Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-03
About the .Rohber. Iarifr.

high protective form land making the
contention that those who pay this tax
and are not protected have right 10
rscompense from the National Treas.
ury, was mads In the United States
Senate a week ago. And it was made
by Republican Senator, MIR. Frank
j. Cannon OF Utah.
The topic of Mr.. Cannou's speech
was an amendment offered by him to
the pending Tariff bill, to add pro.
vision for the application of what is
known as the Lubin system Of bounties
for the raisers of agricultural products.
The amendment called for the payment
to ANY exporter Uf wheat or wheat
flour, rye or rye flour, corn. ground or
unground, cotton, hops, or tobacco pro-
duced wholly in the United States and
exported by sea from any port in the
United States 10 any port of any other
country, the following export bounty,
by way OF an equalization 10 agricul-
ture of the benefits of this act to en-
courage the industries of the United
States. to wit: Ten cents per bushel on
wheat, so cents per barrel on wheat
flour, 10 cents per bushel on rye. 80
cents per barrel on rye -four, cents
per bushel on corn, 10 cents per Genital
on corn, ground, l cent per pound on
cotton, 2 cents per pound on hops, .
cents per pound on tobacco. .
MIR. Cannon's argument in support OF
this amendment was that the farmer
derived no benefit from protective
tariff, hui, on the contrary, was taxed
for its exactions, which went into
the pockets of manufacturers and others
whose products we're enhanced in price
by protection. A duty OF % cents per
bushel on wheat, he claimed, was
delusion and snare, as far as benefit
ting the farmer was concerned, and SO
with duty on other agricultural pro.
ducts.
surprising feature OF Mr.. Cannon's
argument, was when, in response to an
objection based ON the cost OF his pro-
posed plan or export bounties, he held
that "it is very poor argument, when
you have been robbing some man for
years and be asks you for justice, TO
say that you propose to continue to rob
him of more, and say that you do not
know where you are going to get the
money with which to restore that
which you have unrightsously taken. -
This allusion TO the robbery" of the
protective system naturally stirred some
OF the advocates of high protection
among Mr.. Cannon's Republican col
leagues and he was subjected to sharp
criticism. but more than held his own.
Among others, Senator Chandler Of
New Hampshire took him in hand, and
the result was the following colloquy:
Mr.. Chandler May l ask the Senator
from Utah a question?
Mr.. Cannon Certainly.
Mr.. ChaEdler-I heard the Senator
speak of robbery little while ago with
reference to the tariff. Does the Sena.
tor mean that the farmer has been
robbed all these years by the tariff? Ia
that the Senator's argument?
Mr.. Cannon-Yes. sir: decidedly.
Mr. Chandler When did the Sena-
tor first think that the American tariff
system was robbery to the farmer!
Mr.. Cannon-.Just so soon as the
Senator gave sufficient attention to the
subject to understand the truth OF it.
] advocated Republican tariffs as
earnestly and as faithfully in my hum
ble way as the Senator from New Hamp
shire, and | believed exactly what |
II bali 10
system in the United States to day, be-
cause think that any nation which
will not guard it's own must perish :
and believe the world is engaged at
this time in fight tho result of which
will be the survival of the unfittest ii
America does not protect herself: hut
l am not disposed any longer to adSo.
cate system by which one norton of
the population is taxed for the benefit
of another portion of the population.
l think that 1T is unfair to cherish
only one class, and that the class which
has already thu most power Of self pro
lection. II tho Senator from New
Hampshire will go across tho plains oi
Kansas, as | have gone, and across the
plains of Nebraska. if he will aee the
people there who toll from early morn
till deTy eve," seeking to build IN
those States; il he Will witness theiI
struggles, il he will sea farms aband
oned because men cannot pay tho mort.
gagus thereon, ] believe in him guf.
'flciently to think he will come back and
say that this bill is robbery of the
American farmer.
Mr. Chandler MIR. President, sym
pathize with tho class TO whom tht
Senator has referred. | have always be
lieved that a properly udjusteu tariff
would help them instead of harminl
them; but ! did not know until to da,
that the Senator, who has advocated
the tariff all this time, thought all the
whilo that it was rohuery Of his people.
Mr.. Cannon-Why, Mr.. President,
ths Senator from New Hampshire is
scarcely fair. have stated that an
IN favor of protective tariff System.
L statsd that 10 the guilelessness of NY
soul, being Republican, | went out
and advocated the Republican idea of
protective tariff. mover was brought
quite SO close to responsibility concern
ing 1T before as am to day. Heretofore
i have discussed it on tho stumn, ad
vocating IL In general tcrms; but as soor
as ! am confronted with responsibility
which ohlisos mo to look more close i
into its application TO all the people.
am simply dischsrgins my duty when
seek TO amend this measure 50 that il
shall be honest to all.
1t will be notsd that MIR. Cannon
states frankly that he has undergone &
radical conversion not as to his beIiut
in protective tariff, but as TO the jus