The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-12
Nts larl comnertlnl pupltln.

Etp lori ComRetial Bupdta.
Tho tariff situation has not made a
step OF progress since L was last refer.
red toin this correspondence. tits still
au open question whether the House
will assail tho Mckinley bill by a gen.
cral revision oilthe tariff, bills dealing
w;thtsingle articles or schedules, or by
a series OF resolutions. Some OF the
more aggressive Of tho tariff roformers
arc beginning 10 question whether it is
in tho plans OF tho controlling influences
in the House TO assail the Mckinley
Act ut all. Thcyarc becoming thorough
ly dissatisfied with tho management OF
tho Democratic Senators who aro trying
TO shape tho course Of the party, with
Speaker Crisp and with the incompc.
tent men whom no has tried to put III the
place OF leaders OF tho House. There will
nnGuestionably be q violent outbreak
on this subject soon unless something
is done. The pronounced reformers in
cludc nearly all OF tho members from
New England, most OF those from the
West and considerable number scat
tered over tho South. Tho renctionary
element is made up OF such OF the Now
York representatives as are the SER
wants Of political boss, certain South
crn members from the tobacco states
and states with large iron interests,
and other members scattered few and
far between in the other sections. There
is little doubt that if the opinion OF the
house is once sought q majority will be
for aggressive action. The reactionary
element consists almost wholly OF mem
bcrs who voted for Speaker Crisp, but
the converse does not apply-that al
most all OF those who voted for him be-
long to, the rcactionary clement. On
the contrary, some OF those who voted
for him are very free to express their
dissatisfaction with the present course
OF things.
The ways and means committee to
speak from 4 severe standpoint, seems
to be ransacking the skies Tor the best
plan OF how not to act and the greatest
number OF excuses for not acting. The
country has been discussing the effects
OF free wool upon the WOODEN trade for
not less than four years since President
Cleveland made that the burden OF his
celebrated message to Congress. 1t
would seem that this discussion ought
to have had some enliGhtening effect
upon the seven gentlemen whom
Speaker Crisp picked out for the ways
and means committee who never served
on it before One OF these seven, Mr.
Stevens, of massachusetts. himself, a
wooden manufacturer, is well statistic OF
the effect offree wool, is in favor Of it,
and is not anxious to wait forever for
more information. Ills associates,
) however, have just discovered
that they must have the statistics Of the
production oswoolen goods for 1890 be-
fo:c they can report their bill, and they
are waiting tiie pleasure OF Superinter-
dent Porter before acting. 1t is in the
powe. Of the superintendent OF the
census, according to the view OF the
case. to keep the wool bill hung up in.
definitely, and some OF the wool grow
ers uldprobably appreciate it ii the
statistics should not be ready until the
expiration 81 the Eifty-second Congress.
The ways and means committee docs
not even have regular day OF meeting,
and the individual members seem to
have no more idea what the committee
will do than the most insignificant
member on the Republican side.
The objection made to Il general tariff
bill at the beginning OF the session was
that itwould take too much time for
its preparation, and Mr.. Springer. the
new. chairman OF the ways and means
committee, ANNOUNCED that his wool
bill would! be reported to the house on
January Is. Time enough has elapsed
SINCE tho meeting OF Congress in De-
cember for tariff export to prepare q
bill de novo, and the policy oil single
bills seems to be aiding in no degree in
fastening action. Mr.. Warner, tariff
reform representative from New York,
says that the policy OF making binding
twineireeiof duty us u party measure is
simply ridiculous. He iswillins to vote
for cG,bindinS Irvine, but he considers
itan infinitely small part OF the re-
forms which ought 10 be attempted by
this Congress. Other eastern repre-
sentatives say that 10 single out bind
ing twine:for assault while the raw ma
terials OF great industries remain SUBJ
jcct 10 taxation would be illogical and
foolish. Tho manufacturer OF binding
twice, they say, is taxed upon his
machinery, his necessaries, OF Lie and
many of his incidental materials, and
has already been struck hard enough by
The Mckinley bill. To make binding
Irvine free OF duty would, theyisay, un-
shnCklc tho materials of M great mon
uiacturing interest and do nothing to
increase the wealth ofthc country. Yet
this lame and impotent conclusion
is the last gossip about the flickcring
purposes OF the majority OF the WAYS
and medns committee. Some OF them
are undoubtedly working ior Il situa-
ton which shall leave time for passing
nothing but set OF milk-and-watcr
resolutions declaring that the Demo.
cratic House OF Representatives favors
some kind OF tariff reform, what they
leave the reader to guess, No wonder
that Mr.Warner and good many other
Democratic representatives arc talking
OF set OF resolutions OF their own,
. which will direct the ways and means
committee, to report within short
specified time certain specific measures
torclievc from taxation the raw mater
ials OF leading industries. c. A.c.
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tam Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy tho sense
OF smell and completely derange the
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