Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-06-16
A Tariff Comparison.

1ut SuilOtIldlltl A'tUS lllllhS II
announced "twice, or perhaps thrice
that "the Wilson bill was dead"
1t then goes on to print Mr.. Aldrich's
qualification at the favors shown the
cotton manufacturers in ga schedule
that is protective"
Lastly it observes:
We beg leave to call the attention of the
Frostburg JOURNAL to this matter That
paper has been especially savage toward the
eastern manufacturer because of his cOnten-
ton for free coal, and now that the JOURNAL s
friends are giving him more than he asks,
are protecting him at both ends so to speak
we would like to know in what shape this
proceeding leaves the JOURNALS tariff reform
fetish. If there is anything in the world
that good democrat like the JOURNAL falls
down and worships at sunrise and eventide
it is tariff reform. He wants it fresh, in free
trade colOrs and without the faint or SllS-
piCion of protection about it. What must be
the disgust of those patriotic reformers then
when they learn from the congressional de-
bates that the republican members of the
Senate approve the democratic cotton schedule
because its features are amply protective.
If the JOURNAL has been "especial-
ly savage as the Netcs AYERS. one of
the reasons may now be found in Mr..
Aldrich's expression of 1.-The thanks of
the cotton manufacturers generally" for
the schedule, etc.
Mr.. Aldrich's qualification and the
manufacturers gratitude imply at last
that protection per sc is not designed
for labor.
1t proves at last that whether New
England wants foreign raw materials
free, or finished products prohibited,
neither is desired for the benefit of
labor. 1t proves at last, too, that
when last fall, the dominant party of
Allegany county stood up for "our
home industries" it was really en-
titling itself also to thanks for exactly
what a democratic Senate has seen fit
to give ''the cotton manufacturers
not the cotton workers.
The Neaos is mistaken concerning
the devotions of an orthodox tariff re-
former when it says
He wants it fresh in free trade colors, and
without the faint or suspicion of protection
about it.
Such an one is not tariff reformer
He is an impossible being, living in
an impossible country, under impos-
slble conditions upon impossible sus-
tenance.
The true tariff reformer wants the
tariff to be doubly protective. In the
case of coal he wants - cents per ton
levied on foreign coal for two reasons
l, To make it Improbable as
business for foreigners TO come here and
take from us orr only market, and
., That whatever coal does come in
shall pay so much to relieve labor of so
much taxation for the support Of
government.
Hence, tits to be admitted that dis
gust is natural result of such monkey
ing as tariff reform has lately under
gone. Think, for instance. of an M
rolorem duty Of Is per- rent on coal, and
IS per- cent. on collars and cuffs
Think, too, that while the Netcs
twice, perhaps thrice" cOntended that
the makers of collars and cuffs are
''entitled to as much protection Us the
miners" it has never said that the
miners are entitled to as much protec-
ton as the collar and cuff factors.
But be everything as it may, it is
hoped Mr.. Aldrich, obtaining more
protection for his cotton manufacturers
than he asked for or expected, will not
again point to 40 cents per ton on coal
as proof that the so-called compro-
mise bill sis sectional MEASURE
And that he and his fellow-republi-
cans, having
no objections to offer because the schedule
had been scientifically framed, and thinking
the finance committee of the Senate deserved
the thanks of the cotton manufacturS gener-
ally for having adopted a schedule that was
will now materialize their gratitude
by not only ceasing to obstruct but by
voting for the bill.
1t is also hoped that in time the Neus
and its party i'll this county will learn
to esteem the value of our own great
industry as paramount to any and all
others.