Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-13

tne present committee have not read,
or tany rate have not needed. The
American wool grower is to be the first
victim.
Every nation should produce its own
clothing, as well as food. This nation
can do both if the Democratic party
will only let it alone. 1t can produce
both food and clothing for the masses
better, cheaper and more satisfactorily
than any other nation in the world.
The Wilson bill proposes to secure lower
cost in clothing, first, by fleeing the
farmer; second, by cutting down the
wages of skilled and unskilled labor
below the foreign standard. The prop
osition will simply deprive our people
of employment, and the opportunity to
earn money with which to feed and
clothe themselves and families and
educate their children. Wool on the
free list, in my opinion, is deadly as
sault upon the great agricultural inter-
est, while the proposed ad valorem duty
of only per cent. upon wooden fabrics
will fall with terrible severity upon
100000 operatives engaged in wooden
manufacture, and their dependents,
numbering all told probably from SOO,-
00O to I 000 O00 ,,o,oo,,
why put coal on the free listp No
interest save some large Canadian cor
porations is pressing it, No national
necessity is demanding it. No true
American wants it. Careful estimates
show that fully 95 per cent. of the cost
of coal is labor. The wages of the
American miner must come down if the
duty on coal comes off, and no house
hold will be benefited by it.
1.-THE tariff commission bill of 1883
established duty on iron ore of rs
cents.p ton, and abolished the made
quate rate of 20 per cent. ad valorem.
What was the resultY A magnificent
development of the iron ore out put.
In 1870 it was 3,031, ,S91 tons; in 1880,
1870, 1852, III 1890, 16,O36,O43.
Cutting the duty on lead ore below
the protective point will result in great
loss in Western States. The arguments
that have been used with so much force
in connection with the iron and coal
schedules are even more striking as to
lead ore. This is worthless until labor
transforms it into an article of CON-
merce.
"The proposed changes in the sugar
schedule and repeal of the bounty can
not but regard as a serious mistake.
The reasons for taking the duty off
sugar entirely in the tariff of 1890, was
that this was believed to be most in &C.
cordance with the average sentiment of
the country, the Committee on Ways
and Means at the time desiring on the
one hand to give the people free and
cheap sugar, and on the other hand,
wishing to avoid doing harm to the i'm
portant sugar producing industry in
this country. To this end the duty was
abolished and bounty of two cents
given for every pound produced in the
United States.
"Those elections have declared that
for the present and future the protec-
tive system meets the wants, promotes
the National design and will work out
our destiny better than any other.
With me this position is deep convic-
tion, not theory. l believe in it, and
thus warmly advocate it, because en-
veloped in it are my country's highest
development and greatest prosperity !;
out of it come the greatest gains to the
people, greatest comforts to the masses
widest encouragement for many aspira.
tions, with largest rewards, dignifying
and elevating citizenship, upon which
the safety and purity and permanency
of our political system depend"
Senator Sherman also had a long
article upon the recent elections, pre-
dieting the future triumph of Repub-
licanism.