Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-23


profession. Always. at this time of the
year, keep a bottle OF this whiskey in the
| house, and you need have no fear of Grip
| or of its consequences. For sale by all
druggists and grocers.
cotton schedules. almost exclusively ad
| yalorem rates prevail. The better class of
| importers have united with manufacturers
and administrators Of the law in asking
| for this
Mr.. DingIey next discussed at some
| length the ad valorem and specific systems
| yantageously the ad yalorem system
| worked. ~ i-..!..
Estimates on the Revenue.
He then presented the estimates as to
| the probable revenue that would be raised
| by the bill, which were gwen in his report
| with the supplemental statement that the
| second year the bill would yield SlC0, ,O00, 900
/ increased revenue
| In closing, Mr.. Dingley said: 1T must
be obvious from any point of view that
gress is indispensable to secure the revenue
which the pending bill is intended to yield.
| The exigency is an unusual one: The peo-
! pie. without regard TO party affiliations, are
! asking for action. Business awaits our
| final decision. With this great question of
| adequate revenue TO carry on the govern
ment settled favorably by such an ADJUST
ment OF duties as will restore to our own
| people what has been surrendered TO 9TH
4 ers during the past four years, with re-
stored confidence in the future, there Is
| reason to believe that, gradually and sure
\ ly. there will come back to US the great
| prosperity which we enjoyed in the decade
| prior to 1888, and which the greatest of
| living English statisticians so strikingly
1 euIogized when he said. in 1892, that it
| would be impossible to find in history any
| parallel to the progress of the United
| States in then) the last ten years.
Wheeler Replies to DinYley-
/ Wheeler, of Alabama, the old cavalry
| leader OF the Confederates, opened for the
| opposition. Mr.. Wheeler began with Inc
statement that the bill had been secretly
| prepared by the eleven Republican MEM
| Ders on the committee on ways and means
| and framed almost in the language OF the
| petitions presented by protected interests.
/ Since the star chamber measure came 10
| light on last Monday he said, the con-
| servatiye press of the country have de-
nounced il in unmeasured terms. The bill
| increased the duty on many articles far
above the Mckinley rates and in some
| instances exceeded the Mckinley rates by
| from 80 to 100 per cent. Nearly every para
| graph was changed from the ad valorem
| rates under the Wilson bill to either the
| specific compound rates, the effect of
| which was to increase enormously the
| duty upon cheaper articles that are pur-
| chased by those who work, and lessen the
! tariff upon the expensive articles that are
purchased only by the rich. By trans
ferring an enormous quantity of wool from
class TO class l. the duty on raw WOODS
presented to an American congress. WOODS
! that paid 90 per cent under the Mckinley
bill would now pay an equivalent ad va,
| lorem of bztween 200 and 800 per cent, and
possibly more"
The proclamation of the president ad-
| mitted that our receipts last year were only
| S25.00o.000 less than our expenditures and
| that the reports of the treasury now show
ed that our receipts exceeded our expendi-
| lures. and yet. in the face of these facts,
| the Republican majority sought to pass a
| bill which they said would increase taxes
11l.O0e Geo.
Hopkins Follows Wheeler.
Mr.. Wheeler spoke over an hour He was
| followed by Mr. Hopkins, Republican, OF
of the Republican party. again placed in
| power. was to restore prosperity and give
| employment TO labor. 1ne tariff bill pre-
pared for that purpose. he said, would meet
alike the wants of the government and the
| people. He said that until he had listened
/ TO Mr. Wfeeler's remarks he did not be-
decayed and repudiated doctrine of free
| trade But he was now convinced q genu-
! uine bourbon Democrat seldom forget any
anything new. He parslleIed the prosperity
! the country enjoyed under the Mckinley
law with the distress produced by the WI
son law. Under the Mckinley law eleven
stars. he said. were added to the flag.
What What party party S provided the territory out
asked Mr.. Wheeler. Democratic applause
THE Democratic party. replied Mr.
Hopkins. the same party which tried to
take eleven stars from the flag" CAP
J Later. while Mr. Hopkins was contend
| ing that there was not an enforced idle
| law. Mr.. Wheeler asked him whether Cox
! ey's army invaded Washington under the
| Mckinley or Wilson law.
| After the advent OF the Democrats Ia
power" responded Mr.. Hopkins. after the
Mckinley law had been paralyzed by the
threat OF free trade"
/ fHEra e1rrf1
perity s:d all labor was at work how
| were the Republicans so unmercifuIly de-
feated in 1saz?'' queried Mr. MCGUIRE
BY the false pretensions of the Demo
| cratic party" retorted the Illinois men,
Der. amid the applause of his side.
Speaks for the PopuIists.
Mr. Bell. Populist. of Colorado. then took
the floor as the spokesman of his party as
sociates.
The Populist party. said he. has moi
whole. because it has never believed the
I tariff was the cause of our difficulties
Nevertheless. think it can be safely stat
| ed that the Populists in general believe
that while tie government raises its prin-
/ cipal reyeuuS by an import tax. such Incl
dental protection should be given TO all
1 our Industries as will cover the differences
! between the cost of labor here and abroad
| without discrimination against section or
esqnai' Wnes1er or ne , prd1uees TaM p,V,
! the Populist party. of course. believes ir
| requiring the wealth of the country to bear
! its share OF the burdens through gradu-
ated income tax.
Minority Report Presented
Mr.. Bailey. of Texas presented to the
| house tonight the minority report on the
! tariff bill The report was signed by al
! the Democratic members of the ways an
! means. and gives the grounds Of their op-
position TO the bill Ii says:
| This bill was framed with the wei
| purpose of protecting the manufacturer
I OF the United States against foreign com
! petition, and 1t is perfectly obvious that II
| IL accomplishes that purpose il must ie'
suit in compelling the consumers of thi:
country TO pay more for their manuSac.
tured goods, and for this reason We think
II should not pass. We rest our opposition
upon the broad principle that congress Wa.
Invested with the power of taxation as
means of collecting from each citizen III:
fair proportion toward the support of III,
government. and that 1t is a means of en-
abiing favored classes 10 levy uniu
charges upon the great body of oeople
| We believe that after contributing ri.
proper share toward the maintenance o.
lie IL entitled to the full possession and On
joyment of all he can honestly earn: anC
| We deny the right of congress to make o
| enforce any regulation which requires on.
man to give any part of his honest earn
ings toward encouraging the enterprise o.
increasing the fortune of another
II No man. however blind he may be- wouI,
defend a system of taxation under whicl
the government first collected the none,
and afterwards distributed it among IL
| favorites. IL is true that the tariff act o
1890 yentured to this extent in dealing witt
the sugar growers. but the disapproval o
that policy was so overwhelming and 81
| ,1,u 81 adt toe nf ha,,