The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25
r.. A. YOUNG SAYS THE PEOPLE OF
MINNESOTA SHOULD USE
THEM
IF TAWNEY is RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE INSERTION OF SECTION
- IN THE DINGLEY TARIFF
BILL.
\ HARD BLOW AT TWIN CITIES.
A Chicago Paper Lauds the WiDODa
Man and Says He Deserves to
Be President.

If Congressman Tawney was the au-
thor Of section % of the Dingley bill,
ne should be tarred and feathered by
the people of Minnesota"
so said E. A. Young, of the firm of
Finch, Van Slyck, Young & Co.,
to a reporter for the Globe last
evening. Mr.. Young was talking
about the now famous section of the
Dlngley bill which ostensibly pro-
woes that an additional duty of 20 per
cent al Valorem shall be attached to
all imports in bond brought into this
country through contiguous countries
canada and Mexico. The effect of
the operation of section % was not
discovered until several days ago. and
there was no idea that Secretary Gage
or the treasury, was to rule that the
1O per cent additional was to be put
on all goods imported through Canada
Inc matter was brought to light in a
very singular way. A few days ago a
New York paper published short
Item to the effect that now the Ding
ley bill was in force the secretary of
this point, and the first known of if
mere, several st. Paul jobbers received
kilograms from the East asking what
effect it would have upon their bust
ness. Then its mischIevous portent
was apparent
As matter of fact the Twin City
Jobbers claim itwould be a Obstructive
blow to the jobbing interests of the
q "a ny hvr- <Nc.f
nect1on with lines of steamers to Mon
treal from Europe, has saved the
Northwest thousands of dollars every
year by making satisfactory freight
rates from Europe and forcing down
the rates of the Eastern trunk lines.
Inc same thing is true with the China
and Japan impOrtations over the Can
adam Pacific. To cut this off, which
the section practically does. would
greatly 1njure these railroads; but it is
claimed that would be but a drop i'm
the bucket compared with the injury
1t would do the entire Northwest. II
would benefit the Eastern trunk lines
ana some American transcontinental
lines and would throw a great share
of the Northwest jobbing trade TO Chit
cago and other points, as it would force
all 1mportations over lines farther
south.
A very strong protest was sent to
washington by the JObbers' union, the
chamber of commerce and the Com
mercial club, also signed by a large
number of jobbers of ST. Paul and by
some commercial organizations in Min
neapo1s, protesting against any I'M
favorable decision on this clause: the
wording of the section IS so ambiguous
and obtuse, it is claimed that it can
be construed to mean nothing or it
can be read to add the duty. a de-
PiSinn cd doi1
also added his protest to it. Senator
Davis further adds that there was no
such intention of the senate to enact
any measure with that effect, and
nothing of the kind was ever men
toned in any conference committee
On the top of all this comes the dis
closure in the Chicago Times Herald
Of Monday that Congressman Tawney
is the cause of the prospective undoing
of the Northwest's commercial inter
ests. The Chicago paper contained a
tWo-column cut of the Winona man
with the caption, THE Man Who
Nipped the Canadian Railroads." and
beneath it was the following:
The man who put a kink in the Canadian
railroads by suggesting the 10 per cent dis
| eliminating duty on bonded goods shipped
through Canada to the United States has
been discovered. Minnesota claims him and
is proud of him. He is Congressman James
A. Tawney:. of Winona, and he represents
the First district
For weeks the unknown statesman who was
responsible for section % of the Dingley
tariff bill has been praised by the press. com
mended By the public, blessed by the rail-
road men of the country and set upon by
Canadians as meddler and an estopper of
industry. 1t is safe to say that he is ex-
ecrated by the Canadian Pacific road but
there are those in this country who say he
is one of the greatest and shrewdest states
men in America and that he richly deserves
to be president of the United States before he
dies.
Mr.. Tawney's suggestion will save no end
OF business to the railroads of the United
States. How valuable the privilege Is may
be gathered from the sQuirming of the Cana
dian Pacific road. which got most of the
traffic. No man in Minnesota is as big today
as Congressman Tawney and he is Just 42
years old.
1t was in regard to this recognition
OF the Minnesota congressman that
Mr.. Young said: ..
IF Congressman Tawney was the author
of that section he has woefully misreDresent-
ed Minnesota and the Northwest as thorough
ly as it would be possible for any man to do
l am ADVERSE 10 any newspaper notoriety, but
you can say for me that If Congressman
| Tawney was the author of section % of the
Dingley bill he should be tarred and feathered
by the people of Minnesota. The only solu-
ton of any such action on his part would
! be that he was in the pay Of some of the
American railroads. did not know anything
| of his connection with this until this even
ing, and We have always attributed the
| ton of Senator Cullom, of Illinois, who is
| interested In railroads largely. and would
| be likely to get through legislation OF this
| kind for the benefit of Chicago jobbers any
way. Why we got Senator Davis to tele-
graph his protest to Secretary Gage and were
trying to reach Tawney to get him to do the
same; We feel like sending Tawney differ
ent message now.
There's another thing that seems queer TO
me; we send representatives to Washington
to protect the interests of Minnesota, but
they were evidently asleep when this bill came
up for consideraton-all except Mr.. Tawney."
A dispatch from Washington to a Mime
apolis paper last night says: Congressman
Tawney when seen this afternoon and asked
as to his responsibility for the clause of the
tariff bill providing for 10 per cent dis
eliminating duty on bonded goods said
9" In view of my knowledge of the facts
as to section % of the tariff BILL 1t is
very evident that more state politics is in
volved in the motive that prompted tina
dispatch charging me with its authorship than
appears on the surface. And for the present
1 will not give the politicians of Minneapolis
the satisfaction of an interview as to my
connection with the matter, except to say that
I voted for the measure. as did every Repub-
lican member of the house and senate from
this state "
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