New-York tribune., 1893-12-22


Under the proposed bill. If the manufacturer:
hold their own, and the most sanguine friend
would not dream of that, the loss in revenue
would be s2O0O.OOO. II the manufacturers were
| entirely driven out and all our ware should be
| imported the loss OF revenue even then would be
$3.50 OOO The crockery schedule seems hardly tc
be managed with view to revenue.
TIE MEASURE FRAMED IN SECRET.
, 1t would. of course. be utterly impossible to fol-
| low into details the reasons which have induced
the changes made by the bill. They seem to be
the result Of information obtained in secret and
! in no wise communicated to the Republicans OF
the committed All the public hearings and pub
lie testimony have been set aside and the bill has
! been framed on information OF witnesses VINO
! have not been examined and whose testi-
mony has not visited the light of day -,
While it would be impossible to specify tns
! probable effects Of this bill. a few or the most
important may be briefly touched upon.
As to the future relations between canada ano
the United states. 1t perhaps would ilot pe & eto w
ros for us talk fully but there are those VINO De-
leye that what they think Is the ma niiest desth
Of this continent Is one Nation ana one MARI. e
! and one development Those VINO nav r., ma, su
| thought in their minds as they scan tne OH VIII
! see how little this bill. compared win eHstihe
| law. conduces to that end. Those on ihe ot"ea
| hand who look upon the Dominion silnpS as an
! onother Nation will be surprised 10 see no"
freely are accorded TO her privileges ana opPor-
tunities in derogation Of those OF our own GU ~
| zens-prvleges and opportunities for whlcn ,ne
| Dominion WOuu Dc Blti " SANN
| stinted concessions BY this bill they receive
| them all without money and without price
As 10 what effect Also this bill Will nave upon
the treaties made by the last Administration win
Cuba and the Spanish American countries the
committee have presented no calculations ana
no suggestions If we should lose anything thus
| gained it would be much addition 10 '"e
general misfortune OF this bill ,
II Is proper to add that this bill has peeh
haetened with as much celerty as couu pc
used and hence there has been but nttle tinic
! try
| objections We trust that that system Is not
to be continued. but that full and free eXaind- M
ton may be given 10 all the items so tnat tie
exact measure of its damage may pe calcu'"'eu
Speed I'm action may be repentance at leisure
TO CAUSE Az APPALLING DEFICIT
Another serious general objection 70 the Dill
IS that 4, decreases the revenue according 70 the
I calculations usually made by the Treasury De-
nartmcnt as compared with 1898 about $4,000
900 This large deficit, coming as it does upon
n deplcted Treasury Is rather appalling In
bill for revenue only. How this great hole IN
our resources az a Nation Is To be filed no one
knows At this date not even the cm., commi,,ee
itself knows unless the President ANTICIPATING
I'm his message to Congress the report vi 'i'o
committee on Ways and Means shall AFFORD 10
the committee Itself its wished-for clew
Against the consideration Of such DILL ere,
nting such deficit and leaving II unaccounteu
for the minority vanly protested when the OH
was laid before the committee. VINO OF souhu
and statesmanlikc mind would dare TO create
deficit Of 7400O O0O and blindly vote 1t with no
Man In sight whereby the Government could
meet i,s expenditures? That same protest we
make to the House and to the country;
The bill ought not to be reported without the
Internal Revenue BILL which Is 10 make up the
dc0cioncv Are We to pass this bill ana then De
cocrccd into the other? Who knows. If they were
presented together. that we might not prefer 10
stay where we are? The progress OF this at
tcupt AZ what has been called reform mas
already created such feeling that the country Is
stirred all over When the scheme OF raising
taxes b. methods used In the time or war is
presented I'm addition to those now imposed.
there may be such further revusion of feeling
as will accomplish the work OF defeating this
bill While as party men we might rejoice AT
its passage. as citizens Of the United States we
think the exigences of the present time are
superior To even the most desired pohticai ad-
vantage. and advise that the bill do not pass.
INCREASING BUSINESS PRosTR,TioN
We have not thought 1t desirable to make
any appeals to passion or 70 prejudice So far
from that. We have taken thus far no notice
Of the condition Of business now. which Is terri
Bile. and OF the worklngmen. which beggars
description. There is no need for us to present
this to the country It Is presenting itself. In
a hundred representative cities where the num-
bcr of employed exceeds 100000 people. fully
one-third hy the most conservative. are
without employment. These are engaged
I'm the protected Industries. Those who are
uHf
touch of the tariff. now know the solid tact
that nil Industries are prosperous. or none
Spread this all over the country. as you must
and the result Will starte even the minimizing
II IS not necessary for us to bring this 10 public
view. No ingenuity can keep II out or every
hody's face and eyes. Norklngfneh al over
the country are expressing their deep and sor-
rowfrl feeling We will not strive In any way TO
Increase the turmoil which this bill has already
created An end can be put to all this by the
defeat of this bill and TO the accomplishment OF
,l,fc should bp bent. The best way
To- put an end to this agitation Is to put an end
To- the causes
In opposition TO the bill. and now proceed to
statements as to particular Items. with all our
efforts To be concise, these statements In the ag-
grcgate will occupy many pages. and when we
add our regrets that the work Is only partially
done and many things omitted, We Indicate tne
vast extent of the industries threatened ana
the complications which this bill VIII give rise TO-
The report then takes up the schedules Of the
bill seriatim, beginning with chemicals. and an
ayzes the changes made and comments upon the
probable effect Of these changes upon the In
dustrial future OF the country. The most i'm
portant portions relate to iron, wool and coal.
and In part are as follows:
That which lies at the base OF iron and
steel industry Is iron The existing duty
thereon Is Is cents per ton. The revenues from
It's Importation aggregated In the last fiscal year
over $500 900. 1t Is proposed under a tariff bill
for revenue only to throw away absolutely
every cent or this large revenue Dy putting IRON
ore on the free list
COMPETITION WITH CHEAP FOREIGN LABOR.
The bill proposes to put into competition with
American ores foreign ores. some cf which are
produced at labor cost one-tenth. and none Of
them at n labor cost greater than one-fourth,
Of ours 1t proposes TO bring our laborers. who /
get from 81 60 to 81 per day and who work from
nfty-iivc to sixty hours n week. into competition
with laborers who work seVenty-tWo hours Il
week and get Sc to GO cents per day, our miners |
who get from 81 % To 81 10 per day into competition
With those who get from 60 10 - cents per day.
II proposes to condemn TO temporary idleEess |
and ultimately to divert into new channels after !
an immense loss If not the whole. at least a |
large part, OF an invested capital of thirty
three and third millions OF dollars; To de- /
prve our transportation lines cf a large proper /
ton OF their profits from the carriage OF the ore