The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-05
TARRYlNG TO TALK
SENATORS Make LITTLE PROGRESS
WITH THE TARIFF.

Denounces the Readiness Of Congress to
| Leg:slate in the Interest of Railroad
| Combines and the Tardiness in Getting
| at Income Tax Liquidation.
period Of speech-making today. and.
as a result. little progress was made on
the tariff bill. The advance covered
about two pages, or seven paragraphs.
and brought the senate up TO the wood
schedule. the first item of which was
considered, but no. completed. Mr..
| Mantle (Montana) spoke for Two hours
on the wool schedule. urging increased
| rates for the wool growers. and MIR. But
Ter North Carolina) made a plea in be-
| half OF thei ncorre tax
THE SENATE IN DETAIL.
Washington, June 4-The senate met
at II a. m. today with view 10 expe-
diting the tariff bill. Two speeches
were announced for the day. one by Mr.
Mantle (SiL Rep, Mont) on the wool
! schedule Of the tariff bill. and the other
by Mr.. Butler pop, n. c. on his joint
| resolution 10 amend the constitution so
| as to give congress the power 10 impose
| income tax.
Mr.. Mantle was recognized at the OPP
ening OF the session and spoke a, length.
! Senator Mantle said that there had
been no opportunity for presenting the
wool growers side Of the contention in
the other branch of congress. for the rea-
son that. owing 10 the brief zine allow
lS.1 l.l., II l.,
never been reached in that body. He
presented fully and supported with num-
erous tables and statistics the wool
growers side Of the controversy and
| showed TIE enormous losses sustained
by the wool growers IT the depreciation
! in value OF sheep and wool during the
past six years.
He declared that by reason Of the en-
| ormous inportations in anticipa ton OF
! the enactment Of the tariff law the wool
grower would not receive much benefit
from protective tariff for four years 10
come.
He asserted that whenever a tariff
law is TO be enacted the powerful manu-
featuring interests of the country. with
their compact and effective organiza-
tons, are always on the ground and in
the committee rooms. pressing their
claims and pushing their interests, while
the farmers and wool growers and pro-
ducers OF raw material generally are
an isolated and scattered class, from the
nature OF their vocations, and are thus
lacking in effective organization hence
in the past their interests had been neg
Ia nd had ~
just share of protection.
The great majority of wool growers OF
the country are. he said, pro;ectionists
and Republicans; most of them are be-
levers in the free coinage of gold and
silver independently by this country, but
the questions of protection and free COIN
age having been divided in the last
campaign. the wool growers. accepting
the pledge contained in the Republican
national platform in favor OF ample
protection" for wool. and believing pro-
lection 20 be the paramount issue. cast
their votes in the doubtful states for
President Mckinley and elected him.
The tariff bill as it passed the house
and as now amended by the senate. he
said. utterly fails 20 meet the expecta-
lions OF the wool growers and is regard
ed by them largely as a Reputation OF
the Republican pladge OF ample pro-
lection for WOOL
The wool growers o. the country. he
continued. were indignant over this
treatment Of their interests and warned
the Republicans that they must change |
the proposed rates or they would lose
he support of this numerous element In |
ensuing campaigns. He asserted that |
the Mckinley law had not afforded the |
necessary protection 20 wool growers |
and quoted statistics 10 prove the as
sertior. He charged that it was full OF |
loopholes permitting fraud and evasions /
and was especially emphatic in his de- |
nuncfation Of the az valorem duties pro-
posed on third-class woods. The senator
quoted Senator Aldrich's statement that /
the proposed senate rates would give
from 10 10 20 per cent more protection 10 /
the wool grower than he had ever re-
ceived under any former tariff and pro-
duced statistics 10 show THAI the propcs-
ed rates weremuch lower instead OF be-
ing higher.
He enumerated the objections OF the
wool growers as follows:
Firs;-To the skireing clause.
Second-To the ad vslo.em duties on
.hiTd-class woods
Third-To the admission os washed
woods as second-class without payment
Of additional duties.
Fourtn-To the admission 90 washed
and secured woods n the third-class
without the payment; c: additional
charges.
Fifth-To me imperfect classiica;ions
which per-ni; evasion.
Referring 70 the large importation OF
heap Chinese and other woods produc-
"a by like cheap labor and which come
MO competition win American grown
yo0ls az rates of duty which. Mir Man
lie said. afforded no protection what
.ver. ne inquired II this policy was no:
quite as hur.fJl 70 the American WOOL {
grower as Chinese cheap labor 20 ne !,
Industrial wage ea-ne-s o. The country. |
\ this connection. Nr. Mantle coniia- I
led: II
TO ny mind the importation of cheap
,oo1s produced by III paid and degraded ;
a5or which comes into competition VITA c
Ike p-o3Ccic % our Own country with :
Ut the payment % adequate protective 1
ztss are, Il possible. more harmful .han ]
ne importation Of cheap labor itself.
''It re Iz5o.e- comes ham ast AZ
eas; 1--we and mus: hep 20 consume q,
he surplus products % our farms and 4