The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-17
sTRAUs ON THE TARIFF.
Speedy Action ON the part of the Sem
ate Necessary.

Speedy Action ON the part of the Sem
ate Necessary.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 1894 -"Speedy
action on the part of the Senate is vitality
necessary said Isidor Straus, of New York
this morning, in speaking of the Wilson Tar
iff bill.
Mr.. Straus, it will be remembered, was
elected fortnight ago to serve out the unex-
pired term Of MrFitch of the Fifteenth New
York City district, He is a man of wide
business experience and was repeatedly con-
suited by Mr.. Mr.. Wilson before the tariff
bill was reported from the Ways and Means
Committee,
What will be the effect of passing the bill
through the Senate in thirty days?" Mr..
Straus was asked.
s.It will at once revive industries 1t will
be like applying lighted match to a
bundle of dry fagots that need only
touch of fire to ignite the pile.
as a result of the unsettled conditions.
1t needs only continuation of these un
settled conditions for the next few months to
ruin the autumn business. The spring trade
will not be more than forty per cent of its
normal amount. But the autumn business,
if the Senate acts speedily, will be more than
normal, because our merchants and manu-
lucbuT6IS VIII nave ultll6 " pi6RdTt 1UI IL,
and the country's condition viii respond in
simultaneously. The demand will, unless
there should be failure of the crops, be
ahead of the supply"
Suppose, on the contrary, that the Senate
materially amends the bill, and that the de-
bate upon it be SO prolonged that it does not
become law for three months, what thens''
THAT" said Mr.. Straus, speaking with
marked emphasis, sswould be bad, very bad
for the country. But it would be worse for
the Democratic party. If the bill becomes a
law within six weeks the results that will
flow from twill be so great and SO widely
distributed that the country and the party
would be greatly benefited Yes" continued
Mr.. Straus, anticipating the question, land
the Democrats ought to carry the next
House on it y
ssYou don't think, then, that the bill would
be destructive of our industrial interests9'
"That argument:r y said Mr.. Straus, with
an impatient shrug of his shoulder, lis nom
sense. The present law leaves us with an
average tariff almost as it was before 1892.
The country will be the better for it; very
much better for it, ] have talked with the
Republican business men in New York about
it. They all say the same thing. Pass it.
We don care what it is. Pass it and let us
get the wheels of commerce in motion again.
When the bill becomes law, the protective
interests and politicians will cease their con-
tention that it will ruin the country, and
business men viii adjust their affairs to the
new condirions."
fare you satisfied with the Wilson Bill"
Not at all 1t isn't such bill as would
have drawn nor is it satisfactory to Mr..
Wilson. But it is the best that we can do at
present. If my vote would pass it and /
were privileged to amend it, and by amend
ing 1t, delay its operations for two months, !
would pass it as it stands. That's what Mr..
VOORHEES, and his confreres ought
to do Id the Senate We ought to
overlook our personal preferences