The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-04
1.-THE PEOPLES TARIFF HILL."

papers which backs the Presl1ent J" 'ie
stand he has taken to defeat the senate
bill and 10 compel the Senate 10 accept
the House bill IL says
Tho President has drawn the dead
limo En- this battle and II must be kept
FREQ rag materials were voted Tor by the
neonle In 1890 and lS92, and by the peO-
pies direct representatives IN the i1ouSe
iaet February. they must be given
nov or sooner or later the whole fabric
of so-called protection viii be mercilessly
swept away. Nothing VIII De lOst IN the
long run, so long as Democratic honor IS
saved and Democratic good faith win
the people Is kept. The tariff OF the
trusts must be defeated at all hazards.
IL the little group Of senatorial "cOnser-
vativos" insist on conserving the inter
ests Of the trusts and Will not let the
peoples tariff bill pass at this session.
let them take the responsibility. Such
apOstaCy to principle. disloyalty to party
and trsachery to the people WIZ so ,r, TO
its swift and sufficient punishment The
people viii return triumphant and nniah
the work Of tariff reform, While the trail
tors who temporarily baflled them VIII
be politically buried without nope ol
resurrection.
Great causes cannot be defeated II
their champions refuse 10 surrender
them. Grover Cleveland and William
l.. Wilson are right, and the people are
with them The honest tariff reform
bill they now demand may be postponed,
but il cannot be permanently rejected.
Sir Robert Peel, after carrying the re
peal of the corn duties In England, was
struck down by traitors III MS own
camp. But the corn duties never came
back the whole protective system went
soon after by the board, and while Peel
memory is held in reverence in every
English household, the very names or
the traitors who played him faise-"con-
servatives' they called themselves too
have faded from the popular RECOLLECTION.
SO it Will be here. The peoples House
has only 10 stand by the peoples Prcsi-
dent I'm this crisis. and the people them
selves will take care of the future Of
their own cause.
We quite agree with the sun that
sooner or later the whole fabric OF
so-called protection will be merciiessiy
swept away and that VIII be one of
those "merciless sweepings' that bring
Unalloyed joy to our soul. If the fail
ure to give free raw materials now"
does bring about this result we shall
be the last 10 regret that free raw ma
terials are refused now, and we must
confess our surprise that the Sun seems
to think that a result of this sort would
be one 10 be deprecated.
And not only do We think this way. but
we add that one Of our strongest reasons
for refusing 10 give free raw materials
now" is that We are earnestly bent on
"merciessly sweeping away the whole
fabric Of protection and we do not see
how we can consistently fight that battle
If we were to consent to giving free raw
materials now or at any other time.
TO give free raw materials now" or at
any other time is to take part in favoring
protective legislation. Free raw mate
rails" as it is called, is a scheme to admit
some imports free of tax and impose
duties on others This is plainly discrimi-
mating between industries and making
some bear the burdens Of Government
while others are exempted from those
burdens. If there is any difference in
principle between this and the Mckinley
bill we are too stupid TO perceive it, We
shall continue, therefore to assert that
there Is none until the Sun or some other
party that can square the circle or IN
vent perpetual motion shows us wherein
we are wrong.
We do insist that the Sun is as far In
error when it asserts that the people
voted for free raw materials in 1880 and
in 1892 as it could by any possibility get.
We say emphatically that there was not
one Democrat who voted in 1880 and in
1892 in twenty-five that intended in those
elections to declare that he was in favor
Of free raw materials" We insist that
there was not one Democrat I'm twenty
five who knew. in those elections, what
was intended by The doctrine Of free
raw materials We never gave the sub
ject moments thought ourselves. and
we have never yet met with a voter who
said that he had. All voters whom We
have questioned on the subject have said
that they were voting for tariff reform.
and the idea that this was 10 be accom-
piished 10y admitting some imports free
and imposing duties upon others never
presented itself to their minds. Free
raw materials is not, therefore, as we
have frequently shown. part of the
Democratic platform; it is not Demo
cratic, but is Republican doctrine. and
there is not one Democratic voter in Il
hundred who has ever intended TO cast
a vote for free raw materials"
We entirely agree with the sun that
ed. But the trusts grow out of laws that
favor some men and place the burdens
upon others. 1t seems to us a lame start
for destroying trusts which depend upon
fayoritsm by building up another sys-
TEN of tayoritism. The House bill Is not
the peoples tariff bill" The people de-
mand that all discriminating duties shall
be abolished and that the burdens OF
Government shall be divided out so that
they shall bear equally upon all and favor
none. The House bill proposes to bring
into the country some imports and ex-
empt them from taxes, while it proposes
TO impose taxes upon others according to
a scale which is sometimes scale and
within. The people have never
yet intended any such legislation as this,
and when the people are consulted they
never will The people ahhor injustice
and crave equality and fairness to all.
Pass the Senate bill as the best we can
do. and pass il at once.
EDITORIAL COMMENTS.