The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-23
TouCHING THE rARIFF.

The pearl button men who employ con-
vict labor declare that they are satisfied
with the present rate of duty, 800 per
cent. They want no more tinkering with
the tariff.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The country elected Mr.. Cleveland by
an astounding majority and gave the
Democrats control OF both Houses of Con-
gress. If ever legislative body had an
unequivocal mandate from the people on
a question plainly put and thoroughly
discussed, the present Congress has a
mandate to 'alter the tariff laWs.' 1t
cannot refuse to do this without proving
recreant to the express duty laid upon It.
Whether it will do it wisely remains to
be Indianapolis NeaoS (Ind.)
The Ways and Means committee of
Congress should not exhaust the patience
of the country by giving endless ''hear-
ings'' to people who want to argue the
question of tariff taxation. That ques-
ton was fully settled by the people last
November and it should not be reopened
for general debate. Every man who is
making money out of the Mckinley tariff
will argue for its perpetuation. but that
is thing forbidden by the people.-MH-
acdukee Journal (Denl).
Sand while the committee is hearing it
can be striking. And if the Democratic
members know what is for their own and
the country's good they will lay on and
spare not. This will give the country
such genuine and thorough reform that
everybody can see and feel the difference
between the Mckinley tariff for spoIia-
ton mostly and Democratic tariff for
revenue mostly. And the sooner they do
their work the better will they be pre-
pared for their reckoning with the people
year from next Novembe CHICAGO
Herald (Dem).
The seeds of the present discomfort and
depression of industrial and co numerical
interests OF the country were soWn by the
Republican party and have been growing
and bearing fruit for quarter of a GEN.
fury. The United States is now suffering
from the insidious and disorganizing
effects of class legislation and class pro-
lection. 1t is an insult to assert that the
present depressed conditions of business
are due to the fear of tariff reform.
Where was that fear last November? The
American people demanded a reform in
the tariff and in the currency. Those
were the distinct issues of the campaign.
-Kansds City Times (Dem.)
The att smpt to bluff off tariff reform in
the country on the ground of financial
troubles obviously coming from other
causes may be said to have been stillborn
We do not need the hotbed process to aid
our industry. We shall be more pros
porous with a fair opportunity for the
natural development of American talent
and industry. This is what a reformed
tariff is to furnish our people, and we do
not hesitate to prophesy that it will be
the most popular tariff since that of 1886,
which became so entirely satisfactory
that all opposition to it was abandoned in
the public councils of our country
Boston Herald (Ind.)
No one can pretend that the country is
not ready for revision. The voters have
declared in favor of it twice in succession
and the emphasis of their declaration
plainly means that they expect Congress
to carry out their wishes with all possible
speed. The only thing which it can even
be supposed might justify delay is the
present depressed condition of business.
1t is upon this point which the opponents
of immediate revision have eagerly
seized. They argue that however strong
may have been the determination OF the
people last fall to have the tariff radically
altered, the special developments of the
present summer make it mex pedient to
undertake it just now. But if Congress
were to take this sort of talk as a valid
reason for deferring action the simpIe re-
/ suit would be that the tariff would never
be touched. In times of prosperity the
protectiunists argue that it is best to let
well enough alone, and in times of de-
preston they protest against running the
risk OF making a bad matter worse
Providence Journal (Ind.)