The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
POPULIsT PROTEST.

" cent and the rate on toothpicks
raised from 11A to cents per 1000 and
10 per cent ad valorem.
POPULIsT PROTEST.
Mr.. Simpson at this juncture offered
some amendments which were ruled
out of order. He also had read a long
statement, which he said defined the
position of the Populists toward the
tariff. 1t stated in effect that the tar
iff had been the football of politics
for century, and that the Populists
had no faith in the ability of either
the Republican or Democratic tariff
law to remedy the evils of the existing
gold standard.
Mr.. Mccall (Rep., Mass.) was the
first Republican to slap the bill in the
face. He boldly expressed the opinion
that the duties in the bill were too
high. He especially mentioned wool.
The Democrats forthwith became very
much interested.
Are the duties on woolens manu-
featured in New England too high?"
asked Mr.. Hopkins (Rep., I'D.
Mr.. Mccall at first evaded a direct
reply to this inquiry. II do not hest
tate to say" he continued, that 1
think the duties in this bill are higher
than necessary for the just purpose
of protection" Democratic applause)
Hopkins. II insist upon an answer to
my question"
THE duties in this bill are too high"
reiterated Mr.. Mccall. Then turning
defiantly to Mr.. Hopkins, he continued:
ITO reply categorically to your ques-
ton, l do not hesitate to say | think
these duties could be reduced without
detriment either to the wool grower
or the wool manufacturer" (Renewed
Democratic applause)
Mr.. Grosvenor expressed regret that
representative of wooden interests
should have criticised the duty on wool.
inasmuch as the duties on woolens
were far above" in ad valorem, the
duties on American wool.
CitrOn and citron peel were placed
in the basket clause, and the rate on
pineapples 2 cents per pound, was
changed to a duty of cents per cubic
foot, in barrels, and Sc per 1000 when
in bulk.
Soon after Mr.. Lowering (Rep., Mass.),
a large manufacturer, followed Mr.. Nc
Calls lead, and again aroused the plau-
dts of the opposition by declaring that
the manufacturers of New England did
not want the duties in the cotton and
wooden schedules in the bill neither the
compensatory nor the straight duties.
I'VE want a tariff law that will live
and stand" said he. I'VE do not want
to be strangled with free trade, neither
do we want to be smothered with pro-
lection" Democratic applause)
Mr.. Russell, one of the members of
the ways and means committee from
Connecticut, poured hot shot into the
camp of the Massachusetts diSsenters,
exposing the fact in the course of his
remarks that Mr.. Lowering, who is a
cotton manufacturer, had asked for in
creases on the finer grades of cotton
yarns.
Mr. Walker, of Massachusetts, also
attacked the position of his colleagues
and the extraordinary discussion" as
Mr.. Dingley termed it. drew from the
majority leader a vigorous statement
about the cotton and wooden schedules
He said it was the unanimous teStI
mcny of the cotton manufacturers that
they could not maintain their own IN
the manufacture Of the finer goods
without the duties in this bill. The
Wilson law, they testified, furnished
adeQuae protection to the coarser goods
which were being manufactured in the
South But the New England manu-
facturers, including Mr. Lowering, tes-
tilted to the necessity of these in
creases. II take it, said he, that the
gentleman has not asked for more than
was necessary. He does not mean to
say that this duty will smother the
cotton manufacturer"
AS to the wooden schedule he said it
was substantially the schedule of the
Mckinley law, and gave the wooden
manufacturer no more than the cot
ton manufacturer obtained. 1t simply
compensated the manufacturer for the
duty on wool. The manufacturer had
as much protection under the act Of
1894 but the duties were reduced at the
expense of the farmer The duty Oh
wool had been restored in response to
the demand of the farmers that they
receive the same consideration as the
manufacturers. Republican ap-
plause) This BILL he concluded, 'is
designed to restore our industries and
the opportunities for labor If the de-
mand for products is increased prices
will be increased, and we will once
more rise to the condition which made
us the envy Of the world
Mr.. Fitzgerald Dem. Mass.) and Mr.
Moody (Rep., Mass) also spoke.
The senate resolution appropriating
$250,O00 for the immediate use on the
Mississippi, amended so as to carry
$4,000 for clerk hire for members TO
July 1, $4,000 for miscellaneous ex-
penses of the house and 81, 00O, 900 Gus
toms deficiencies. was adopted and at
5:25 the house adjourned