The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-05
The Proceedings .

The Proceedings.
Washington. June 4.-The senate met
at II a. m. with a view to expeditina
the tariff bill. Two speeches were an
nounced for the day, one by Mr.. Mantle
(Silver Rep, Mon.), on the wool SEIZED
ule OF the tariff bill, and another by Mr.
Butler (Pop.), \. C., on his joint reso-
luton to amend the constitution 50 as
TO give congress the power TO impose
income taxes.
Mr. Mantle was recognized at the
opening Of the session and addressed
the senate for two hours. He said mat
there had been no opportunity for pre-
senting the wool growers side Of the
contention in the other branch OF con-
gress, for the reason that, owing TO the
brief time allowed for debate, the wool
schedule had never been reached in
that body. He presented fully and sup
ported with numerous tables and sta
tistics the wool-growers side of the
/ controversy, and showed the enormous
losses attained by the wool-growers in
the depreciation in value Of sheep and
wool during the past six years. He de-
ciared that by reason of enormous i'm
pOrtati0ns in anticipation of the enact
ment of a tariff law, the wool-groweT
would not receive much benefit from a
protective tariff for four years TO come.
! He asserted that whenever tariff law
/ is to be enacted the powerful manufac-
turing interests OF the country, with
I their compact and effective organiza-
tons, are always on the ground, and in
the committee rooms pressing their
claims and pushing their interests,
while the farmers and wool-growers
and producers of raw material gener
ally, are an isolated and scattered class
from the nature of their vocations, and
thus lacking in effective organization;
hence in the past their interests had
been neglected and they had not re-
ceived their just share of protection.
The great majority of wool-growers
Of the country are, he said, protection
lists and Republicans; most OF them are
believers in the free coinage of gold
and silver independently by this coun
try, but the question OF protection and
free coinage having been divided in
the last campaign, the wool-growers,
accepting the pledge contained in the
Republican national platform in favor
of ample protection for WOOL, and be-
lieving protection TO be the paramount
issue, cast their votes in the doubtful
states for Mckinley, and elected him.
Is NO GOOD.
The tariff bill as it passed the house
and as now amended by the senate, he
said, utterly fails 10 meet the expecta-
lions of the woolgrowers and is re-
garded by them largely as repudi-
alton of the Republican pledge of am
Die protection for WOOL
The woolgrowers of the country. he
continued, are indignant over this
treatment Of their interests, and he
warned the Republicans that they must
change the proposed rates or they
would lose the support of this numer-
Gus element in ensuing campaigns.
He asserted that the Mckinley law
had not afforded the necessary protec-
ton to the woolgrowers. and quoted
statistics to prove the assertion. He
charged that it was full of looDholes,
permitting fraud and evasions, and he
was especially emphatic in his de-
nunciation of the ad valorem duties
proposed on the third-class wools-
The senator quoted Senator Aldrich's
statement that the proposed senate
rates would give from 10 to 20 per cent
more protection to the woolgrower than
he had ever received under any former
tariff, and produced statistics to show
that the proposed rates We're much
lower instead of being higher
THE OBJECTIONS.
He enumerated the objections to the
woolgrawers as follows.
F'irst-To the skirting clause.
Second-To the ad valorem duties on
third-class woods.
Third-To the admission of washed
woods on second-class without payment
OF additional duties.
Fifth-To the imperfect classified
tons. which permit evasion
Referring to the large importation of
cheap Chinese and other wool produced |
by like cheap labor and which comes
into competition with American grown
woods at rates of duty which, Mr.. Man |
tie said. afford no protection whatever, !
he inquired if this policy was not quite |
as hurtful to the American wOolgrow
ers as Chinese cheap labor TO the in !
dustrial wage earners of the country. |
In this connection. Mr.. Mantel con-
tinued: ITO my mind, the importations /
of cheap goods, produced by illy-paid /
and degraded labor, which comes into |
with like products of our |
own country without the payment of |
adequate protective rates, is, il posi- |
BILE, more harmful than the importation |
of the cheap laborer himself.
If the laborer comes he must at least |
live and help to consume the surplus !
products of our farms and factories.
Not only this, but he becomes alnena-
Bile to our laws. If he acquires prop
arty he must pay taxes upon it and
thus contribute to the support of our
government. If he engages in business
among US, he must pay for the privi-
ege of doing SO. and under these condi-
ions there is at least some slight hope
hat by contact with an enlightened
md progressive people. living in an
of liberty and enjoying the
blessings of a free government he may.
possibly, gather inspiration of his sur
and in time become a use
ul citizen. But when this cheap labor
,omes in the form of a box of mer-