New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23


Vegetables ao 15,s63oss
Il. 6 6Ssa ,576 dozen eggs imported IN 30.
II win be seen that in 1890 imported $!5,s12-
LII %Gr 9 Ti be produced here under the protection
given by the new tariff law
FREE SUGAR AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The Democratic party is now claiming that iree tade
in sugar is in the direct line Of their economic theory
o,d rtpcino They would have the country believe
that they have always advocated free sugar and That
this is one Of the items OF the bill Which they
thoroughly approve. such is most remote rom inc
truth as the history and record Of the party VIII snow"
First and foremost every tariff bill when The Demo
cratic party have formulated aud passed has placed
= dr+v mon sugar. raw and refined. Every tagiH bill
which they have proposed TO pass placed guy
upon sugar Sugar was made dutiable under the
Walker tariff of 1916. IL was dudabe uuder ene
first bill which the Dcmocatic party 90, 9neieq a ue
the war known the Wood Iailh DiI; ~ vi" ,b
made dutabe under the two Morrison bIis ana INC
Mills bill A., n.srrv Mr. Manning
in his rcport 10 Congress- recommended III dIsuhCe
terms the retention OF the duty on sugar Decase II
was a revenue duty, and was subject rum "NN"
a large revenue could be derVed.
Every Democrat in the House voted AGAINST 60, tne
clause Of the new lazy making 'iaa ns2s anu pound
In the senate a united Democratic vote 0ppo h %e
freesIgar clause, aud justified their opposition oSae
economic principle advocated by the Democrats parry;
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which has been impossible under free trade or revenue
taris and we have it free under protective tariff,
because under the principe Oh eynoriepcs and
thorough trial have demonstrated we cahot PrVlu5e
H. quan iestion Of ,be law 55 Of taxes
removed from the shoulders Of the people. instead
farT, it is left IN the pockets OF the people .-.,
But it is said That free sugar = accohiPdnIc Man
than TI4 he tax Itself ms is not true We ala provide
for bounty % &he sugar proGueef2 E te ~ do
sGttbnp Which, Would destroy this industry and make
vaes the millions q d92s ieYe fHe 5PfT The
sugar producers OF this country should receive
boEnty equal to the tariff This vii encourage ana
stimulate the production Of sugar II anything can;
Il VII cost sIbe tine 9ySnE Of 81 100 for the
duties amounted to S55,0Oo'ooo-
RECIPROCITY.
There is contained in the new law reciprocity pro
vision by which the Administration has already mace
valuable treaties with Brazil san Domingo and SPAN.
Il Is n provsion which in no way encroaches upon
the protective principle, can in any way destroy
ar undermine our defensive or protective tariffs
Reciprocity is based upon our free list ana prac-
tcav upon non-competng products. II provides that
the United states. having made sugar. molasses' W"
coffee ard hides free If the country producing tnese
articles and sending them to the United states slah
impose duties or other exactiOns upon agricultural OF
other products of the United states, recpfocally I'M
equal and unreasonable the President has the power
N suspend by proclamation the provso relating TO the
free introduction Of such articles sugar, moasses lea
coffee hides etc. against such countries imposing
these duties and exactiOns, md the original duties
shall be imposed.
There is much criticism about the duty on tin plate
and fully ms much Misrepresentation there is cru-
clsm II is generally supposed that under the new
law tin ore or block tin IS now dutiable. Under Sec
ton 900 Of the law 1t viii be seen that the duty on
boclJ tin goes into the 1st day Of July ls
That is tie manufacturers Of tin plate have free tin
further provision That Unless It shall be mage 70
Tfniltsd states, who shall make known the fact By
United states shall have exceeded 5000 tons IN one
wear prior 10 July l. 1875 then all pig Tin shall, after
july J. 1850 be admitted free Of duty: I'll,
Of this year There is also q provision in the law
that on and after october l. 1907. unless II shall be
made to APPEAR 70 ' Toae ri Of the fact
that the aggregate quantity Of such npates proouoe
in Inc United states during either of the wears next
preceding June 80. 1897. is equal 10 onethlTd the
amount OF such tnplates imported ana ehlereu ioa
Of this act and prior to october l. 1897, then they
II Is said we cannot make tinplate. How absurd,
for VIC are ALREADY madnC H. and It viii not be long
until we shall make the larger part Of the consump-
made hero IN Niles Democratic discouragement can
not stop it foresn Interference cannot cheek Aine
can genius and resolution
BRITISH PROPHECIES OF 1861 REVIVED.
We know what foreign frce-traders saying Of the
said Of the Protective law Of 1861. Listen 70 The
London Tines OF March 5, 1861:
The bill called the morrill, Tariff bill Is an act
for the establishment Of protective duties on most
extravagant scale. II it were designed 10 oondema
the very principles OF free trade, and u otroduce
those Of protection forming the only true theory OF
international commerce. it could not have been more
strongly formed The duties imposed By this biz are
not only iumoderately high but they are levied upon
imports Of the first necessity. The articles taxed are
not mere luxuries, or commodities entering INTO the
consumption Of the Opuent alone 1t Is upon cotton
goods woollen goods and hardware that the imposts
will fall Cutlery is 10 be taxed upward OF hfy per
cent in the lowest instance; IN the highest. nearly
$50 In addition 10 this the Oil enacts 30 inhnN COM
pcated Arrangements and throws such lnteHninable
6bStructiOns I'M m. wny Of business that commerce
will be next 10 impossible under cohuuOlS 70 dlIhGu
We need not ent,t into particulars Of the act which
IL said to be scarcely Ineligible even 70 Americans
Themselves but can convey NeIy sVu uta OF ~
character and purpose BY observing tIat Il ~ should
be passed It viii almost prohibit all Imports into the
United states from England, siahce ana JerLhany'
trests OF America than 10 those OF Europe The bow
would do little damage TO TINS country nnt sueh a
aerace of the southern states 70 the exigencies OF the
Northern, and will intensity the quarrel between them
by jealouses which WIZ survive m'er the Poiu''N
1t has now become perfectly known tfat pr9tsee.
lion I'm these matters IS only another name Tor suicide
and when a state establishes prOhlOtoT tarin, At
is itself tho sufferer from IT, own oFdnaaess % rood
nxes and settlers Of cheap clothing, tile penalty VIII
he them. AT tie same UIlc, however lA'"bh
We snail not think the OF America for TINS meas
mn except Us regards hIr financial wisdom we must
needs remark that. amity follows free tade, 50 =
estrnngemen or Indifference likely 70 follow tomme.aI
seciusion IL Is rather extraordinary rerecuon
thai what We have Just been endeayOrng 70 %, AZ
some cost as regards France, America should proPs
no undo ms regards II the people Of the unlteu
states should refuse purchase In markets what
n is for their own interest 20 buy and tey sno1lu
decide upon manufacturing for themselves the auele
we eouId end them at a hess price and OF better |
QUALIFY they and they only. viii be the losers'-tLoh
don Times. March D. 1881.
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