The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-16

! nately imposed upon almost every con-
MD a Wells has apply SAID that
/ the internal revenue TAX was aiiaHetu vi
the principle Of Che lrl-' ,n,, sa ae MIA
/ brook Fair. Whenever you see hsdu
/ ~ ~ whenever you see co9nOuity TAX
/ H." These war tariffs were que Ihsrs-
fore 10 three causes. Ine het 10 "a ,,tnrra 4
! sovos irnposed on domestic produces ana
| Gnallv 10 the prOtecuonist leanings OF
| ,bnee vino managed our financial Ieelsla-
[ d.. these causes made possible taIlH
Win in ordinary times would have been
considered an outrage upon the people
1854 7AqITF.
The tariff act Of 1864, one OF the most
| stupendous financial measures ever en-
| acted by any country was paSstu 10y
I Congress after five days conSidefatloh'
three in the House and two In the senate.
a haste uncxampled In the history of
civilized countries.
After the war the internal taxes. with
the exception Of tobacco ana Wnlskel:
were soon abolished. 80 that In ia All
those which bore heavily upon the pro-
ductive resources Of the country those
internal taxes IA compensation Tor winch
! higher duties had been imposed ID Ioo-
and g. were entirely aboilshed. SteP 10y
step with reduction Of these Internal
taxes, a reduction Of import uu-
tics should have been maze,
bat this was never done. After the war
there were SsINT14 statutes Dii Aii' 80
hut az most OF them DO not material
offecf tho duties we propose TO pass - an
exceut four. First THE act OF 1871 tncfea s.
cd the duties slightly, the act OF Is'Z maut
a horizontal reduction OF ~ per cent
which was repealed in $50.
In ISS2 the popular demand for reyi-
sion Of the tariff was go strong that -df'
Sherman and his protcctionist lrlenls "e,
tcrmincd TO refer the WhoIe qu-sl'y ~
revision TO a Commission OF frdcucdI
Men experts" in the chief Industries
to be effected. o-.-
inns we have the anomaly Of experts
interested IN keeping the tari1 n'En' ap-
pointed 10 consider whether IL should be
reduced and II so, how IL should be Done
IHu covvrrsIoS PACK7r.
The Chicago Tribune says 1T was be
leyed from the first that the Commission
was packed IN the interests OF hlpHopo!F.
II was known that two OF the Comnlis-
siOncrs rcprescuted the wooden interests,
ono the ron ana steel Interests. and one,
Mr. Kenner was an ultra protecuonlst
and high tarin man generally. MI Iortei
was proxy for pig-lron. Kelly on the
The reason given for the reference 70
eXpcrts was. that e was too complicated
to be handled otherwise. In other WORDS
the Republican Congress hdd sense
enough to increase, but not enough to
1ef US see what this Commission id
They were instructed 10 rcfse the tarllI
iudiciOusly which they DID rs was u ne
expected Of such ComulSsl(In' iJr NE IN,
thev dld recommend Il reduction or nom
~ to p per cent The duty on some
articles was considerably raised. ...r,,
But even this COMMISSION ~ s,,h
Commission became cOnNlhcS" tna, " 80 80
stanta! reduclloh OF l@tiu no av,
demanded Such a reduction or the eN,
istng tariff, the 'Oinin'Ssl0n ,',' a.
as q measure OF JuSuue " ~, ,1,ci
excessive aullcs, or cIl'S' ,,netti,.olv
stanJArd oi ~ i-.t1roet yvIich thev are
INJURIOUS ~ lne 'rbc,, nriv encourage
auppOSel 10 D'h'It" ~ a.. ,,,o,.rf,ct,,r-