The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
"A. SMALL TARIFF CUT.
THE NEW BILL WILL pIsAPPolNT THE
EXTREMISTS.

EXTREMISTS.
There VIII Soon Bc an Outburst OF Indig-
His Mind-The Bounty on Sugar-NIen
For tho New Navy.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Oct. 3.-[Special i
While the silver bill is attracting the at
tention of the country to the senate end of
the capitol and the debate over the cleo
tions bill is firing the partisan heart in the
house of representatives,, the ways and
means committee, or ut least the Demo
cratic part of it, is holding daily sessions in
preparation of the new tariff bill. Your
correspondent has made some inquiries
concerning the general policy of the COM
mittee, and without going into details is
able to announce on high authority that
the new law rs it comes from the COM
mittce will be II great disappointment to
the extreme tariff rcfOrmers of the Dem
ocratic party and will be much more mod
crate and conservative than the protection
wing of that party has dared to hope. In
side information is to the effect that Chair
man Wilson and his colleagues upon tho
committee have decided to make tariff
satisfy the business interests and manufac-
turers that it is not the policy of the Dem
ocratic party to injure them or strike them
down. While there will be changes i'm many
schedules and most of the changes will be
reductions, the cut will be an exceedingly
small one and with the greatest care to
make reductions ut points calculated to do
the least harm and to effect the smallest
possible disarrangcment of business plans
and property values.
Disappointment Inevitable.
1t goes without saying that tariff bill
of this description will not satisfy the De
mocracy of the south and west AS soon
as it comes from the committee there will
be an outburst of Indignation from those
who favor radical tariff reform, and who
interpret the result of last years election
to be that the country demands deep cuts
all along the protection line. On the other
hand, moderate and conservative bill will
commend itself to the eastern wing of the
Democratic party, and also to Republicans
and independents. Chairman Wilson, it
is distinctly understood, works in entire
sympathy with President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle, and if the chairman
has adopted the policy of caution it is be-
| cause he has been advised thereto by the
| president and his secretary of the treasury.
II the times had been normal, if there had
| been no financial distress Or panic, I'M
| doubtcdly MIR. Cleveland would have adj
| vised and used his influence to secure more
radical action But in view of what has
occurred in the country during the past six
| months the president has become con
WINGED, it is said by those who advise with
| him, that this is an inopportune time to
| effect radical tariff reform.
Is Mr.. Cleveland's Opinion Chnnginro
Furthermore, there are whispers that Mr..
Cleveland has to some extent changed his
views upon the tariff question since ne was
before in the White House In the possiD
which goes about the corridors of the cap
| itol and the lobbics of the hotels we hear
that Mr.. Cleveland has become Il good deal
such tariff reformer rs the late Samuel
| j. Randall was. In other words, Mr. Clevc-
land now believes in limited protection, in
| protection which does not encourage mo-
| nopoly or cater to greed, but which still
| protects. Whether this is true or not. the
| fact remains that the ways and means com
appointed by Speaker Crisp on II
| full understanding with the president, the
| presidents favorite member of the house
MIR. Wilson, being made chairman thereof
| is now at work evolving bill which will
be III principle rs much protective as was
the bill which Mr. Mckinley and his asso-
ciates constructed two years ago.
Those Democrats who expect to see the
protective principle abandoned in the new
| bill and revenue tariff put in its place
are doomed to experience bitter disappoint-
mcnt. The bill will contain nothing of the
| sort.
n Compromise OH Sugar.
Your correspondent has the best of rea-
| sons for believing that the new bill will be
the old Mckinley bill over again, with n
| few more raw materials and small cuts
and standings here and there throughout
| the schedules. 1t will be q bill more re-
| markable for what it does not do than for
what it does do. If present information
| is trustworthy, the committee has decided
| or is about to decide that it will compro-
mise on the troublesome sugar question
| that is to say, it will not abolish the whole
| bounty which has been so vigorously de-
| nounced i'll Democratic platforms and
| speeches, but will retain about onchalf
| the bounty and make up the other half by
! imposing IL small duty upon imported sug-
| az. IT the committee does this, it will be
| sure to have n row OH its hands as soon as
| the bill reaches the house for in the house
| the feeling in favor of absolute abolition of
bounty is very strong. If the committee
! brings in such n bill, it is not unlikely that
| the Democratic majority will take issue
| with the committee and defeat it,
A Chance For Young Americans.
The leaders of the house hope to take up
| some important legislation as soon as the
| election law contest is disposed of. Among
the praiseworthy plans now under consid-
| Grafton is one which is to create Il commits