The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-09-08
EAST AND WEST.
Manufacturers Of Each Demand Pro-
lection for Their Own Products.
Hut Wants the Others Free-Fres Trade
Democrats OF the North aud South
stand solidiy Iogcther-A Titanic
Task hetorc This Congress.

WAsHrSeroS, Sept = Already mem.
hers % the house committee on ways
and means and the senate committee
on finance are experiencing the prelin-
mary struggles between the mannfae-
turers OF New England and the con-
sumers Of manufactured articles in the
far west and northwest In tine early
work upon the now tariff hill There
Is no division Of sentiment between the
free trade democrats Of the south and
north They stand s0lidly for abso-
lutte freedom Ia all commercial transac-
tiona both domestic and foreign Bnt
when Il comes 10 passing upon ques-
tions of local interest. the demo-
Gratis of New England and those OF the
far west and northwest fight
II would seem that these two sections
have few interests in common. New
England makes YANKEE notions" and
the great manufactured articles for the
great west, while the latter produces
from the ground for the former The
Yankee wants protection for his pro-
dnctions and free competition with the
world In the supply Of all which the
western farmer produces Ese humble
tillcr OF the soil who labors IN the set
ting sun of course would like farm pro-
duse 10 be protected, but he Is In open
war against the Yankee who supplies
him with manufactured goods IL
would secm that the southerncr and
the inhahiiant of any Of the middle
states was an nnintercsted spectator In
the struggle upon which the two tariff
oommittecs of congress are entering
II seems 10 be an endless task tn rec
oncilc the two widely-sepnrated inter
ests OF New England and the Trans
Mississippi country Chairman Wilson
Of the committee on gays and means
rays that no committee can doits duty
with It's eyes and ears wide open; that
Il IA necessary 10 ''gO Il blindly" In the
work OF tariff revision, as Il is almost
impossible 20 give audience and action
90 one interest without doing violence
TO another When the Mckinley tariff
bin was prepared there was general
raising Of customs duties, and almost
every one Interested IN the production Of
any article from the shop or ground
was given favor, bat now that It Is nee
tssary 90 cut down the duiirs and al
the same time increase the revenues oi
/ the government the task before con
! grcss becomes almost appalling
When the Mills bill whs presented "a
congress half.dozen years ago, hear
/ ings were given % consumers and pro
/ ducera alike; but Il Is not the intention
I In this congress 90 nsk consumers q
I speak, because there u little time IL
which 10 prepare the tariff bill Their,
II great anxiety everywhere as 10 whA'
the new measure will provide. anc
greater suspense ns 10 what Interest,"
will be- injured by being brought int'
cloacr competition with foreign riy
ais The southern sugar an,
rice planters are trembling Tn,
iirst arc afraid their product
will go upon the free list, while IA,
latter are counting upon the loss o
their bounty II would seem, how
ever. that the sugar men Of Louislant
arc always TO light upon their feet
When the democrats prepared thei
Morrison and Mills bills they simpl
REDUCED the duty on sugar. aud whel
the Atilnley bill pat sugar upon th
free VI Louisiana was given houu
~ ThS are the only southern inter
csts jeopardiEed At present, but Ncy
England seems suspended in mid air,