Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-23


We arc soon TO enter upon another
tariff contest. not one perhaps giving rise
10 so thorough. able and comprehensive
discussion as the great tariff tournament
Of tsss. but nevertheless. q contest Of
200, interest. and opc ib4t yyi,i be far
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conceived, TO benefit ihe country aha
those whose business was directly Affect.
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Now, however such high ilui la'p
cltes claim TO have. not ouiy,he interests
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Mckinley schedule feel that they shall
incur q positive loss through o. ouriaiI.
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With respect 10 the tariff question
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care anything about inc question: ana
they think d a dry. wclfyirg subject. and
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people, 10 'He'' JUS" "''.'''' '@'l'e.
indeed. There are those again
who believe protection 900 al forms aNd
phases 60 De an absolute evil in principle
and practical operation. The numerous
follower OF Henry George ars likely TO
entertain such opinions. also ibu
numerous class iu the South who make
cotton production q main reliance. The
principal answer made 90 The cotton
producer is that they should more iully
diversity their industries, cultivate manu-
features and multiply consumers by
creating q larger variety Of Industries.
thus cqualising production aud con.
sumption.
Tie great body Of agrIeul,urisls In the
North have been inclined 10 favor pro.
lection for the reason. they believed.
that Il stimulated manufacture and crea.
ted a large consuming class, aud thus
gave To- the farmers q home market for
their products. /, made consumers of q
large number OF people vino would
otherwise become agricultural producers
and competitors, thus destroying the
market By over production in ihr one
hand ani The loss OF consumers OF the
other Northern aguCulWuss have
thus FAR been protcctionisH, but so
icfccly has the tarib war ragged iu The
country, both on the husiings and In the
newspapers, that many northern agr..
cultural districts are now sending ante
tariff men to Congress whose mission 10
Is to eliminate the protective system
from the industrial poliy OF the
country.
Those who represent manufacturing
districts ate protccdonists from principle
and interest. They arc generally uu.
swerving la their advocacy Of ample
duties. But there IS an exception in the
case Of the iron men Of Alabama. They
are willing 10 have the iron schedule ca,
one hall, as il Is by the Wilson bin, for
they claim that through the cheaper.
coloted labor Of the South they can
produce and manufacture iron NJ q
profit, Notwithstanding the reduction.
But the manufacturers OF the North
will be practically unanimous w their
opposition, though the Carnegie mills
have shown, with their costly plant and
vastly improved machinery, that they
can turn out steel rails IN
defiance Of foreign competition.
with half the projection provided
by the Mckinley bl'. nHt protection.
ISIS claim thar many articles arc manu-.
featured and sold for less than the tariff
duties on simillr ioIg.gu articles. and
that the purpose ot the system rs to
stimulate competition SO THAI every pro.
duct shall be put on tht market "a the