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

advantages.
IF the laborer himself comes. he
may, perhaps, be induced to cooperate
with our own la5orers in the protection
of labor interests: ne can be talked TO
and reasoned with, 0ut the American
wage-earner cannot argue with box
of cheap foreign merchandise. neither
can the American farmer argue with
a bale of cheap Chinese WOOL
In concluding, Mr. Mantle quoted
from speech delivered by President
Mckinley TO the Ohio woolgrowe-s in
1893. and commended these utterances
particularly to the distinguished SEN
reelection he said will depend upon
next falls campaign
QUORUM DEMANDED.
Mr., Mantle declared that no protec-
tive tariff can ever again ensure in
( this nation which does not fully guard
! the interests of the great MASSES of
producers of what are known as raw
materials" apd among these, he de-
! clared the protection of wool is the
most important; ii IS the keystone to
the great arch of protection, and un-
less it be well guarded and preserved
| the whole structure must fall to the
/ ground.
/ Mr.. Nantes speech was interrupted
! by a demand for a quorum.
1t took half an hour to secure the
/ quorum and then a bill was passed
appropriating $225, 900 for a public
/ building at Wilkesbarre, Pa, and the
house amendments to the relief reso
luton for the sufferers by the Rio
Grande river overflow were agreed to.
| Mr.. Mantle then resumed his speech.
{ While referring to the opposition of
the wool manufacturers against the
wooigrOWerS. Mr.. Platt (ConnecticuD,
interrupted 10 state that he did not re-
gard the remarks fair TO the bulk of
the wool manufacturers. Some wanted
free wool; some did not But he be-
lieved that the general sentiment of
wool manufacturers throughout the
country was favorable to a sufficient
duty on wool. Mr.. Mantle answered
that he did not mean that there was
an active warfare, but experience had
shown that there was hostility between
the wool manufacturers and the grow
ers.
Mr.. Mantle received close attention
from the Republican side. He was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Butler of North Carolina
on the subject Of an income tax. The
senator referred, a the outset, to the
recent supreme court decisions on the
income tax, and on the antitrust law.
He added an expression of surprise at
the indecent haste with which the
congress, Immediately after the de-
cision of the supreme court on the anti
trust law.
This aroused MIR. Cullom, chairman
of the interstate commerce committee,
now considering tie pooling bill, to a
spirited reply. The senator from
North Carolina was making statements
about which he knew nothing. said
Mr.. Cullom. The pooling bill had been
before congress for months before the
supreme court decision. and it sought
to strengthen the interstate law. He
resented the statement CT indecent
haste, and said such a characterization
was Misrepresentation of facts.
IS NOT so.
Mr.. Clinton, of Texas, another mem
Der of the interstate commerce com
mittee, said he had been on the COM
mittee for two years, and he had never
known of the pooling bill being pressed
until after the recent supreme court
decision against railway pooling. He |
differed in toto. he said, with the chair !
man of the committee that the pooling !
bill sought to strengthen the law. In !
his judgment it would destroy the |
interstate commerce law and the pas
sage of the bill would be a fatal ex-
pertinent.
Mr.. Butler resuIning, said Mr. Chill I
tons statement had fully justified his /
original assertion, and he would leave /
it 10 the public TO judge whether there I
was indecent haste. He would, he said, |
insist on the consideration of a measure z
authorizing an income tax, before any
pooling bill was brought before the I
senate. He declared that the pooling
bill was in the interest of the most
trust in existence, compared
with which all other trusts are pigmies.
The senator then spoke on the merits
of the income tax.
TARIFF BILL.
The consideration of the tariff bill by
paragraphs began at 3 o'clock. Lead
ore, lead dross and metallic mineral
Q79 to ISL inclusive), were
passed over.
The mica paragraph QS2) led to a
contest Mr. Pettigrew, of South Da-
kota, moved to increase the rate by
adding a specific tax of 10 cents per
pound in addition TO the rate in the bill
Of 40 per cent ad valorem.
Mr.. Chandler of New Hampshire,
also urged the absolute necessity of an
ample duty on mica in order to develop
the rich mica deposits in this country.
Mr. Vest resis ted the change. He
presented a letter from Edmund Wes-
ton an authority on electrical affairs,
saying that mica was an essential raw
10 the electrical industry and
that the class of mica requisite for this
service could not be found in the
United States.
Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts, urged
hat the rates proposed were essential
10 offset the cheap labor of the Indian
mica sent to this country.
This brought out a speech from Mr..
Pettigrew which attracted much inter-
sst, in view of the doubts as TO his
attitude towards the bill. The issue of
rec trade and protection was settled
brewer in this country. ne declared.
No political party would ever again
,ome into power on an issue of free
rade, and no senator would ever enter
his senate on a platform of free trade.
Senator's might speak in favor of free
rade for South Dakota's mica, but
hey would no. favor it for their own
Industries The issue was now con-
est over schedules only, and it had
ceased to be a question on which the .
wo great political parties could be di-
rided. The great issues before the
,eople today did not relate to schedules,
nut to the greater question as to
whether a government of plutocracy
md corporations shall take the place {
# the rule of the people.
After further discussion the mica
paragraph again went over; also nickel.
The succeeding paragraphs relating !
o pens, penholder tips and pins We're
greed to as reported. 2
QUICKSILVER. I
To the quicksilver paragraph Mr.. Al !
ison offered a committee amendment :
aising the rate to &c. a pound.
Mr.. Vest and MIR. Jones (Ark.). op-
losed the amendment and Messrs.
stewart, (Nev.l. and Perkins, (Call.