New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-29
NOTHING SETTLED.

yos tho Mckinley bill is dead, rs Democrats
boost But the gun which for II time u'PrN'"
tho, tariff of force IS one OF those which u"
moro harm nj the brccch than Ut the lhu""i'''
Tho effort 70 oycrillrn the act OF lS9o hiS III
roodv hro,on and defeated the Democratic parry
and covered il with infamy. The assault against
i, was led hy President Cleveland, ana has
u,odn him an object of contempt To his own
marty. by Chairman Wilson. ana has 'ApoN'u
his pitiablc incapaciiy: by the three c"''i'u.
erotos ZONES. Vest AMI Mills. who are prAhu'u
bv ,be head Of their party with pcridy ana us
hnpor M repeal of the act of 1870 was louh"
nos.ihlo oyccpt by buying votes from the sugar
anil Whiskcy trusts and other monOpollrS. ana
Ga . wild rcycl and witches dance OF corruption
has brought disgrace upon the party in power
and in place Of equal and fair protection lor
all has substituted the communism OF pci Ill
Mr. CIevcland's phrase. and. in the language oil
.1'ho \pv-York Times" 'bill packed win
"lutics that are practically iniquitouS fivorS
"sold 70 various monopoes In return Tor the
.votns of Senators controlled by those monopo-
lies
Meanwhile the Mckinley tariff stands III MS
torv rs the act which raised the demand for
,hn wages of labor To the highest point ever
reached in This country-to more than Sl""""-
ooo 900 i'm the aggregate while the overthrow 81
that measure has already taken from labor
wages amounting To S2.oO0.0oo,oOo or H-.'"-
600 600 yearly. The act brought the largest
volume Of business and the greatest prosperity
ever known for when people earn ihn'h 'h'H
buv much The fght for its repeal has Drought
thc worst proStraton Of business for MY years.
And il Is all for nothing. because III" 1911 "t
Sale and Of Shame cannot last. Win Il as
honesty matched only by the stupidity oi pu'i-
ness men who swallowed the falseho"d. par
tisons urged repeal as the only way 81 getting
a settlement but now IL i confessed mat noun
ing Is settled President Cleveland says ne
new bill is only "a vantaeeground from winch
must be wagcd further aggressive operations
Chairman Wilson. in his closing speech AUGUST
13 said the bill made some "brrach III 'h' pro
"tcctivc system through which the hosts OF
american frcemcn would continue To march
and tba, .no work that is not thorough ever
ronains undisturhcd" THE New York Herald
declared August -. the morning the bI went
into oncration that il cannot be a hnality II
is q mere makcshif" The Times declared
July 90 that the bill would be a betrayal OF
| "foith and n defiance Of the public sentiment of
"thc Nation. which would Immediately again be
| "onpcalcd TO- Agitation would instantly be re-
'ncWcd.
All that business has gained all that labor
has gained. by enormous losses and sacrlhccs
thus far. is II beginning Of further aggressive
operations" further agitation, loss ana sacrifice
Labor has been compelled to sacrifice from lis
earnings in one year sum about as great ~
thc entire National deb, created by four-y"arS
rebellion The loss If capital may be judged
from the liabilities Of firms failing-S 1JI, ooo0oo
commercial and banking last year. ana Sl2"-
600 900 of railroad bonds. And all this FOR noIh-
ing. except that Democrats may tell Ignorant
men that they have passed some bill instead OF
no BILL and the Trusts may get their millions
each. II this is tariff reform, every man who
has sense enough 10 manage any business or
farm. or to earn wages at anything. VIII say
the less Of il the better. No more destroying
| agitation. If such are the fruits. If Instead or
| settlement for all our losses we get only the
beginning Of controversy. with infamy ana
plunder. il Is time 10 end the thing. II the Me-
| Kinley bill, cleared Of some mistakes, does not
come back richly frcghtcd with prosperity for
all workers. and come TO stay. every observer
Of free institutions will conclude that they are
| frightfully costly.