Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
me ncIefai Complaint of Mckinley
About the Tariff BIZ.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The report CT the
minority Of the Ways and Means Commit
tee submitted to the House to-day is
about twice as long as that prepared by
the majority. It opens with severe criti-
;sn Of the action of the majority in SO
fcohpliihs Tie till that The minority was
not given information of the fact that it
was 10 preparation. It denonnces the re-
Iusai 81 the majority to hear manufac-
j turersi workingmen and congressman on
proposed reductions, and charges the ma.
iority With seetionalism in that it's bill
reduces the tariff on but two articles of
Southern productions, sugar and rice, and
these very slightly, while it makes whole
sale daughter OF everything produced in
the North and Northwest. The bill, the re- |
port says, is
RADICAL REVERSAL
OF the tariff policy OF the country which
for the most part has prevailed since the |
foundation OF thu government. II enacted |
into law, it will disturb every branch of
business, retard manufacturing and agr1-
cultural prosperity and seriously impair
our Industrial independence. It is marked
with sectionahsm which every patriotic
citizen must depiore. The American farmer
will appreciate the vicious character OF the
bill when he is apprised of the fact that.
while the products OF land and labor are
shut OF from Canada By a protective tar.
id imposed by the Canadian Government,
the Canadian farmer can send many of his
products here without payment Of duty,
Nowhere in the bill is the ultimate purpose
OF the authors more manifest than its
TREATMENT OF WOOL. l.
it places this product upon the free list | I
and exposes our iocks and deeces to mer- 4
,iless competition from abroad. In this /
respect the bill is but an echo of the Presi- I
lent's message, and gives emphasis to the 4
'eftled purpose TO break down the most Q
'aluabie Industries OF the country. Why 6
rave the majority put wool on the free !
ist? The purpose is to bring down the
,rite OF wool. If this should be the result,
We inquire at whose expense and loss must
be2 At the expense OF the American p
rover and to his loss, who, at present Fl
rices, and with the present duty, is being O.
breed out of the business by ler
RUlNoUs FOREIGN COMPETITION. l..
he injury by the confession of the major q. AZ
y will fall upon the American wool-grow-
rs. The bill will greatly increase the
nports of the foreign product and dimin.
h, if not totally destroy, our own produe- h,
on. 1t should be borne in mind that our :,
ool producers cannot compete with coun. 'h
les where no winter feeding and but little w
lmmer attention is required and an
here labor is SO cheap, unless IN
leir industry has just and ric
iequate protection. The majority inquire tn
their report: IF Congress grants the pl,
quest OF the wool-gr, wers. what are the / it
'ople to do for woolen clothing?" We beg wi
suggest that the people of this country ole
1ose woolen clothes during the existence ed;
the tariff OF 1867 and the tariff pro- co,
sed by the wool convention is substan- de,
lily that tariff and the people were never no
tier clothed and never better able to for
y them.