New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-06
THE ATTACK ON THE TARIFF.
ATALK WITH CHAIRMAN MORRISON.
He REPUDIATEs THE oHIO DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
AND ITS PLEDGEs-CRITICIsMs.

tBY TELEoRAPa TO rHE TRrBUSE.I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-"Ho do you reconcile
tho Tariff bill offered by you yesterday with the
declarations of the Ohio platformp Chairman
Morrison asked to-day. 81 don't want to rec
oncile them want to bust the Ohio PLATFORM"
was the prompt reply. "That platform approves
tariff for revenue limited to the necesst-
ties of the Government economically admin
istered and so adjusted to encourage productive
industries and justly compensate labor, but not to
create foster monopolies. Well, now, this bill
will yield sufficient revenue for the purposes ndi-
Gated will itnot As to the other questions about
industries and labor, if 1t will harm them, not this
bill but the ProtectOnists who made the present
tariff are TO blame All this bill does Is to reduce
rates"
do you mean to bring all rates to the scale Of
the act Of 1851 That is, where the duty
on articles is lower to-day than it
was under that act, will the proviso in your bill
operate to bring up the rateT
"No that is not my object at all. The bill affects
only articles which now pay higher rates than
those fixed by the act of 1851. 1t is a good BILL
indeed" replied Colonel Morrison. The bill is not
radical enough to suit Mr.. Mills, of the Ways and
Means Committee, and it is said that
his views are shared by at least
two other Democratic members of that
committee.
OHIO WOOL GROWERS SIGHTED.
Several representative Ohio wool growers have
been here lately to labor with Chairman Morrison,
and induce him to agree to carry out the pledges OK
the Ohio Democratic platform in regard to the wool
duties Their labOrs in vain, despite the fact
that they brought to Colonel Morrisons attention
the famous circular issued by the Ohio Democratic
State Committee last August 10 Republican voters
who are wool growers After that circular
tha ahair
the Democratic State Committee sent 70 every
township for lists of interested III WOOL
growing The State was flooded with copies OF the
circular from which the following Is an extract;
The Democratic party, the facts show, has been
steadily and earnestly opposed to the 81 ns
sei SOe indicates that as political party they heartily
In sympathy with the wool producers cause Farmers
IeSisstnre outraged and robbed you the bidding of
the capitalists OF NewEnglandf Is there any hope Tor
hced your dearest and best nterestsi The party that
created this great wrong cannot be trusted 70 give 20
They sought by every means IN their power to preyeno
cratic party this matter it has promised to- and WILL
give you relief
But Chairman Morrison sternly declares that
"ths old duties on wool and woollens shall not be
restored instead Of that they must be still further
reduced"
DEFECTS OF THE BILL.
Some men who have examined the printed copy
of the bill say 1t should at least have been SUBJ
mitted to a Committee on Style" before 10
WAS offered to tho House. After the first printed
comics had been delivered at the committee room
to-day 1t was discovered that the last clause OF the
first section was extremely obscure. Many ques-
tions were asked as to its meaning, and Colonel
Moreison at last made up his mind that the clause
should be al. independent sentence as fouows'
"On all unpoishcd cylinder, crown and common
window glass on cast, polished plate glass, unsil-
ftr fnnh
sonare on salt In bags sacks barrels other pack
ages or In bulk. The bill was returned TO the
printer to be corrected. When 1t goes out the sem
tence will be found standing alone without, dis;
COverable relation TO any otheE part oi tne oIn
whatever.
MoRRIsON's FAITH IN HIMSELF.
Colonel Morrison's attention was called to the
fact that the bill provides that silk umbrellas, par
asols tec. may in at 40 per cent In one
schedule, while other silk goods and even silk
partly manufactured must pay 90 per cent in
another schedule. His reply was Well, the duty
on all silk goods is too high anyway" There are
already sufficient indications that he VIII STUB
bornly oppose most of the amendments when
Abra Hewt Se % Tf5 y STe
not satisfied with the proposed additions TO the Tree
list he may conclude 10 curtall number OF thein,
from which il is inferred that he does not propose 10
weld ANYTHING further in the direction OF Tree raw
materials"
CARLIsIE's SPEECH INTERPRETED
Said prominent Democratic Representative to-
dav. man who voted for Mr. Randall In the
caucus: Well we know how to interpret Carsle's
conservative and moderate speech on taking
the Speakers char, when he said that sudden and
radical changes in the laws and regulations affect
ing the commercial and industrial interests OF the
people' should not be made, except under the
pressure of strong necessity, which he did not
believe TO exist at the present time. The House,
no soid souoht 70 make such changes only after
carefui examination of the whole subject In all its
bearings | wonder if the Speaker thinks Morrison
has given the tariff a careful examination III all IT'S
hearings He must believe SO, for am informed
he appT0yed this bill before it was offered. That
shows how conservative our Speaker Is"
veeks before the WAYS and Means Committee gets
ready to bring the bill before the House. That is prob
ohi U