The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-20

| their bill had followed in tne inhh, the
rates and the provisions OF the Mchihiex
hill ana they calcuia,.o en IS noe t ann or
year In view NJ me foct that the Me
| Kinley bill in 1893 Welded over 5000. 100000
with sugar on the free list, IL dia hot seem
VI. ~ iao, ,rouiJ raise as
| much revenue as the Mckinley bill plus
| tho collections on sugar. which will not
| fall helow 100000 600. The republican mem
| hers Of The WAYS and means committee.
| however. had overlooked the fact tina,
| nricos havs falIen vnrv greatly since 1S,O
| and that n specifc duty which In 1890
| had been fixed at maximum revenue
| nroducinr noint ,yould in consequences of
| the fau in nrIces he nrohibitory in 1857
, no Illustrate mis-. n the Mckinley bin
laid a snecifc duty of IL cents per ward
nm cIo,b worth "a cen,s nor yard Tho duty
woull have, been 70 per cent. and yould
have allowed IFS importation. thus Weld
,,,, -, r.,,,a,,,o. 3D. =, 49, ,r,a, -, don
having fallen through All the years slnc5
lSq0 is now 20 cents p,r ward n spaciac
duty of II cents ner ward il. enual 10 n
per cent, which might prevent its inporta-
lion and destroy all revenue from n. In
overlooking this imnor,ent consideration
the wavs and means cormittce made n
serious mistake. and The finance committee
of the senate was probably right in rom
cludius thar ,ho bouvn h,d Svod ,n,nv
OF It's rates high u he urohilitOry
and 10 thus imp,ir tho Yovonue
top,,r,, ,,,,,,,,.
- - iO.''
hut' MI Speaker 1t would not be fair
attack upon the republican party to debate
the pendinr hill ne an excI,si,.ol,. ro,.o,,,,
,,,a.,,,o ,ou iii. a.,
- iot "n'ie 'he rcPuoilcah leaders
nretenh that the government has been suf-
ierlhg from the lack of money, they do
not STOP there They go to the extent OF
SAYING that, even If the government did not
hted mere revenue. they would repeal the
present law, because they assert thar IL
has subjected the industries of the United
states to ruinous foreign competition, aud
which nrSyails in ali ca,,''.rcai qri ,ssioh
and agricultural pursuits,
he report Of the commiSee on ways and
'A'' No ~sSetts mat;
,,t - ~. oui INDUSTRIES nave suHered
titior 'N''' WV f"A' i'ieis" eohlpe
Ani '!olu IN my hahd circular issued |
az amer can Protective 1drih league, |
oi Wi;em d caolnet officer In the present
,a a'ioh is reading member. which |
nv, - ia rs opening sentence that
suffering beyond description from the
tii"' INVASION oil goods OF other
Soui,rlts Vhr"lsh the WILSON German
a, ne Na'e '"FlH'
ms ueeiardten, as the declaration con- |
talned In Governor Diugley's report as |
snihts Two thilHS: II assumes. first. Us Il |
mater OF TACT, that our industries have |
suHefed from foreign competition; and It |
assumes second. as matter OF principle. |
t'iat .he government mas the right and the |
PVNeF 10 restrict mat competition. What |
ever room There may be for difference on
the question of principle, and however i'm |
ItS',ble II may be for human reason to
ieaoh u conclusion on II which will be ar-
cSptea by all, there ought not 70 be and |
mere is net me least difficulty in arriv-
ihb al u POSITIVE ana n satisfactory conclu-
SIGN on the question of fact.
DECREASED UNDER THE WIS oNIAw
Have tho Industries q, ,,o r-.,.,
60, e,o, NV '"i''" states
'''uer me present law from for
eiSh competition? II is only necessary for
us to examine the trcos,trv roror,, ,i,
an answer AS remarkable as it may ap-
have said ,ba 49,, ,.1o 90, iepuolcan friends
instead of foreign comna-.tio, ir,'no enat
under the present law, IL has actually de-
as compared with the Mckinley |
- " me 'iose OF the last fiscal year
- $50 ia" hau peen In force thirty
bsd ,,' tIr. ana me inportations under it
- 'H I,ss inah Z'EOo 100000. while dur
MN In9 I'rst tA'rty-iour months under the
g. PS, noS od law our imporatione exceeded
80 OF, 10 STATE 1t in a different
o,.','., %ne" me mckinney law had been in
e'''1,"ii tho sumo length Of time as the
~ eSInt Jaw the imports under 1t exceeded
.'i, ,on, under tho present law by
al az y =; T-uu'VuV;oou. thus the undisputed
~ r. 'l'tlsPt't'pIe iacts completely negative
~ ~ SseItloi' oil me republican members of
,i, Ways ana means committee. as well as
rue 1F Sn OF the American Protective
80, t"''r Itasue, ana show that industries Of
me me ohi'en states have suffered less from
do ,u,sn competition nndes the present
re.nUotalIc IA" than they did under the
tv,iNr Fepunilcan law, The truth is, Mr.
,l,,'Ncl' 'hat all me industries of this
country these exempt from as well as
am"se subject to foreign competition. have
anneiou; put inc suffering OF all has been
by cause that bears no rola-