The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-25
OINGLtY'S FOOL BILL
II Is Gatcing TO Be Pitiable
Under Analysis.
MFR. M'MiLLIN'S DISSECTION
DINGLEY'S FREE BREAKFAST
TABLE" SPEECH.
HIS SUGAR STULTlFiCATlON
Delivers Silly Attempt to Show that
Fair Foreign Comps tition Raises
Price cf Cot on Ties and
EaggIng.
Mr.. NJ M'MlLLIN'S DISSECTION
HIS SUGAR STULT,FiCATlON
BaggIng.


Washington, March 24.-The third day
of the tariff debate in the House was
almost as dull as the first. There were
two notable speeches, one by Mr.. GrOs
venor, Of Ohio, and the other by Mr.. Nc.
| Mi!lin, of Tennessee, but the rest of the
speeches, with the possible exception OF
that of Mr.. Walker, of Massac chusetts
hardly created a ripple on the monoton'
Gus sea of speech-making. Mr.. Gros.
venor and Mr.. McNIillin were distinctive
| ly the orators of the day.
Mr.. Fox, Dem., Miss.), opened the
debate with fifteen minutes speech a.
gainst the general theory of protection.
Mr. Williams, Oem., Miss9, devoted his
attention to exposing the alleged incon-
sistencies in the Republican argument
After some brief remarks by Mr.. Sims
Dem, Tenn), and Mr.. Terry, (Dem.
Ark, Mr.. Sayers, Dem., Texas, ad'
dressed himself to the proposition that il
| the anticipations of the majority were
realized and this bill increased revenues
S113, 100000 per annum it would breed
| the most reckless and profiigate extrava-
gance.
L.
of the Ways and Means committee, was
then recognized for an hour. He directed
his attention chiefly to eulogy of the
prospective benefits which would follow
the enactment of the agricultural sched-
ule Of the bill.
Mr.. McMillin, Dem., Tenn, who fol
lowed Mr. johnson was given a round
of applause by his Democratic colleagues
as he took the floor. Mr.. McMillin pre-
faced his remarks with some figures to
prove that there was q sufficient surplus
| ($11S,000,000 exclusive of the gold re-
serve) in the Treasury to meet all esti
mated deficiencies for two years and
that the alleged necessity for this bill
was mere pretext. He prophesied a
repetition of the disaster which OvertOok
the Congress that enacted the Mckinley
law if this bill were passed and made the
Republican change of front on the ques-
ton of sugar bounties the text of some
caustic remarks. Despite the appeals of
| the Louisiana sugar growers, he declared
| the bounty was established in 1890. 1.-The
cry of a free breakfast table had gone
| forth" said he, "and although everything
| on the breakfast table except coffee was
taxed, the promise made that sugar
should be put on the free list was kept
and only the tax necessary to enable the
sugar trust to exact its millions from the
| American people-half a cent a pound
| between raw and refined sugar-was i'm
| posed"
"But sir, you will search in vain fo1
free sugar in this bill, or anything else
| free which benefits the American people
| The dema gogic cry of free breakfast
table, has had to be abandoned. The
! Democratic party can at least boast
| that it has accomplished something by
preventing this pernicious principle from
| being permanently ingrafted on our Am.
erican system of taxation and govern
| ment."
"But what becomes of all those fervent
utterances which rang through these
halls only seven years ago. proclaiming
the beauties of free sugar? What has be-
come of the laudation of free sugar by
the cohorts of protection and the advo-
Gates of bounties? / remember how the
| melodious voice of the present chief mag
istrate proclaimed the boon of untaxed
sugar. | remember. how the gentleman
from Maine, who now increases the tax
ON sugar, proclaimed that the sugar tax
was burden paid by the consumer.
remember how the vigorous and vehe-
ment gentleman from New York, (Mr.
Payne), stood up and lauded the Republi-
can party for taking the tax off sugar"
'Tf the transfer to the free list of sugar
and molasses gave the greatest relief,
then it must follow that the reimpostiOn
of high tax on sugar will be the greatest
hardship now. These gentlemen must
confess themselves as standing for an
increase of the burdens of the people
according to their confession. Not only
have they reimposed this burden of tax
alton, but in doing so they have taken
good care Of the corporations and trusts
which now control the sugar market. The
profit to the trust is raised by this bill
from one eighth of cent pound by
the present law to from 35 to 80 cents
ON the hundred pounds difference be-
tween raw and refined"
He discussed in detail the metal sched-
ule arguing that as we were becoming
heavy shippers Of pig iron, which he said,
could be produced in the Southern States
as cheaply as any place in the world,
the duty of 81 per ton should have been
reduced. He declared that the agricul-
tural schedule was humbug and enum-
Grated a long list of trusts which he
said would fatten on this bill After a
careful and painstaking examination of
this bill, he continued, 'I do not hesitate
to declare it the most unconsciona BILE eff
fort at legislative robbery ever attempted
upon a people
He said that the claim that the increas-
ed burden is on luxuries is not sustained
by the facts and quoted from sections
of the bill to prove his statement. He
also condemned the reciprocity clause.