Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-22

Who would dare, IL Of sound and statesman
like mind, to create a deficit OF s1400o.0o0.
and blindly vote IL with no plan I'm sight
whereby the government could meet its ex-
penditures? 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 to make
up the deficiency. Are We to pass this bill
and be then coerced into the other? Who
knows, IL they were presented together that
We might not prefer to stay where We are?
The progress of this attempt at what has
been called reform has already created such
feeling that the country is stirred all over.
When the scheme of raising taxes by meth
DDS used in the time OF wars Is presented.
in addition to those now imposed. there may
be such further revulsion 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 exisencies OF the present time
are superior to even the most desired politi-
cal advantage and advise that the bill do
not pass"
Great interests Involved.
After discussing various items In the bill,
the report goes on:
Contemplated legislation which imperils
over $780, 600, 600 Of capital invested In a par
ticular industry. and involves the fortunes
or the occupations Of hundreds OF thousands
of its citizens, demands special provisions
to render such a transition as safe, gradual
and easy as possible. This bill proposes to
compel our wool manufacturers to accom-
plish the transformation in one month
that being the brief interval allowed. after
wool becomes free. before the duties COM
pensatory for the wool duties are removed
from wooden goods. These manufacturers
are expected to accomplish I'm one month
what their foreign competitors have been
generations in learning. That transforma-
ton involves the complete readjustment Of
the prices Of raw materials. No man can
~ hf
legislation. what that wool, or the goods
made from 1t, are to be worth when they
finally reach the market. To meet such q
situation one entire season Of six months is
the shortest interval that can be OF practical
avail to adjust the manufacture to the con-
ditions existing abroad.
1.-The time allowed by this bill is of no
more service than no interval at all. The
manufacturer must lose an entire season.
for II he manufactures goods his loss will
be greater than though he kept his mills
closed. The terms of the bill are equivalent
to an edict from the committee command
ing every wooden manufacturer to shut
down and keep shut down until the bill be-
comes a law. and turning thousands OF op-
eratives into the streets.
Bituminous Coal.
lone of the most amazing propositions of
the bill is that bituminous coal shall be put
upon the free list, and the million dollars
per annum (almoso that We receive from its
Importation by way of revenue absolutely
thrown away. Coal has little value save as
II gets it from labor. Except for a short
period, 1t has always borne a duty. Under
the revenue tariff of 1s46 IL bore a duty OF
~ per cent ad valorem. No change has
been made in the duty on IT since 1872. The
Mills bill provided the same rate as the
present law-1J cents per ton. Now IL is
proposed to make il free. 1t is difficult to
imagine why. 1t Is the most universally
prevalent of all the subjects Of American
Industry. There are few states or territor-
les that an Interference with IL will not af-
feet
The working of these immense coal fields
gives employment directly to nearly a quar-
ter of million of men at American wage
rates, and furnishes opportunities for labor
to another army Of men in addition at like
wage rates 1t furnishes freight for our
railways and waterways from one end OF
the land to the other. In 1892 We mined
l13, 100000 tons. Thirty-one states con-
tributed to the grand aggregate-New
England states, middle states, southern
states, western states, and those on
the Pacific coast. Those lying next
the sea and those lying inland: those
bordering on the great lakes and in the Mis-
sissippi valley, all are interested In this
magnificent American industry.
THE products Of the coal deposits Of Nova
Scotia, immense in extent and richness Of
possible output, can be marketed In New