Evening star., 1897-03-23
TIE HOI Sc.

TIE HOUSE.
There were less than fifty members on
the floor Wien the House entered upon
the second day of the tariff debate at IL
clock There were only a few straSglars
in the galleries. As the day advanced the
members poured in. ard the galleries be
came crowded. Before The debate was re-
sumed today Mr.. W ilson IS c., VINO WAS
absent on the opening day of the session.
was sworn Ill.
Mr.. Gibson (Tern) was the first speaker
HE devoted himself TO a general argument
in favor OF protection.
Mr. Dockery (MoD. who followed said
il was i:ot d matter of surprise D him that
the discussion of the bill thus far had been
tame and uninteresting. Tine truth is
said he. the people OF this country want
more money and less taxes democratic
applause. This bill does not represent the
issue of the late campaign The people
would prefer TO see $i13.UW.oou more money
pat in circulation than to see that amount
ABSORBED by the treasury
Mr. Dockery said ii did not lie in the
mouths of the republicans to crIticise the
bond issues OF the last admins. IRA ton.
Mr. Cleveland was criticised on this side
or the House. said he. while you indcrssl
MS policy in the last Congress. Your COM
hIittee 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 to vote for it
DO you suppose we would have lrdorsed
the bond issues If the tariff law had been
raising sufncient revenue?" asked Mr.. Ray
On. ".
Then you admit you indorsed the bond
Issues? democratic laughter)
The Carnegie Strike Referred To.
Mr. Ray attempted 10 pursue the subject.
but Mr.. Dockery declined to yield further.
Continuing. Mr.. Dockery ridiculed the idea
that the present tarin law was the monster
which had destroyed our industries. If it
had dcne so. why. he asked had the re-
publican members of the ways and means
committee lifted the metal and cotro,
schedules almost bodily from this mon
srous law? He denied that there was an
era OF prosperity for labor during the ex-
iStsnce of The Mckinley law and instauce,l
the Carnegie strike.
That catastrophe" interr1IDted Mr. n,1
ZeIl- WAS the result of a contest between
ORGANIZED labor and the opponents of or
sanlzed labor trhe Mckinley law had
neLhIng to do with it"
Yes. and the protected ernnloyer bir.I
I4hSerton detectives 10 shoot down organ
i<ei labor. returned Mr.. Dockery "A dis
t''-suishel republican senator. then a MEM
hef Oh TINS House. told me at the time thar
tiidt was the worst disaster the reDuhIicar
parry had experienced in twenty years"
-Hf- Dochery was especially sarcastic in
a IL
Eetu protection to agricultural products
vi the $S9,pp,uD of products exported nv
the United States last year ss,i 0.w Ws,
were agricultural products. In conclusion.
ne said that the policy of protection had
nrINea our flag from the high seas i'm
loNerlshed the laboring man and multiplied
farm mortgages.
Mr. Newlands New then took the floor
as the spokesman. of his party which Num-
b.rs three members in the House An alb
suact Of his speech VIII be found elsewhere
IN The Star.
Mr- Newlands used two maps one show
lnS the +i."S miles of railroad which had
gore into th@ hands OF receivers and the
other showing the march Of the gold stand
ara, 10 illustrate his remarks
Mr.. Lacey's Speech.
He was followed by Mr. Lacey Uowa).
Mr. Lacey commented on the abuse of
President Cleveland by democrats and non
ui-Sts and said that in the debate not one
hiha word mad heen said iE behalf of the
only man who carried the democratic party
10 power In quarter OF a century The
populists who abused the democratic marty
in ~ were its leaders in 'g;
-hF- fandy tDci-J--lS il not pretty hard
ioI tne republican party to turn on the
eoIa as democrats who helped it with such a
tdrin bill this?
Mr. Lacey-The gold democrats have no
Snrh hostility to a republican tariff as they
nal IN ls!l2- The attacks on President
'leFeiand Were really made. Mr. Lacey in
sisted. on account of his action during tba
chicago strike in keeping the peace
All honor TO him for his noble stand on
Lhdt occasion. he added. The republicans
mad not attacked the Cleveland admin.stra
.1n Ior Issuing bonds. but for the policy
that made them necessary
MY NcLaurin Is. o. member of tho
ways and means committee was the peyt
s,edk9 During the course of his remarks
Mr. Ncl.aurin said:
me Nnnufncturer and the Farmer
MI speaker. Ii Is claimed that the manu-
iacturer. by reason OF his investment in
"uidlnss. machinery. etc. should be en-
eouFased IN his enterprise. and to a certain
N'eHt insured against loss Just why this
shouid he selected for government
FAVOR / am unable to conceive The CEN
SuS SHOWS that there are more farmers
thdh manufacturers and operatives with
nearly three times as much invested in
lands. buildings, etc. Why Is the invest
ment OF ore class more sacred than that
OF another? Why should one b.. favor.d
by legislation and the other neglected? A
glance al the real facts will disclose that
one pidht.r rms Tar more risk in his oc-
cupation than the manufacturer
There Is no other business compelled Tn
.""e as many chances as that of agricul-
tuIe- fhere Is no other business that
can ddapt Itself less to circumstances than
agriculture When prices advance the man
uiaCtarer can put on more help and run
on "oiDie tuhe- Tn the other hand when
prices dechne. he can discharge part of his
help. lessen the hours OF labor or close
down entirely. and thus guard against
losses With the planter he must decide
al the season of planting how many acres
he VIII cultivate. and whether prices 90
up or down he can neither increase nor
decrease his acreage. or in any manner
protect himself against coming loss or take
advantage of increased prices The mann.
facturer turns his capital many times dur.
ing the year. and usually with a profit each
time.
The planter, on the contrary can us,
his capital but once, and must stake his
profit or loss upon a single cast. We NAV
exarine the entire method of producing 2
raw materials ard finished products and
We will find that the manufacturer has