The herald., 1897-06-10

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titles When the vast fortunes had beer
built up by unjust taxation, then, hi
said, these daughters were put on the
market, hawked and peddled, sold fol
princesses, and duchesses. and count.
esses, and marchionesses, and other
'esses,' and here was congress legislatine
the money to pay for these trips abroad
If the American people accepted this
condition. then they were not worthy OF
self government"
Then Mills gave tables showing the
vast fortunes of a few individuals who
were, he said. to receive the benefits OF
this bill. After reviewing many state
and national Democratic platforms,
Mills declared that man could not be a
Democrat who did not support the doc
trine that tariff must be limited to
revenue only. But new doctrine OF
Democracy was now proclaimed. invit-
- Ing Democratic senators into the camp
of the enemy to sing hosapnas to the
monstrous bounties of this bill. But,
fortunately, the senator said, there was
no Elisha here to smite the Democrats
with such blindness.
Mills closed with an ominous predic-
tion that the abandonment of Demo-
cratic simplicity would bring forth out of
the dark some historian to write the
chapter on the decline and fall Of the
great American republic"
The senate amendment was agreed to
striking out the house provision on tap
ioca. paragraph (232 and 233) placing
duty on wheat at rs cents per bushel
and on wheat flour at rs per cent ad va
loren; rejected. yeas Is, nays 35.5
Four Democrats, Bacon, McEnery,
McLaurin and Tillman, and two Pop
ulists. Allen and Heitfield, voted with
the Republicans in the negative.
The paragraphs on wheat and wheat
flour were then agreed to.
Cannon of Utah offered new amend
ment proposing an export bounty on
agricultural products. The text of the
amendment has been heretofore given.
Cannon took the floor, but yielded
moment to allow Thurston of Nebraska
to present what he termed some evil
dences of returning prosperity" in the
shape of some editorials from Nebraska
newspapers showing a general revival
of business.
us not the Wilson tariff law still or
the statute books?" asked Gray.
"It is, but it is the expectation of the
passage of the pending measure" re-
piled Thurston, which is causing this
revival"
At this point Berry of Arkansas asked
to have read a statement recently made
by x-Postmaster-Gener Wanamaker
about the deplorable condition Of af-
airs.
Cannon objected, saying, amidst
laughter, that it would be cruel inhu-
man and unjustifiable to have Wana-
makers statement injected at this
point of the proceedings,
Lindsay of Kentucky called attention
to the money voted by congress and the
legislature of Nebraska for the Omaha
exposition and that this returning pros
perity was coincident with its expend-
iture.
After some further cross-firing, Can
non proceeded with his speech. He de-
nounced the pending measure as gross
ly and palpably inequitable, because it
compelled the sale of the products of the
soil in. the lowest market of the world
and the purchase of manufactured arti
cles in the highest market. To the orig
inal doctrine, which contemplated the
protection of manufacturers, he still
SuDSCItpeu. IHe tTOuDf1 WAS tudl dS-
rlculture, which at the beginning was
ready to support the manufacturers
struggling for existence, had fallen far
in the rear,
The only ground upon which the doc 4
trine of protection could stand was that
1t protected the labor of this country
from the wolfish pauper labor of the
world But how could any one contend
for protection to the labor of the shops
and deny it to the labor of the field?
The farmer competed with the world. IF
this bill was not just the country would
be plunged again next year into the
agony of a tariff agitation. If it was
just it might endure.
In answer to a question of Allen, Can
non said the amount to be paid by the
government in export bounty under his
amendment would be $47,944, $50. He
argued that the American farmer was
obliged to sell his wool and cotton at the
low prices prevailing in free trade coun-
tries of the world while he bought his
supplies at the high rates of protected
market.
Cannon was followed by Butler of
North Carolina, who spoke against the
heavy burdens the bill will place on the
farmer.
He favored Cannon's proposition as
measure that would correct the inc
qualities of the tariff bill, which bore
heavily on the farmer and gave him
none of the benefits of protection.
AT $40 p. m. the bill Was laid aside
and, after agreeing to meet at II a. m
tomorrow the senate held an executive
session and then adjourned.
IN COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, June 9-The senate
committee on finance has agreed upon
number of additional amendments to
the agricultural schedule, the most i'm
portant of them relating to fish. The
house rate of one cent per pound on
edible berries which the committee orig
inally struck out, ,is, restored and, cram
berries are specifically added at 25 per
cent ad valorem. The rate on chicory
root was fixed at 21S cents per pound.
the present rate being cents and the
original finance committee rate cents
There are several propositions under
consideration by the committee rela-
tive to the Hawaiian treaty. They in
clude the Endorsement Of the Davis
amendment for continuing the presen
treaty in force without reservation; a
suggestion to the president that a new
treaty should be negotiated, modifying
the terms of the existing agreement so