New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-20
rurCH TELLS THE TRUTH

7. A. Mills honest? The question IS ia'f
,,co mon who are honest themselves
a. no, in haste and on doubtful evidence oo,'
.Io honesty of others. Mr.. Mills implies ny t',e
VIZ. oct Of offering his Tariff bill, that the "ooi-
',ro,.ers and the wool manufacturers are I'll
s,aaed in robbing and wrongung the peopie Vi
- oo,rrtrv and ut the same time are deprl'-
VI" ,hnr,sclvcs Of prosperity which their IN
','7 80. NIGHT attain. He affilms that inc
n,orufaet,lIo would vastly increase IL IL 'v"'u
,,so free foreign wool and that 1t wouiu '"'"
Iva ,llc TO consume more American "ooi ,''"
:, now does. aud at the same time W"u'u o'
alIo IN send woolen goods into foreign '''
Lots there competing freely win the man
,s.otrre If other countries. If all TINS Is tr"c,
w. ,,ovcrs and manufacturers are lhuecu
.I.,.d.r;nc the people, and at the same t'lhc
r.. dcn,;ving themselves OF large Dehch's
- tbev could attain by a more hohes'
policy. uoeo mo, orc hon
.,I,. mistaken. and that he knows what Is ior
uc;r interest but they do not. Inc WIZ
,,o,,cr certainly knows his own business oev-
p ,ho, Mr. Mills can, and he declares WIZ"
,,.I,ss that Mr.. Mills is in error. bul Mi
MI refuses to credit the wool-Srowcrs teSti-
49, aInu, wool growing and even denies 10
him nm opportunity to he hearo o''"'o
committee. on the ground That pei"S p'''1"
,IIv interested his testimony Is hot 10 oo ''
E.vcd Then como tho manufacturers """
,bov also know their business belter bnAn WI
u;I,s can. but they declare that he Is III ef'o'
uo rcfrscs 10 believe that they tell the ui1'n'
.,1 1or;ce tbcm hearing on the ground 'ifH
Ia;ar Interested. they are not to be beiIeV'd'
r..I.',,ui;,llv all The wool growers and All the
.,,1 ,,,o,uf lecturers in the country ale Virtual
" accused Of falschood. The world VIII no'
believe that this one Texas lawyer KNOWS MUTT
,hout wool growing than all the iai1hers' W
mara aboui wool manufacturing than all thc
,,,,ufoctrrcrs: hr is compelled to say tha'
,,o, do moi tell the truth about their business
and on that plea only can nc eN'''o
/ TO hear their testimony.
Mr. Mills aflirms that the manufacturers can
Il they will and ii they have free wool compete
on equal terms in foreign markets WIN '"'
vool manufacturers Of other countries. lh''
cav il is not possible. because the wages o.
American labor cannot be so far dcplcS'eu' liz
declares that free wool will give them an ehor
,nous advantage in cheap raw material ne,
answer that it would simply ruin them Nhic'
il 70 he believed? They are interested but Sc
is Mr.. Mills. intensely and personally intclcSl
ed all his reputation, all his ambition al III
nolitical homes and chances arc at stake. Ever.
free-tradc politician has come to have deep
or pcrsonal interest in the issue OF his at'act
On tbc tariff than most manufacturers can have
for their capital would give them opponuniuc'
in .ome other business. But the fIee-ilad'
uolitician. as n rule. has no other chance
success except by making the people bcheV'
that the protective tariff is wicked ana 1901
ish and laundering thing.
II NAY be that one test viii disclose whcihe
Mr.. Mlls Is honest or not. Does he tell IN
Texas ~Ool-grOwer the same story ina
he tells tho Rhode Island manufacturer
lie certainly does not. To the man
ufscaurr be promises free, and therefor
cbeapsr r.rw nrnterial. The wool grower h
assures that wool is always lower in pnc
under protective than under low duty
no duty. If that is true. Mr. Mills IS trylni
10 cheat the manufacturer with the hope o
cheaper material when, in fact, 1t Will be nor
costly than it is now. But il it is true. on tn
other hand that tho manufacturer would ~
cbcaper wool then Mr.. Mills is trying to chca
the wool grower with the belief that rcnoya
Of duties would make the price OF wool highe
than il il now. lie Is not telling the sam
story 10 both and that goes far to prov
whct her he is telling true stor! to cIther'