Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-02-14
"Irs FITNESS 40 RULs -,
Republicans Renitziag the Chinese
Foley Of tho Party.

EsepubIlcans ReNitzing the Chinese
Policy Of tho Party.
n. Y. Times Fob. "a.
Some Of the manufacturers OF wooden
goods have been looking at the wool and
woolens duties in the Allison bill. They
do not like the schedule, and they are be-
ginning to say so. II is gradually be-
coming clear to thsm that they have been
mlsled. L. A. Hunt, the superintendent
OF the Peru wooden mills, writes TO the
ArericaE Rro! Reporter OF the 3lst ult.
as followB:
During the Presidential campaign Just
past probably the most prominent issue
was the duty 10 be levied On wool, the Dem.
ocratio party favorlng Tres wool and the
Republican party, as understood II, with
few excepEions), faVorlng reduction on
wool or, to % more precise, the Issue, as
understood It on the morning Of the 9th OF
November last, was between revenue re-
form as expressed 10 the Mills bill, or tariff
revision as outlined 10 the Senate or Allison
bill.
voted for tariff revision on the Senate
bill. The Republican party, 80 far as am
aware, expressed u Willingness to have the
duty reduced, especially on raw mateiials
| $50 oalad), having In view tina interest Of
home manufacturers. Nov, Is the Rspubli-
can party going to invite defeat In 1892 by
| going back on It's word, or Is 1t going 10
Sow i's fitness TO rule by slapping OF so
per cent OF the wool duty?
To this the Reporter replies that Mr..
Hunt "iB perfectly right 10 his under.
standing Of the basis upon which the late
political campaign was fought. II was
not conducted on the Chicago platform,
but on the promise OF tariff revision con.
tanned in the Senate Finance BILL"
This letter and the yeply shcw how
little was known during the campaign
about the real tariff policy Of the Repuo-
liesn leaders BY come business men whose
Investments were to DO affected directly
and aerioualy by the proposed tariff leg
islation. Mr.. Hunt hvoted for tariff re-
viBion on the Senate BILL" Heunderstood
that the Republican party favored re-
duction on WOOL and he seeins to have
supposed that such reduction was pro.
vided for in the Allison bill. But the
Allison bill was reported on October Sd,
more than q month before the election
and any one who could read o newa-
paper could have become familiar with
it's provisions on the following day. Mr..
hunt thought the Republicans would re-
duoe the duty on wool, and that the ALI
son bill provided for revision in that
direction. Why did he not learn on
October 4.h that in that bill, as reported,
the dutieg on wool were raised? Add.
tiong have since been made, but In the
originsl bill the duties were higher than
those fixed in the present law. Will Mr.
Hunt be surprised now to learn that when
he voted for taiiG revision on the Senate
bill" he Yctad for higher duties on wool
And the Reporter knows that so far at
wool WAS concerned this was "tbe promise
OF tariff revision contained IL the Senate
BILL"
There ere thousands Of men who voted
in the recent election for "tarif revision
on the Senate bill" az Mr.. HINT did, and
who really believed thoy were voting fol
reduction Of duties. These men desired
that reduction should be made, but they
wers Republicans, and for this reasor
they could not be induced to vote for the
nominees Of the Democratic party. IL
some mysterious wey they became con
WINGED that The Republican leaders
IL they should be successful, would
do what the Democrats had trieS
to do, although the Chicago platform
EAU luIkSu Jul iof lnn parry tuo poaiol
Of ''cneckiug Imports" by raising duties
Bat after tho Allison bill had 0een re
ported there was really not the slightes
excuse for this Ignorance on the part o
| Republicans who desired reduction Q
duties. Tho manufacturer OF woolei
goods could see then in black md whit
the proposed changes in the wool duties
Although the advances have since beai
increased, thoy were large enough thel
to prove that the party was not going /
show it's fitness to rule by slipping OF s.
per cent"