New-York tribune., 1893-12-01
HARVARD NINETY Two At DINNER.

The graduates of Harvard in the class OF 92 who
live in or near New-YorI City held their second
regular dinner at the Hotel Marlborough on
Wednesday evening These members of this class
have started the plan Of holding reunion dinners
twice year. They meet in the spring on the even
ing before the Mott Haven games. and in the fall
on THANKSGIVING Eve before the Yale-P Princeton
football game The dinners are informal. inasmuch
as no pr, pared speeches are allowed. Good-feio"-
ship. song and ioity reign. At the dinner on
Wednesday evening committee was appointed to
consider a formal class organization OF the Har-
varl ~ men in this city. On this committee are
John Harsen Rhoades. IT,, Arthur H. Lockett and
Alexander VI. White Jr
THE NEW THRIFT BILL.
WHICH DILEMMA Is PREFERRED?
From The Chicago Tribune.
What effect these reductions OF duties will have
on the rtyen@Cs is unknown. II they proFoKe
80 much but American viii be- replaced b. foreign
labor II the imports do no; increas- because tne
cent TO enable their employers TO meet foreign
competition. then there viii be heavy drop IN
customs receipts
THE LONGEST STEP TOWARD FREE TRADE
From The indianapolis Journal
The Wilson Tariff bill made public Yesterday
is the most radical stride toward free , tradc Una, @
has ever received the sanction Of ways and
Means Commi:te. OF an American Congress. The
Mills bin was conservative compared win H. ana
ard free trade In iSj7. when brought bankruptcy
tho Treasury ar conservative measures COM
pared with this now before the country
THE RAW MATERIAL OFT IN THE COLD
From The Alta, Constitution.
bill based on the idea of equalizng the tariff
between the raw material ana the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ri
seeSs 10 protect the Manufactured product, and
leaves the material Industries OF the couL-
try to make the best OF the situation without the
same degree OF protection as that thrown around
the manufactured product
HITS THE SOUTH HARD.
From The Charleston News and Courier
The scheme a whole. however. H. fair. at least
Than any other section The bll cannot pe p,ars az,
,hc new industries Of this part OF the country
at the expense OF those Of other parts
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BILL.
From The Milwaukee Sentinel
The provision in regard to the sugar bounty @ rts is
characteristic Of the general policy Of the bill Inc
bonnty has ben pronounced an outrage by the ex-
pOEents Of Democratic opinion very bens.aiiii, ~
and its repeal promised one of the sure results
OF Democratic control. But the ne" bill PROPOSES
wping il our at the expiration OF eight years after
the hill becomes "A law.
NOT FOR REVENUE, But FOR PROTECTION.
From The Chicago Record.
Briefly. the Tariff bill drafted ny ne Demo,
cratic members OF the Committee on Nays ana
Means. under the direction OF Chairman Wilson'
outlines n low protective tariff. not revenue tariff
Protection Is extended "lth cohsiderapie , ca'r & 10
manufacturers, who have been granted ilee raw
embracing their products. How ntelligently this
work has been done can be- discovered only after u
careful analysis by experts IN the b ef free o
list embraced in the bill It can be SAID that the
proposed tariff is a protective tarll-
MORE RADICAL THAN FORMER EFFORTS
From The Cincinnati Times-star.
ANY one who examines the free list and the var-
ous schedules viii see at that II is a far more
radical measure than was the first or second MOT
risOn bill or tn Allls Dill
OPPOSED FROM ALL QUARTERS.
From The New-lork Press.
1t is forced upon the country in direct opposition
to the prayers and entreaties alike Of labor AND
n soh H of Eost and West In the history OF
tariff legislation there never has been collected anu
printed such unqualified ANA convincing arguments
against a change In existing tariff laws as those
which "A majority of the committee reporting this
bill heard. but needed not
THE sECTIoNALIsM OF THE BILL
From The Newark Advertiser.
acter OF the biIl Northern Industries the free
list Southern producers OF cotton. sugar, peanuts
can Canada complain. That country may send In
free It's coal sh fruitI yesespleSi esgs eta oes
ments and machinery. straw stone ' wnhe An Amerlca ,
Will pay heavy duties on these goods when sent
into the Canadian borders.
GROUNDS FOR NATIONAL CRITICISM.
From The Washington star
There will. of course. be local fighting. some of
IT very bitter over the propositions of the various
measure submitted fails 10y hfy millions raise
the necessary revenue. and threatens the people
iniuriousy strikes down the reciprocity policy, WILL
IL is thought. furnish grounds OF National CRITICISM
WE SHALL. WONDER AT OUR FATCITY.
From The Philadelphia Times.
IL will be enacted by Congress and approved by
the President and all engaged In legitimate indus
tries will be the first 10 profit by it, IL will 80
only disturb by hastening the quiet and steady re-
vival OF Industrial activity which Is already as
sired Before year has passed we shall won
der In our renewed prosperity AT the faulty that
ever made possible so violent an interference with
the laws of trade as the now existing tariff
Az HONEST DEMOCRATIC EFFORT.
From The Buffalo Commercial.
1t seems t. an honest attempt to carry out In
legislation the principles OF tarln reform advocated
10y the thinking men of the Democratic party In
the contests of 1902. As the country indorsed
tnrir programme, The Commerciar' thinks that.
while the opposition. the Republican minority.
should amend the bill and beat 1t II possible. they
should offer no faetious opposition TO its passage,
chance to pass Judgment Tariff bill that en-
bodies the Democratic ideas the subject.
THE HOPE OF NOVEMBER SHATTERED.
From The Plttsburg Chronicle-Teegraph.
The hope that the November elections had furs
nshed "A lesson. which had led TO recovery, OF
in banks ready to be employed as soon as II was @
known that the lesson had been learned has 'ne'' n
months Of Congressional talking are before US anu
that meanwhile nothing else Is possible tor the % %uI
employed Of all kinds, those willing TO wo'h anu m
those owning capital ready for investment put 10
walt.
A NONDESCRIPT MAKESHlFT
From The Rochester Post-Express.
The Wilson Tariff bill Is described by one SET OF
critics protective measure by Pnotner So ssa u
pions as a revenue measure. There Is a little truth
In each OF these descriptions. since tnere al vnva