The times., 1897-03-24
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With questions regarding southern invest
ments, till Mr.. McLaurin shouted in reply:
You must have been caught in some
boom townI''
Upon further comparison of the effect
of tariff upon the wealth of the two sec
tions, Mr.. Milhken asked il the Eastern
manufacturers got money, wouldn't he
| spend it again"
He goes TO Europe to spend it, was
the reply.
Can lie not pay more to his working
men?" asked Mr.. Mlliken.
"Yes, he can pay more, but he doesn't do
| it The more ahie he is, the less he likes
To pay"
Money is the iife-hlood of trade con-
| tinueG Mr.. McLaurln. when it stops
! flowing congestion of trade follows with
its disasters. An inequtable distribution
! of wealth to the manufacturing centers
| has caused our financial troubles. An un-
! equal part of the stock of money uf the
country has remained in New England
! and the East, and the present condition OF
| industries EaS resulted.
II cannot indorse the doctrine Of free
raw material" said Mr.. McLaurin, turn
| ing to another topic. Its continued APP
! pliCation TO our country, along with this
protection, will only bring additional woes
| Why should pay cents yard for cot
| ton cloth when TIE cotton from which 1T s
made is free?' tRepHblcan applausc) OR
withhold protection from hotlI?" Demo
! cratic applause)
Mr.. McLauriu, in conclusion, demanded
that the cotton planter should not be
/ plundered by the whole world, while
| the wheat grower was protected against
! his near neighbor. He expressed his pur-
pose of offering amendments, placing a
| duty Of 12 cents per pound on all
! imported cotton and cents per pound
| on rice, as matter of simple justice to
! the South He asked for free wool, or
! a reciprocal duty thereon, and was ap-
! plauded by the Democrats and Popuiists.
When Mir. BOiver, Of the committee, be-
gan to speak, at o'clock, the galleries
were crowded and many Republicans took
| seats on the Democratic side near him.
He stood at the rear of the House, rear
| the main door. With a commanding pres
enCe and vigorous delivery he added life
/ to the discussion and soon had a crowd
about him. The whole area outside Of
J the rull was filled with attentive listen
erS, who crowded up to enjoy the fun.
| MIR DoIliver said he proposed to give
some of the reasons why, in his opinion,
| the peatling measure would meet the ap-
| proval OF the American people. The
| farmer Of the Mississippi Valley, he said.
! had long ago abandoned the una American
! policy, and last fall had fallen into line
! in support OF that great eXemplar of the
| doctrine, Major Mckinley. tApplause)
| They walked in the rain to the polls,
weary with the miserable burdens of four
| years OF Democratic msrule and bad legis-
Iation. and cast their ballots in favor Of
the a American policy. Mr., Dolliver charged
| that nearly ever ything that had been
| said in the House in favor of free trade
| properly belonged to the literature Of the
! period of human slavery, in the interest
| Of whiCh institution free trade had its
| origin Grover Cleveland, he said. was not
/ the only President who had taken the
United states to a loan office. daughter
| and applausel. History shows that he but
followed the way often trod by Martin
! Van Buren, and James Buchanan. tAp-
plausej.
| Great amusement was occasloned by Mr..
| Dolliver' : references to the engaged young
| couple, whose fortunes formed the basis
| OF a large part OF Mr.. BryGn's tariff
| speech in the Fifty second Congress. That
| gentleman, he said, had followed them
into matrimony, through life, into the
| poorhouse and the grave, being robbed at
| every turn by the beneficiaries of pro-
| tective tariff. 7 hat couple, Mr.. DoHiver
| said, had been resurrected by their Gre
ator and reappeared again at farmers
picnic in New York, addressed by Mr..
Bryan, and he supposed they would con-
! tinue to appear for the next ten years,
the most remarkable couple in the history
| of American politics.
Mr. Swanson, also a member of the
| Ways and Means Committee, referred to
/ the great political revolutions which have
occurred in this country for the last twelve
| wears at every national election. He
| claimed that it did not indicate any
| fickleness on the part of the people, but
| an honest effort on their part TO obtain
the prosperity SO often promised
| The President and the pending bill, by
| its title, claimed that the present dis
! tress arose, first, from an insufficicncy OF
revenue, and second, for the want of pro-
| lection for American products and in
dustries He argued that each Of these
| causes assigned was untenable. The pres
ent distress could not arise from any lack
| Of money in the Treasury, since the
| Government had nearly five times as
much money as it had at the time the
Republicans turned it over to the Demo-
| Gratis He argued that it did not affect
| the solvency of the Treasury whether the
| money in it was procured by taxation or
| by the sale of bonds The only object
of revenue was to meet the debts and
| the demands against the Government, and
| he claimed there was and would be for
the next four years ample money in the
| Treasury for this purpose.
! The depressed condition Of the manu-
| featuring industries, he said, had not re-
| suited from foreign competition, but the
| home manufacturer had lost his market
| because his customers We're too poor to
| make purchases. Therefore, relief could
| not come to the manufacturer until the
price of wheat. corn, oats, tobacco and
of ether products increased The low
| price OF these products he ascribea to the
appreciation of gold, which would con-
tinue so long as silver was demonetized.
He discussed the sugar schedule Of the
| bill and stated that the American sugar
trust would, under this bill, have more
complete control of the American market
| of refined sugar thanit has ever had.
Mr. Swanson claimed that the provis-
sions of the bill would make it possible for
the reorganization of the steel pool, which
was recently broken. The present tariff
imposed about SIS ton on steel rails. A
pool had been organized in this country
which kept the price up to S25, but re-
Gently this pool was dissolved, and steel