New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-03


the issue ana be the platform OF the party may account
FOR will Justify this extraordinary course OF pro
cedure The minority protested without await In the
committee and annrunring 1t to She House a. they
feel constrained do the issue tendered by ne u
accompanied with some OF their reasons Tor opposing ~
and make their appeal from the peoples servants to the
people themselves
RADICAL AND SECTIONAL BILL
The ILL radical reversal of the tarn policy Of the
country, which the has prevailed since The
foundation OF the Government and under which we have
made industrial and agricultural progress without pas
LEI the worlds history, II enacted into law II VIII
disturb every Of business resrd manufacturing ana
agricultural prosperity ana seriously impair our INDUSTRIAL
system; substantially al of the tsrn schedules arr
srected both classification and rates are changed
SPECIFIC duties are In many cases changed 70 ad vsofc
which all experience has shown Is productive Of frauds
ana II does correct the ifesularnes
OF the present srin IL ony aEsravases them intro
duces In expectation. which VIII enbArrase
Its administration promote contention ana litigation ana
give the customs officers latitude OF construction
which will produce endless controversy and confusion
1t IL marked with secuonalism which every patriotic
citizen must ceplore.
Its construction takes no Of the element Of
labor which enters into production and, 10 NUMBER OF
instances makes the nnishes advanced proouct nee
dutisble at less rate than the materials from which
IL made The poor mans blanket" which the ms ofy
has u,sde burning for many years IL made 10
Of duty as the rich mans More than
Of farm and the mine from products which
are dutisbl minimum rates. ranging from 70
25 per cent and this slight protection so essenus
to be taken from the farmers the lumoefmeh ana inc
Quarrymen.
True there EXCEPTIONS cleaned rice, now
paying duty Of ll2 per cent sd valorem, Is carefully
kept from the free list and unceaned rice Is given IN
creased duty and protection This IL done o n.roou0
ing new definition Of unelesoed rice 1t changes .ne
long accepted commercial definition and excludes any
rice which has the outer skin or euace i00sen1 1
Of rice which heretofore has been admitted at less rate
Of duty. 10 carried TO the cleaned rice which pear.
higher rate The duty on cleaned rice proposed by the
bill 10 cents a pound and unclesned Ia cents Inc
bill Increases the duty upon heretofore been sd
mi
This Of agricultural product upon when ouues
have not been diminished but advanced lnere 80
30 1887 and from June So 1887. 70 December 81 1851
872s47e pounds all Of which becomes d1tsoe ~ .se
advanced rate OF cents per pound ana inc impors
tons are maintained revenue from this source Will DO
materially increased
The following among the agricultural products put
on the free list by the bill All woos linseed garden
seed rape and other oil seed hempseea ouos anu os
split peas besns and pease milk fresh) meats game ana
poultry hgA plums and prunes dates currants aante
vegetables resh bsrks beans ETC., hemp beeswax max
manila othet vegetable substances The American farmer
wifi appreciate the vicious OF the bill as applied
to him. when appraised OF the fact that while the
products Of his land and labor shut out from Canada
BY protective arin imposed by the Canadian Government
Canadian farmer send many OF his products nero
without the payment Of duty under the proposed bill
Canada collects duties upon number OF American
produc which by tarn laws admit Canadian products
Of like kind free Of duty This she has been doing oi
many yesfs although by her tariff OF 1873 chapter 49,
ss ton g. IL 10 provided That any all Of the follow
ing things that animals Of all kinda green fruit
toes or other psnt and hruba coal and coke
SALT hops wheat peas and beans barley, rye, oats In
dian corn buckwheat and all other grain noul ~nea
meal any other kind. butter. cheese nsh SAT- OF
smoked lard aow. meats either salted or smoked sno
Lumber NAV imported into Canada free OF duty OF at
less rate OF duty provided by this act by procla
nation Of the Governor General In council which may
issue whenever appears 10 his ssnsfseson that similar
s,tcIes from Csnads may be imported into the United
States OF duty at rate OF DUTY not exceeding mat
payable on under such proclamation when i'm
ported into Canada
Some Of articles above named are already on our
free list and yet they dutiabe under tho Canadisn
made by the and IL is proposed under
this bill 70 the free list with farm PRODUCTS upon
which q high tariff is levied by the Canadian law.
