The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-30
wAosE TARIEF plLL IS ~
A Ptnch-Braia Product That Represents
Nobody and Nothing.

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upon which President Cleveland aud
the majority in control OF congress
were elected, distinctly advocated the
| passage OF "a tariff for revenue only"
30 urgent did the president deem the
necessity for passing "A tariff for
revenue only" that he at one time
had in contemplation the calling OF an
extra session of congress for this par
ticular purpose. But the longer he de-
/ layed the less reason did he see for
I changing the tariff. and Il has dragged
along till now, nearly two years after
the people voted for "a tariff for
revenue only" a tessellated tariff is
likely 20 become a law.
There is no connection between this
tessellated tariff and the tariff for
revenue only" that the people asked
for II would be- the manifest duty OF
President Cleveland 10 veto this
measure II presented TO him, because II
is not what he was elected To sign In
his message 20 congress, December 4,
1903, the president expressed his sense
of obligation To the people in what the
tariff should be. lie said:
one OF the most obvious features should be q
reduction In present tariff charges upon the
accessories OF life
lie said nothing about increasing
tariff charges upon the necessarics OF
life" as has been done 10y the trinity
committee in the senate in the case of
sugar. There was no such idea in the
presidents mind. That was not zone
OF its most obvious features lie stated.
however, In his message. That meas
ure has been prepared on the lines
herein suggested. lie made no sug-
gestion about increasing the price OF
sugar to the people On this ground
alone, II for no other, the president viii
be justified in attaching his veto To the
tessellated tariff bill. IL is not the meas
ure of his party by which he was elected
II is not the measure inGicated ia his
message To congress Who ca earth,
then, is the father ~ this precious
document? What is ii doing before
congress, anyway? II is not what the
people asked for The people don't
want H. Ii is not what the president
asked for. lie does not want it.
This tessellated tariff bill Is not the
product OF the basement committee OF
the house OF representative. That was
altered and changed 81 the house. II is
not the bill that was passed by the
house of representatives. That has
been altered by the senate linance sub
committee, committee OF three indi.
vidual persons, the tariff trinity com
mittee, and the work OF this comnittee
has been changed again by "A few indie
pendent senator's
They have evolved a document I'm
secret and on the sly about which the
people most interested have not been
consulted An effort is TO be made TO
foist upon the country this thing that
has emanated from narrow, destructive
and selfish minds that have no associn-
tion with industrial progress, that do
not exist even i'm Industrial states.
This tcssellated tariff bin Is not the
measure OF which President Cleveland
proudly said: ct IL the result OF much
patriotic and unselflsh work." because
1t had been prepared on the lines sug.
gested in his message.
This is pinch-brain product. IL does
not make "a reduction in present tariff
AAiuA SNN hAfh TIC httANNhiAtN VI lAAfs
lt increases them. 1t adds more than
siXty-hvc cents n year to the cost OF
living OF every man. woman and child
who uses sugar. This pinch-brain tes-
fe'lltcd tariff document does not re-
y the restrictions upon the inn
+ alton OF the raw materials neces-
: ~ 70 our manufacturers as Presi-
dent Cleveland promised the people, the
n l1f 'cturers and the wage earners
would be done
The president has no option but 70
veto this thing II Is not what the
people asked for IL is not what the
president has promised 10 the people.
II Is but narrow, selfish product Of
pinch-brains. It represents nobody IT
represents nothing. II should never
even go To the president. IL would b.
an insult 70 submit IL 10 him and to
ask him % sign such tcsscllated tariff
bill, which does not cmbody tariff re-
form on the lines that he suggested,
lines that were the result Of 'much
patriotic and unsolhsh worl, The
senate must kill this pinch-brain prod
uct The senate must not insult the
president OF the United States by sub
hitting 20 him, even for a IN pments
consideration, such base substitute
for his patriotic and unselfish work. "
American Economist,