The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-23

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ERrded aS objects that Will bear the
highest duties, Tho exceptions are, tha
eRrthsnwAre aud ylRsS schedule and the
agricultural schedule. on which the du.
ttes tllVe been placed the same as IN the
act OF 1880, because no other rates SCENE
ed to b0 protective"
Mr. iOingley then bFlehy touched on
some schedules which had not been MAJ
teriRlly changed from the present law.
These included Iron ana steel and cot-
tor; AZ. .A.a,,,.. (" o3,,,a,,o5
Mr.. nlngley, "the rates proposed In the
pending bill are between the rates Of
the tariff OF 1850 and the present law.
There have been transferred from the
free list of the tAriif OF 1894 to the dutl-
able list OF the proposed bill, not only
wool, lumber, aalt. burlaps, blGl, cotton
baEFlng and cotton ties. which never
should have been made non'dutlAble,
but also RFgols, crude opium, asphalt
UNI ctickie paintings, &c
A Fair HllI.
SO far a. possible the aim has been
TO avoid exclusively Odv0lorem duties
on articles which have been 1otortousty
underyaluel and thus failed to pay the
duties intsnded-a loss OF revenue
which has been more serious than ever
under the present tAriff, IN which out-
side OF the metal and cotton schedule
almost exclusively RdVAlorem duties
prevail. The better class Of importers
have united with manufacturers und
administrators OF the law IN asking for
this"
Mr.. Dlngley discussed at some length
the advalorem and specific ByStemA and
presented figures showing how dlsad-
VaniAEPOusjy the advaiorSm system
worked.
He then presented the estimates as to
the probable revenue that would be
raised by the bill, which were given IN
his report. with the supplemental state
ment that the second year the bill VIII
yield 500 100000 additional revenue.
In closing. Mr.. Dingley said!
1T must be obvious from any point
OF View that prompt action by the two
houses OF Congress Is indispensable to
bill is Intended to yield. The exiEency
iE an unusual one. The people, without
regard to party Affiliations, are asking
for action. Business awaits a iiDal de-
clsIon. With this great question OF adj
eQtiate revenue to carry on the govern
ment settled favorabiy by such an adj
justmen. OF duties Re Will restore to our
own people what has been rendered 10
others during the past four years, with
the restored confidence In the future,
there Is reason TO believe that gradually
and surely there Will come back 90 W
the great prosperity which We enjoyed
In the decade prior to 1893 and which
the greatest OF living English stRtis-
clans 10 strikIuRIy eulogIGed when he
snid in 1892 that II would be Impossible
to hnd In history any parallel TO tile
progress OF the United States In the
Chem last ten years.
Gen. Wheeler tn OpPOuItIon.
The first applause came when Mr..
DIngley referred to the purpose Of the
bin to encourage the stricken indus
tries OF the country" and was continued
at Intervals throughout his speech.
Toward the close members closed up the
Risles and stood close about him. When
he finished at the end OF about one hour
the Republicans Opplauded for fully
minute the galleries Joining In the dem.
onstration.
General Wheeler, OF Alabumu, the old
cavalry leader OF the confcder1cy,
opened for the opposition.
Mr., Wheeler began with the statement
that the bill had been secretly prepared
by the eleven RpublIcaH mnbers Of the
committee on ways and means. and
framed almost In the language Of the
petitions presented By protected inter
ests. Since the star chamber measure
came to light on last Monday. he said,
the conservative press OF the country
had denounced II in unme0surud terms.
The bill increased the duty on many
articles far above the Mckinley rates aud
IN some Instances exceeded the Mckinley
rates by from 70 to 100 per cent Nearly
every paragraph was changed from the
al vaIorem rates under the Wllson bill
to either the specific. or compound rates.
the effect OF which was to increase enor-
uiouSly the duty upon cheaper articles
chat are purchased by those who work,
and lesSen the tariff upon the expensive
articles that are purchased only By the
rich. By transferring an enormous guam
tity Of wool from class three TO class one,
the duty on raw woola were Increased far
beyound any bill ever presented to an
American Congress Woods that paid 3Z
per cent under the Mckinley bill would
now, he said, pay an equivalent ad va
loren of between 200 and 800 per cent.
and possibly more. The duty on cordu-
royJ used by the poor was Increased to
about 123 per cent absolutely prohibi-
tory, The reciprocal clauses in the tariff
proposition ReVad would be accepted by
any government. Under the Wilson bill
our excess OF exports over imports Tar
exceed those enjoyed by our country ur-
der the Mckinley law, We were now
shipping iron ties all over the world, and
Alabama was shipping enormous guam
titles Of pig iron to England, and other
European ports
The proclamation OF the President nd-
mltted that our receipts last year were
only $25.OOO,OOO less than our expendi-
lures and the report OF the treasury now
showed that our receipts exceeded our
expenditures and yet in the face OF these
facts, the Republican majority sought
70 pass q bill which they said would tn-
crease taxes $l130OO.0OO.
Nr Wheeler spoke over an hour He
was followed by AIF. Hopkins. (Rep.:
ILL, who announced that the mission OF
the Republican party again placed IN
power was to restore prosperity ana give
employment to labor.
ATIapyy RsspOnSs.
He paraiIeled the prosperity the coun-
try enjoyed under the Mckinley law with
the distress produced by the Wilson law
iInder the Mckinley lazy. eleven stars
he said, we're added to the flag
what party provided the territory out
Of which those eleven states were cary
ed?'' asked Mr.. Wheeler. democratic
applausel. 90.
"The Democratic party" replied Mr;;
HoDktns, 'the same party which tried
IN take eleven stars from the flag" Gap
plause). ,,,,,i
Ing that there was not an enforced i1le
man under the Mckinley law, NJ.
Wheeler asked him whether SoAcy >
army iByaded Washington under the
Mckinley or Wilson law.
"Nftcr the advent Of the Democrats to
power" responded Mr.. Hopkins, "AIter
tbe Mckinley law had been parnlyzed by
the uhrpnt c,f free trade.