New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-26

states are sIss impossible 10 believe. It gen
ersy Supposed in Washington that the mosi salts
reIsting 70 cotton The manufacture OF cotton be,
ing Southern industry IL received al Inc na, -
| bo,h houses Of Congress consideration accorue' ~
10 W.. while the existence Of the bill is hanging
I trembling in the balance 5000 men are out OF ",Ik
ra i'e WHAT the merits or dement's Of this
! disnute may be between the workmen ana tner
employers DO not venture TO say kn9 9 m1.ns
about All aid s seSe is F Ra OVER %.n t ina
wages has commenced and threatens TO sp' ne
case OF the most favored schedule, what may we
expect Of the Under? ana yet tina, Is no,
are as thoroughly dissatisfied to-day as they werre
when they commenced This country has MOI ohly
had year OF tariff agitation OF arlI n,sqrq IN S
tariff Apprehension. but there Is PROMISED IN th
future continuance Of this work until b the c,.aEg
| and everything taken from them
! MISTAKES AND BLUNDERS IN THE BILL"
| How many errors mistakes and plumbers there
! may the Tariff bill as 1t has finally reached
the President not yet discovered can only con-
! lecture. One OF the greatest errors ought 10 pe
pointed out. because IL is example Mt once OF the
incompeency of those who passed the bi. and OF the
! magnanimity OF their opponents The chem'ai
schedule relates TO the manufactures which are, Tor
| the part the result OF combinations win
alcohol and a tariff protection was arranged with
reference to the internal revenue of 81 gallon upon
alcohol. the article being largely used In the prep,
aration and the mixture of articles in the chemical
fhe bill the Senate passed an amendment which
gave the manufacturer and the artisan right 10
use free alcohol upon such terms as should be pre-
scribed by the Secretary OF the Treasury. When
this arrangement was made II was undersooa i ,hat
and /; was expected that this would be done In M
disagreed. or rather having met and the
House having crafty rushed 10 the passage of the
Senate bill. the ncongruity remains Of free alcohol
used in manufacture which nevertheless. was
allowed for as If it were taxed, and the result is
lection than protectionsts would think of de-
handing Nor is this all of the trouble II Is very
doubtful IL any regulation possibly b" framed
which will not result in tremendous loss OF In
ma nd the m nc and T" "S grave question
whether it will open the door TO frauds to such
In the House Of Representatives the business in
require that should be even magnanimous 20 our
enemies; that we should not permit mere party in
aster notwithstanding the way in which the bill
was passed. Unfortunately 1t reached the Senate
now is that the country will be afflicted with this
hasty and incompetent way in which the bill was
have not permitted myself to comment upon the
scanialous stories even the visible scandal CON
nected with the passage of the tax upon sugar But
II is due 10 the country that the aspects OF II which
suitable for comment should be carefully and
@ aa Th AFTER by bs the ansS OF the the
Dartisans attempted what denounced at the time
the terrible responsibility which they mad just aiken
upon themselves. The Republican party "a tn bll
Is necessity in life that is one. and we had freed
1t entirely from the tax,gaiherer No.
cratic State Of Louisiana and as we hoped ina,
IN the great states Of California Nebraska and
be carried on TO such an extent as TO furnish the en-
tire country with all the sugar one needed 10, f9r is
stncts of justice toward Louisiana but feeling that
to w secure rs France had dome the prouction .;
beet sugar: determined TO bestow bounty upon
States and such other States as it Nigh, prove to
be profitable in The result in Louisiana has been
there was every prospect that in other states the
beet-sugar industry would take wide proportions
occupation and profit for farmers who would pro-
duce the raw material.
FARCE OF THE HOUSE FREE-SUGAR BILL.
The House Of Representatives saw N not only TO
abolish this bounty but also took of every duty
connected with sugar. When the bill arrived in the
Senate It was discovered that this country en-
gage1 In the task OF passing bill which would
diminish the revenue 100000 1t then became
necessary, in the opinion OF all intelligent people.
put a upon II the bill to BE- per
sisted in. Thereupon a tax proposed upon
gar of 20 per cent. with a dferental OF one-eghih
for the sugar renners and stl another dinerential
to protect them against the export sugar OF coun-
tries which paid export premium. This was the
bill which passed the House Antlcpatlng-in fact,
knowing-that such action would be unpopular in
every possible way they endeavorcd 10 relieve
themselves from the burden of the vote which they
had just given, and. therefore, they awaited them
selves OF the extraordinary powers which resided In
the House and by course OF action entirely un-
duced IN the House giving free sugar which oil
half an hour. and might then be passed. and ac-
cordngly this done or course this pure
Voted upon the subject Everybody understood
that il was SIMPLY campaign document which WAS
Why. they intended TO say: ~ your Republican
law" Now. while the Republican Senators were op-
posed 70 the AK upon sugar Just as they %er" OPP
had interest in the dlferential for the benefit
Of the rehners nevertheless they not for
was just to The State OF Louisiana. ,ncy believed
ga; was jpst to g Interests ,be h in Ca9rs N
for ten years should be given TO them as the Law
mons doars for s Saa e" OF
industry into which Congress had invited them
poriionat to their production You viii See at once
that the spectacle Of DEMOCRATIC assembly DE-
Could BE dScnded no5oG
TON he can2 pa % ee5a sye m
trust. because the only way in which the trust
cheapness would be by trust abroad. and the mere
breaking down Of trust here. for The purpose Of
a trust abroad the breaking down Of trust that
we can control for the purpose OF establishing trust
folly. Yet nevertheless II that dTerential was no,
necessary to preserve the manufacture in this coun
When the bill got 10 the Senate II the fate |
pnt dn ens n an % he c colf
of the bounty whi:h had already been granted |
under the Mckinley act. and which promised |
the people of the country for wears This tho
Democrats refused TO adopt. so their 'popgun" bill
and all the rest OF the popguh' bills sleep tha |
sleep which they knew they would rest Tho |
only valid act which they have performed with
10 h we as & m wTon hs" On
the floor OF the House: gave figures which showed |
that In all probability the bin for which he the,
voting. and for which he was dema ndinR and |
which he finally carried will give 20 the Sugar Trust
S2 0O00 900 this very year outside the protection Ia
refining. II seems incredible that after doing
such act that should turn around and pro.
coed to make Oudvoicel talk about and their
desire for their destruction.
II has already been charged that the Mckinley act
the Sugar interest half pound proec-
ton. and therefore. this bin gives but one-nfth |
we Republicans have right 10 comment. There
are two answers TO this both Of fact. upon which |
the peorlc should ponder. In the first place the