The Red Cloud chief., 1894-10-19

a CHEAP WAY OF PAVING AN
ENORMOUS DEBT.
Chairman wilson's Services to Eri ish
Iuiustri"s-N Very Flexible Thing
Mental nul Moral Iabuium served IT,
In ropu,i>t Papers.
Chairman wilson Dining.

Chairman wilson Dining.
VIVA, sickly and silly sentimental
ism. Here are members Of the Demo.
cratic congressional committee and
senator Faulkner of West Virginia. in
u dreadful state OF mind because the
free traders OF London invited Repre-
sentative Wilson. chairman of the
Democratic committee of ways and
means, To u grand banquet. The
courtesy appears to people on this
side Il cheap way of paying II big
debt, and yet in its fashion an honest
and manly way. Chairman Wilson
has served the British Industries and
British commerce better than
any other man in this
country for the las, thirty
years, except President Cleveland. aud
the president did not happen to he
in London and within range of honors
or social Courtcsics. Mr.. Wilson was
there, and in some remarks recently
published g%raciously informed his
British friends that the fight for free
trade on this side has only just begun,
and that he and his party mean Ia do
a great deal better than they yet have
done in the way of promoting British
instead of American industries. II
would have been shabby in the last
degree il such distinguished perform
ancc and such gratifying promises had
not been thought worthy Of rccogni-
ton
The trouble with the Democratic
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Senator Faulkner is that they have
been trying To deceive somebody and
Chairman Wilson lets the eat
out Of the bag. They have
been pretending in some parts of
the country and especially in
III" mining regions of West Virginia.
that the Democratic congress and It's
chairman Of the committee on
ways and means have earned undying
gratitude 10y protecting American in
dustrics, utterly in contempt Of Demo
cratic pledges. Duties on iron ore
and coal remain. THOUGH Chairman
Wilson and the Democratic house did
their best. or pretended to do their
best. TO gc, FREE trade in both. II il
true that the duties are only aboul
half those imposed by the Republican
tarin. and foreign competition H. felt
already in the depression of wagcs.
and is sure to he felt in all the Allan
tic states, If not further inland, when
business r~cvivcs enough To give mine
operators or mine workers Il chance
to get Il decent living. But the Demo
Gratis have found it convenient Ia say
that these duties on coal and iron ore
were graciousll retained by the efforts
OF Democrats in the senate, and that
other partially protective duties ON
glass, manufactures of iron and steel
and manufactures of cotton and wool
were in the same way retained.
II is when the Democrats are en-
gagged in bcfooling voters to the best,
Of their ability, and pretending to bc
protectionists in the mines and free
traders on the cotton plantations, that
Chairman Wilson rccklcssly consents
to he wincd and dinod 10y the British
free traders In honor Of his great SER
vices. One must admit that il j. try
ing Tor the committee, says the New
York Tribune, but would not have
been If the committee had not tried to
cheat anybody. Had the plain truth
been told in every part Of the country
alike, had il been made known that
Chairman Wilson of West virginia.
agreed to take of the duties from coal
and iron in the house. with the pri-
waite understanding that two Demo
cratic senators might get the credit of
|, putting them back, at least in part.
!, possibly III" free traders might no,
, lay" been SO enthusiastic Ovcr Mr.
Wilson. and the voters Of West Nir,
| ginia, If Il little Disguised, might no,
, have been 50 angry.
! The Wilson tariff was for the bcnc
:. fit of British industries and trade. nuv,
l ~erthclcss. and if IT did not 90 as far II,
some greedy manufacturers on In,
other side desired, il went far cnougl
=. 10 close forty per cen, OF the iron pro
ducing works in this country, For :,
much Rrltons are properly grateful
ana they rejoice the more to he rs
surcd that the struggle has only he.
gun, and that free traders in thi
country have far grandcr victories fo
Great Britain yet in store. The onl,
question is whether the voters vii
: greet the victory in the past, and tn,
other victories promised for the fu
turc. with an enthusiasm equal 10 tina
! which welcomed Mr.. Wilson at tn
London banquet.
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