New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-06

increasing the cost OF many imported DOORS VI ""0'
and artistic and scientific WORKS.
TO this statement Senator Edmunos rePieu'
in a letter to "The Evening POST" a. follows :
"The Postn proceeds to say that this provision mas
hcc, inserted covcry at the Instance OF paruc"'A
tariff interest, and so OIL II TINS Statement you .
mad. vc,e correct In any particular, the severity OK
vour deuuncatlon would be entirely justified out you
bavc been entirely misinforned The paragraph :"
which Won evidently refer Is now numDerca ~" ~ WV
Tariff bill. II Is rs follows:
4oOpapers known commercially as surface c0a aH
papehIIi nnts from either stone zinc, bound or un.
bonnd except illustrations whom forming parH or
peIodcaI newspaper, or In printed BOOK. aceonRh ne
inc he samcJ and ali articles produced either IN &noe
or in part BY hogrnpc pr Scis or ana narav manu-
autograph and scrap albums. Wholly Or paruAi'' "
featured 80 per centum "a vaoreHi. l.,
think you cannot fail to perceive that thero 10
nothing whatever in tho suggestion that histr@'eo
books arc by that paragraph put IN inc catesoS "a
80 pcr cent. The paragraph Is directed spocineAiS W
commodities not books. In order to g'iaru against any
ossibe mIsconsructon OF IT, the exception namcd I'D
respect OF photographic Illustrations OF BOOKS was III
serted 49,, a.,
"The Post" promptly acknowledges ITS
orror hut thousands will remain ignorant
of the fact that, however proper such an
additional duty OIL books with costly Illus
trations might be in the interest OF Ah'eri-
can labor, the act now before Congress COLI
tans no such additional duty
The pending Tariff bill is entitled to Do con-
sidercd ON its merits. It, is deliberately pro-
nosed as measure for the better defence ana
benefit of American industry, by gentlemen
who are at least as upright, sincere ana patt'-
otto as any of their opponents. 10 REJECT inc
measure they offer OH the ground that In the
belief of the objector, the changes 0f duty
actually proposed would not benefit homo IN
dustry. or on tho ground that they would IN
iure consumers moro than they would help
certain classes of producers, is legitimate and
proper for any man who can substanlate MS
objections. But it is not in the least degree
mcaner or more dastardly to pick man
rocket than to lie about such measure pre-
tending that it imposes duties which 1t does
not, and relying upon tho indifference or IN
uoccnt confidence of business men to make
the falsehOod cff0tllaL
II is not out of place here tn present one
other feature No other Tariff bill has ever
been passed after such prolonged anu caref'll
examination discussion and criticism ny all
paitfs interested. In essential features this
same bill is the same which was discussed Tor
months in the Senate and passed after all the
arguments and criticisms Of Presidential
campaign had probcd its weak points Months
of investigation by the House Committee fol-
lowed this year, and then with such modihca'
tons as criticism had seemed to justify, the
bill was passed by the House, and now 1t has
had another exhaustive examination III the
senate 1t would be more credltable and u
their cause more helpful, ii the Free Traders
would cnleayor to meet the provisions which
Republicans in Congress have III fact pro-
posed. instead Of resortn- - false statements
about them