Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-05
A TRYING SUMMER.
y.mbsrs Of Congress Hare Suffered
From II Much.
TARIFF-BILL HISTORY.
rnressonsb leness OF tho Opprobrfum
Heaped Upon the Senate In Some
Washington Gossip.


weather and hard work. and the appear
snce Of every one who has been com
PEELED % remain here through suo"
torrid season shows that the summer o'
1904 has been something awful Men WIN
looked rosy and healthy three moh'"S "e'
are at present faded out ana t"' NJ
months OF such weather wouu p'''.V-'
"a, -, a. Mortality among tho states
men. ,os 80, ,h.
- A,,~,,et but for the deadlock on
a.. ...to huI II has been apparent 10
- ,,ho has studied tho situation
ma, the Senate bill was inc onlS o'e
,,l,h had any show OF passage ihh'
g., WIS well known two months ago.
,,r the an,ost men on the Democrauc
side including the most enthusiastic low
,,rl0 advocates. found out early IN 'he
strugcle that the House bill could never
command a majority OF votes in the SEN
o.c So crfatc a free-trader as MI
>,ius ~ Texas. as well a. more reasonable
to,,.tarlG advocates. Ike the Virginia
Alabama. North Carolina, and hdeeu,
most Of the southern senators. discoVereu
during tn early part OF the struggle 'i''
IN order 10 accomplish anything IN t"'
vav Of tax reduction. II was necessary
>, frame n measure that would sd1S''
tic States that DO not hold exaciiy the
,.,. orlnious on the subject as the
Southern eui Western states.
1t.e. vbo have been UNFOLDING MI
v.r.., ~ West virginia, in his hgh'
70
,,.. al the principle involved oentered
s-o.nl three articles-yIz.: sugar. coal
o.a iron-ore. They overlooked III 'he"
..,i to make point against the Senate
-. most uons,rous provisions IN the
81, ~, a word from these gentlemen
.-.t fhe - per cent. prohibiory uu'S
~. collars ali cuffs. or the ech'i"iIs .'b'
1.t.Ds on glass woohen-Eoo'S' co' ,SD.
goods. tcstiies. cutlery, am n,'"S liz,
,rI,rs that 10 t. make UP the IeaN"'e
schedules.
4 LITTLE HISTORY.
A. th.re has been such howl aeou'
80. CONTAGIOUS performance OF tlc -
81. IA giving a dincrenihl rue ol
".,+b .f "a cent on refined sugar 10
,t.r v.ith IA. ad valoren duty on inc
- .,,.t-.. 3, IS well just here 10 give
t.r. b..t.rv in connection with tue
.,.,..r. over the tariff question III VIZ
,.,.r. s.. There are many p oiie III
rri, and North Carolina just as ~,
are ir other portions OF the country, w." MY
iinaEirc that the entiie ',ilt,
Dbl. condition OF affairs belongs soIoIS
g. me Senate. such people thihK 'h"l
t.lf5ozen mon have dictated the
...-,l AND they are disposed u vent thVH
,f..l or Mes rs. German, Irlce' oHl',n'
Nf.Il .r.an AMI Murphy. ana 90 hD' ,one
mo clrs leraton for moment 'n"I ~
..t,.... q, tho schedule as II now stlhu9'
senator's Daniel and hunton' ana SendtoIS
Ransom aud Jarvis, ana al the Demo
- e.,,,tors who desire tariU leSlsla-
&c, are standing shoulder 90 shoulder IoI
o.. measure they agreed IN caucus 10
~ through Concessions were maue an
aioor the line and 10y yielding polii,S
t.ra and there the Democrats IMAM
.',.o,r.1 10 construct a bill they believer
would not only pass nut "ouIu ~, NJ
3D.. ,vir.ucies Of the situation. the WI
g., h,u us il came from the House Was
...rtt.t d. Secretary Carlisle ana the
T,,asury experts TO be far snort OF met
10 the requirements. Such hIeds"i,
meant a large deficit in the revenues III
.,. Government. estimated ns hish as
t-4,.l Dl A wear. It was likewise a bidly-
o.,ru.fel bul. Things were out or JOINT
7,h.r. was no general policy shown TO-
"a tl. industries Of the country. ana,
,hcuch II may be q harsh crltlclsn 'ne
most practical men In Congress spohc .,
o. as ID BIN that had been conS'ruCIeu
D.. ,,.... not equal 10 the task. Inc older
go heods Of the Senate had 70
model the measure, and the Dill thht
4, moo, offers the country Is conce'ed
- Mr. carlisle 10 be one that VIII pro-
d.ce tho necessary revenue ana at tho
,,.. limo the Industries OF the country
viii not sustain "A shock.
