The evening world., 1893-12-19

oN"NN ltoNts
WANTED TO DROP THE SUGAR
BOUNTY.
In the sugar schedule We should have
preferred to wipe out at a single legislh-
tive stroke the existing bounty system.
We believe 1t to be contrary to the
spirit of our institutions. and can con-
ceive of no circumstances under which
we should have advocated or approved
its Introduction into our laws.
We nave found 1t existing there. az
we find II virtually existing in every
other schedule OF the tarifT. and deal
Ing with 1t In this, more open and often
sive form as we have dealt with other
schedules, where large property interests
are at stake, we have reported n proNi-
sion. for Its repeal by such stages as
shall gradually oDliterate 1t from our
laws. while permitting those who have
invested large means unuer the eNpecta-
ton of It's continuance. reasonable time
stand with the other industries OF the
country.
p,'TIES ON TOBACCO.
Duties upon imported tobacco leaf suit
able for cigar wrappers, when were
enormously advanced by the act OF 1880,
nave been placed at such figures as,
after careful investigation, were deemed
likely to produce most revenues to the
Treasury; but this object has alone
decided the rates so nigh. that no. do
nestle producer need claim that there
Is not abundant protection and to spare
for his product IN them.
AGRICULTURE NEEDS NO PROTEC-
TON.
OF the staple agricultural products, in
Guiding meats and provisions, we are
sue large exporters and must continue
to be such large exporters. that any
duties upon them are useless FOR protec-
ton and fruitless for revenue, and gen
orally can only be imposed for the
purpose of deluding the farmers into the
belief that they are receiving some con
/ although the nrtrpS of their DrOduCtS
are fixed In the worlds market In COM
petition with like products produced by
the cheapest labor in the world.
For the producers of our great export
staples, which. having fully supplied the
home market, must overflow and seek
large purchasers elsewhere, the only liyS
away from them from one-fourth to one.
half OF the products for which they
could exchange their surplus In the open
the market where they are obliged to sell,
or compel them to give a like portion OF
the avails OF their labor. when turned
what they buy In the home market.
HELPING THE FARMER.
Recognizing that the American farmer
has been through many years the patient
victim of the protective system; that ne
1 has been induced to support II under lhe
ent sacrifices he was buying for him
self a home market, INA. inns S
promised home market is further from
him to-day than ever before. we nave
aimed to secure for him such relaxation
Of burdens as will permit him to ENJOY,
more of the fruits Of his W hard and
faithful labot.
FOR THE COTTON GROWERS,
To the farmers of the country we
have given untaxed agricultural imple,
ments and binding twine and untaxed
cotton ties, for the additional reason
in the latter case that cotton ls the
thn nIInfr anln
abroad in competition with the cheap
labor of India and of Egypt; believing
that 1t was sufficient for TIC private
tax gatherer to follow the eo iafmer and NJ
not to pursue him into all the markets.
OF the world.
AS the cotton baging can be used but
once, we have thought 1t but just to
extend the drawback system to such
bagging made of jute butts, when used
upon our exported cotton, a privilege
which the exporter OF Whes. ian b,rea ad.
vantage that the same bags may be used
for successive expectations OF grain.
SLIGHT CHANGES IN SPIRITS.
In the schedule of spirits, wines and
sfhsr s SeS wIsb the the vie han te the marc pred afe
ton of increased revenue from these
very proper sources of revenue taxation.
The duty upon spirituous liquors Is put
at double the internal revnue tax upon
the same. while the duty of so cents a
gallon on still wines imported In casks
Is retained, with a provision limiting the
highest duty on such wines to 100 per
cent.
In the cotton. fax, hemp n jute
schedules. reductions have been made
in accordance with the general scheme
Of the bill as heretofore explained, but
they are not believed to be Of such
marked character as to call for any
special explanation.
AS TO FREE WOOL.
The placing of wool upon the free;list
has justified a very substantial reduc-
ton of the duties on woollen goods.
Although the imports Of 1892 show an
average duty of % s2-lU per cent. in
that wool manufacture has been a -four
ishing industry in this country, or that
the American w~ool-grower has secured
remunerative prices for his wool.
benefits to the consumer Of woollen
goods. a revival Of the woollen industry:
such as that which followed the tar.1
of 1851, and a stronger and better mar
ket for the American wool-grower.
PRESENT TARIFF BEARS ON THE
POOR.
The present tariff is not only, cruelty
exhorbitant, but Is SO adjusted as TO
illustrations of these Irregularities
are given and then the report proceeds.
The long exclusion OF gu w9olisn
manut of tire w lgIth has prevented this
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great Industry from attaining that wig
orous life and independence 1t might
otherwise have reached, and recognizing
the duties which we would place at pres
ent upon competing foreign fabrics
must be somewhat higher than a perma-
nent schedule ought to he. we have pro-
yided for this gradual decrease. bellev-
Ing that in a few years our manufactur
ers will assert their skill and ability to
manufacture from the worlds wool.
THE CARPET SCHEDULE.
In the carpet schedule we have not
felt IL necessary to adopt the sliding
scale because that branch of our textile
industry has long been one OF the most
fourishing of all our manufactures: has
asserted Its full control of the home
market and recently has been threaten
ing to invade with American products
the markets of other countries.
With free carpet wool we have believed
that this industry might well stand, the
reductions reported in the bill without
imperilling the vigorous weauth and pros
porous existence.
We are said TO consume nearly Two
thirds of all the carpets In the world.
With the cheapened production due TO
the removal of the duty on carpet WOODS,
of which we are not ourselves the pro-
ducers, there would naturally be n great
ly increased consumption of all KINDS OF
carpets In our own country, the, largest
part OF which must inevitably fan to our
own manufacturers TO supply.