Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-12-21
WILMINGTON. THURSDAY. DEC. ~.


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Give US Free Wool and Iron Orc Now.
: Congress is now on its third week,
and nothing done yet And it looks
as though nothing will be even attempted
! until after the holidays; waste OF o
whole month with the calamity howlers
getting in their work while the peoples
representatives are dawdling.
Some of these calamity howlers are
sischarging men for the express purpose
of Observation-Disclosures blocking, if
they can, the work of tariff revision to
which this Congress stands pledged,
Others among these calamity howlers
are reducing wages to the same end. of
course, if few men in any line of
manufacture cut wages, others in the
same line are compelled to follow suit.
The Boston Herald has more than
once spoken out plainly in righteous
denunciation of these tactics on the part
of some New England manufacturers.
They are like the boy-if they cannot
have their own way they won't play.
Perhaps they make the mistake of
imagining that the business of the rest
of the country cannot go on without
them.
There are some manufacturers in
Pennsylvania-among those of fat.fry-
ing circular notoriety "who make large
fortunes every year when times are
prosperous are evidently in the
/ same boat Indeed, there seem to be a
large railway company or two cooper
ating in this attempt to bluff of tariff
reform.
Meanwhile Congress continues to do
nothing. We know that it has always
been the custom for Congress to do
I nothing in December. But we had
hoped the urgency of this legislation
which the voters called for in 1890 and
1892 and for which they have been
waiting so impatiently-would have
spurred up this Congress to break the
record by actually entering upon bust
ness before the holiday recess.
If we cannot have the tariff question
in its entirety brought up and dealt
with now, let US at least make start
without any further delay-without
waiting for the holiday recess, if pos.
'sible. There are two articles of over
whelming importance to American in.
dustries which every one-eYen the
calamity howlers-confidently expect!
to see placed on the free list-we near
wool and iron ore. Why not put then
on the free list at once?
Why not formulate and put before III,
House, for immediate consideration, a BID
preceding for free a0OOl and free iron ore
Such bill, confined to these two
articles, could be passed through tn,
House certainly in two weeks. Itcoult
be passed through the Senate in mucl
less time than any tariff bill GOVERNS
the whole range of imports. And tn,
very fact of its introduction, coupleC
with the assurance that it meant bust
ness, would be warrant enough to pu
new life into all the wooden and iror
mills of the nation.
In certain lines of carpeting an,
underwear the market is now bare. Tn
supply is not nearly up to the demand
There are dealers in Wilmington VIII
have calls for these goods and canno
furnish them because the goods are no
10 be had. Some of the mills maxim
them are running on short time or wit
reduced force. Why? Because the
are afraid to do more than manufactul
from hand to mouth, so to speak. The
cannot stock up with taxed wool in IL
existing uncertainty.
Let Congress end this uncertainty an
start up the wooden mills and the ire
mills With these two great industri
In full blast again, as they would
with free wool and ore, we should |
fairly launched upon new era of n
tional prosperity that would sicken Il
calamity howlers.
Give US free wool and free iron O
without delay. Give us the rest of Il
Wilson bill as soon as practicable, b
let us have wool and iron ore witho
waiting for the rest.