Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-24

sen.e sonnd rnrlR rrnths.

II,AWARE GAZETTE
some sonnd Tariff Trnths.
Senator Roger @. Iills of Texas re.
Gently delivered in the United States
Senate ono OF ths most convincing and
affective OF thu many admirable speeches
made in opposition to the pending
Tariff bill Here are some specimens
of his startling figures and convincing
logic:
When tho Constitution Of the United
States was formed. il was intended to
be the great charter for the government
of a free people. Ii laid down distinctly
the Just powers of tho government it
created and it defined 10 the clearest
language the limitations of those powers
and guarded, as far as words could
guard against their abuse. 1t gape to
Congress power TO lay and collect taxes.
For what purpose2 Was it to raise
money to distribute among favored
classes? 1t does not say so; but TO lay
and collect taxes to pay the debts and
provide for the common defence and
general welfare.
Mr.. President. / hold in my hand a
book, written by man recognized
throughout the world as statistician
aud man skilled in financial matters.
entitled Industries and Wealth of
Nations, written by Mr.. Mulhal. We
have often had quotations from him.
lie gives the value of the manufactured
products of the various countries, and
compares them with each other. He
| tells us in his book that he has con
verted foreign money into pounds
| sterling at S4. so to the pound. have
| converted his values into dollars at
s4.sO to the pound, and they stand as
| follows:
| Great Britain. n...,.......... Si2l, ,SbOO03
| France. ...-.-.........s,....,. Z,sbu. .aNUUl
| Germany ...................... 3,312. 900
| Russia. ....................s. I,S24.AuuuuU
| Austria. ...................... l,ai4buOWt
/ Italy,. ....................... .l2.hDuUUU
i SPAIN. ...........-........... oStdDnMU
| Belgium. ...,..................- 5d9,unbOOO
| switzerland. ...-............. oO0
United States. es.................. 9,36a, ,6o0, 600
We can form some estimate of the
correctness of his figures for other
countries by his approximate estimate
to our Official reports of 1890. Our
census reports show their va lue to be
50, 372, 437, 2S3. and his figures chow 50,
1863. GOO, 000 In making this compari-
son, listen TO what Mr.. Mulhal says
1.-THE value OF American manufactures
is artificiaily raised by protective tariffs
fully 33 per cent over the real value
the latter amounts, therefore, to about
one thousand four hundred and sixty
four millions sterling, or the value con.
jointly OF British and French manu-
factures. In his table, Expressed in
pounds, be put the value of our manu-.
factures at el. 952, 600, 600. He says ths
correct value is Gl, AGA, 900, 600; that
the protective tariffs have added E4SS,
600, 200 TO their true value. -Four hun
dred and eighty eight millions o.
pounds sterling, at 81. 80 to the pound
amount to 81, 3i2, 400, 900! Deductinn
the S2Ou. 600. 900 worth Of manufactures
We export, we consume 50, l72. 437. 2S;
at price 80 per cent too high becauB,
of high tariff rates.
Their value in the open market woult
be So. S79. 327, 600, and 81, 293. 1927, 600 il
the Increased price we nay annually TO
protective tariffs. The value of tn
products OF labor in agriculture, horti
culture, dairies, vineyards, orchards
. | HdTubiibs lUTebbHt mIDebt
, and fisheries are less annually thai
SlJ, 900, 600, 900, and more than one
sixth of that is extortad from the tax
payers every year as bounty to protecte,
! producers. Where does this monu
! mental pile of Doodle come from?
Not out of the pockets of the for
eigner. but out Of the pockets of tb
forgotten man, out of the taxpayers Q
the United States; and vet we do no
, hesitate to put a lax OF 200, 800, 400, an
: even 500 Per cent on many articles cor
i. tainOd in this bill. Many of thoe
q articles escape attention because th
! cheaper product bearing the highe
= rate il eliminated and prevented frot
: coming to the country, and our people al
II compelled to nay higher rates than eve
It those mentioned in these schedule.
If and the forgotten man, the farmer
a the field, the miner in the mine, Il
laborer on the highway. the man b.
IL hind tha counter and in the Offices an
t in the schoolhuuseB all over this coul
l. try have got the strong and powerfl
M hand of the government raminel dow
/, into taeir pockets to tatSo out of ii
i, whole annual income of the people
= tho Uniteu States almost 81, 500, 600, o.
annually of their earnings.
Iy want to Tx the attention of t!
A. country if possible, to this stupen
=. GUS system Of Legislative rapine u
=, robbery. Two billion two hundred NJ
!" ninety three million dollars annual
l. goes to the peneficjGries OF this fun
of to tho protected casseH, contrary
nj the doctrine of liberty as written
il. Massachusetts, contrary to all t
teachings that are written in Virgini
contrary 10 the teachings of our fatht
from that day to this: and the attsnl
ct TO bring this idol into camp and co
v pei US to uncover our heads and b.
:. down and say our prayers to this god
" DaguD will not be accepted in
~ Democratic camp. no matter where
ey comes from. When you attempt to bri
ire this Philistine idol into our temple d
,e. compel US to worship it, if it does
l., fall down like tho statue of Dagon
40 befUre the Ark of the Covenant,
Ior American people will kick it down, a
then Kick the life out of it after il
,se down.
lst
.,.s ! want to illustrate the FREQ rf
~ material position little. We had i
ho years ago a tax Uu wool. We have
.hs now, but we will have nnp in v
nd short time. 1t was II tax OF IL cent
is pound. The manufacturers say tha
IN takes four pounds Of wool in the gre
III to make one pounu OF cloth. Let US
''H how that works.
ON The American manufacturer and
tho English manufacturer 20 together
q the wool dealer in London. Each b
: a.