New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-20
DECLINING UNNECESSARY DEBATE.
WHERE DO THE TARIFF REFoRMERs COME INT
ru1s CAMPAIGN ANYWAY?

WHERE DO THE TARIFF REFORMERS COME INTO
THIS CAMPAIGN, ANYWAY?
A few DAYS ago E. Ellery Anderson. Who with Will
linn p Grace ran the andIiii campaign In this state
and aided In the defeat Of Mr. Hill ut Chicago wrote
TO the American Protective Tariff League, IN MS ca
pacity OF chairman OF the committee on tarih reform
OF the Reform Club, the well-known Free lTaoe Or
eanlzaon OF this city, asking that speaker from the
league meet him at several OF tho county fairs ana dis
cuss the attitude Of the two great parties on the Ques
uon OF the tariff THE following letter will explain
the reason why the officers OF the Tariff League refused
TO accept the challenge:
New-York September 10, 1892.
F. Ellery Anderson Esq, Chairman OF the Soininit
tee on TuIin Reform. Reform Club No. 233 fnli-
ave New York CITY.
tcnber i5 wherein on behalf Of your committee you
challenge the American Protective Tariff League to a
n,rnIsb debater and the Reform Club another; and
you mako this proposition on the ground that there i
and that it one In which the League takes strong
ground in favor of the existing tariff policy" ana IN
which your club takes equally m, strong sro"'S !"
1t is plain that the issue to be decided on Novem.
lines Of the tariff planks adopted by the two principal
parties at their conventions last June: The Republican
10 American INDUSTRIES and Of maintaining The ex-
listing law equitable expression OF that policy
plank not merely denouncing the present law as a
matter of policy but asserting that It and every pSn
tbts radical position the Democratic convention ue-
lberately and by overwhelming vote r)ecteo the
report OF their Committee on Platform 49,.
The American Protective Tariff League IS nor,
primarily political association II Is engaged purely
in n work of education aimed to promote the growth
Of public sentiment IN favor Of the protective polcy
RI finds itself at the present time In hearty ACCORD
with the policy OF the Republican party on the taii
que tion. But, In view OF the dcchratini OF the
Chicago convention that protection of all kinds ana
at ali times Is unconstitutional, We cannot see tat
your association stands for anything practical OF
practicable From the Issue OF this campaign your as
ISOLATION BY the action OF the Democratic cohVenoh'
has been eliminated. - 49,.
Our work Is National, not local; the League does
not care to be diverted from Its legitimate Torh AZ
this late date by organizing stumping tour thouSh'
out the State. We have during the last I'VE m Sci
issued over 1OO,OOO,OOO pages OF Protection ooca-
all parts of the United states At present we are also
distributing to individual addresses l,oCoooo COPIES
Of the accompanying pamphlet entitled . Amsneah
Tariffs from Plymouth Rock to Mckinley, ana uIe
same number Of the report Of the Hon.. Charles r.
PECK Labor Commissioner OF the state or New orH;
together with the letter OF that eminent consti'u'o'
lawyer and Democrat. George Ticknor Curls' 80, H.
Having fully covered the field. II woud be ioie ior
ne 10 hold The Joint discussions proposed. - 49,
thanking you for the courtesy you nave snomi ~,
we are dear sir, with great respect. your ooeo''''
servants, ,.,,,,., r.prrr IrAGIrr
AMERICAN PROTECTIVE TARIFF lEA"oh
Rv Wilbur F. Wakeman, General secretary