Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-08

ceived in economic ignorance and :
brought forth in most selfish section I
alism So obnoxious We're its pro
visions that such a partisan democrat
as Senator d. B. Hill spoke OF 1t IN
the senate as follows:
IAN extreme reduction OF tariff du-
ties at time when the treasury was
swollen with a surplus OF hundred
millions OF dollars, when the country
was really prosperous. when all our IN
dustries were in motion. and all our
workingmen employed, assumed dlf.
ferent aspect and presents dlfferent
question, when proposed now with
large and growing treasury deficit IN
stead of surplus staring us IN the
face. with our industries paraiyzed,
our manufactures closed. our work
ingmen idle, and following upon the
heels OF the most disastrous lnanclal
panic i'll our history. 1t is novelty
in American politics TO make its con
illusions and procedures deliberately
offensive. 1t is like making religion
immoral, and urbanity noisy in order
to command and propagate them. TO
double the deficit OF $7S.000,000 by way
of ending it; to discard S76,000,0O0 oil
annual revenue in order to collect
twice as much in some other ways;
| TO embody tariff reform as the presl-
| dent imagined himself to be doing IN
| his scheme to substitute direct tax
| es for the tariff taxes which were to
be reformed; to disturb and distress as
many business men as possible and all
at once instead of few at time, is
not program perfectly matured and
suited to carry the policy and princi-
pie of tariff reform unimpaired through
a period of general business depres-
sion. This bill proposes a suicidal
4 policy when it seeks by its extreme
provisions to discard numerous reas-
enable tariff duties and thereby imperil
many industries
i, At last the country was aroused and
!, from it's length and breadth came pleas
4 to republican congressman and sena-
tors to fight the measure increasingly.
However. radical free trade majorities
had been elected in both houses and
the efforts of the republicans and
more conservative democrats could not
! stay the tide, but in various ways We're
f enabled to modify some OF its most
radical policies.
# Brought to their senses by the bit
n ter experiences of the last CLEVELAND
T administration, the laboring men, farm
S ers and business men OF the nation Sc
II their seal of disapproval upon the dem
ocratic policy of free trade. Ihl'
d party attempted to shift the attentiol
eI of the voters from protection and fret
pI tfn
If age of free silver. proposing it as {
W panacea for all ills experienced by IN
10 country, policy that assured the dc
e basement OF our currency. me pee
id pie however. We're not to be decelN
20 ed and by an overwhelming maJorlt
10 William Mckinley, the foremost Pre-
l. tectionists OF his time, was chosen t
OF execute the laws OF the land and re
is publican congress was given hlm !
m assist in the adoption OF this economl
D. policy which he had always champion
30 ed.
as During the first session of the firt
e fifth congress a new tariff hill Tor u
III United States was drafted under Il
leadership of Nelson Dingley, chat
Sc man of the ways and means COMM
pi- tee. The people OF the nation had d
lie clared for protection and it was aloI
rs these lines this bill was framed.
re- March 1897 the bill was enacted in
to law. Here it will be fitting to give
nis brief summary OF the conditions tn
he existed in this country at the time t
gh Dingley bill was pending in congre;
OF Senator Gallinger in a speech befo
his the senate thus briefly summarized t
las situation.
ne Manufacturing is fearfully deprei
inc ed workfngmen are either out of e
~ ~. plovment or working for reduc
a,i wages. one-hall the railroad milea
~ OF the United States is in the han
nth oi receiNele' ai'S' 'is ~ a,,,ro,t
penses. In this connection compt
49, son between the workings Of the fl
rad nineteen months OF the Mckinley q
i Wilson German law, will be instr
tive During the first nlnett
months OF the Mckinley law The
70 ceipts of the government exceeded
the expenditures $24,9SS,221, while dur
ates the first nineteen months OF the \
SHY son-Gorman law the expenditures
nan- ceeded the receipts $76,257, BIB.
tory History has just repeated its
IN Throughout the life OF this nation
most has been shown time and again
MIA tariff for revenue only" or y
! It's trade" measures have been inadeQ,
we're to provide the necessary funds to n
pro the expenses of the government, W
the under protective laws all the need
fol- the government have been met and
law, debt reduced and the whole pc
ation have enjoyed prosperity
a ~ The workings of the Dingley
.l9 have been even more successful
soN was anticipated by its most sang
A.ei' supporters. Under its benign i
..o ences factories were reopened;
ai M ones established, giving the mill
Az ~ of laboring men, idle during the
=. Cleveland administration, enployn
tii.i wages have been advanced throug
ss the country; commerce has impro
= ous the home market has been enla
= ~ giving the farmers sale for the
va duct OF their labor at good prices
il is unnecessary TO recount the
ready ther benefits that have accrued Il