The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-24
How Grows victory is Interpreted.

How Crows Victory is Interpreted.
The republicans interpret the very
large majority which Mr.. Grow, the re-
publican candidate for congressman at
large in Pennsylvania, received the other
day as a protest against the Wilson bill.
They may be right about that. But, as
Stunning they are right, the democrats
ought not to hesitate to pass the bill.
There has already been too much hesita-
ton. The longer the passage of the bill
is delayed the stronger the protests
against it will become. AS long as there is
doubt about its passage, or uncertainty as
to what articles will be made dutiable and
what articles will be put on the free list,
and also what the duty on the dutiable
articles will be there will be stagnation
in the industries. StagnaJion is produc-
tive of dissatisfaction, and dissatisfaction
develops into protests against any change
in the tariff laws.
The Democratic party ought not have
any doubt that in passing the Wilson bill
it is doing what it ought to do. 1t was
put into power TO lower the tariff, and TO
do that is the purpose of the Wilson bill
The people decided in favor Of lower
tariff calmly and deliberately. They
made their decision after very careful
consideration of the tariff question. The
protests that are now being made are the
result of a condition of affairs largely
brought about by the protectionists, who
are endeavoring to create the impression
that the Wilson bill will prove ruinous to
al industrial I'M FThav of
mined TO defeat the bill if they can. They
want the protection they have under the
Mckinley tariff, because it enables them
to form monopoli6s and trusts and grow
enormously rich at the expense of the
people
When the Walker tariff OF 1916 was IN
der consideration similar predictions as TO
the ruin of the manufacturing industries
that would follow its adoption were made.
Some of the great men of that time de-
clared that if the Walker bill were passed
the coal mines would be abandoned, the
fires in all the factories would be allowed
to go out, and that factory operatives
would have nothing to do and would be-
come burdens upon the public. They
were wrong. The Walker tariff became
the Jaw of the land, and they were shown
to be much less wise than they thought
they were.
The period from 1916, the date of the
adoption Of the Walker tariff, to 1861, the
beginning of the war tariff, was about the
most prosperous in the history of the
country. Those who declared that within
year after that tariff went into force
there would be such a clamor for it's repeal
that congress would be called together to
repeal it were astonishe1 to find that it
gave such general satisfaction that there
was practically no sentiment against it,
Indeed, so general was the prosperity and
so satisfied were the people with it that a
movement for a still further reduction of
the tariff would have met with favor
And so it will be with the Wilson bill.
As soon as it goes into operation the in
dustries will show new life and the stag
nation in business will disappear. The
wider market which our manufactured
products will have will stimulate pro
duction, and the demand for labor will be
greater than it has ever been in the
country's history. There will be no
thought of strikes and lockouts or
of shutting down mills. The history
of the tariff of 1916 will be
repeated practically by the tariff of 1894
The Wilson bill will become as popular
and as helpful to the country as was the
Walker tariff
The democrats, however, cannot afford
to delay the passage of the Wilson bill
much longer. They must adjust their
differences and act promptly. Delay may
do damage that it will take the Wilson
tariff long time to repair.