The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-03-07

THE Sunrl.gls 10 90.

A X Mcclure The farseeing editor Of
the Philadelphia 1Ymss has been IN WASH
iugton for some time and writes to his
paper as follows: II is now IN no measure
doubtful as to the fate OF the surplus. Il
wlll all be appropriated, and more than
the surplus, unless the few wiser leaders
shall be much more succsssiulthan Il now
expected. The new pension bills, which
none OF the leaders really favsr but which
all must support, will alone more than de-
stroy the surplus. Even the most con.
servativc pension bin that Is considered as
likely to pass would require an increase Of
fully $i,oooooo.ooo the iiist year Il gets
into operation; and whether the service
pension bill. or the dependent pension bill
shall be adopted, fully $ioo,ooo,ooo win
be required to iullill the provisions OF the
new pension legislation. II is probable,
also, that the door will again be opened for
new arrearages Ia pensions, and II 40, that
alone win add $3.50 100000 TO the pension
expenditure Ia one year. Even Speaker
Reed has taken the alarm at the pension
tide, and clandestinely opposed the new
rule giving the pension committee special
right to the floor. Under the most eenom.
&c pension legislation now possible, no.
only the entire surplus must 10 for new
pensions, but It 10 probable that pensions
alone will produce Treasury tsiiclt In
1891, and that new taxes ,nust be imposed
TO increase the revenues to the standard Of
expenditures.
There will be no reduction OF tariff war
taxes this session. The administration
features OF the tariff will be amended, and
the misft tariff on silk ribbons and on
, worsted viii be corrected, but there tariff
revision will end. The party leaders con-
,racted with the wooden manufacturers to
increase their protection, now an average
of oS per cent. tax on the 6s,ooo,ooo Of
consumers, and demanded aud received
their cash contributions In payment. The
same leaders also contracted with the
wool-growcrs,w who have no labor TO protect,
to increase the taxes on wool, and demand
cd and received spot.eash payment in sd-
vance. They dare not increase the taxes
on either wool or woolens, and they dare not
reduce them, although all know that they
should be reduced, and their only safety Il
In doing nothing In tariff tax revision.
They know that they are In great danger
on the issue before the people next fall,
but u they do anything they must cheat
somebody, and they must therefore pre-
tend to act but wit systematic care not
to act.
FREE RAW MATERIALS INEVITABLE
| am quite safe In saying that after the
next fall elections the bulk OF the republl.
can national leaders will come out openly
Tor free raw materials, including free wool
and free iron ore, aud the Pennsylvanla
leaders will be In the front of the move
Inent. Most of them would come out Al
once for free raw materials and ehcapened
neeessaries Of life, bal they dare not do 20
They can suffer defeat and the loss OF the
next Congress, AID then accept the ad
monition and strlks out boldly for free raw
materials, but the whole Western ane
Northwestern States would be loss TO then
II they declared for free wool In this Con
gress. Free raw materials will surel,
come, and come soon, and the leading ad
voeatcs Of that feature of. tariff reform nos
later than 1894 viii be the republican lead
ers Of 10 day. The world moves.