New-York tribune., 1890-07-15
HELP For HOME INDUSTRY.

The tariff question comes up IN the oeha'e
at last # is the middle of July, and not cool
at Washington, and imprisonment for hours III
the vitiated air of chamber that nowhere
onons 70 the breeze or the sunlight Is a severe
punishment. But the Senate Is Tar behihd Il,
IFS work. and those Senators who have laooreu
month after month TO kill time ana pre,en'
the transaction of business by speecheS Whlch
no one wished to hear know why. lhoSe
also know who have refused as yet to adopt
onv ruc 10 restrict the deluGe OF talk. IN the
mistaken notion that the Senate Is still de-
Lucrative body. There is more genuine de-
liberation in a four hours debate in the House
little as that ever affects votes, than III 'he
reading of manuscript speeches FOR weeks -
empty seats, which is the net result OF abdica-
ton bv the majority in the Senate OF It's righ'
10 control the dispatch Of business
The chances are a thousand to one that not
. single speech on the Tariff bill will be made
in tbe Senate which will affecT'a single vote.
If most of the Republican Senators refrain
from talking it is not because they could lo'
spcnd an entire session iii arguing any Ior
their principles So-callcd debate by Demo
Gratis will be deliberately intended to waste
time. and in that way to prevent final actioh
if po,sihlc. Real Work will begin when the
Senate comes to vote upon amendments ana II
i mportant that some should be adopted be-
fore tho bill goes out Of the Senate Chamber
II has already been shown that the House
bill was essentially the bill which the senate
rossed NJ the last session, and that the Finance
committee has retained without modification
tlr Of
House hill. On wool the House duties are a
shade lower than those cf the Senate bill, but
have been accepted as better guarded IN de-
tail On textile fabrics NO serious difficulty
appears except as to linen goods bur III
TR1BUNE believes it will +" an cXcecdInS!
crave mistake if the Senate should refuse the
b,rhcr rates proposed by the House, and thus
render the linen duties as inadequate for go'd
and therefore as uSelcSsly burdcnsomc a" th'N
have been hitherto In answer ~ the prrtoncr
tbot such goods cannot be made I'm this com
trv annie proof has been submitted that ih'
finest and vhitc,t thread is already produced.
and would Immediately he worked Nio ia'IIc'
if the present duty were not entirely lH~n'.-
cient. Scarcely any other change could hehoht
american agriculture more than this.
Another point OF difference concerns the
duties on refined sugar. The IIou-o had adj
mittcd the lower grades Of refined sugar Tree
If duty. So that no American consumer couid
be- at the mercy Of any trust. The Hcna'
Committee has placed a duty on these lower
grades. and has largely increased the duty on
other grade, of refined sugar and this course
is everywhere assailod aS in the interest OF
the Sugar Trust Senators Of the majority
know that they have no intention to g1'e
monopolics power over American consumer
but they cannot afford to overlook the fact
that the bill as it stands is exposed to that IN
torprc,a,ion, which they can sweep out OF the
way by an amendment.
Tacrc are also some details in the iron Schcd-
Mo and few other, which need 10 be rccu-
fed. But in the large majority Of lis pro-
visions the bill is now IN admirable one, when
will benefit American industries beyond cal
cu,atIon senators viii not fail to understand
that he gives twice who gives quickly Tor
many thousand American workers are waiting
for the senate to open employment for them
Nv passing this measure.