The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-28

posite happens in the case u specific
duties; il may to-day amount To so per
cent Of the value. and. as the price of
the merchandise declines. rise 10 IS and
even 100 per cent within a compare
lively short time. A tariff for revenue
would. under the circumstances. be-
come highly protective without "A
change in the rates of duty. solely
through the incessant cheapening Of
production.
The bcneficiaries of the robber tariff
will bring their heaviest guns 70 bear
upon this bill and attempt TO produce
differences Of opinion among the demo-
Gratis. The fact remains. however. t1:.t
it can but bc Of the greatest value 10
have started the discussion thus early.
and the Reform club deserves great
credit for its timely undertaking.
Y. Stats Zeitung.
DIFFERS FROM MKI>LEY.
The tariff bill Of the Reform club, of
New York. has nj least the advantage
of representing the business side of the
tariff question. 1t is not assumed ~ be
the conclusive word ON the question
when the next tariff hill Is framed. but
is part of variety OF information
sought with view 10 guidance II is
the antipodc OF that on which the Me-
kinley committee most relied. Their
system of action was 10 call the manu-
facturers Of the country together. ask
them how much duty they wanted and
then admit their claim. thus paying
republican party already rendered and
establishing basis for further assess
ment.-Boston Herald Ind.).
DESERVES CONSIDERATION.
The bill and the arguments of the
committee are entitled TO more consid-
Grafton than such documents in general
receive. because those who prepared il
are men Of reputation. who have long
and deeply rtudied the question and
are without any personal interest il il.
except such as is common TO their fell
low-citizens. The subject itself is the
one which chiefly divided the people in
the recent election. IL is the one which,
more than any other. viii divide the
new congress when il shall come to-
gether. II touches nearly all the in
dustries in the nation directly or indi-
rectly. There is no way 10 avoid this.
The people have pronounced for tariff
reform in unmistal<able tones. and the
only way 10 give them what they have
asked for is by bill in congress.-N.
" Evening Post.
WELL INFORMED.
That club includes many Of the meet
distinguished tariff reformcrs Of the
country-men who have made a life
long study of the subject. men who have
followed it into It's details and are pre-
pared 10 indicate the technicalities by
which certain industries receive undue
profits from the great American system
of protection OF the workingman. II Is
certainly as creditable 10 these gentle
men to tender their aid in the formula
ton Of a measure as il was for them to
tender their aid in the education Of the
country on the tariff question, and we
all know that few organizations did
more valuable service than this one in
that work. There is no more proper or
inoffensive form in which their sug-
gestions could be made than the formu-
lation of bill emdodying their ideas
indianapolis Sentinel
NOVEL IDEA.
This method Of drafting tariff bill
is entirely novel Of late years. but it is
thoroughly democratic. Hitherto il
has been the custom for manufacturers.
the direct beneficiaries Of protection
ism. to pool their interests. and then
make demands upon republican con-
grcss. which promptly yielded to them.
The great mass Of the people Were not
consulted in such matters The
best feature of this new undertaking Of
the Reform club is that it will serve to
direct the attention of the industrial
world to the fact that reductions Of the
tariff will be made in less than eighteen
months Albany Argus.