, 1886-11-28
TARIFF REFORM.
congressman Who Favor Re-
vision of Present Laws.
United States Mail for Russia
Disappears,
Exciting Fight With Mailman
at Sea.


BOSTON. Nov. 27.-Some weeks az,
the GIoJe sent letters of inquiry to LEADING
Democratic congressman asking what nc
ton congress should take ON the tariff
question in the coming session. Nearly
all replies favor Il revision of the present
laws, though they differ as to the means
by which 1t should he accomplished. The
following is an abstract of the replies
which the Giobe will print tomorrow:
Congressman Collin says: The atti-
tude OF the majority should be TO press
some scheme Of reduction and to vote
under the operation Of the previous ques-
ton, If possible
Congressman Bragg, of Wisconsin, says.
Believing myself that a reduction Of tariff
Is essential to prosperity in business to
the country at large, | am in favor of
keeping it constantly in front until success
attends the effort and a reasonable meas
ure Of commercial freedom is obtained.
Congressman Lowering writes from
Washington: Some measure of relief
from the enormous taxes by the revision
Of tariff should be given to the county
at the coming session OF congress. But
with a majority of seventeen in the pres
ent house las shown by its vote last
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subject, am not much encouraged to
look Tor any measure of practical relief on
this important question by the present
congress, nor can | see much to encour-
age the belief that the iiitieth congress
will do any better; and | will venture the
prediction that if any attempt by it is
made to reduce surplus revenues, it will
be rather by abolishing the internal rev
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reducing the tax upon those articles Of
prime necessity entering into the every
day consumption of the masses OF people.
Col. Morrison, OF Illinois, says. The
attitude Of the majority party in the house
this winter towards the tariff question
should be that attitude which will best
secure such reduction that a tariff will
yield all the revenue we need and no more,
without removing the internal revenue tax
on tobacco and liquors.
L. T. Mills. of Texas, says. The Dem
c~cratic party ought to and will push the
fight this winter for 4 reduction of tariff.
The people engaged in this fight are en-
listed for war.
A, j. Warner, of Ohio, says: | think
the majority party should favor a tariff on
all products in the production of which
there Is competition between TINS ana
other countries, sufficient to cover the diff
ference in the cost of production and out
OF the difference in the conditions under
which their production is carried ON here
and elsewhere. | have been pleading
with the leaders of my party to assume a
more aggressive policy.
ii. Hiatt, of Charlottesville, Ind. says:
saw soon after the inauguration of Pres
ident Cleveland that his policy was going
to run in the same channel with the Re-
publican policy. They are identical on
finance, en- tariff and on the land question.
Cleveland policy is in opposition to any
regulation Of railroad freight, and, in a
word, is a simple subletting of Republi-
canism under Democratic colors, With
such a policy a great mass of the people
have become Disguised, and thousands of
Democrats, to my knowledge, have voted
the Republican ticket to manifest their
disapprobatlon of Cleveland's suicidal
policy.
Martin A. Foran, Of Ohio, believes in a
Just and tair reasonable reduction and
modification of tariff, keeping always in
view the incidental protection as well as
the revenue.