New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-12
M PFiSOV FOR FEAR.

There need be no fear, growers Of wool al
the West no fear. manufacturers OF Wooleh
goods. cotton ties and tin plates, and the work
crs employed in such manufactures. The Dem
ocrats of the House know that the Tarih DIS
they are passing have not ghost OF chancc
TO become laws The party would not dare to
mass these bills without revision of duties on
other articles. if it imagined they could be-
come laws. because of the gross injustice OF
selecting n few industries for destruction by
Free Trade while others remain protected Inc
Senate is in the way, and behind the senate Is
President Harrison. 1t was he who taught the
country four years ago that il would never dare
TO seek cheap coats at the expense OF putting
cheap men into them.
This distinct statement, that there is no dan
por whatever Of change of duties. seems to
bc called for because dispatches and letters
represent that workers In mills. and growers
Of wool at the West and even on the Pacific
Coast. arc alarmed and angry. They have
reason 10 he indignant but no reason to he
afraid until the country has elected Demo
cratic President The prospect of such calam-
ity appcars more remote than it appeared III
November. 1890 II is fortunate that the
ucople who want to do mischief are rarely born
with brains enough to do much. Kindly, and
also stupidity, the Democratic party serves
notice on the wool growers what us success
would mean for them. and likewise on the
woolcn manufacturers and the men and women
in woollcn mills. on the thousands who are
enabled 10y Sngl" clause in the new tarlii
10 be engaged this day in making cotton-ues,
and on the thousands who are already employed
IN making tin plates and the other thousands
who are putting mp works for that manufacture.
Not one solitary vote will these bills bring 10
the Democratic party from The consumers oi
wool, woollcn goods, cotton-iics or articles
manufactured from tin. For all these things
are as cheap as and nearly all of them are
cheaper than they were before the new tariff
was enacted Tin plates at wholesale are
little dearcr but not the fraction Of a cent has
vet been added - the cost OF tnware 10 con-
snmcrs. Cotton-tcs are cheaper, most woollcn
good. are cheaper or as cheap. and the manu-
facturcr himself pays less for his wool
Wise Democrats on the threshold Of PreS-
Dental election 10 mako host OF determined
foes. and not one friend. by voting for bills
which can by no possibility become laws. But
Democratic capacity for laundering Is bound
lo,,. and has elected several Ropubllcan frcN-
dents already. Tho end Of II is not vet. for It
is lust when Democrats need their sober senses
most that they always get desperate and sur
rassingly foolish. That great majority in the
House j. a blessing 10 the country, since the
marty can no longer cvado responsibility for
what il done or not done in that body. The
friend. Of Protection have great battle be-
fore them. and have no right TO neglect any
prccaution OF effort but they have powerful
ally in the congregation of incompctcntS and
fanatics called the Democratic majority in the
House.
Every hour this now tariff is making votes
for itself When il was first adopted THE
TRIErNE pronounced il tho bravcSt and ViScSt
tariff ever framed. because, though at first
misunderstood it would win its own way.
Indcr the shadow Of the great defeat in $50
TIE TRmrNE did not hesitate 10 predict that
within two years the Mckinney Tariff then
doridcd by So many. would vindcatc the 81
racity of it,. supporters. Already there are
thousands Of voters in every close or doubtful
State in the Union whose personal interests
nre directly identified with the maintenance
Of the taiilf Of 1890. and establishments have
come into being all over the country because
of provisions of that measure which employ
great army Of workers. II is not n bad thing
to build M the industries of the country and
trust the people.