Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-11
Mr.. Dingley Says Hard Things
About the Wilson Bill.
PROPHESYING COMMERCIAL DISASTERS.
Helps Foreign Interests and Hurts
Domestic, He Says.
THE TIN PLATE DUTIES

the pending tariff is incorrectly termed a
bill to provide revenue. 1t is, in fact, bill
| to abolish revenue. Its advocates charge
that our protective tariffs ignore revenue
In order to maintain protection of home in
dustries; and yet they propose substitute
which yields $76OO0,0OO. or more than one
third less revenue than the tariff of 1880, in
order to overthrow protection. They do
this, too. in the face of deficiency of more
! than $50. 100000 for the present fiscal year,
and when the Secretary of the Treasury
informs US that every dollar of the revenue
under the tariff of 1890 unchanged would
be required to meet the expenditures of the
next fiscal year. The tariff measure which
/ proposes a deficiency of sI6,OO0.O00 is said
to be one for revenue only; in fact 1t is one
for deficiency only. Six years ago dis
tinguished democratic leader, then and now
President of the United States. declared
that IT was "a condition chat of excessive
| revenue), and not a theory, which confront
| ed US and necessitated tariff revision"
| Now he reverses this reason for tariff re-
vision. No matter about the condition, "
| II is the democratic theory" Of a tariff
/ for revenue only that "confronts us.
Democratic Justification.
The democratic majority of the commit
| tee which have reported the pending bill
| justify their scheme to remit s16OO0,OO0 of
| revenue and create deficiency to that
amount on the ground that II is a reduc-
ton of the taxation of the masses of the
people. Assuming for the present that a
duty is always added to the price to the
consumer this claim invites attention to
the imported articles on which duties have
been reduced and revenue surrendered.
On imported liquors. cigars. leaf tobacco.
| silks and pushes, kid gloves, jewelry, laces
and embroideries, ostrich feathers. artificial
flowers. opium for smoking. plate glass
and paintings and statuary-all articles of
| surrender about 81, 100000 of revenue. The
| masses must feel greatly relieved at this
reduction of taxation.
Nearly one-half of the imports Of woolens.
on which there, Is a remission Of duties TO
| the extent Of nearly SD 100000, are fine
goods imported for the use of well-to-do
persons, who could buy just good arti-
cles here, but who want something foreign
A considerable proportion of fine cottons
and of many other manufactured articles
are also articles Of voluntary use.
| Nearly S36OOO,OOO of revenue from i'm
ported luxuries and articles of voluntary
use are surrendered by reductions of duties
by this bill, and that. too. in the face of
the fact that all authorities agree that
be placed on such imported articles for
revenue
The Tfnplate Reduction.
Then $8,25O,00 of revenue have been sur
rendered by the reduction of the duty on tin
plate cent per pound in the face of the
| fact that the increase of Is cents in duty
| In 1890 has not increased the price here
more than Ia cent per pound above the
| average from 1888 to 1891 IL at all-thus
| showing that the Welsh manufacturers
| have practically paid nearly all the in
creased duty by reducing their price in or
der to hold our markets against the grow
hAr Ip
this prevails as to many othe- imported
| manufactured articles. in spite of the fee
trade ridicule of the fact that in many
cases the foreigner practically pays 4 part
and sometimes all the duty, II is no wonder
foreign manufacturers and those of Canada
are rejoicing over the prospects of being
relieved to so great extent from contri-
buttons to our revenue. There is RENTED
to Canada nearly sl.5OOOOO in duties ON
lumber. $2.OW,WU on farm products without
even asking anything In retrrn: not to mem
ton S,OOO.OOO RENTED on wool.
The President and the chairman of the
ways and means committee inform us that
their revised tariff will only temporarily re-
| suit In a deficiency of S76.OOOOOO They tell
| us that 1t will increase importations Of du-
table goods, which win in a short time
supply part of the deficiency and ultimately
ALL and that they propose to supply the ,le-
ficiency caused by the remission on duties
on foreign goods by taxation of our own in
terests.
When it is remembered that most of our
dutiable goods are such as can be made
here. and that any increase of such impor-
tations would simply take away so much
, demand from our own mills and so much
work from our own labor. this announce
ment of the end sought by this bill must
be comforting to the millions of working
men who are out of employment or work.
ing at reduced wages in consequence of
the distrust caused by the anticipation of
this bill.
Think of the increased importations neces-
sary to make good the revenue surrendered
by this bill. 1t would require an increase
OF fmportations of woolens from So, 600 90
to nearly $1OC,mO.G0. and the aggregate
. increase of iInportations under this bill
would have to be about $50, 600 in order
to supply the revenue surrendered OF
course there is rejoicing abroad, and con-
sternation at home.
Robbinx the People.
And all this wreck of home industries in
order to carry out tariff theory adopted
by the last democratic national convention
the theory that protection is unconstitution-
al and robbery and that duty on imports
should be for revenue only. Yet the DEM
ocratic majority who have framed this bill,
after informing Congress and the country
that protection is robbery gravely an
lection entirely as to many and reduced as
to most industries. yet they have continued
protection for the present as to some great
interests" because of the difficulties of the
! situation-that is. the bill proposes to allow
some great interests to continue to rob"
the people, while other interests not SO in
fiuential they propose to throttle at once.
This is a confession that these gentlemen do
not believe what they say of protection,
for If they did, it would be a reflection on
their character to charge that they have al
| lowed any interests to continue to rob"
the people because they are great"
1t seems, them that this is discriminate
ing tariff--a tariff which favors some indus
tries-generally. it will be found, those
whose owners are high in democratic coun-
| ellis, or who have contributed literally to
| democratic campaign funds.
Alleged DETERMINATIONS.
! A few specimens may be cited. An ar
ticle of food like rice is given a protec-
| tive duty of So per cent, while many north
ern farm products, including wool, are
placed on the free list. and others given
duty of Is to % per cent The marble quar-
| ries of Tennessee are protected as to stone
| in blocks by a protective duty of % per
cent but imported granite competing with
the eranite blocks of New England is placed
on the free list. Hoop iron when made in
! 70 fioc for 10 froo nd hna fvov,