New-York tribune., 1894-01-08

the Senate by the solid Republican vote aided
by certain Democrats whom they will at once
proceed TO denouncc as " renegadcs." In what
way will that settle anything? What question
anywhere on the face OF the earth was ever
settled in that way:
Mr. Carnegie Instances the vote Of the Rcpub-
Leans on the Silver bill as one worthy Of imi.
tatlon on the Tariff bill How so? Because Mr..
Cleveland and portion Of his party were right
on the silver question. and the Republicans
largely voted with them only because they be-
lievcd them to be right, is that any reason to
urge why the Republicans should vote with the
Democrats when they think the Democrats are
in the wrong? The Republicans who voted for
the repeal Of the purchasing clause Of the Sher-
man act so voted because they believed In the
wisdom Of such lepeal. That surely cannot be
urged as Il reason why the Republicans should
vote for n tariff measure In the wisdom Of
which they do not believe In one case they
were voting in accordance with their cOnvic.
tons. In the other case they would be voting
against their honest convictions. Mr.. Car
negie gives the real cause Of his worry
In his last parting shot. Some one has called
him n "RObber Tariff Baron" and has coupled
other manufacturers with him in this dstaste-
full title. He tells us that many people have
been led to believe that the present tariff
favors the few ut the expense Of the many; and
he follows that statement. with the proposition
that II matters not whether such charge Is
groundless or not What Il strange dOctrine
A lie then, we'll stuck to- is as good rs the
truth. One would suppose that proving an ac-
cllsatiOn TO be false should count for something
with an intelligent people.
Mr.. Carnegie's position, stripped of its catch
ing phrases is simply this. The demagogues
are in the saddle; It Is best for lis to let
them have their own way nearly;-nOt quite
perhaps, but almost" lie would have people
believe that it is better TO have these dema-
gogues do something half way right, rather
than that Republicans should stand by their
own principles and insist upon mode of action
entirely right Mr.. Carnegie closes his letter
with the statement that he Is ready to accept
greatly reduced duties, IL by so doing he can
put Il stop TO being called bad names. The
difficulty with this. as with his whole letter. lies
in the fact that Mr.. Carnegie ignores both the
laborlng men, who must work for less wages
under his proposed compromise, and his less
fortunate competitors. or other manufact-
urers who are struggling for existence with
things as they are Mr. Carnegie Is very rich.
He has IN enormous plant, large amount OF
surplus savings and he can live. is well
known in the iron trade when the bulk OF his
cannot survive at all. So long as
he can personally endure the shock he seems
very ready to let 1t strike others not so fort.
nate The public press last week announced
hat the entire Carnegie works in Pennsylvania
are hereafter to be run at a large reduction OF
wages. Here Is manufacturer then. who ar
ranges his own schedules TO reduce the in
come Of the men who do his work: and. when
lc sees the battle approaching. takes ship for
he Old World where lie can live without regard
% his operations in this country. Leaving thus
he land Of his adoption, where he accumulated
lis wealth he sends this good-hy greeting 10
Ms fellow manufacturers: "t;cntlemen. you are
lbout to submit to n surgical operation. My
.,!vice is that YOU mount the table cheerfully.
have carefully arranged TO put myself beyond
he reach of the surgeons knife. and | assure
'ou that l shall be able to stand the operation
lpon you with good deal Of equanimity. No
loubt some Of you are to be decapitated, and
many will be ruined for life. ! have plan,
however, which will see you all deccntly buried
With the least possible exposure Ny plan is a
imple one. II merely requires that you should
II surrender This whole war can be stopped
+ you gentlemen will abandon your fortifca-
ions and beg for mercy"
Such plan may do for General Carnegie. 1t
iffers, however. entirely from the plan adopted
" other Generals. 1t will not be adopted by
he workingmen and struggling manufacturers
+ the United States. Mr.. Carnegie may sue
cod in cutting down the wages of his own
pcratves but the men whose wages are to be
cduced all over the United States are going to
SIX the reason why. They seem just now to
70 in 4 fair way 10 find out