How long Of agricultural wages be oontin
ued In United States under such legshtionf what
to the Canadian farmer and most serious blow to the
American. The whole bin has that tendency ana seems
the criticism that IL was framed 70 benent
other countries rather thsn our own
THE wooL-GRowER THE FIRST VICTIM.
Nowhere In the bill Is the ultimate purpose Of its gu.
thors manifest than Its treatment Of wool II
fooks and deeces TO mercess competition from abroad
In this respect bill Is but the echo OF the Presidents
message gives emphasis the settled purpose Of the
majority 70 break down OF the most valuable indus
Of country 1t is public proclamation that the
American policy Of protection 20 long sanesea w. HS
every department OF human EFFORT Is 10 be abandoned
Why have the majority put wool on the fee stf Let
them make their own answer We quote IRON the 70
We say to the manufacturer have put wool on the
free LIST to enable him 10 obtain foreign woods cheaper
make goods cheaper and send them into foreign mar
kets, and successfully compete with the foreign man
ufscturer."
First-Ths purpose bring down the price Of wool
II this should DO tho result inquire at whose expense
and lossi 1t must be at expense Of the American
grower and to his loss who, present prices and with
present duty, being forced Of the business by
ruinous foreign compettloni The injury by the con-
fession Of the majority. Will fan upon the American wool
grower. He is to be the hrst victim He can ana no
ND ia ubsurd tall ahouL
his product home with the wool OF the world crowdlng
our shores unchecked by custom house duties
There l1l 600 900 pounds OF wool Imported into
this the last nscs and our domestic product
result with duty OF ten cents pound on the
higher grades diminished TO 900 pounds Tho
bill win greatly Increase imporAtions Of the foreign
product and diminish wholly destroy our own pro
clothing well It's food This nation can do BOTH
majority will let alone 1t should be borne In mind
that wool producers cannot compete with countries
winter feeding and but little sumner attention Is
required where labor is cheap unless their Industry
has Just and adequate protection Is labor In msnuaeor
ing deserving the consderse concern OF CONGRESS
than engaged the field Of sgrcultures Both are
equally honorable and alike merit the thought
full consideration OF those charged with making lava
The majority report asserts that must produce our
wooen goods lower cost ana be able underse the
foreign product And after this hcw to
be secufedf by neecing the woogrower and next
by reducing the labor cost IN the manufacture how se
undersel the foreign produetf BY making me
OF goods less than theirs In other
words BIZ cutting down wages Of skilled and
skilled labor the foreign standard simply. but below
IT. Tor the duct must VI NC ouf
compettork The American farmer will not quietly sub
nit to this injustice. The American workDgman will
Indignantly repel this effort 10 degrade his labor
BETTER CLOTHED UNDER THE TARlEE LAW.
The majority gravey inquire In their report; II Con-
gess the Of the woogrowers what are The
people do for wooden cothingP We beg 70 suggest
that the people OF this country woolen clothing dur
ing the existence OF tariff Of 1867 and the arin pro
posed by the Wool Conference Is substantially that tariff
and the people better clothed and never eettef
she 20 buy them 1t would Instructive 10 the majority
10 compare the prices Of woOen clothing IN this country
during period from lo4 " lsGO, under the low 1riu
than ore Ealing with the prices prevailing and they
would be prohtea by comparison OF the price Oh
wages then prevailing with those now maintained Their
ipyetgsuons would disclose the wretehed condition o
labor In the period the starving prices tsan re-
ceycd aud the bty thousands Of worthy weFkmen
10 get work Al any price Clothes any price were then
the dearest II the aDong could have been heard by