The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-09

Z Sndil De so imposed as 10 discriminate
against no section The tariff as
whole fell like dead weight on the
producer of cotton, raising the prices
/ of all articles essential to his use, and
yet on any article of protection on
raw cotton, .-he was left in the lurch."
Last wear the statistics showed that
55.000.000 pounds of cotton were i'm
ported into the United States. valued at
000 The arrivals of foreign cot
ton were increasing constantly. Mr..
Bacon said he addressed himself par
ticularly to his Democratic associates.
Why should cotton be excluded from
the benefits of a revenue? A revenue
duty of all other agricultural products
were to have the benefit of such duties.
Under the rule of consistency there
should be a unanimous vote in favor
of the duty on cotton.
Mr.. Chiffon (Dem-, Tex.), said the
amendment would not raise the price of
cotton. According to the Georgia sena-
tor (Bacon), there would be no diminu-
tion OF Che importation OF Egyptian
cotton, so that the only effect would
be 10 give additional revenue on cotton
without taking away the competition
from foreign cotton.
Mr.. Vest said the amendment would
receive Republican; support, because il
was calculated to cause dissension in
the Democratic party. He claimed that
the addition of the 20 per cent provided
would simply add that amount to the
finished products. He took issue with
Mr.. Bacon on the contention that the
amendment was in line with the plat
form adoDted at Chicago.
GOD HELP U.s."
If he said, Il had thought the
platform meant what the senator from
Georgia says it does, l would not have
touched it any more than 1 would have
touched rattlesnake. knowing there
was no whisky within 100 miles. God
help US if the new evangel is to pre-
vail
In conclusion. Mr.. Vest said that he
had as a southern Democrat. salways
pointed with pride to the fact that cot
ton was admitted free of duty, as
showing the Democratic consistency in
supporting free raw materials. Hence
his disappointment that this amend
ment should be proposed by southern
senator as it would justify and open
the way for a duty on wool. lumber and
all other articles classed as raw ma
terials
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas also opposed
the amendment in an incisive speech,
following somewhat the lines of Messrs.
Vest and Chiffon.
1T amounts to nothing and Will bring
nothing he said. but higher prices on
cotton manufactures.
Mr.. Jones said the cotton growers
would not be enabled and deceived by
a proposition so palDably thin as this.
1t was the same chaff offered to the
south that the rates on other agricul-
tural products gave to the farmers.
Mr.. Bacon added briefly that if posi-
tiveness OF assertion and vehemence
were to control in this subject, then the
senator from Missouri tVest. would
nave his views prevail. But the senate
was a forum of argument, AMI no sem
ator was to be put down by the mere
vehemence of the senator from Mis-
souri,, however long and eminent his
services might be.
Mr.. Bacon became impatiert at one
point over frequent Interruptions, the
last one coming from Mr.. Gallery.
Il think the senator has enough to
do to answer the questioA ad dressed to
him Yesterday bv the senator from
Massachusetts, as TO sugar" answered
Mr.. Bacon sharply. The slator went
on TO say that the Objectionablef feature
of the tariff in,the last had been sec
tionalism and its discrimination in
favor of one part OF the country agaiIlst
the other: but the Democratic platform,
recognizing a revenue tariff. insisted
that it be free from sectional benefits,
and that there be- perfect equality in
burden or in benefit. This was the only
new evanger' to which the senator
from Missouri had referred. n
In closing Mrs Bacon referred TO
statements that his tariff views were
shaped by the interests Of his own
state He was not, he said, Indifferent
to the fact that his people might be
benefited or injured by the character of
the rates imposed. As it was recognized
the country was to have revenue TAR
iff bills, he intended to see to it that his
state received an equal share of its
benefits, for, in the words of the Bible,
the American who does not care for his
own household is worse than an infidel-
STEWART COMES OUT.
Mr.. Stewart Of Nevada created
amusement by declaring that the hair
splitting distinction between a revenue
tariff and a protective tariff was all
"tweedle dee and tweedle dunn" The
gentleman senator (Bacon) was right,
Mr.. Stewart said, in seeing that his
state should receive the same benefits
as other sections.
What are we here for?" asked Mr.
Stewart. Vehementlv.
ITO get the Offices" suggested some
senator, jocularly. in stage whisper
NO. not all of u.s. continued Mr..
Stewart. I'VE are here to represent
our constituents, and see that our
states have equal rights under the
tariff and all other laws
Mr.. Stewart insisted it was time the
raw materials of the south and west
received equal benefits with the manu-
featured products of New England.
WAS MUCH FEELING.
The discussion evidently had aroused
much feeling among senators, and this
was given expression soon after Mr..
Caffery began speaking. He said the
position of Mr.. Bacon had been clearly
exposed. as one favorable to protection
for the interests of his own state, with
revenue as a mere incident
How about sugar." inquired Mr..
Bacon, mockingly.
Very deliberately Mr.. Gallery an
swered: Twice the senator declined to
answer my question, and now 1 decline
peremptoTily to yield"
Il accept the status between u.s."
answered Mr.. Bacon.
You made the status yourself said
Mr.. Caffer-r.
1T is a very great deprivation" con-
tinued Mr.. Bacon, in hooking tones,
but I viii endeavor to bear it with
ecuanimity".
Mr.. Caffery was soon interrupted
with another inquiry as to sugar, this
time from Mr. McLaurin Dem, s. c..
The galleries were much amused. and
Mr.. Cafferv said:
II see that the bad precedent set by
the senator from Massachusetts (Hoar) 1
to put me in a hole is being followed
by my associates on this side of the
chamber