The Helena independent., 1893-12-22
STAND BY PLU7OCRA7S.
Plea for Help for Carnegie, Worth
$25.OO0,000, Who Recently
Cut Down Wages.

Iut UOWH wages.
Idle and Hungry Workin0men
Should Pay Tribute to the
Rich Manufacturer.
A. Present This II Rather Cheeky De-
mand, but the Republicans Promptly
Make IL.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-Ths report Of the
msmbsrs Of the ways and means
Was submitted TO the house this
sfternoon. The portion OF the report dis
cusiine tho bill generally WAS prepared by
Reed. Other members of the minority.
Burrows. Payne. Dalzell. Hopkins and
Gear. prepared portions dealing with spe-
cial fsatures. The report says; "Ths most
surprising thing about this bill IL the fact
shat IL 10 \ proposition to raise the rsvsn-
uss Of 1s93 which wers only $4,000. 900
above expenses. This fsot and the fact
that by this bill the larger part Of the bur
den Of taxation 10 transferred from for
sisnsrs and brought 70 our own citizens
should always bs kept in mind. Had the
committee followed the incorporating
declaration OF tho party and abolished pro-
tection, giving 10 tariff for revenue only.
our task in commenting upon tho results Of
the committees sdeTts would have been
much more simple. So far. however. have
the committee departed from the demands
Of theis national convention that we are
much tempted to borrow . phrase from
their own platform and designate the bill
% 'cowsrdly makeshift.' were IL not thst
tho results are already too serious for mere
epithsts.
.'The committee presented another tink-
srine tariff bill. the like Of which has dis
turbsd business SO many timer the lass
thirty years. Had the bill been for revenue
only, people Of tho country might have seen
at . glance whether they desired one policy
or the other. and the question might have
besn settled once for all. and the country
attained that repose and stability ON which
our prosperity 80 much depends"
Going into tho details OF tho bill the
minority says: Although lumber passes
through the same plant as boards, ths
workmen who manage tho saws are unpro-
tsctsd while the worknsn who run planes
are shielded by protective tariff taxes. The
new plan also involves the method of en-
coursging manufactures BY giving them
what 10 called Free raw matsrials.' 80 that
what goes into the mill pays no taxes and
what, Roos into consumption pays all the
taxssa It unfortunately happens also that
free SAu, material Ii another mans finished
product. s3s. '25"g2 Est..
This bill p,stends 10 be o revenue tariff,
protection. but destroys IL in every way. II
says to the manufactured: For you We
furniah free coal. iron ore. wool. and the
markets of the world Instead. IL furnishes
new crop Of ensmiss the men who dig in
the mines and raise sheep. for 1t really
creates what It's enemies falsely charge
against republican protection. = privileged
will both array thsmsslvss, ana a privileged
class does not care to be privileged.
"What exact effect the proposed duties
would have only ON the general rate Of
wages OF the country can only b. dstor-
mined by an actual test. but it 10 not diff
ad vslorsm duty. il prices could bs exactly
determined. would bs the fairest. but un-
fortunately the prices are very much .
matter OF opinion. and inasmuoh as the
duty depends upon the price, cheat on price
10 a cheat on duty. and not only 10 the gov
crnment4 cheated, but tho manufacturer ID
cheated out OF the proteotion promised him.
as nation, TO be filled, no one knows. un-
less the president. anticipating in his mes
sage to congress the report of the commit
tee on ways and means. shall afford to the
committee itself the wished for Glue.
Against the confederation of such q bill.
creating dahcit and leaving IL unac-
counted for. the minority vainly protested
tee. We make the Same protest TO the
house and tho country. The bill oaaht not
to BE- reported without ths internal revenue
bill which il TO mako up the deficiency.
When . scheme Of raising taxea by moth
DDS used in time of war 10 presented, in
addition TO those now imposed. there may
be such further rsvulson Of feeling as will
accomplish the defeat of this bill. There
10 no need for us to present this to the
oountry.-it 10 presenting itself. In a
hundred representative cities, where the
number of employees exossds two million
and half people. fully one-thifd are with
out employment. Those engaged In pro-
way increase the turmoil which this bill
has already created. An end can be put TO
all this by tho defeat of this bill. aud 10
accomplish this every energy should ba
bent"
The report chsraots.ixss the woelsu
schedule as destructive of the wool grow
ing industry. the seventh in p.odust among
vailins now in foreign markets our farmers
cannot produce wool without absolute losa
During the past year the threat OF free wool
has dspr prsciatsd the value Of sheep and wool
in the United States fully nifty millions.
over three hundred millions are invested
and = quarter million operatives employee ID
in the manufacture OF woolens. and this
altar OF tariff reform.
Attention 10 directed 10 ths effect of
placing iron ore on the free list. The re-
suit OF this will be The loss of over half q
million In revenue. and to ADMIT to comps-
tition with American ores foreign ores pro-
ducsd at one-forth to one tenth The cost Of
producing American ores. Significance 10
attached 70 the fact that while hop and
band iron and steel bear 80 per cont duty.
iron or steel ties for balinR cotton are on
tho, free list.
Tho cotton schedule shows the same II.
sonsistsncy and lack Of knowledgs ON tAa
part OF the trainers OF the bill that have
Removal Of tho duty from bitumiaous coal
10 considered an amazing proposition. fol
tho reason that coal has little value except
what ID gets from labor. II 10 the most
universally prevalent OF all subjecse Of
American industry. The plate glass indus
try 10 Gifted 40 . splendid example Of the
benefits Of the protective system. Amsri.
can composition and enterprise have re-
ducsd prices ons-half In the past ter ysars.
Twelve plants with capital OF eighteen
millions employ eight thousand men and
support forty thousand people.