St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-24
M'KINLEY's TARIFF BILL.
Comment of Chicago Morning
Papers on the Action Of the
Lower Fl OuSe


Papers on the Action of the
Lower House.
The cohesive power of public plumber
was very convincingly demonstrated
yesterday afternoon when the Republi-
cans of the house of representatives.
with but one exception, voted in favor
of the Mckinley tariff bill. This meas
ure has been devised absolutely with
out reference to the wishes or the inter-
eSts of the American people. 1t is
conglomeration of confessed selfish
ness, palpable dishonesty and defiant
injustice. At its preparation no repre-
sentative of the people whom it is to tax
was present and on the floor of the
house, the one spot in America where,
until a despotic speaker was set up,
even minoritieS could be heard, the
Democrats, representing large major
ity of the American people, have been
given almost no opportunity to speak
for the masses, whom this measure is
intended to Cypress. The subsidy hun
tiers had things their own way in the
committee and in the house. With
plenty of attorneys and other paid agents
to speak for them there was but one
Republican to speak for the consumer
and taxpayer, whose wishes and inter-
estS were ignored and outraged.
The Mckinley bill should be to the tariff
what the fugitive slave law was to
slavery. 1t is errors insolent challenge
to the right. 1t is the buster of vested
bully. The effect thatit will have upon
the rank and file of the Republican
party will be fair test of the virtue
and intelligence of that party.-Chicago
Herald.
While the Mckinley bill was in COM
mittee of the whole its authors present
ed and allowed to be adopted one
amendment which shows that they must
have some, though not much. of the
milk of human kindness left in them.
AS originally drafted duty of 10 cents
a pound was levied on sugar of milk, an
article extensively used In the prepare
ton of certain foods for sick children
with feeble stomachs. The value at the
foreign pointof shipment of this article,
which is chiefly made in Switzerland, is
Is cents pound, and this 10 cents duty,
which is about IS per cent ad valorem,
would nearly double its price. The OBJ
children was not to get the
revenue for the government, be-
cause there is large excess of rev.
enue, but to give to some grabbing fell
low i'll the Democratic state of New
Jersey the facilities for getting rich
quickly by charging and extortlng 10
cents pound more for his sugar of
milk, which he, having cheaper milk.
ought to be able to make as cheaply as
his Swiss rival. The whole thing was
discreditable and rascaily. 1t was an
attempt to use the powers of the United
States for the benefit of one greedy
money-grabber. There was a pretty
cutlery about this tax on sick babies, and
the Mckinley committee heard it, for
on their recommendation the duty was
lowered to-8 cents, or 60 per cent ad
valorem! When the senate gets the
bill it will put sugar of milk back on
the free list and vote to keep it there
Chicago Tribune.
The Mckinley tariff bill passed the
house yesterday by vote of 162 to 142.
Of the 1853 Republicans present all ex-
cept Coleman, of Louisiana, voted for
the bill. Coleman voted against the
bill because he favored higher tariff
on sugar. Mr.. ButJerwerth, whose
speech a few days ago was made so
much of by the Democrats, voted for
she bill. An attempt was made to cause
detection in the Illinois delegation on
the clause of the bill which increases
the duty ON tin plates. 1t is to their
credit that Illinois Republican congress
men resisted the influence brought to
bear on them and voted for the bill as it
stafids.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
What the senate will do with the bill
TO- ,fnb unf no n
There is an impression abroad that
Mr.. Allison, Mr.. Aldrich and the other
members of the senate committee on
finance will make sweeping changes in
it.AThat there is an aroused public
sentiment in the party which would
Justify many radical changes in the
direction of lower duties no one will
deny who has kept track of Republican
opinion. But the same powerful in
fiuences which have brought the Me-
KinIey bill into existence and have
forced it through the hOuSei will con-
tinue to watch over it in the senate, No
one should be greatly surprised If they
succeed IN carrying it through that body.
and placing on it the signature OF Ben
jamin Harrison, president.-Chicago
News.
Successive attacks from Republicans
in the house did not prevent the passage
there of the Mckinley bill, but they are
significant of the fact in store for Re-
publican McKinleyism in the congress
siOnal campaign. The tariff question
has been studied in the last two years
as never before in the history OF the
country. An intelligent understanding
of the whole subject matter means re-
pudiation of the sophisms Of the pro-
tective tariff. Chicago Times.