Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-05
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been the most bitter opponents o.
: reduction, and the question will bt
viewed in an entirely new and differ
ent light Even when the president
launched forth his bold and fearless
message to the people, some of his
most ardent admirers and some OF
the boldest advocates oftariff reform
doubted the policy of the decided
stand which he took. Now, how
ever, the host of revenue reformers
is rapidly adding to IFS ranks: repub-
lican politicians andrepublican news
papers are daily coming out and an
nouncing in favor of tariff reduction,
and the republican party, although
protesting a willingness and even
eagerness to meet the issue, realizes
that it is On sinking ground and is
becoming alarmed. To the great
surprise of the most sauguine re
formers, even the capitalists, who
have their money invested in the
'.infant industries" are, some ofthem,
becoming strong hackers of the
president S message, and claim that
he did not come out strong enough
on the subject. A recent Issue of
the New York Herald contains a
most interesting batch of correspon-
dence from Providence, r. 1. The
correspondent interviewed Roland
Hazard, Jr., one of the proprietors
of the Peacedale woollen mills, which |
employ 500 operatives. He claimed |
that for a long time his company
had been doing losing business
and was IN favor of free trade: the
business was overdone and the mills
had to lie idle for a great part of the
time as dead capital; with the ten
cents pound duty on theraw mater
ial they were unable to complete
with the English and Germans in
the finer lines of goods and were
compelled to confne themselves to
carpet and other coarser goods: that
on some kinds of worsted goods i'm
ported the duty was less than on
the woods from which his company
would have to make the articles, so
that the duty on wool acts the OPP
oosite from that was intended and
8 really premium on foreign manu-
acture; that this pinch has been felt
or long time and was often aggra-
Tated from the fact that the lower
WOOL goes in its fluctuations in for
Ugh countries-the tax being fixed S
n this-the higher is the percen-
age manufacturers here pay on the =
rticle. Mr.. Hazard claims that the .
resident did not so far enough in
us message, and that the manufac
urers were suffering from an over
ose of paternal government; that
18th free raw wool the manufacturers .
ould get Canada's trade, supply !
cry nearly al of the home market.
nd that the fluctuations would not
e so great; that at present whenever
lie manufacturers happen to have
surplus there is no outlet for it. 4
rlces never went low enough to en-
Die them to export, and if they did
lie fluctuations would be sir INV 8
lormous. Mr., Hazard co,.cludes
it'll the declaration that tariff was
protection to the manufacturers.
II DISTINCTION nd that if congress
u n0' -ry out the presidents
. ,sstions and raw wool was not
laced on the free list the manufac-
lrers would have to quit business.
And SO it goes. The woolgrower
ants to be protected against the
'reigner and to keep him out, and I
lie manufacturer wants free wool so 4
e can compete in foreign markets. |
he small sugar farmer wants the I
ublic to pay tribute to him bat
oes not want to pap tribute to
le iron manufacturer. The
'bacco grower in Virginia falls =,
love with Bro. Blaine VI
lea that it is a necessity, but is
illing to vote for free whisky,
lille the kentucky distiller would
lie to have cheap tobacco and sell er
IS whisky dear. The tariff is a two -
lged sword, which cannot be regu
ted to satisfy all nor so adjusted
to synmetrically rebound to the
utual advantage of all with injury .,
} none. Therefore, let congress D
duco the tariff to strictly reven.