New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-29

which may harass and destroy an american mus
we nut on duties make articles cheap by ereatlng
stimulating the conn clifton OF nome "
as have said, think we always sncceed
THE EFFECT OF TARIFF AGITATION On ChriihI'
The vaue of the tariff in the haste and zeal Win
which all countries except Great Britain are striving 10
usa the orinciple of protection. Germany, France,
Russia and Italy are each year perfcctng their
systems ana making stronger the defences OF tneir
manufactures They have just raised their aues on
vit.' ends The proprietors propose to move To the
United states. which is their largest customtr ina
is one of the evils OF our tarsreat proprletors are
forced to bring their capital and set VI their great
establishments in unhaI by country Nreat clc!s
come from Zurich /. only We could use the capital
which here already, which now lies idie III qr
your money in any manufacture whle the Democrats
party, with Its admitted hostility to the tarl Is sum ~
sought the security of safe AMI vault at the mere FEAR OF
Democratic triumph. Is II likely TO leave It's secu,,3
lie has II bill when Representative Hewitt from New
York announces that he has prepared bli anu "Icl
no has bl-tho old original JAG 1bs '-llanghter an
applause the introduction and discussion ana strength
featuring circles which still hangs like pail over Tue
industI es II our country . -. ,,oar,,, fla
party in its relations TO the cherlshed
rights Of the american neople-t s1,at d rsnt
has il to your snI port And II Tia principles are pah
what has it that is good Surely no man Will dare with
the spectaclc the last few months belDrc ~ 10 say
There in its Administration" say IL without salts
faction open for first am an American an
Republican, hut | say Eoldy-cOuld there he Il more
humilatng spectacle of universal aud erssi pi
dering Has any TART Of tue administration e % euc
from well rs from the head Iht men lheN
perienccd i'll administration should Dlunder, Is not
strange But that they should bunder III some cases
they preferred their ways TO Tue %
wishes of Congress anu in other cases because ley Nc
determined 10 purchase a personal credit fol ec0nory
and reform at any cost to the Nation ana una. IN az ~,
cases they still persist after their confusion patent 10
themselves AID the country, Is something noDn
mental ami country that has found Ee OUT WIZ lpt
nassiur hy All errGrs Of Judgment, and am cr.llclSh
the selhshncss of the motive ana Inc cr"cI oo90' "
the persistence
MIR, YILAs's WAR on AMERICAN SHIPPING.
Gentlemen. after long and repeated discussions, the
Democratic House last winter was slammed INTO Young
100000 pay for the foreign mails that were carfieu
IN American ships. Was that too much Let lis sec
England paid ships last year $3OOoVOO; Francs,
$5.5oO000; Italy. S2OoOOoO AusIna spun "a, ti u
belgium each paid Tor theirs $l,OOOooJ; ana ille
Holland paid hers just what We forced TINS Demo
cratic House to give fOr ours why Wouu tese
TTroneln nations Spend 50 much Because they wanted
markets for their manufactures; because lhey coulu
nni these markets only across the seas; ana because
they could reach these markets oy ny ~,
because these steamships couldn't prOniaby MAKE thcse
trips aud garry the mails unless they we're llu ,o ~
~ onr case different Haven't manufactures ana
produce Is well Don't we want markets 10 sol. tncu
countries beyund the seas I And can We expect that
some great miracle will be worked III aii o american
Cliua and Japan. ami Australia, aud Mexico and
Brazil, and carry our mails for nothing ,,.o. .,
Your Postmaster General does, Tor ne REFUSES 70
cxueud ge paitry sum which his Congress awarded
ar the same time he grncOnsly mtmaes tHat he is
wiling to deal as generously with American shl ping as
before. Generous nan! lie Is WluS It, neio,e w y
S35U 900 TO foreign steamships AMI 70 nay Fpoooo 10
onr own! Here patriotism! And what are his reasons
He ought lie ia Obey:ng the laws o congress anu
n,t Lsari I'm profprins reasons for dlsObeyiug tnem
bgt If he must be heard and not seen IN per
fornaEce, excuses should be better Only - 'Vou
for American ships ana $4,000 English ships that
make the same Mileage Hear him. ." It is subsidy "
Yes Mr Holman told us 50 very OFTEN IN tue il""-t nc
is apt tell OF every Appropriation unIeST Is 10
be spent IN Indiana. let Notwithstanding Nj Holman
told us So male 1t u law Ana II seems 10 me thV
after a Ority OF Congress has made law II "ol ne
more becoming although might not be 20 conspicuous
II YOU Mr.. Postmaster General obey eel H. bcoldc' wa!