-rt. recuilar thing about the wrahEIe
which has been going on over sugar II
...t President Cleveland admitted IN ms
l.,for 10 Chairman Wilson that II was IN
,..,r1once with Democratic declarations
o., tav surur for rcvcnue-produclng pur-
Sc AMI ne even went SO far as to sane
,..n the duty added for the benefit oi
tra trust. which does the buIK OF th'
Z, must also be remembered that the
ori.,..l Wilson bin as reported to the
1f.-.. contained one fourth ot cent
[.tr .o refined sugars IL provided also
f-a fax on the raw article and had an
f.rarc. meut under which the planters OF
f.. United states were 20 have elSht years
n. gradually deprived Of the bounty.
,rt. TG.,,e. however knocked out the
v.0u schedule. and put all sugars both
r.rrai and raw. on the free list. ana re
r..'.l s,uar,ly tie bounty provision now
g. operation.
coal AND IRON-ORE
IN ,,.,v q the Presidents attitude and
o.. o..isu OF Mr. Wilson'S committee
,.frfr.. r,uch &c left in the way OF ''prin-
,.I4' r.r the House 20 fight FOR unless
..a ru.r,hers Of that body We're 20 hold
OF f~ fro, coal and iron-ore: and all
o.. ak about not upholdlnE the adinlihs-
t-lei.n simply because the New tnki"na
manufacturers. some college professor :,
and "A lot az frce-tradc cranks denaIu
OF coal and iron-orc shall come on the
6Itiahe list amounts to nothing rot
f.rtv members OF the House care any
tr.ng about these Two articles. Most OF
re representatives dld want free sugar,
Int Il IS too late now 20 raise q row on
that score. especially as the President al
Vccatss tax ou the sweet article.
From the best Information obtainable,
there * u strong sentiment IN virginia
and West Virginia against putting coal
on5 ,ron-ore on the free list. and TO the
credit II Senators Daniel and Hunton
,hev have steadily maintained, az have
o,her southern senator's that as long as
10 duty IS only 80 cents a ton, II ought
=, stand and they have made iight Tor
the rrlnciple OF protecting Virginia mine
owners AGAINST the greedy New tnE-
IND manufacturers. The latter were no;
,ouch hurt IN the reductions made on
manufactured goods, either oy the nous.
or the Senate bill. and lron-ore ana GOA
in M. strict sense are not considered raw
material. II takes money 10 get them
ION out Of the ground, and il costs heav-
ly 20 transport the products either
- ,.u or water Not only the mine
owners in Virginia and the men they en-
Yloy are heavily interested in retaining a
Irv,nue-duty, but every transportation
co-nrany In the State has something al
ttake.
NOVA SCOTIA SCHEME.
IT, circulars that have been Issued by
q. Nova Scotia coal companies. not only
have tie promoters promised the men they
hone o. catch by their schemes that coal
would so on the free list but as long ago as
ise iAe claim was made particularly that
when this happy day came, the coal
shipped from Newport News. Va. TO New
England points would not be able 10 COM
pee with that shipped from Nova Scotia
under tho new order OF things. That
would be very nice for the northern
fellows. who had been let into the Ca
nv the ground floor,