The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-25

selfish. Patriotism, like charity, seems
| to begin and sometimes to end at
home. The particular benefit of each
locality is striven for by its advocates
| in Congress- irrespective of the effect
upon the whole country. A Senator
who will not stand up for the demands
| of his state need not expect to be
chosen again to that high position.
Il will be noticed that the Republic
can papers, particularly, appeal to the
}selfishness of the people where they
circulate II it be wool district,
| Legislation is demanded which is sup
posed to be likely to secure a high
price for that commodity. Whether
that would or would not be a good
thing for the whole country is not con-
sidered. So in regard to coal. iron,
sugar and other articles to be affected
| by the tariff.
| Thus. the national lawmakers are
moved upon by diverse influences and
have to pay regard to opposing in
terests. If they could divest 1egisla-
ton of all such considerations. and
take the broad ground that they are
acting in behalf of the whole nation
rather than in the narrow interests of
some corner of the country, measures
could be adopted for the national vel
fore instead of for classes or sections
or special industries.
The Wilson bill was compromise
bill. 1t was as radical measure of
reform as was possible to pass through
the House. In the Senate, state and
sectional claims to say nothing of the
clamors of great corporations, had to
be paid some attention With the
close balance of the parties it needed
the united votes of the party of re-
form to carry any tariff bill. The
! changes made were so arranged as to
meet the wishs of the various sections
as far as possible, and still keep in
view the reduction of duties which
was imperative.
The bill as it came from the Senate
was vast and sweeping Improvement
on the Mckinley law. But it did not
come down to the demands of the pub
lie nor to the promises of the Demo-
cratic party. The President perceived
this and wrote his famous letter.
which some rash and needless per-
sons have called Infamous 1t
most undoubtedly conveys the views
of the majority of his party And it
will have great weight in the deter
mination of the grave questions yet
undecided.
The Herald thinks that after the
pyrotechnics which will be INDUCED
in over the caustic remarks in that
letter have ceased to explode, the
conference committee will be per-
mitted to perform it's work in peace,
and the result will be some conces-
which, while it will contain provisions
unsatisfactory to many people, will be
viewed on the whole as the best
thing possible under present condi-
tons. and a sufficient measure of re-
form to meet actual requirements for
several years.
Cancellation is now the policy to be
pursued. Anger and recrimination
will accomplish no good except to re-
leive overstrained feelings The
friends of the Democratic party and of
the nation will do their utmost to pro-
mote harmony and subdue strife, so as
to secure to the country a tariff re-
form measure which shall place the
country on a firm commercial basis,
provide the necessary revenue and re-
suit in benefit to the manufacturing
industrial and agricultural interests of
every part of the Union.