The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-07
THE TARIFF REFORM.
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Il win now be Morrison's oppor-
tunity for revenge. He is chairman OF
the committee on ways and means to
which was referred Randall's tariff
reform bill. Randall has been the
leader OF the Democratic faction that
defeated Morrison's horizontal tarifi
bin, and his also more recent effort at
tariff reform.
Ar he Democrats were pledged by
their Chicago platform ito revise the
tariE in spirit of fairness to ali inter
ested," and as Randall had thwarted
all efforts at revision, he felt
called upon to intro iuee a tariff bill;
indeed, the Philadelphia Times, which
has supported Randall in his opposition
to MOrrisOn's measures, directly said
it vas Randsll's duty to introduce
tariff reform measure, which did;
and his tariff revision promises TO be as
Objectionable to the majority OF the
Democratic party as AcTrison's bill was
to the Randall faction. Morrison IS the
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee 20 which was referred Randall's
tariff bill, and that committee, our
morning dispatches inform US, his
ordered az adverse report upon the bill,
aud Chairman Morrison will write the
report. 1t may be expected
that it wiz affosd him i'm
mense delight since he has met such
defeats on the same sn4ject,E-om Ran
dali.
It is rather amusing to watch the
manner ia which the tariff question
is handled by Congress. Both parties,
by their platforms OF 1854. are pledged
10 tariff reform; and yet both parties
seem 10 app-os b the subiectWit great
caution and no little fear. The fact is
that as soon as q tariff biIl isiztroduced
each Congressman canvasses he mea-
sure TO see how it affects the industries
among his constituents, and he favors
or rejects the measure accordingly
as it IS favorable or unfa-
favorable to those industries; rather
than considering it in the broad light of
its effects Upon the whole nation and
acting npOn it as il shall in his judg-
nent prove good OF i'll to the country
generally.
It is a most difficult task for photo
grapher to take group in such man
ner that the. pioture7is satisfactory to
bach individual member Of it. If those
sittin down are sakeh wen. then some
fellow standing up has squint in one
Of his eyes that spSlls his expression.
and he wants another sitting. On the
secc nd trial the fellow with. the squirt
is fxed all o. X. Gut the one on his
right has had his eyes blurred
and he is not pleased, and
demands another s'tting-so on sad
iHsEifuRs. So with iae tariE. If the
tariff reform yd0RTis affect iron, and
steel products, khen 6sGbtless Mr. Ran
dali. who comes from an iro producing
district, viii support 1t; bat if it affects
wool, lead and leather, then the Con-
gressmen coming from those districts
producing such materials will oppose
The bill with all the W, light of their in
huenoe. /. the tariffs reduced on iron
and steel, and wool, lead and feathers
are stiii Protectsd, then tbeOODgress1en
coming from iron and steel-produeiRg
viii oppose the BILL. aad
the representatives from the wool, lead
and leatber-produeing districts viii |
favor it. SO this tariff bull of Bashan |
goes running at large. and no Ameri-
can statesman takes aim msnfuIly by
the horns 10 master him. Perhaps
Hande ckEas not far wrong after all
when he said the tariff question was
simply local isue.