New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-01
IN PROMOTE FOREIGN INTERESTS.

built up.
IN PROMOTE FOREIGN INTERESTS.
The business men who have smashed BUSINESS
by urging changes Of tariff have called Il cooper
I,uion meeting for Thursday next To finish their
work. They want ''the speedy passage oi ''c
Thrift bill with or without the income tax
and also without any regard to tine dc'alls Oh
the measure" II may be questioned "he'her
more discrcdiabc declaration than 'ils can mas
ever been made by any considerable pody oi
competent business men, aud II Is hdru ~ p0'
lava that most Of the signers ever read the
call or realized its meaning, or CAV" 'he SIi1n'-
cst ,houeht TO the step they were taking frop-
ably every one of the signerS Is porS0"'iy oP
,os,1 ~ the income tax" says The New-fork
Herald" and yet their Impotence Tor pcrSohai
Gains expected from the speedy passage OF Tie
Tariff bill induces them 10 throw their Influence
in favor Of that Populist measure ny urgInT
tbe Senate 10 pass the bill with or WITHOUT
that feature Al this time. when strong ehol'S
mr., being made by the two Srna'orS from 'ni'
State and one Senator from N"WrIerSey' WIN
others Of the majority, 10 get TINS Offensive III"
inlauitous tax omitted from the Dlil' puSlhcs'
men OF this city who oppose 1t ask o'h'rS 10
ioin them in demanding that the senate pass
the bill whether that feature Is omltteh OF not
Truly curious spectacle Is presented 10 man
kind bv these Populist merchants OF NeW-i Orh'
Doubtless these gentlemen Will say lhul'Iu'
ually. and through the speeches nlaue III '"'
meeting that they oppose the hcoihe ''N'
even while they are doing everything III 'h'ii
powcr 10 bring about It's adoption. Ihey MO"
that the only way to defeat this fopuiiSt schcNle
&C. :, mako the massage Of the Tariff bill with 1t
nm impossibiliiy Instead. it plcaScs them 10
I.oo,,nce Senators who have resisted the income
lax. and to do Whatever they can To crlppi" an!
oupnsiiion 10 the passage OF TIE pll rs 1t S'""N'
Perhaps these gentlemen honestly p'ileV' UNI
,h, h,.iurss Of the country viii improve 50
much when uncertainty is removed Dy Se''ie'
mcnt Of the tariff question. that even the odiolS'
unjust and sectional income tax can b" 'hhur'l'
put they cannot have sobcrly considered the
consequences.
cam these gentlemen name at their meet
ing any manufacturing ESTABLISHMENTS /"
his country which now idle. bun
yin IL. enabled Ia resume operations with
,b, prndng Tariff bill IN force: II they are
alb. +, find q few. which 50 entirely depend
upon the proStrarion of other American indus
,rios hv foreign competition that they cannot
h.rln work until the industry smashing bill has
,,sscJ {, i. safe To say that other establish
,,o,,s far more numerous and employing n
u,uch greater number ~ persons. can b. named
which are now in operation, but VIII be- forced
=, s,op rorl, II the bin passes in IFS present
form Among the siSncrS Of the call. VIII" are
largely ,mnortcrs or agents Of foreign manuiact-
urcr. there are nevertheless many who per-
son,lly know Of American mills ana shops
which the pending bin would close Unless
fheir
dcanlicne,s and with satisfactory evidence mat
, creator number ~ Americans would b" set M
,,,rl in mill, now idle than would be- deprived
= vorl, by the stoppaec of mills now in opera
tim their call and meeting will have The aspect
-, ,r.c.lv onpeal 10 Congress 10 favor th"
ucy-sonal interests Of importers at ia" Sacrihc'
~ public interests.
Tiis call Il the more discr,rlitabc because II
c,,,pts before the country disregard Of de
,,ls'' about which the Administration and Dem
ocroti, Seniors are lnboring 10 effect some
agreement, and upon which depends the liyeIi-
hand ~ thou,ands of industrious Americans.
ront,,nnt for the so-cacd details is nothing
lint contempt for the prosperity Of industries
IN which there were employed four years ago
100000 persons Most 81 these haN" families
to support. and no less than 2o.ou~"~ people
action Of Congress on the details now under
discusson Thus II is reported that Senator
Nurrhy may secure changes which may save
from destruction certain important manufhc'-
urcs of this State and that Senator Smith may
save from destruction others which employ
,,ultitudcs In Ncw-Jcrscy 1t is strange. in
decd that New York merchants are found so in
different 10 the public welfare and the n"crs'
si.,os Of millions OF felowAmcrlcanS, ANA 80
Gallons TO the sufIcrngs that may result. lhAt
they insist upon the passage OF the bin rs II
stands without regard To details On every u"-
,ou will depend the wages of mutitudeS ana
the welfare of many American homes
THIS meeting Is simply an attempt OF certain
interested New York merchants 10 resist ana
revoke the declared will Of the people az recent
elections. The people by their votes, In the only
v.ov proyidcd by the Constitution and laws,
hovc omphatically warned Congress that the
ucnllng bill ought NOT 10 pass. Certain inter
cstcd persons in Newly York. Initiating III spirit
th. Coxcv army Of marchers. think TO revoke
thc declared will of the people by public meet
ing When laws for this country are openly
dictated with such cynical contempt for the
sutfcrinrs OF American workers. and for the
interest of everybody except importers and
agents Of foreign manufacturers, II VIII be time
to revoke the Declaration Of Independence, and
TO request IL joint English and German pro-
tcctorate for this country rs well rs for Samoa.
iuh has cal lied "A m m ept n