Show awl TAFF REPORT I 1 or republicans dissect the wilson bill ITS FALLACIES CLEARLY SHOWN the effect of or tariff tinkering Tinker TIn kerina lne on the th a country an able and consistent document throughout washington dec 21 the report of the minority members of the tile ways and means committee was submitted to the house ilous t this his afternoon the he portion of the lenort discussing the bill reEt gen generally was pre prepa I 1 jb by it heed e ed other alif 1 the lie minority burrows rr 0 ws payne dalzell hepkins ila and gear at repaired the portions dealing with scecil features the report says tile most surprising 8 thing about tile bill is the fact this proposition is to raise the revenues of 1893 which were only 2 J above the expense expenses this tills fad fact and the fact that by this bill only the larger 0 P part air t of 0 f the burden of taxation is trans berred d from front foreigner foreigners and brought to our own owl citizens ell izet a should always alvr ays be kept in lit mind had the e followed the uncompromising declaration of its party and abolished protection giving us tariff for revenue only our task in commenting con upon the results atlle committees report would aeu d have been much more simple bo so far however have the tile committee departed from the demands of their national convention we are ae much demoted to bor row from front their own platform plat forra and designate the bill as a h cowardly makeshift were it not the r results are already too serious for mere nere epithets the committee lias has P presented r d another tinkering tariff bill the tit a like egenbe k of which has disturbed busi business negi so many ninny times during the last thirty I 1 years had the bill been for revenue 0 only the people of the tile con country might have seen at a glance whether they the y desired one policy or the other and the tile question q might have been settled at once for all at I 1 and tile country have attained that repose and stability on oil which our prosperity erity so much depend depends 01 n into the tile details of the bill the minority t says although lumber passes th through tile same plant all as boards the workmen who v bp 0 manage a it ago the saw are unprotected while the workmen who ito run the planes are shielded siti elded by protective tariff taxes tile me new plan also involves the tile method of encouraging manufactures bv by giving them what is called free raw materials so that what goes into the mill pays no taxes and what whitt boea into consumption pays all the taxes it unfortunately lia open alo o that free raw material iq 1 another mans finished product thia this bill pretends to bo ile a revenue tariff and does not raise the revenue pretends to give protection but destroys it in lit every way it says to the tile manufacturer for bod we furnish free coal iron ore wool and the tile markets of the tile world I 1 instead it furnishes a new broj of ener enemies nies the men w who I 1 to dit dig in the mines and ralpd sheep for I 1 t really creates what its enemies falsely c charge it arge against republican protection a p privileged eged class against which the tile and held field wilt will both arra ves and thi the privileged class cla 93 does do not dot care 0 to o be privileged what exact tilled thi the prop proposed oed duties would have on the general rate of wages in the country can only be determined by ely actual t test c at but it is 1 not difficult dini cult to s ee it will be v very er y depressing an ali ad v valoree valorem orent duty if prices could bo be exactly determined would woul d be the ful fairest rest but unfortunately pric es va ry as much as matters of opinion an d inas nuch agthe duty depends upon the price a cheat on oil price Is a cheat on duty dut yand and not only Is the government cheated but the manufacturer is cheated out ou of the protection promised hi film in how t the lie grea great t e licit in our resources as a nation nat la Is to be filled no one knows unless the tile president anticipating in lit ills its message to congress the report of the committee on ways and means shall afford to the corn com itself the wished for duo clue against the consideration of such a bill creating a deficit and leaving it unaccounted for the minor minority alty vainly pio protested tested when tho lill was laid before the tile committee we nye make the same protest to the house and to the tile county country the tile bill ou ought glit not lint to be reported without the internal bill which w bich is to make inake no ut the deficiency when the scheme of raising taxes by methods method si used in time of war was presented in addition add to ta those now I 1 imposed lit posed there kiy it be fich ouch further furt lier rev revulsion aulsion of feeling as will I 1 ac tie tile defeat of this bill there is no need for us to present thu this to tile coun coull try itis it Is presenting itself in lit IW depre tentative cities where the ilan m ber bar of employed exceeds people ully fully one third oi of them are out of employment these were engaged in lit protected industries nye will not strive in turmoil turi noil which any A way F to increase the this bill hibi llian already created an ali end can he 1 put ut to to all this tills b by the tile defeat of this tills bill at and IT to accomplish this every energy should be bent beat the tile report character char characterizes acte the woolen schedule as destructive of f the wool grow ing industry seventh in fit value of the pro I 1 ducts all long the branches of agriculture at the now prevailing in lit foreign markets our farmers cannot produce wool without absolute loss during the tile past year the threat of free wool hag has d deprekel of sheep e and wool fit the abed the v e allta 50 is invested and ove oper atiles are employed tit tile it merl anu achue 0 of woolens all d this industry is offered up as sac 0 the attar of earlif re orni a 0 at a attention Is directed to vio effect of placing iron ore on tile free list the re malt of tills will be tu the loss of over OW in the to admit to compe allon with american ores foreign orea produced ot at from one foul ih tit to one olle tenth the tile cost of producing aroe att ores significance Is ls attached to th 6 jact that will white to hoop hoopond alid hall bandl rn ana steel bear unity thirty per percent cent d duty illy iron ir jn or steel ste e I 1 ties for balling bailen cotton are on the free ILL the same in brow stows the cc itsou consistency consists con ney and lack of know knowledge ila antho on the of 11 abc framers of tte bill that have part marked the preparation of the oher ached tiles rhe tile rent removal g aal yal of the d duty uty from bl bf es shuh for is the considered rs reason tha tip all t amazing coal has tile value except what it gets from labor sub prevalent universally it is most acta american industry the late ejects of rolendis lendis Is cited as a rp ex ind us glass art 0 the and enter competition teni eni american colip have reduced the prices on a prise twelve plants with a the a at tell years men and fa employ e ap pal 1 0 support 40 WO people |