The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-05
AND WHAT WILL EAPPES NOW?

Heaven be praisedl the tariff bill has
AT last left the Senate for a season. at
least. The country is to be no more dis
gusted. for some time, at any rate. with
the disgraceful chickering's that have turn
ed it's stomach since the bill passed the
House and entered the portals OF the
Senate. We shall for some time be
spared having 10 stand by and see United
States Senators swap their votes for
bounties to protected monopolies. In ex-
change for a part Of the swag contracted
by the monopoles 10 be delivered 10 them.
with which they may corrupt the election
of members OF their State Legislatures,
who will. in turn, vote them back into the
Senate.
What will now become Of the bill?
The House will. of course, refuse to
concur in the amendments which the
Senate has added to it, and 1t will 20
TO a conference committee. The MEM
bers of that committee on the part of
the House, will, of course. resist those
amendments, and will endeavor to nave
the bill recast upon the lines on which
1t was framed when II left the House.
win they succeed? Not one Of the Demo-
cratic senators appointed on the confer
cnce committee is from the small gang
that played highwaymen on their brother
Democratic senators and compelled them
to agree to the bounties to these protected
monopolies. The referees are VOORHEES,,
Harris, Vest and Jones, all Of whom alb
hor the thought OF monopolies being
given the nations authority 10 rob citizens
of the United States. VIII they yield to
the arguments and persuasion of their
brother Democrats from the House. which
are so much in line with their own wishes
and views. or will they fight an unyielding
battle for Germans bounties TO his be-
loved monopolies? We shall see. Mean
time. we are compelled TO say that we
have but little more sympathy with the
idea upon which Mr.. Wilson and his asso-
ciates would conduct the tariff bill than
we have with that Of Messrs. German
& Company.
Mr. Wilson believes in the theory Of adj
hitting what he calls raw materials free
of duty and of putting a tax on imports
of finished products. This is discrimina-
ton and favoritism, just as Objectionable
in principle as Germans plan of favoring
monopolies so that they can fleece fellow
Americans. Mr. Wilson's injustice is
as unacceptable 10 us as Mr..
Germans, and for this reason: Mr.
Mr.. Germans, and for this reason: Mr.
Wilson'S injustice brings our Virginia
products of coal, iron and lumber into
competition with all the world. The man
ufacturers of Massachusetts and Con-
necticut then, get what they are going to
make their finished products of. without
duty. and at our expense, but, having
duty on the finished products, they are
able to advance the price of them that
far beyond what we would have TO pay
without the duty The Yankee manu-
facturer, then, is benefited at both ends
Of the line, and we are hurt at both ends
Of 1t.
II we Could stand the principle OF IA
voritism under any circumstances, we
cannot stand it under these. which seek
to deprive us of all the benefits of favor
itism. and make US carry all its burdens.
If MIR. Wilson would only agree TO con-
struct his bill on the democratic prin-
ciple of equal burdens all around and
favoritisms to none, We should nope that
he might induce the Senate conferees
10 abandon Germans bounties to the mo-
nopolies and to consent TO an entire re-
modelling Of the bill, casting on German
& Company the responsibility Of defeat
ing in the Senate democratic measure
agreed to by Democratic senator's and
representatives. But, since Mr.. Wilson
win not agree to this. but will hold on
TO his scheme of favoritism as being
preferable TO Germans, We do not see
that there is much room for cnoice between
the two, and we shall, therefore, watch
the struggle with comparative indiffer-
encc.