The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-24
Dolliver'ss Brilliant Display and
Swausoa's s Center Shots.
TARIFF BATTLE OPENING
AscI.AURIN ASKS = CENTS PRO
LECTION FOR COTTON.
HOW he CALLED LlNNEY DOWN
Steele, Of Indiana, Wants Free Binding
Twine, But Wants to Tax Cotton
Eagging and Ties Swanson
EXPOS Sugar viIliany.

Eagsing and Ties Swanson
Expos Sugar Villiany.
Washington. March 23.-Althoush sew
eral sharp passages at arms somewhat
anliyened the tariff debate in the House
to-day the brilliant speech of Mr.. DOLL
yer. of Iowa, was distinctly the oversha-
dowing feature of the day. 1t showed
ont through the weary monotonous gloom
which has so far pervaded the debate like
a locomotive headlight in fog. Mr..
Dolliver is finished orator and MS speecn
to-day was a masterpiece of eloquence.
replete with wit and glowing periods.
1t alternately aroused his Republlcan col
leagues to unbounded enthusiasm ana
convulsed the House with laughter. MT.
Dolliver is quick and adroit In the use OF
the foil and the Democrats refralned from
interrupting him.
Mr. McLaurin, (Dem., S. c., a member
of the Ways and Means committee also
spoke and was several times interrupted
by applause.
Mr.. McLaurin's demand for duty on
cotton created a mild sensation, but 1T
was heartily applauded by several of the
Democratic members from the cotton
,helt While McLaurin was contrasting
the vast wealth of the manufacturing
States of the East with the poverty of
the farming States of the South, Mr..
Linney, Rep., n. c., asked him what
was to hinder the people of the caro-
,inas from building factories and sharing
in the spoils instead of "cussing' their
more enterprising rivals.
..I,he state of affairs produced by the
existence of the Republicans and POpu-
lists in the Carolinas," replied Mr.. Nc
Laurin, prevents the investment of cap
it'll"
ut is free raw material the pet doc
trine of the Democracy asked Mr.. Lin
uey.
1T is the pet doctrine" responded Mr..
NcLaurin. with emphasis, ''of the Dem
ocracy represented by Cleveland and
Carlisle and those who have prostituted
the name of Democracy and who were
your aids and allies in the last campaign"
A large proportion of the Democrats
on the floor applauded this statement.
did not W. ]. Bryan vote for free
wool?"
civilian j. Bryan" retorted Mr.. Nc
Laurin, twas responsible for his vote TO
his constituents and John McLaurin is
responsible to his"
Mr.. Steele, (Rep., Ind.), interrupted to
inquire whether Mr.. McLaurin would
vote for the bill if provision was made
for duty ON cotton.
Mr.. McLaurin replied that he would
not, but promptly turned interrogation by
asking Mr.. Steele if he would vote for
free abgging and ties in order to benett
the people of the South just as he had
put bindink twine on the free list In
order to aid the people of his (Steele's)
section of the country. Mr.. McLaurin
continued that the bill was full Of such
discrimination.
Another Southern Democrat, also a
member Of the Ways and Means commit
tee, who spoke, was Mr.. Swanson, of
Virginia. He commenced his speech by
referring to the great political revolutions
which have occurred in this country for
the last twelve years at every National
election. He claimed that it did not indi-
cate any ickleness ON the part of the
people, but an honest effort on their
part to obtain the prosperity they sought
He said that in less than four years two
extraordinary sessions of Congress, in
times of profound peace had been called
to remedy the existing depressed condi-
tions. He insisted that the present evils
could not have arisen from rehcient rev.
enue or from the impaired credit Of the
government. He argued that the want
of adequate protection for American in
dustries could not be the cause Of the
present depression; that the substance
of this assertion, if true, would be that
there had been an increased importation
of foreign goods and that this importation
had flooded the markets and prevented
the sale Of home goods. He showed by
a comnarison between Harrison's and
CleveIand's administrations that there
had been a decreased importation of for
a;on Goods under Cleveland's administra-
tim of S163. 100000. The importation
of foreign goods in 1896 was 65,OO0,OOO
less than in 1891. He then discussed
the sugar schedule OF the Dill
and insisted that the American
Sugar Trust would, under this bill, have
more complete control OF the American
marketa Of refined sugar than they had
ever had. lie said that the committee
had left the impression that the sugar
Trust only received dlfferentlal OF IS
of a cent Il pound; that this was not true;
that the diferential in favor OF the
Trust ranged from "a to 7s of cent per
pound; t,at this differential was skill
fully cor2ealod in a schedule which had
been charnc. erized as 1.-THE most scientific
ever deyi~s4I; that an examination of
the Schc,y'4 would disclose that the bill
provided uniform duty of $1S7R for ev-
cry 100 tp""'ls Of refined sugar, or above
1G Dutc2 s'"ndard in color; that for raw
sugar J: p'"' ided one cent duty for every
pound - u@ar testing rs by the polari-
see "'1 3-l00 Of a cent for every addi-
ti0rl Grgree. Ia raw sugar tests higher
thau @G degrees, thus the lowest duty on
raW sI@ar for 100 rounds would be 81,