New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-13

tho Committee on RESOLUTIONS anu was
| out on the motion of Mr.. Neal The report de-
clared
Whom Custom House taxation is levied articles
y, orv Kind produced this country the difference BE-
ween the cost OF and labor abroad fully meas
| urcs any possible benefits TO labor.
r,rhis genuine American sentiment. this true jack
aonian principle stricken out or the report vi
tho committee. on motion of Mr. Neal ana inns uii-
ference in favor Of American workngmen Is not 10
he recognized by the Democratic party in It's pro-
nosed revision Of the tariff Again the report de-
clares:
But in making reduction Ia taxes /. IS not Proposed 10
injure any domestic Industry.
This too was stricken out upon the motion OF
Mr. Neal and in the proposed tariff they VIII take
no heed Of any domestic industry, and the reduc-
,,ons 70 be made In the tariff will be made heed
less of the injury that may follow to our indus
trial enterprises.
Again the report declares:
From the foundation Of this Government taxes col
c,d a the Custom House have been the cher sources Of
Federal revenue. Such they must continue to b.
That. too was stricken out. which indicates most
strongly that my competitor and those who agreed
with him at the convention have in mind the aoan-
donment Of the old policy OF raising revenue from
customs, and looking in the future TO direct
taxation for the revenues with which to conduct
the Government Again, the committees report
declares
So that change OF Law must he at every step re-
gardful OF the labor and capital involved
That too has no place in a Democratic platform
and is stricken out upon the motion Of Mr. Neal.
SO that any change in the tariff laws to be maze
by the Democratic party is not to be regardfu OF
the labor employed-their interests are wholly ig-
nored as well the capital invested in the great
industries OF the country.
NO QUARTER TO DE GIVEN.
The processes Of reform il subject to he exccu
ton of these plain dictates OF justice.
This. too is stricken out. The revision is
not to be dictated by Justice 1t is not to be framed
upon the principles of justice. No quarter Is to
be given. but all our vast industries must surren-
der without terms to the demands of the tarin re-
former. And having stricken that out, they. upon
the motion of Mr. Neal resolved:
We denounce Republican protection a fraud We
declare IL be the fundamental Principle Of the Demo
cratic party that Federal Government has const-
ona power impose and collect tariff duties except for
the purpose Of revenue only, and We demand that The
collection Of such taxes shall limited 10 the sses Of
the Government when honestly and economically admin
istcrcd
This is the voice of the Democratic candidate
for Governor. It Is the voice OF Ohio? VIII
it be the approved uterance of the voters of Ohio?
This il the principle upoE which the revision
is to be made and ii is the tariff reform referred
10 by the President in his recent message to
which he declares that every effort OF his Admin
istration shall be dedicated As casting further
light upon Democratic purposes We have only to
observe how the Committee on Ways and Means
in the present House of Representatives has been
organized. A majority of the Democratic mem
bers constituting 1t from the South. and from
districts of comparatively little manufacturing
and commercial importance.
The Hon. William l.. Wilson. Representative in
Congress from West Virginia. has been appointed
chairman of that committee and Will have charge
of the tariff legislation of the present Congress.
In an article entitled THE Tariff Plank at Chi
cago" published in The North American Re-
view of september. 1892. he expresses the conven
ton purposes OF his party and considers lis ac-
ton at length. He reviews the platforms OF the
Democratic party on the subject Of the tariff
from 1876 10 1892 inclusive In speaking Of the
plank Of 1884 on this subject which substan-
TALLY the plank reported by the Committee on
Resolutions OF 1892 ne says
II demanded that Federal taxation should b. exclusively
public purposes, but Subject" n certain specified
Limitations The most noteworthy of these "imifa
tons The party pledged itself TO revise tho rih
in spirit fairness all interests; tina; Ia reducing
It proposed to njnrc any domestic indus
tries, but rionWt" their hearty growth us Custom
House taxes remain from the founiacn OF tho
they have been. the chief source Of rcV' nue.
that rs many Industries have to rely ON legislation
Tor their successful continuance any chunse OF Ia" mus;
be- az every step regardfu the laof and capital thus
involved that reductions OF taxes must h" ~
feccd without deprvng American labor Of the ability TO
compete successfully with foreign labor and without i'm
posing than would be ame to cover any Ia
cess cost OF production due the higher OF our
labor
Mr.. Wilson says these limitations
Were no longer aids. but encumbances In the heht
The temper and Of the party ar nightly diner
In 1892 from what they were IN 1854 what VIZ
Necessary prudence would 10 cowerdice now The
the feeling OF
party IL represented 1t showed its CONFIDENCE IN
tariff reform the great and winning Issue BY The hom
nation Of Mr. Cleveland In the face OF warnings that
would have driven IL from a who did not also stand
for cause. IT that there should b. nothing
ambiguous about the Inrty attitude TO that cause and
the statement Of ts fundan entail principle should
be oyerlad with cumulative limitations. And IN
all this the convention right.
He further says:
We called upon the urgent duty Of the hour and
Of all time, to guard against the rcerslon Of our tarin
system, that has ripencd into the NICK inlcy bill.
Nor party any derive strength
from panderng the dcuson that protective duics can
In any way directly benefit labor
These the views of the chairman OF the
Committee Ways ind Means ana Will prepare
the people to some extent at least for what may
be expected from the present Administration.
NO EXCUSE FOR THEN now.
Speaking OF the Lid Congress and the Committee
on ways ana Means or That Congress. OF when
he was member and which Mr.. Springer
presided chairman. he says:
That committee, at the opening Of the present last
Congress- for that satisfied majority Of It's Demo-
cratic members decided attack the tarn BY series Of
single bills rather thau by general revision. In exc
eutng this plan the committee or memtes Of IT, framed
and carried through the House tafin bills. follows
Putting wool the free list and reducing duties
wooilen goods putting binding Irvine free list
moving duties from cotton ties. cotton bogging, and
chinery for making cotton bagging putting tin plate
the free list admitting free OF duty silver lead
bills they successfully sent To the Senate
were all pgeOholcd by It's Committee Finance other
wise more bills Of like character would have followed
them n themselves they great and substan-
usl contribution to arin reform and show the fidelity Of
Democratic House " s pledges, although powcress To