New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-27
L RORT HEIJ DONE.

| TOkK NEIL DONE.
| The Tariff bill has been reported from the
| Committee of Conference. with agreement OF
| the majority on every item. Once more Dem
ocratic hopes arc disappointed, for there was
serious expectation on the part OF Free TRADERS
that the differences between Republicans OF
the Senate and the House would prove irrecon-
cilablc. But there has been no serious DIM
Guilty in reaching agreement as to what ought
to he DONE and the delay appears to have been
duo almost exclusively to the efforts OF inter-
| csted individuals to force assent to their wishes
by threats of defeating the bill. 1t is crafty
| ING that the Conference Committee has not
Welded 10 these threats but has reported a
measure which, in all essential respects repre-
sents the deliberate Judgment OF tho majority
The adjustment of Sugar duties rcfutcS the
assertions so often made of late that the Sugar
Trust was able to dictate terms to Congress.
The Senate seriously doubted, it is true,
whether partially refined sugars should be adj
m;ttcd free without some defence against I'M
portatons stimulated by German and French
export bountes. But it IS clear that no serious
harm can be done before the meeting OF Con-
press in December and then. if fears regarding
imports of partially refined beet sugar prove
\
vision about them. 1t has been wisely decided
not to permit prejudice to be created against
the measure by the plea that no s,gar i'll form
tit for consumption can be obtained "lthou'
paving tribute to trust defended by ou'ies
| on imports However unjust the claim. II
would have done harm. The duty on sugars
above No. l6 in color is placed at 90 cents per
100 pounds, half way between the House and
the Senate rates. which will afford suficient
defence for the refining industry unless II DC
endangered by foreign export bountes
The duty on binding Irvine IL placed at seven
tcnths of q cent. other Irvine being IL cents
per pound while the House proposed on D'nd-
ing Irvine IA cents, and the Senate proposed
to admit such Irvine free. As the present duty
is 2l.2 cents. the few Senator'S who arc dis
satisfied will have to convince constituents thai
it is sensible to keep that higher duty because
they are unable to remove more than TWO
thirds of it. No one can be expected to take
such position, In other respects, the duties
proposed by the House in tho fax and hemp
schedule have been generally adopted, and they
are believed to be sufficient to insure rapid de-
yclopment of new and vastly important man-
ufacture.
1t is not quito clear whether the adjustment
on tho cotton schedule is entirely safe az to
hosiery. but the House rates are restored aS to
all hose costing 81 per dozen Or more. Fho
) adjustment Of the wool and wOCllcns duties,
which has been accepted as satisfactory by
} growers and by most of the manufacturers, has
been adopted by both houses, and has already
given a great stimulus to that industry. In
addition to the wool and fax duties the farm
ing interest succeeds in securing with no i'm
portant change the entire body OF duties en-
braccd in the agricultural schedule OF the House
, BILL the value of which to that industry cannot
easily be estimated. This bill embraces the
first serious and systematic eTolt to give agrl-
culture as full and fair a defence as Other IN
dlstries receive, and its passage will for that
reason be hailed with pleasure by multitudc'
who have hitherto taken little personal interest
in Tariff bills. II the hopes Of its supporters
are justified by experience, this measure viii
result in great practical benefits to farmers, par
, ticularly in seacoast and border States.
The great change in the metals schedule il
the increase Of duty designed t0 insure The
e manufacture of tin plates in this country, ant
s upon that both houses were fully agreed. Othc
iron and steel duties are believed to be suil
e Gent for the defence vi that industry, though
8 in many items lower than existing rates Dll
= details of the measure finally submitted TO thu
House are given In dislntches, and while differ
cnces of opinion regarding some OF them arr
: inevitable, there can hardly be u question
n among Republicans or ProtdGtiohists rs to tn,
y wisdom and great usefulness of the bill as
Q whole. Months Of discussion aud criticism
o have only made more conspicuous the courage
= and fidelity of those who have framed this bill
j and in business circles throughout the cOuntI.
i it's passage has come to be earnestly desired.
u Every Republican vote in the Senate and tn
r House ought to be recorded unhesitatingly il
= favor Of this measure. Whatever changes i'll
e divduals might desire. they cannot fail to sc
e that the bill must now be passed it stands. .
: defeated fer this session. No one can cxpec
e that a quorum OF the House can be kept wait
n ing for another conference at this late day.
does net seem possible that any Republican o
either house can take upon himself the re
;. spunsibility of defeating measure which elm
q bodies the policy of his party on the chic
+, National issue. and when promises so much q
n help and prosperity to American industries.
n it is not quite all that this or that member dc
IS sires. Is he prepared to face constituents wit
It the plea that, because he could not get every
l. thing he wished at this session, therefore h
it would not allow the country to secure imest
j. mabe benefits? A bill to give employment t
d a hundred thousand more American worker
% is not to be set aside for SUCH reason. Th
e prompt passage Of the bill by both houses ma
" now be Justly expected-a triumph of Repul
IS lioan good sense and patriotism. Of which ever