Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-12-01
The Tariff Destruction bill.

OF pToteCtlon lelb III SViho VI eho
schedules, but the outs are heavy all
along the line, and there must be q
general unsettlement of business in
terests until the mills and the manu-
featuring establishments can accom-
odate themselves to the changed
condition of atlairs-that ia II the
change shall come. The free list is
swelled enormously. Free lumber
will not affect the Southern pine, but
il will affect tue lumber industries
OF the North and Northwest. Free
ore will not hamper Alabama to any
great extent, but the Pennsylvania
and lake deposits will suffer. Free
coal will not iniure the far South,
but Pennsylvania, the Nirginias,
Maryland and other states will be
seriously troubled. Some influential
Democrats who desire to flood the
mar ket with the soft coal of Nova
Scotia, which can be mined with
cheap labor aud brought to New
England and even to Pennsylvania
and New York by water, are going
to make good thing out of it, but
. vast industry is menaced.
1t is useless TO attempt to point
out the defect OF the bill in minute
details until the manufacturers who
are directly affected can take their
hearings and can make up their
minds 1lst what they can do. But
ia u general way the bill has every
promise of decentralization about it.
The South has been taken care OF
fairly we'll and escapes with little
injury. New England cutlery, build
ing stone and tobacco will have a
hard time of it with free competition.
Pennsylvania is the great field for
the raid of the "retormers.' Her
great woolen and textile manutac =
tories aud her immence steel mills
have been made target for the free
traders, and it becomes serious
matter to determine just what can
DO done should this bill get through
without change. There is no longer
protection for the makers of agricul.
tural implements, while the pottery
industry of New Jersey receives n
staggering blow. In fact, all through
tho list there Ia scarcely an industry
that does not come under the ham
mer of the tariff smashers. The bill
ought not TO be labeled bill for the
collection OF revenue, but a measure
for the destruction of the tariff.
II will be noticed that the feature
which Mr.. Blaine insisted upon is
knocked cndwise. Under reciproc-
ity great trade has been springing
up. Under the Tariff Destruction
bill commercial treaties must be
made over again. No more recip-
rocity. No more trading upon a
basis which has proven of SO much
baneft to the United States. These
are smashing times, sure enough.
And TO make up Tor the loss in rev.
enue by the transfer ofso many in
dutisble articles to the free list, what
other legislation will be necessary !!
There is to be no revenue of amy
account fIom sugar. There has been
a struggle over that sugar problem.
The committee has not dared to
make sugar dear by attempting TO
iaise revenue upon IL, and SO it has
gone to the extreme OF reducing the
present small duty on the refined
article, while II assails the sugar.
grower industry by knocking oil The
county, not at one stroke, il is true,
but in progressive reduction. This
is the one great industry OF the South
which is seriously affected, and the
sugar growers are given ample time
With little or no revenue in this di-
rection, where is the revenue coming
from except from an income tax, TO
DO discussed in separate bill after
the tariff is disposed Off
1t will take time TO get down to
nil the iniquities and blunders OF
this bill. The great manufacturing
establishments will have To do an
immence amount Of close figuring.
Some Of them will close others will
70 on. business must struggle along
in some way, and OF course many
factories will get upon their feet alter
n fashion aud will do the best they
can. But where does this bill leave
the workman, the one above all
others Who was promised large wages
snd plenty OF work by Tie tariff
tipkers The workman is out At
both euds, lie Is given less work in
tho bituminous coal mines, ia Tue
forests, ia tho ore beds, while the
farmer Who raises sheep will have To
turn hls attention Ia other directions
OF struggle along against iree wool ,
That 1. ons end OF The cut The
other comes Ia less time ia the mills
aud less pay for the work done
Whenever there IL depression ia the
mile the employes are the hrst 10
lsel u, DOsn 10 the wages. IL l.
Invariably 30, We lear that under
this Oil there will come a reduction
IA many = branch II manufacturing
Reduced protection brings reduced
employ meat aud reduced remunera.
tion, aud this elect u one Of the
alalmlag features at lhe Iarlli De
alfuvlion bll eoneoeted by the bon,
oeFatie WaJs aud Meaus uumnillee.
ln fact there ls but one pleasing
lhiuu ahaill thu llll aud lhal A. th.s