New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-29
VIEWS OF 4 NEW-ENGIAND FREE TRADER
GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS SAYS
LABOR MUST ADJUST ITSELF TO
VOW TARIFF.

4 LOW Ithirf'
pos,or Nov. 2s-Ex-Congressman George Fred
Williams when ASKED ii's opo ~,
w, :" .nd,v said "Of the details OF the bill not
"" has been published to allow OF proper
,.1,. Furthermore one must carefully conn.,
900 tho schedules of the old tarin ana the NC
K,r,ev tariff with the new scheduies. Du' III ''e
free list which, as Governor Loiis sou o.,
e, N. honest tariff reformers nope the'e 10 LUZ,
rooI,zation OF everything that the De'"oe'a'' VI
~, England have looked for Ihere Is "o' a
r,,rufocturer In New-England VINO WIN "o' "u,'..
49,, ,ha taxation on his raw material IL serious
h,-der upon his industry. But the fro'e'''0",','
among them supported tarin upon I'd" "'".v
in order to satisfy the producers oi I'd" ,,,
who claim the benefit OF the protec'Nc p''"ep
together with the manufacturers In o.he. 49,
,ha retention of duties upon raw materials HAS
-, the result OF combination among al pro
ducers from the raw materials up to the hh''"eu
product. s,,oors
"rbe South and West the principal producers
y, rav, material and IN New-England II snouo pe
borne in mind that these sections are sV''s 'p
all possible claim to protection In ordcr u ,'ee
the finished product from the burden Oh taAa'''
New-England is the only section that gets an an
i,nouaiided benefit from free raw material so aar
as / am able to observe. the duties upon s,.o on
s rY pcient to cover any possible difference In
the labor cost OF the articles produced abroad anu
those produced here think that the dner enc,
Of the labor cost Is more imaginary than reai;;
but certainly IL 10 per cent OF the total cost OF
the article will not cover the difference. tnen II ~
perfectly clear that labor on this side aid oui
on such article. Is economically misappN no de-
had better go into business which does no. az, ne
,nand s,Ich an extraordinary contribution from the
taxpayers who buy the goods. . ,., -,
The debate the measure shouiu De pesuu a.
once IN the House. and February would seem "
he n fair date upon which TO close the DEBATE.
think il reasonable to expect that by az least Two
or three months after the lst OF FEBRUARY tne
senate will send the bill back to the House WIFI
amendments Whether the bill Is adopted IN thee
House or goes Into q committee OF conference !
have no doubt that after that. In few days tnere
will be n settlement upon some maj measure.
This will leave us In the next campaign 70 DISCUSS
n complcted measure which has become the law OF
the land and look then to a general moVenlent
selves 10 preserve the law as II STANDS ana sup
press further agitation. This means that the dust
ness and manufacturing interests VIII JON WIZ
the Democracy In supporting "A new measure whlcn
they will do because the law cannot be changen
while Mr. Cleveland is President .
business interests must adapt themseiVes 70
the new duties STOP and the general cry WIZ De
TO let the law alone ! am confident that this
measure as II shall ultimately be settled, Is 10
stand as the law for years to come. ana its de-
yclopment will be gradually toward reduced duties.
and possibly. ultimately free trade. .1usL as tne
tariff OF 1876 developed into the srin OF ISL ana az
Garfield and many other statesmen wished inc war
tariff to be developed"