do you think II a subsidy Isn't SUBSIDY payment
beyond the value Of the seryicc-d glit Well 40 YOU
mean to say that 100000 !, a payment hc'oni the
thai yoa unwilling to draw lessons from ciSt; lnon-
arches. That IS fortunate ior YOU TOT 'lcr T., We
alone settles the case against YOU Tor IL Is TeAreS 10 g
presumed that all these economical Governments WOuI
agree IN paying cXOr3anly ami ustle.sIy Tor similar
services. But unfortunately lOr You lcIc arc sum
home precedents and You can scarcely ftIhNe 10 nc
your own Department whea YOU nv % eli" ,,
on are prJ Osing 20 To steamers at cross Tue re
that you pay American iis ,'i't ~,
along the coast, sight OF ter own olnG, - - eent9
peI mile Viii Yea tell M why there shou hd thi' as
nction DO yOa know that yon pay rI!"ay1 on 'lr
main routes 5000 To Sl,jOO per mile WI you
because the cunswise vessels and the railway routes
pay you a profit 1 think no single coast inc l1Sa
routes. ON the Other hN d, the American -tcHHoHlP,
in the foreign trade do pay you. Your Department
-,
500 900 Is there why you should iahc thtr
earnings and force them to do tc puzzle o. ses al 'nr
steamboats,, and rail ways that carry yohr mans d" holn'
Why should You glucose our seagong Vessels exclusively
10 sac lice Oh the altar OF yDuT ambition Doe, II seem
To you that Wisconsin Will think II very STUART llhS
mat Won cOntr.yc to make Mexico pay Si0UOp0 tnht
the United states Iay fnd IN excuse pay only rll0JO
Tor Ne Kican mails, Or that where tue province o
Australia rays 100000 yOu succeed IN partnership
that should be OF equal terms In raging u LOU " thc
Pacific maisi aui GudDze the cost oI orr foreign
mails ont OF oar neighcOrs Ana what J., we lu,u' ~
looks as II yOu would be able ID save T5'oOO odt OF
100000 Congress tol. you 10 spend rms Is one sue
OF it, And the other You nave thrown ihtO coh'",iu
"A trade that mad grown 70 be "a hundred millions. 1OI
have destroyed mall facilities mat he anor OF hny
years and the expenditure OF iLcn n'2hvS ', "a, ,,
veopcd Before could send letter 10 japan III eiSn
teen, TO China IN twenty to Australia Ia twenty iou
days. BY your great stroke OF 7lIc'InH4'p, NC ''o
now able To- aud foreign Conveyance 10y way 0i
the Atlantic the Mediterranean the SncL Cfn' ana te
Indian Ocean letters to Japan IN loiy I'VE 10 'hiH ia
forty nine, ard to Australia IN fifty hree days -aws
provided that al OF many connGctioh7 are rtHntuy
lion was among first TO discover the wisdom OF H.
,a:trT D r at Hons Kom; to lei our Version Of the
wyoming massacre The Chinese MnlSier-not neinR
OF tue Pacific Mail Minister Deadly II connections wero
GOOD was enabled 90 tell his story at the FOREIGN Oico
Chinese Minister had told his. But the American mer-
/ chlnts " ho follow tho Chinese Minister'S example III
Australia IN twenty -four days instead Of it three even
II they take American ships ana 50 a'd American
conuercc are deprived Of this opportunity or is
Judgment Australia has grown tired O paying 7IoooOO
Tor carrying oar mails, While We pay ~ 40
Mail expires November l. proposes ne" deal III does
not uropOse to pay much before. MT. Was pro-
poses 10 pay nOre-and the service, when Tor ten
wears has bat mp Pacific trade. must b' withdrawn
! What this sci vice did for American commerce for
tunatey We have the figures to tell When the service
began our trade with Australia was 900 When
| Mr. villas dispheye1 Congress and snuicd 1t out our
trade SD,125,oOO. And this vast increase was
nearly all exports from farms and factories IN
tcrnational business paying II. the largest profits.
Aud when the POlmastrrG General is forced int max
ing some alternative proposition, lie says: If You
American steamships don't like yOui present conpen'a
tiUn take the postage. That used TO he We Law
and Is not repealed" True. But-anl here Is again a
proof OF unhappy fate OF new men pat into an old
Department-whcn that law passed the postage was
40 and 30 aud % for letter And even then the
wiser men Congress felt that the compensation was
| mad Iuate.
original hluuicr only gets the Department INFO fresh
prrpleXitlcs. How much better ~ wOud be Tar the
pick himself acknowledge lac
has had fall rub his Knees and start afrcs Laughter
and applause.
THE DESTRUCTION OF GREAT INDUSTRY.