The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-04-01

Treasury experts at 100 per cent. And yet the
gentleman from Idaho complained that the
American producer was not properly cared lor.
Mr.. Tawney said the Wilson bill upon the
word of the great Democratic leader, Grover
Cleveland, Disseminated in behalf Of favored
industries. 1t was this that brought the aver
age of duties up very near that OF the Mckinney
bill and fostered monopoly.
Mr.. Tawney called attention to the promises
made by Democratic speakers in the campaign
of 1892, upon the basis of the Free Trade plat
form of the party that year-that the farmer
should enjoy dollar wheat and that pork should
sell for s. hundred. A constituent OF one OF
them, Mr.. Tawney said, sued him to recover
the difference between the promised prices and
that he actually received.
JERRY TRIES SARCASM.
Ssr.y Simpson ridiculed the statement that
the Tariff was tax on the foreigners. He said
the foreigner should be glad that the last Con-
gress had not been two billion Congress. IL
the taxes on the foreigner could be sufficiently
increased he observed, sarcastically, the sur
plus could be distributed among our people.
and every day would be Sunday over here.
This created laughter. Mr.. Simpson then de-
voted himself to a criticism Of the agrlcult-
ural schedule.
The venerable ex.Speaker, Mr.. Grow, said
the Democratic Administration had demon
SLrateO us lack Oh StatestuAbsplp Wy oClhs u"
able to keep out of the poorhouse. few mo-
ments later Mr.. Burke tTex.) characterized the
measure under discussion as :" a bill to build up
trusts and corporate influences, and Cypress the
agricultural people of the United States"
Representative J. ]. Lentz (Ohio) was select
cd as spokesman for the six Ohio Democrats
elected in that State, who, he said represented
100000 persons who had voted for William j..
Bryan.
He dramatically asked How dare you un-
dertake to egslate OH the subjects included in
this bill without the consent of foreign powers,
if you cannot legislate on money without their
consent?"
Again he asked: Are We here to enact leg
| islation which shall be acceptable merely to
committee? Are we not here each speaking
for his own district, each pointing out the
wrong that there is in the measures that come
before us?"
Mr. Dalzell reviewed the results of the Will
son aud Mckinley bills, and denounced the ad
valorem system of the first as giving opportu-
nifty for immense undcrvaluations.
idle men and women, busy soup.houses.
and starvation" he said, had marked the
period of the Wilson bill If the Dingley bill
raised the maximum amount calculated by the
Chairman of the committee, it would not yield
too much to pay the interest and principal OF
bonds issued to resist the attempt made on the
Nations life by the Democratic party, and the
bonds issued to make good the deficit incurred
during the last Administration"
Referring to the tin-plate industry, he con-
tended that the fall in prices in Liverpool after
the enactment of the Mckinley law proved the
theory that the foreigner paid the duties.
Against the charge that the bill fostered
trusts, Mr. Dalzell made strong defense.
1.-THE political economy of Adam Smith has
long since been relegated where it belongs" he
said. THE industrial world has been revolu-
tionized by the introduction Of the factory sys-
tenn. 1t is no longer the single farmer or the
single mechanic, but great aggregations OF
wealth necessary to carry OIL vast enterprises
| which are recognized by the laws of every
State"
Mr.. Steele gave it as his opinion that the
pending measure was the most complete Tariff
bill ever framed. not only because Of the duties
imposed, but because of the superb method pro-
vided for the collection of those duties.
CHARGED ON THE TRUSTS.
The Senate, on March &C. continued debate
on the Arbitration Treaty.
In the House. as compared with the general
debate which closed yesterday, the discussion
this day was like battle at short range. The
speeches were necessarily brief, and the mum.
Der of members who participated added de-
gree of variety which increased the interest.
The Democrats are intent upon making politi-