Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-30
The Day of fermentation.

Ah+ihti"biS III 4hillNiASAh VIII
be this 2Sth day of August. 1894. With
its birth the new Tariff bill became
law and the first step forward in the
emancipation of the trade of this great
nation that generation has witnessed
was finally recorded. With the stroke
of midnight, the last clod fell upon the
coffin Of McKinleylsm.
That President Cleveland would per.
nit the bill to become law without his
signature had been regarded as morally
certain. But to-day we are dealing with
an assured certainty, an accomplished
fact.
That the President has taken exactly
the right course is matter which few
tariff reformcrS, after a careful reading
of his letter, which we print elsewhere,
will dispute. Tho German act does not
meet his approval, as whole. 1t
does not meet the approval of honest
men anywhere, as whole. But it
was the best measure that the trcacher-
GUS vassals Of the trusts, who unfortu-
nately held the balance of power, would
permit the people whose trust they had
so shamelessly betrayed to havc-and
the alternative was longer lease of
Mck.nleyism with its attendant par
alyzing blight upon the business and
industries of the nation. To have vetoed
it would have been to take a step back
ward into the darkness of unrest and
almost despair. The President states
this with forcefulness and directness
that no words at our command could
add to, when he says:
There are provisions in this bill which
are not in line with honest tariff reform.
ami IT contains Inconsistencies and crtldl-
ties which ought not to appear in tariff
laws or laws OF any kind. Besides there
were, as you ana | well know, incidents
accompanying the passage of the bill
through the Congress which made every
sincere tarliI reforiuer unhappy, while in
llnences surrounded it in its latter stages
and interlered with its final construction
which ought not to be recognized or toler-
ateu IN Democratic tariff reform Counscls.
And yet, notwithstanding all its vicissi-
tudes and all the bad treatment it received
presents vast improvement on existing
conditions. 1t will certainly tighten many
tariff burdens tnat now rest heavily upon
the people. 1t is not only Il barrier against
the return OF mad protection, but It fur
nishcs Il vantage ground from which must
be waged further aggressive operations
against protected monopoly and govern
mental tavorltlSm. ] take my stand with
! the rank and Tile of the Democratic party,
| who believe in tariff reform, and who
! know what it is, and who refuse to accept
| the results embodied i'll tins bill as the
| close OF the war, who are not blinded to
tile fact that the livery of Democratic
tariff reform has been stolen aud worn in
the service of Republican protection, and
! who have marked the places where the
deadly blight Of treason has blasted the
counsels Of the brave i'll their hour of
might.
In this grand letter is the watchword
of the future. The past has been dis
appointing but not rcsultless. We have
broken with Mckinley protection so far
us "thc trusts and combinatiOns-the
communism of pelf-whose machina-
tions have prevented us from reaching
the success we deserved" -permitted
and from the vantage ground thus
gained, we are encouraged 10 look for.
ward to the ultimate realization of the
platform pledge of 1892. We nave
moved slowly, but, as nation, we are
much nearer the goal than we were two
years ago, Notwithstanding. The "com-
munlsm of pelf'' has been shaken; it
will be shattered now that the question
has been directly forced uponus whether
the trusts and combinations shall sub
NIT to the free legislative will Of the
peoples representatives or shall dictate
the laws which the people must obey"
|
Writing from the metropolis of New
South Wales, Consul Bell says that few
Americans appreciate the commercial
Importance of sydney. This Austral-
asian city has a population OF 4ll,OOO.
1t is beautifully built Of solid masonry,
and has e&ccllently paved streets. AS a
port, it stands sixth in the British En-.
pirc, being led only by London, Liver
pool, Hull, Calcutta and Bombay. The
per capita trade Of New South Wales
with the outside world is S2iO and the
net per capita wealth is about 81 ,G2O--a
greater per capita trade and wealth than
are enjoyed by any other people. The
magnitude and importance Of the trade
Of this province, conducted chiefly
through sydney, is shown by $3.50
entries and departures Of vessels during
l5J3, carrying cargoes approximating
in value Sl10,O10,00O. OF this total the
United states contributed but little oyet
S5,OOuDOO, and there were only Cigh
entries Of United States steamers and =,
sailing vessels. The chief export of tn,
province is wool, which amounted t
over $5O,000,0OO. Next in value com,
lead, ores, hides and live stock, aggrc
eating over $22,O00,O0O. "The United
states are closer to this great com
mercial country than any Of the com
pctiag countries" says Consul Bell
"thc ocean voyage is immcasurabl,
safer, both for many kinds of freigh
and for passengers, and Australia ha
more OF the things we need, and need
more that we have to spare, than an,
like number of people anywhere else
and yet we have less than three pc
! cent of her trader
The Macon, Ca, Ners calls attention
to the fact that the vital defect Of til
new Tariff bill-the difTercntial dut,
upon refined sugar, feature ga
variance With the whole policy OF