The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-31
SATURDAY OCTOBER 81, 1871.


SATURDAY OCTOBER 81, ISDI.
Binding Irvine and.tho Tariff
We always want to be fair in oil We
say upon all subjects and il we go /
asirny 1t Is generally not Intentional. |
On Wednesday last we called upon our
neighbor, tho Every Evening, to ex-
plain how it was that under the Me- |
Kinley bill the price of binding twino |
had been reduced several cents in Il
pound while the tariff had been in
creased. As we had referred to that
question often before and could get
our neighbor to answer other points
without referring to the binding Irvine
question whatever, though it was
strong, point we naturally concluded
that 1t was unexplainabie.
On Wednesday we pressed the ques-
tion home a little harder than usual
and at length an answer came. 1t
looked as II our Ieiglrbor had Just Pc
rused tho tariff documents and had
discovered that instead of the duty on
binding Irvine having been raised to
one and halt cents a pound 1t had
been lowered by a special act Of Con.
grass passed on the heel of adjourn
ment the last of February, when it was
reduced to seven tenths of one cent
per pound. Now, this is true and the
Every Evening Is right, when it got
right we do not know, but it has evil
IDENTIFY taken a long time to find the
desired Information. Our Information
on the subject was COINED from PAM
phlet sent out from Washington, CON
tanning what was said to be the exact
Mckinley tariff as it passed both
houses and was signed by the Presi.
dent.
In that pamphlet binding Irvine was
left at one and half cents a pound,
and that led the people astray on this
question, and US with them. 1t seems
that 1t was fully intended TO reduce
the duty on binding Irvine to ten.sev.
enths of one per cent. but somehow
that part which had been amended
over and ovor and was no doubt on
loose scraps OF paper got mislaid and
the bill was published without insert
ing the change, anu this omission rem
dered necessary the supplement pass,
ed by both houses of Congress the
last of February correcting the error.
The following as our neighbor says
is the correct law on binding Irvine
and the material OF which 1t is made;
Gables, cordage and Irvine (eygept
binding Irvine composed OF whole OF
in part OF letle or Tampieo fiber, man
lila, sisal grass or SUNNI, one and one
half cents per pound, all binding
Irvine, manufactured in whole or il
part from istle, or pampico fiber Inan
ia, sisal grass or sum, seYen.tonthi
o one cent per pound; cables aud cor
dage, made OF hemp, two and one
laif cents per pound; tarred cables ant
c1rdage three cents per pound."
Now, then, huying acknowledge
or error, one into which it seems
every body had fallen, We retnrn tC
the fact that binding twine HIS bee
reduced in price TO the farmer, an
VIC suppose that nobody Will dem
that it was reduced by the operation
OF the Mckinley tariff upon tho sam
principle that sugar has been reduced
In price except that the governmen
pays no bounty for the manufactur
OF binding Irvine, rs II does for III
manufacture of sugar. What we wan
specially to refer to Is. that the inwel
Ing OF tho duty oil binding twinr Int
with the same opposition from tia
free-traders of Congress and tho fe,
Democrats ucting with them who al
still somewhat sensitive to Doing cad
ed free-trRders, that the bill met wit
when it was left ut ole aud II ha
&C It's a pound duty.
Whatever OF credit attaeHes to chna
binding twine. cheap sugar. caeapf
agricultural implements and cheape
coffee is due to the Republican part
as every Democrat IN Congress vote
steadily and solidly against tho NJ
Kinley bin no matt,r whether II place
an article on the free list or whether
raised the duty on it. Ne have cheap,
sugar but nearly every Democrat
vote in Congress is recorded again
1t. The farmers have cheaper bindh
Irvine but the Democrats voted soil
against it. The farmers can purcAu
wagons plows. harrows and all 9th
agricultural implements twenty.li'
per cent, cheaper under the Mckinle
bill and yet every Democratic vote
Congress was against the bill Al
our neighbor the Every Evening su
ported the Democrats all through
their opposition TO this bill, We Il
very much indebted to the Every Eve
tIg for showing how the McKinl
bill cheapened binding twine to t
farmers, but We regret that our neig
Dor still fights the bill that helps t
farmers.
We stated the other day that tn,
was no excitement over the southe
elections as there was in tic Nor
One reason is that there are no ell
hons as general rule In the Sol
this year but even If there were
would be all the same. Out In Ark,
sas some kind Of campaign is bel
carried on and the Farmers AliaI
he'd meeting some three days /
the meeting closed with five or