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Show THE TARIFF BILL IT. Butterworth of Obio Speaks Regarding the Proposed Measure. Meas-ure. APPLAUSE FBOM THE DEMOCRATS. Hi. McKinley's Objections to His Colleague's Col-league's Harangue Other1 News. 9EKATK. Washington, May 12. Among the petitions presented ami referred was one bv Quay from the business men of Philadelphia, remonstrating ugainst the increase of ilutv, on dress goods made wholly or partly from wool. , The committee on pensions reported hack the house substitute for the senate dependent pension bill, and moved that it be noneoneiirred in. Agreed to. The senate then resumed consideration considera-tion of thesilvcr bill. Jones of Nevada Continued his speech which was begun yesterday. Jones concluded Ins speech at a Suarter past 8 o'clock, having spoken ve and one quarter hours. He had the name close attention of both parties he had yesterday . The attendance on the democratic side at times was larger than on the republican. v house. Washington. May 13. The house vent Into committee of the whole on a tariff bill. MeMillln, of Tennessee, moved to reduce the duty on ammonia, and said there was no reason why an article of necessity to a farmer should bo so heavily taxed. McKlnley, of Ohio, opposed' the amendment since the tariff encourraged competition hi this country. The price of ammonia has linnil ivi,lll,,ll I 1111,1 111 Tl IMItltH lll'l' pound. . Mr. Butterworth of Ohio, suggested that while ho knew nothing of the case under consideration, tho prico of the article was not reduced on account of competition alone. It was reduced on account of improved methods of manufacture. manu-facture. Ho never doubted the protective protec-tive system. It was wise, human. bene-llcient, bene-llcient, and scattered blessings ou tho laud from shore to shore. If there was ny danger to the protection system it was In oscillation between tho extreme of free trade and an extreme which created inequalities among tho Americans themselves. Ho insisted that we should not ereato an inequality hero. That tho protective system doalt with a condition not national bouudary lines except when tho presence of those national boundary linos indicated tho presence of those conditions against tho influence of which it was necessary to interpose tho barrier of a protective tariff. Com petition never created a now industry ; they ' wcro created by tho work of tho brain; by inventors. The committeo tried to do tho best it could in framing the bill but It was not always al-ways safe to rely altogether upon tho testimony of beneficiaries under tho law. (Applause on democratic side.) xllo indicated his belief respecting proper pro-per function of tho tariff act and would sooner resign his seat than depart one hair's breadth from that belief. Of course he respected the wisdom of the committee. - ' ' But why wan Paul favored aud Peter turned down? Why increase the pro-lils pro-lils of certain classes? He could name capitalists whose profits exceeded those of all agriculturalists in any state of the union. (Applause on the democratic democra-tic sido.) Ho was not, he said, disturbed dis-turbed by the applause ou the other side. Ho was exceedingly grateful if they began to realize in any sense that our countrymen deserved protection. Butterworth then proceeded to expound ex-pound his vlows touching tho reciprocity recipro-city with Canada. He said wo were finileavoring to cultivate relations with fifty millions of people to the southward south-ward and yet we. were afraid of Canada. There were some thing in the liill that he did not liko. He had known of an industry that had been able to make iWO.OtW.OOO dividends on a capital of $1,250,000. Ho favored proper protection protec-tion but these men held tho world in their grip. When he said he did not favor that kind of protection he was Inld "vnn hva lint. RnlinH on thn t.n.llff " . Tho lime will come when some Utile concern should be shown to American homes and American firesides. He did not believe it was wise or prudent to mako such a sweeping reduction iu the sugar tariff to bo supplanted by ihc bounty. The greatest desire of his i heart was to pass a bill reflecting in the highest degree on the protective system. What he wanted to avoid was paying too much for an industry, and such was the case Willi the tin' plato - duty. It would amount to $50,000,000 before the manufacturers of plate could declare a dividend. He was anxious that his party should not take a falso step. Ho did not expect to participate much iu the deliberations of tho house hereafter. He was quite as ready to go out as his democratic' friends weru anxious to get rid of him when they gerrymandered him out. Ho was already out beforo they took that action. Dingley of Maine said the debate ought not to proceed upon the theory tl'almuriato and sulphate of ammonia were used for producing fertilizers when tho fact is not a pound is so used. McMillen's amendment was rejected. |