The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-12
TIE TARIFF QUESTION.
A, Instructive Exposition OF Some Views
Hela In New England.

EteIo In Now Engtnnu.
From n, adam. Frssman.
OF the pledges framed in the Democratic
platform at Chicago. the promise Of greatest
interest to employer and wage Garner alike Is
that concerning tariff legislation. On this
point the platform reads:
We denounce Republican protection as fraud-s
robbery of the great majority of the American people
for the benent OF the few. We declare It 60 be the
fuudament principle OF the Democratic party thh
the Federal Government has no constitutional power
impose collect tarih duties except for the pur
poses OF only. and we demand that the coec
ton OF taxes shall be limited to the necessities OF
the Government when honestly and economically
administered
This is stated In a manner that cannot be
msconstrued. It is clearly and definitely put,
leaving no loophole whereby may be contra
vened the evident intent and meaning OF the
paragraph. And this 10 the plank and prom
Use OF the platform about which so many
ingeniously devised and happily arranged
views are expressed Almost my student
and follower Of Democratic politics in New
England will tell you this means free
raw materials. free COAL free iron. and
free wool: nevertheless. 1t says absolute
ly nothing about free materials OF any
sort The plank declares protection rob-
berry. and expressly says the Federal Govern
ment has no power to collect tariff duties
except. for the purpose OF revenue only. Then.
revenue only. with no vestiee OF protection. is
rne Tar G ony
Ia: aSllsS msnuisssa1si ESosSss
comes tool to our shores. Tariff for revenue only
m cans proportional tax on iron. wool. coal.
on the FREQ list and those products OF other
lands which our climate or soil will not ennble
direct sae xod eSen all
same ratio prevailing on every dollars worth
Here il New England We are told the new
tariff will provide our slumberlng industries
the whssls Of msnuiacture. and place our prod.
mets IN iatr competiton with the outside world:
afF' s We We" sa have free rd
less Of the iron miners Of this country:
we shall have free wool; regardless Of
derives his daily bread from the fruits OF sheep
raising; and we shall have free coal. regard
Dv Wants oho and
auish the protection on their wool that che
1r to tRpow overSoard tns tariff on
Land Land may prosper New England ~ may Be
is looking after i New EnTland's Inter-
ests, and. according to, the prophecies;
prosperity Of New England when it framed a
tariff-for- revenue plank. This means. IL local
versions be correct. that the States OF this sec
ton are to have raw materials to the detri-
ment Of other States: and those deuded States
are to be consoied by the fact that the indus
tries OF New England are competing with
manufacturers OF the world In all its markets
from Skowhegan to Dan.
Under the local version OF n tariff for rev.
enue only. New England sacrifices nothing.
Every article she manufactures will be highly
protected. and her mill operatives will be sup
piled with w-priced comm ODDITIES. Free wool
will give the workingman change OF cloth
ing for all the climatic frivoiities Of this
section: free coal will be a great help
to him because his employer. will be able
to buy coal cheaper aud free iron will
light the fires Of smouldering furnaces and
give employment to idle hands" New Eng
land must have free raw materials at all
hazards. Who cares for Ohio. California. and
Pennsylvania. ANYHOW?
The above gives New England idea Of tariff
that the Democracy OF this section is u unit for
duties while it would maintain a high pro.
tective tariff on every article of New England
manufacture.
Under the pledges OF the Democratic plat
form no section OF this country can reap I'M
fair advantages to tho detriment OF other
States. There will he no preferences in the
levying OF duties; protection will totally dis
appear: and the wool raiser OF Ohio and
California will have equal justice with the
shoe manufacturer OF Massachusetts. A
tariff for revenue only will provide no protec-
ton because according to the verdict Of the
nation. protection is O fraud.