Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-27


said on March "a;
The duty on hides was taken of by Re
publican Congress in 1872. The imports
have scarcely increased at all since 1hat
time Ar this port. where most OF the
hides arrive. the imports last year were
hardly 10 per cent larger than they We're III
$50. before the duty was removed rms
seems conclusive evidence that the nome
producer does not suffer from foreign com
netiti0n and the supply Of American
hides actually marketed has IN
creased during the same penou ~ per
cent. Judging from the number OF oxen
and other cattle reported. IL can h4ruly
bo believed that the home producer VIII DC
benefited under such circumstances ON INC
irDositiou of a duty which would apparent
n, helm nobody so much as the rich com0l
nation of beef packers az the West whlle
n would seriously affect the cost OF the ma
terials for leather and boot and shoe eslaO-
fshmeuts near the seaboard, which use Tor
elm hides largely and export consider
able part of their products
so great racket has the proposition
To restore the tax on hides in the inter
est of the dressed beef monopoly raised
about the ears Of the Mckinley Commit
tee. that already they have taken to
cover and. IL is said. have resolved to
leave hides free.
To pass the MCKINLEY tarih Dill
would be- to deal many American indus
tries q severe blow and put additional
burdens ON the American consumer.
Here is what the Chicago Tribune, the
leading Republican paper Of the West
thinks Of il:
Mr.. William + Curtis, the special
agent Of the State Department VINO hau
charge Of the delegates 10 the Pan-Amerl-
can Congress during their trip through the
country. says that the provisions OF the NC
Kinlev Tariff bin are having depressing
and discouraging effect upon the confer
ence. liz could hardly be otherwise. The
purpose of the Pan-American Congress
was TO promote and secure greater freedom
of trade between this country ana the re
Dublics OF Central and South America. but
the object of the Mckinley oil IS qui1e oli-
ferent. 10 aims TO cut OF trade win
American ueighbOrs as well as other coun-
tries. and when they are forbiddento enter
the markets of the United states rs sellers
they will surely cease 20 appear as buyers.
While the Pan-Amcricdn conference =
seeking ENLARGED trade between the Ameu-
can nations the Mckinley bin aims TO re-
strict il 10 the utmost. III the countries OF
Central and South America could be IN
duced 90 repeal their duties ON American
prOducts. new and valuable markets
would be at once thrown open 10 Amer
ican farmers. and great quantities OF bread
stuffs and provisions could be sent South.
The countries of Central and South Ameri-
ga would readily agree 20 such course III
the United States would deal rs Literally
with them The Mckinley bill, however,
does nothing of the sort, and, instead OF
Opeuine new markets abroad for American
beef and pork breadStuhs. etc, Will teuu
to close the Canadian and other markets
which are now open. The Mckinney Dill
i'm its present form. would etfectualy de
strov the hope of finding new markets III
Central and South America for surplus
agricultural products of the United states.
MIR Curtis saws the delegates 20 the Pan
American conference look ON the bill as an
aTrout. Ii proposes 20 keep the exports OF
their countries ont of the United states,
and vet they are asked 10 give free admls-
sion 70 American products Two Oh the
delegates 10 the C0nterence-Auonso' OF
Chilli. and Pima. Of the Argentine Republic
have already proposed to drop the queS-
ton of improved trade, thinking further
Kinlev bin should be adopted as II stands,
there would be nothing left for the confer
once 10 do but adjourn. The Mckinley blll
il based on what the Valparaiso, Chill,
Union has aptly STYLED the impossible or
absurd desire 20 sell % all the world with
out buying anything from anybody ana
thus absorb all their money and bankrupt
them
Here is what the independent Phila-
delphia Times thinks of it,
The new tariff bill increases the tariff
tax on imported corn, and that IS called
protection 10 farmers when the Western
/ farmers are burning their corn rs fuel be
cause il won't bear the cost or shipment 10
market. The farmers who produce corn
/ have some g1O.OOO0O bushels ON their
/ hands for want Of buyers AZ living prices.
/ and vet a tax on foreign corn that w0uldn I
come 10 this market III 10 could be shipped
/ free and admitted free of duty, is called
protection 10 farmers. The new tariff bill
/ increases the tariff ON imported wheat, ana
/ that is called protection 10 farmers. Our
I farmers produce large surplus or wheat
/ that they must sell abroad or next 10 eve
I IL away al home, and imported wheat Tor
/ our consumption is practically unknown IN
I This country. but an increased tariff tax on
wheat is heralded as increased protec-
tiou To farmers. The farmers who
crow wheat have vet uns0ld 10000,
| 900 bushels of last years crop, being
| over y. OOO. 900 i'm excess of any any previous
wear, and vet the farmer is lnsulted win
/ the promise of protection by an Increased
tax on wheat that can't be imported even
I IN shipped and admitted free. The new
tariff bin increases the tax on hops nearly
/ 100 per cent. and that is called protection
10 farmers We produce about one-third
more hops than we can consume, sell the
surplus To Europe, and the price OF hops,
/ like the price Of wheat, is made In London.
/ We import hops. just as we import Egyp-
/ fian cotton and Spanish iron ores. simply
because we must have them To mix with our
] home products. and "a tariff tax on either IS
| mo- protection TO the home producer, but I'M
| noses increased taxes on consumers. And
| this is called increased protection to farm
/ ers When viii the farmers learn TO resent
/ This costly mockery of the most important
/ industrial interest OF the country. Tariff
taxes Cypress farmers; tariff taxes never
protect farmers to any substantial extent
The New York Hould observes a
great change in public opinion on this
question. 1t says:
There are many signs throughout the
/ land that the country is tired of federalism
and begins to swing back TO genuine De
mocracy. which means the repeal oil re-
strictive laws and the opportunity once
l more for Americans TO work IN the OLD
/ American way. without the help and, bet
ter vet. without the hindrance Of pater-
/ nal government