New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-27
Workmanship displayed in the constitution of the Senat
aefa Ia
, v ~ ~rI ov rur PROPOSED CHANGES.

1cheuult on meIhls
EFFECT or THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
The tariff roes in the schedule under consideration
would close many American and rolling mills
and steel works through the foreign compeuton tney
would encourage. mines ana coal mines "o"
also be closed. In the effort to preserve the nome
market for many iron and steel products wages wou pe
reduced. To prove to unpreu diced nina
results would surely follow the enactment OF the sehaIo
bill into law only necessary to point to the large
imporations of iron and steel that annually take place
under the present protective tariff. Surely not even
United States Senator desire that large NUMBERS Oh
the people OF this country should again endure the prl
tons OF recent period OF hard times protest against
the assumption that any financial; other emergency
exists which makes such sacrifice Of national prosperity
necessary The present tariff not a burden upon any
American industry except upon those Industries which it
does sufficiently protect 1t is not burden upon the
woollen manufacturer for 1t has given him cheap wool
II is not n burden upon the NewEug!and other
sIers and STEEL for it has them their raw
materials lower than reat Britain supplied them
before our manufacture products was fully de-
yeloped II il not burden upon the farmer Of any
ton of country for 1t has given him higher prices
for his products than he received under previous revenue
tariffs aud it has enabled him TO buy all the manuac
red articles that he needs ut lower prices than he had
ever before known. Why should 1t be laid aside to
make room for the senates bungliDg tariff for
only The country has prospered under for almost
genetion and the threat to abandon 1t has caused
widespread apprehension ana great distress. deny
that the people generally desire its epeaor the sweeping
reduction of duties which the Senate proposes. The
minds Of many Of them have been confused by the
cOnfOundng terms IN ffee-traue newspapers
concerning internal and customs duties but II the
question were plainly put to them whether or not they
desired the importation of foreign products
10 the injury OF their c0untrymen they would ul-
doubtedly declare that they did not.
Our iron and steel manufacturers promptly accepted
the rates OF duties iron and steel which were inc0r
porated the bill the Ways and Means Committee.
and these duties whole they would now accept from
Congress as a settlement of vexatOns and alarming
controversy but they have faith In the physical anu
jty any of conference in the few hours OF
the present session OF Congress that would be et 10 ~
to do anything with the Senate schedule on metals tat
would render IL even tOerable. t must be cut out OF
the Senate bill bodily and thrown away or else the whole
hin should be defeated The latter disposition OF an ILL
contrIyed and almost criminal should be insisted
upon by the House of Representatives. not alone for
the sake % mpered iron and steel industries put
for the sake also OF other industries that are mperled
nv its PROVISIONS manufacturers OF iron and steel
do not want taken of themselves other IN
dlstries than their are 20 be slaughtered.
Very resnecrfuIly YOURS. JAMES "a. SwANK,
Secretary American Iron and steel Association
Washington, ID C., Feb. %, 1883.