Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-20

ality Is inseperable from the protective
system. It's cOrrupting power Is one oil
its abomlnstloaS So long as money Is
10 be made through legislation money
will be used to procure legislation.
This abuse Is not new, though II
grows with the growth Of the
protective system. Protection uses
money TO elect its friends and 10 pre-
vent the election Of It's enemies. IN
fortunately II has more direct methods
OF gaining It's end, and so long as 10 has
money to give for protection somebody
is likely TO be found ready 20 take IL. l
have not been TO the Capital since 1871
and sm not advised as 10 more recent
methods, out the sugar schedule, how
ever Objectionable it may be In certain
respects, might 70 through the Senate
without anybody being bought. The
planters, refners and trusts get
very much less protection and bounty
under the new bill than they had
under the Mckinley law. The wilson
bill as reported BY him from the ways
and Means Committee 10 the House pro-
vlded for free raw sugar, one-fourth OF
a cent tax on refined and an annual de-
cllning bounty for eight years was, l
think, as advantageous TO the sugar In
terestS as the present law. The Mllis
bill left TO the home producers, rehners
and trusts, much more than they get
under the law just passed. Certainly
no one who knows them would accuse
either Mr.. Wilson or Mr.. Mills with
other than the best aims and purposes
when they offered as much as the Sen
ate gave the planters, rebners, or
trusts.
EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENTS LETTERS
"What will be the effect Of the Presi-
dents letters so severely criticising the
bill?"
"Some allowance is always made for
deferred enthusiasm. In the letter TO
Mr.. Wilson the President tried TO scoid
the Senate into making better bill.
The letter 10 Mr.. Catchings explains
that while the bill ought TO have given
Us more relief and lower taxes, II is still
such o reduction OF taxes and improve
ment on the law repealed that be with
holds his veto that the people may
have the benefits 10 be derived from
lower taxation and from the removal
OF hindrances to industrial progress.
ANYTHING hurtful In one letter will be
cured by the other. The protectionistS
have been diligently at work for more
than thirty years 10 building up and
fastening upon us the protective sys-
tenn, and il is not TO be undone by
wave Of the Presidential hand, or even
the manifestation Of executive displeas-
ure. We have been at work these last
twenty years trying TO undo these pro-
tective abuses of the Republican party.
We are making progress, with some
hope OF nearing the end, which, II It
she'll come in another ten years, Will
atone for many shortcomings"
"Will the free sugar, coal and iron
ore bills pass the Senate next winter"'
ANY tariff legislation next winter is
unlikely. Certainly there will be none
without an amendment OF the Senate
rules. Even then it will be doubtful as
the Senate is now made up. la 1857
the Democratic Senators Of Louisiana
voted with their party 20 reduce the
duty on sugar from 80 10 81 per ce0t.
Nearly iorty years later, in the Con-
gress Just adjourned, the Democratic
party could not rely upon the continued
support OF the Louisiana Senator's for
the passage OF bill projecting sugar
By 40 per cent duty, Increased by one
eighth Of cent a pound, and an addi-
tional one-tenth as against sugar CON-
ing from countries paying bounty on
export, so strong is the greedy hold Of
comparative few sugar planters and
refners Of that state upon its Demo-
cratic Senators"