issues which
handicapped Bryan's candidacy, fur
nished pfetext for MISREPRESENTATION
| and divided the friends OF silver. Az
1t was, however, he said, the people
had declared In favor OF protection
and the Republican party should, in
bis judgment, act without obstTucliors
| and with expedition. Newlands de-
| clared that both Industrial and none
tary legislation was necessary anu that
1 VI the Two the latter was the more
necessary. Tariff legislation alone,
he asserted, would not give relief.
| toAbSAhH an WSu Nv rui pihhoi Wucai,
cotton and other farm products, the
price OF the exportabie surplus is fixed
| in Liverpool, and Liverpool price
fixes also the domestic price.
In the Liverpool markets these pro.
ducts come In competition with the
| products OF Indls, Russia, Argentine
aud other countries, none OF which
are upon gold basis. These
| countries arc willing to accept the old
silver price for their products. The
old silves price means to-day
half the old price, 10 we have
| tho price of our farm products
cut in two by the competition OF these
| countries. Restore the old gold price
OF silver, 81 20 per ounce, and We i'm.
mediateIy restore the old gold price on
our farm products, and this mesus, he
| said, protection to the American farms
anu plantations lust as the tariff law
means protection TO the factory.
We have, he continued, an industrial
| system In this country which makes
1t an object OF attack from all other
| countries.
T.xa. Hank lIoaau