The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-04
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lection sherman Against Lamar-Tarin
on Sugar, Bitter sweet-strikes.
There has been much talk OF the evils
of strikers; but what about those men
who, according to the reports OF the "a
cifc Railway Commission, have stolen
vast empires and loaded themselves down
with money and securities 10 which their
only title is that of the thief to his plum
DER Are they not also worthy OF con-
demnalion In regarding critically the
errors of the workingmen there Is an
ger that the gigantic crimes of corporate
monopoly may be forgotten by the peo'
ple.-Ph,h Record.
1t IS next to impossible for a person
not abnormally phlegmetic to read, in
Washington, a column of the Cincinnati
Com merciol- Gazette without pausing oc.
casionally TO listen for the booming OF
J~sckson's and Longstreet's artillery al
~Thoroughfare Gap or Manassas. AS one
lays the paper down and turns to the
window he half expects TO see a division
of the brave boys in blue moving along
the avenue on the way to reinforce Pope
at Ccntreyillc. So strong is the wierd
sonably long time to require for getting
over the delusion.- Wash. Post.
Mr.. Schoenhof, United States consul at
TunstalI, England, says:
81 find cotton goods fully as cheap in
the United States as here. Shirtings and
sheetings, if anything, are superior In
quality for the same price. Articles OF
underwear tor women are superior In
workmanship and cheaper in price in
the United States. Nor are mems shirts,
when chiefly of cotton, any cheaper here.
Of boots and shoes, factory made, the
same may be said"
This Is as strong evidence in favor OF
the removal of the tariff on raw material
AS could well be afforded, inasmuch as il
proves that American manufacturers can
compete successfully with their rivals
throughout the world If allowed equal
terms. There is no tariff on the raw ma.
terial of which leather and cotton goods
are made.-IHJ. t0stIe.
Senator Sherman says that he will vote
against the confirmation of Mr.. Lamar.
This is the Senator'S right. We approve
of the Senate rejecting nominations. II
az least twenty per cent. were rejected
the President would be careful and there
would be better appointments. This busi-
ness of taking nominations as all right
merely because the President names
them is an abuse, and Mr.. Sherman is
wise so far as lie proposes to correct 1t.
Mr.. Sherman, however, does himself
injustice in not giving us his reasons for
voting against Nj. Lamar. We have
seen no reason worth considering except
that, like Orr, Akerman, Mosby, and
other Republican nominees, Lamar was
in the Confederate service.
To make this issue now is so desplcable
a political act that we cannot believe Mr.
Sherman would descend TO it-Herald.
A memorial signed by a very large
number of the business men of Baltimore,
praying the repeal Of the tariff tax on
sugar, is now in readiness for presenta-
ton to Congress. The duty collected on
sugar, sugar candy and molasses in the
year ended June 80, 1887, was S5S,016,.
CSC, nearly the whole Of which was from
sugar. On sugar and molasses the aver
age rate Of duty was 1915 per cent, as
against 52.05 per cent. in 1882. There
was a slight reduction of the tax in 1888,
but it has been reversed by the decline in
the price of foreign sugar since that time.
The specific tax-so much per pound
has re NAMED fixed, despite the down
ward movement, with the result that the
consumer has failed to profit 10 the full
extent by the low price of sugar abroad.
A tax of over rs per cent. on an article Of
necessity is clearly exorbitant, and the
memorialists ask Congress to reduce it,
Bal0. Sun.
The majority report of the Pacific
Railway Commission directly charges Mr..
c. p. Huntington with perjury. He tes-
tilted before the Wilson Investigating
| Committee in fS73that his share of profits
for certain work of construction was
81 600, 600 in stock. Mr.. Stanford before
the late Commission testified that Hunt
ington as well as himself and Hopkins
and Crocker each received in profits for
this particular work 100000 900 In stock.
The Commission, satisfied that Stanford
told the truth here, asserts that "Mr.
Huntington must therefore have known
when he was teslifying before the wilson
Committee that his statement was not a
true one.-Eschaage.
The people admire boldness In their
seryants-when it is displayed in a right
eous cause. President Cleveland forced
an issue upon the country and secured a
party at his back by coming out squsrely
in his message for tariff reform and sur
plus prevention.
AS the most important work before
Congress relates to this issue, Speaker
Carlisle should appoint a Ways and
Means Committee that will sustain the
party's policy. The country wants and