Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-09-13

From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Sept. 10, iBe.

OcCTctdfy OdEiielC uCtcIuluAliOn
to appoint a commission composed
of custom house inspectors and
treasury officials TO make regulations
to carry into effect the sugar sched-
ule Of the new tariff law was Just
what the sugar trust wanted him To
do. The more complicated those
regulations are made the better they
will suit the trust, and such com
mission as Mr.. Carlisle has named
will be sure TO make them compli-
Gated. The agents of the sugar
trust have been a little anxious
about the construction that might
be put upon the confectioners clause
of the schedule, which says that re-
fined sugar "tinctured, colored or
adulerated," may be imported under
a 35 per cent. ad valorem duty. 1t
has been claimed that by the addi.
ton of little coloring or adulter-
ant, ordinary refined sugar could be
brought in under that clause. The
question will probably be settled by
Mr.. Carlisle's commission, and the
agents of the trust appear to have
little doubt of its being settled as
they wish it to be--so as TO keep
foreign refined sugar out of our mar
ket, unless it pays the differential
duty Of one-eighth of one cent a
pound in addition to the 40 per cent.
ad valorem imposed upon raw sugar.
Senator Jones, Of Nevada, is un.
doubtedly the biggest man the pop
ulists have yet caught; but when
one comes to carefully read and d.
gest Senator Jones letter formally
announcing himself a populist, it
will be seen that he isn't much Of a
populist after all In fact, there is
only one reason why he is populist
at all. The populists believe, or say
they do, in the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of l6 to /, by the United
States, regardless of the support or
opposition of European nations.
Senator Jones has for years believed
in that idea. That is the only rea.
son he gives for having become a
populist. He does not endorse any
of the numerous isms of the popu-
lists. The most of the populists in
congress have announced themselves
to be free traders, and the general
impression in Washington is that
they represent the sentiment Of
the populist voters. Now, Senator
Jones is one of the staunchest pro-
tectionists in this country. Here is
his own definition of the position
he occupies today: 81 abate not an
iota of my convictions with refer
ence to the benefcent influence on
American industry of the policy of
protection. A protective policy |
regard merely as q means by which
the people Of the country may Sc
cure to themselves the doing Of
their own work IN such volume
and with such complete variety and
perfect coordination Of industries
as to afford uninterrupted employ
ment for ALL" If this indicates any
thing il indicates that Senator Jones
will be found voting with the re-
publicans for a complete restoration
of the protective policy which gave
this country thirty years of pros
perity never equalled in the worlds
history by any other country, when
the republicans again control the
legislative and executive branches
of the government, which they will
do after March 4, 1897.
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, is as
staunch an advocate of free silver
as there is in the United States.
just before leaving Washington for
his home he was asked what he
thought of the action of Senator
Jones. He declined TO criticise Sen.
Jones, but said he regretted his ac-
ton, and believed that he would
have done more for silver by re-
naming in the republican party. As
to his own actions, Senator Dubois
said very emphatically that he
should remain in the republican
ranks, believing that party better
fitted TO deal with the silver and all