The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-26
Whist the Mills Bill VIII Do.


The New York Sun, one Of the strongest
protection newspapers in the country, says
that the way for the Democratic party to
lose the doubtful States is 10 pass the Mills
Till 4 few days ago it said that the
stVo'g est support Of that bill came from
the Representatives of Arkansas, Florida.
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
1 Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, for the
reason that these eight States are agricuit-
ural in their character, and, hence, will
not be injuriously affected By the bill The
further reason is given that the labor
Of these States Is sopoorly compensated that
the employer IS entirely freed from the
menace Of foreign competition.
These reasons are misleading There are
other States which are as agricultural in
their character as those named. Louisiana
is one Of them, and Michigan, Minnesota
and several other Western States might be
added to the list In speaking Of the South
ern States why did the sun omit louisiana
Her Representatives are supporting the
Mills bill, and size has fewer manufacturing
interests than Georgia.
The protection journals seldom admit
that reduction Of tho tariff would be
beneficial to the agricultural States, but
since the Sun admits it, why shouldn't the
agricultural States Of the Northwest favor
a reduction Of the TARIFF Why isn't the
Democratic party, from the SUMS stand
point, as likely to carry some. Of those
States on low tariff platform as it is TO
lose some Of the States which are classed as
doubtful VIII the Sun say that the en-
ployer in the Northwestern States, unlike
the employer in the eight Southern States
mentioned, is not free from the menace Of
foreign competitionf But why should the
menace be greater in the Northwestern
States than in the Southern States. Is
there any foreign competition menacing
the agricultural States of the Northwest
which is not menacing those Of the Southl
The Sun mentions something about the
compensation of labor in the Southern
States. II it will take the trouble to in
quire, it win find that in proportion TO the
work he does the Southern laborer is paid
as much as the Northern laborer, whether
he IS employed in the fields, mines or mills.
The reasons, therefore, which the Sun gives
Mills bill are good reasons why the North.
western States should support it
But, assuming that the Mills bill will
affect some interests of the doubtful States
injuriously, and the assumption is a rather
violent one, is not the proportion Of the
people of those States who will be benefited
by the bill far greater than Of those who
will be injuredl What proportion of the
people of New York, Connecticut, New Jer-
sey and Indiana, the doubtful States, will
be injured by the proposed reduction OF the
duty on any one Of the articles
mentioned in the Mills billg Indiana and
New Jersey have few thousand people in
terested in the manufacture Of earthenware
and glassware. and New York, Connecticut
and New Jersey have many thousand in
terested in tho manufacture Of wooden,
hemp, jute and flax goods, but they are not
opposing the bill because they get free wool
and jute, and those are the things they
want. They will receive more benefit than
injury from the bill from their own stand
point. Texas supports the Mills bill, and
yet it is quite safe to say that her wool in
terest, which is affected adversely by the
bill, is quite az important to her as any
interest Of any one Of the doubtful States
that is similarly affected by the bill This
being the case, there is no reason for think
lug that the passage of the Mills bill will
cause the Democratic party TO lose the
doubtful States. 1t will rather help it to
gain States that are showing signs of being
doubtful.