Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-10
SPEECHES ON TARIFF.
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE on THE
DINGLEY BILL.
BOUNTY ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
THIS Is PROPOSED BY SENATOR
CANNON, OF UTAH.
THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY.
Mr.. Tburston Presents What He
Terms Evidence of It--Wana-
u,Lcr,x Ucccnf Statcmcut-Rice
and wheat Paragraphs Go Through.


had a period OF tariff speeches to-day
and as result. little progress was
made or the bill. Mr.. Rawlings, OF
Utah. and Mr.. Mills. Of Texas, discussed
the Democratic attitude on the tariff
from their respective standpoints. Later
in the day Mir. Cannon, Of Utah, pro-
posed an amendment. placing an export
bounty on agricultural products. He
spoke for two hours on the needs OF
the farmer. Mr.. Butler. Of North caro-
lima. also spoke in favor of giving the
farmer equal benefits with other class
es under the bill. Only half a page OF
the bill. covering four brief and com
parativcly unimportant paragraphs tZZ'
TO 2sS. were disposed Of during the day.
The session will begin at II a. NJ. to-
morrow.
Consideration OF the tariff bill was re-
sumed at 1215 Ia VI. No mention was
made as TO the time Of taking up the
sugar schedule, and the debate proceed
cd on the agricultural schedule.
On the rice paragraph. Mr.. Allison, in
charge OF the bill withdrew the com
mittee amendments reducing the House
rates. leaving those rates to stand.
Dir. Mills Of Texas, moved TO strike
out the entire rice paragraph, and sub
stitute a new one. placing a uniform
duty Of 20 per cent ad valorem on al
grades of rice. RejecteG-ycas, 10; nays,
49, Five Democrats-Mossrs. Bacon.
FgT.
and four Populists-Messrs. Allen, But
Ter. Hetsfcld, and Stewart-voted with
the Republicans in the negative. The
rice paragraph was then agreed 10 as
it came from the Rouse.
Rye and ryc-fOur were agreed to as
reported. Paragraph 23l. on tapioca. had
been struck out by the Senate. on the
question Of agreeing to this change, Mr..
Rawlings. of Utah, took the floor to am
swer Mr.. Vests statement yesterday,
that a new evangcl" of Democratic doc
trine was being proclaimed by certain
Democratic senators. Mr. Rawlings said
he had been a member Of the Commit
tee on Resolutions and Platform at Chi
cago. presenting that platform clause
which had been under discussion. 1t
was on his motion it was agreed TO.
Mr.. Lindsay. of Kentucky. the platform
Inns. since he presented the tariff clause.
why the old Democratic word only az
ter tariff for revenue" came 10 be omit
ted. Was It an intentional omission? MIR.
Lindsay asked. 81 think not" respond
ed Mr. Rawlings.
~ can throw some light on that sub
icct," said Mr.. Tillman, who was also a
member Of the Committee on Platform
at the Chicago convention. ut was
omitted purposely. after discussion
Mr. Rawlings reviewed the course Of
the Democratic party in early tariff le-
gislation. The essential principle of this
was that all burdens and benefits should
be borne equally. This was no new
ovangel or "rattlesnake" as Mr. Vest
had characterized It. and there was no
need Of any Democratic senator's invok-
ing the Almighty against such doctrine.
1t came to the Democratic senators pure
and unadulterated from the Democratic
fathers. and he would support it.
MILLS ARRAIGNS THE BILL.
Mr.. Mills severely arraigned the biz
as a class measure. designed to build up
a vast fund for distribution among the
benohciaries of the bill. and AT the eX-
pense of the forgotten man'-the tax
payer. He Indirectly criticised those
Democratic senators who voted on the
amendments to the bill putting tax on
cotton and other articles. contending that
their course was a radical departure from
the tenets Of Democracy.
Mr. Mills closed with an ominous pre-
diction that the abandonment of Demo
cratic simplicity would bring forth. out
Of the dark some historian to write
chapter on the decline and fall OF the
great American people
The Senate amendment was then agreed
TO, striking out the House provision on
tapioca.
Mr.. Vest moved to strike out the para
graphs (232 and 230 placing duty on
wheat at p cents per bushel, and or
wheat flour at p per cent. ad Valorem.
Reiccted-yeas, 15 nays, 3d.
Four observation-disclosures. Bacon. Nc
Emery. McIaurin, and Tillman-and two
Populists- Messrs. Allen ana Hcitfeld-
voted with the Republicans in the nc-s
tive.
The paragraphs on wheat and wheat
flour were then agreed 10.
Mr.. Cannon took the floor to speak on
his amendment, but yielded moment TO
allow Mr. ThurstOn. of Nebraska, TO
present what he termed some evidences Of
returning prosperity" in the shape of
some editorials from Nebraska news
papers, showing a general revival of busi-
ness. 'Is not the Wilson tariff law
still on the statute books?" asked Mr..
Gray Democrat. Of Delaware 1T IS;
but the expectation of the passage OF the
pending measure" replied Mr.. Thurston,
sis what is causing this revival"
MIR. Berry, of Arkansas, asked TO have
read a statement recently made by eX-
Postmaster-General Wanamaker about
the deplorable condition OF affairs. Mr..
Cannon objected saying, amid laughter,
that il would be cruel, inhuman. and UNI
iustinable TO have Mr.. Wanamaker's
statement injected at this point of the
proceedings. After some further remarks
Mr.. Cannon proceeded with his speech.
He denounced the pending measure as
grossly and palpably inequitable, because
a. compelled the sale of the products of
the sof in the lowest market of the
world and the purchase of manufactured
articles in the highest market. The origi-
nal doctrine which contemplated the pro-
lection Of manufactures he still sub
scribed. The trouble was that agricul-
tire. which at the beginning was ready
TO support the manufacturer struggling
for existence. had fallen far in the rear.
PROJECTIONS ONLY EXCUSE.
The only ground on which the doctrine
of protection could stand was that il
protected the labOrer Of this country from
the wolfsh paupor labor of the world
But how could any one contend for pro-
lection 20 the labor of the shops and
mills and deny it to the labor Of the
fields? The farmer competed with the
world IL this bill was not just the coun-
try would be plunged again next year into
the agony of tariff agitation. IL It was
Just. IL might endure.
Mr.. Cannon said he hoped that it might
endure. with slight notifications. for
many years, because this country was
waiting for the settlement Of greater
question than this.