New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-31
WILSON AGAINST WILSON.
ONCE HE FOUGHT FOR THE-sUGAR TRUST.

vow ,rr HECTARES THAT 1T HAS THwARTED
THE EFFORTS OF THE TARIFF RHfo""'
rps.-A srArEsMANs CHANGE OF BASE
rpv rytEoRApH TO TIE TRInrxEj
yyash,npton Aug So.-It really seems az thous"
chairman Wilson'S long ana terripie '"Se WIN
German. Brice BIN OF Sale and his swaho"'hs "a
tia, measure IN the end. have completely upSe' INV"
and unhinged some Of his mental processes !" ''''
~roecb Al Martnsburg yesterday in the convention
which renominated him for Congress- MI "'so''
~. or,, tbrev dirt upon the bill for which ne had
,.o,od hu, denounced it's authors and their motives
And vet only twenty four hours before ne hau i"a'1
q statement in which he declared: The OUTLOOK io'
genuine tariff reform Is very Dr'ght we nave Tan"
tho first step and that Is always the hardest anu
having done that much. and done IL pei"'p'
fectv II will be easy to proceed to full reaiiAa'o"
~ t,rN reform II will now come about Amos.
automatically once the machinery Is set IN 'ho"oN'
Mr. Wilson vas asked II he considered tha' '"e
principle of tariff reform character'zeu ''e p
Get even though the rates were not all ne "ah'eu
yves said he 'the principle is there, ana AFTER
ell me great struggle has been 10 secure recognition
80 tho nr,nc,n,e rather than the perfection OF detail
Tho da,u must come by the irresistible force OF CIR
c,ms,.ncss now that the principle Is eStaplSheh
..yhat is there" Mr. Wilson was asked, III 'he
assor,,on that a resumption OF tariff agitation next
winter will bring a recurrence of business unrest;
THAT Is wholly unwarranted,' said ne ihe'e
need be no general bill reaching all industries so
tina, The situation will not be such as 10 affect com
roercia affairs generally. The tarin rates VIII re-
main stable on the very great majority oi n'''''''
and IL will be upon comparatively rev 'hat t"e p'
fecting of details will be necessary IN oruer ,",,
the tariff reform placed on the S'd'u'' '
be a consistent whole"
II will be noted that this Jekyl-iiyde poht'c'a'' ~
,,.ro,es but AZ the same time qualities the state
,nent Of his master that the legislation "h'c" ms
been enacted In obedience to their cowardice anu "
will Of the Democratic majority IN congress - '
a steppng-stone toward tariff reform. but "''.
are some other things that invite and reaiiy "e'"a
attention now that "Roll-of-Honor wilson mas
AGAIN he ~ nominated for Congress- In his speech d.
Nar,insburc Yesterday this Democratic statesman
whose pusillanimity was only exceeded by ''a' Va nc
master the Man OF Destiny declared ina. '''e
Sugar Trust had thwarted and deteateh 'ne cII'''
Of the tariff reformers The managers OF 'ha' ir",
must have chucked when they read Mr.. VIZ
cons uar,nshure speech and recalled his efforts IN
their behalf last year $500 49,,
1t may be remembered that when the "''So' ''''
was first reported to the House Of Representatives
on December 10. 1896. IL provided for II uu'S u WI"
quarter OF a cent pound on refined sugar anu 'e''
raw SUGAR on the free list That rate OF one-i"af-
ter OF a cent a pound for the benefit "' te "us"'
Trust was not what William L. Wilson wah''i.
He deuan ded three-eighths OF n cent "A pouhd anu
insisted upon II. until he was voted down ps n,
i5rity of The Democratic members Of the ays anu
disclosed, but Mir Wilson dare no, deny 1t, Ne in.
sisted on giving the Sugar Trust as much II noi
more advantage than IL can derive from 'he i,,''
OF sale" which he denounced nj Mnr,n'nuds no
to-day and praised IN Washington on Wv ~ T., ~
day Il Is noteworthy that IN ms spt"cn y, Wv
House 81 Representatives on July 'wh.h hio.,.
cl.v.,and's letter supposed to have been writer
on July 3 sitting In his pochrp MI rr,,,s,
mad NJ reference whatever to the sugar Irust
and IFS influence upon pending legislation but ia M
Si..ch delivered on July ~ he devoted about one
third Of his time 10 that and kindred matter.
The U,use hill he said was framed upon Demo
cratic lines In the main ana III SouSnt' va ~ .
Ing taxes. to consider chiefly ana primhr'y 49, -
ana s5n"I"a o. tl''t p.r'.r-IaI s,ugh, - 10 the
ne discussion Of which occupied n~ir.y on. thHu
OF the speech This schedule, b" sad. hiI n.,h
accepted by the country - me press ~ W. ,nr
! 40 /, the great Sugar Trust Mr. wilson ar'
declared mni his declarations were repeatedly W.
slie"., Il have no, the slightest doubt. although
sincere tarlN reformers dncr with mo on that point
| that any dn,Tcntial rate whatever upon f"hneI
! sugar Is simply 80 much bounty provided TOT ne
great monopoly OF sugar Icinng IN ~ ,c,,r1,
decisred thrt further tariff legislation ought to be
! c,ncnei 10 mere matters Of detail. and that the
senate rates viii remain stable on the very go
| ,1.Sy Jew that The p.rfcc,lnE ~ details viii De
! necessary IN order that IN" nrin reform PLACED
on the statui" books shall Doe cor, 'tt'rt "no,e
! No a wori suggestion = i'uhI fh'I' ~ l"No'
| OF continuing ihe nFht Tor those great iuniA-
| mental principles I'D va!orem duties ana Hee
raw materials" an al!usiYn ID the NV" pop
| Gun bll. not a word "a reprbbaton ~ The pro-
! visions in favor OF trusts and monopoHr' whl,h
J were 80 odous the eyes Of MI wilson when lac
! delivered his speech Of July 49, 10 which he was 80
| p,nI :, amend President Clevclanis letter written
or n, least daied-July
dem1gogur. and about sincere and honest AS
! party demacOgGrs Usually are.