The herald., 1894-11-01
be Pays Particular Attention Mr. Huntington and His
Scheme for Grabbing Harbor
Some Interesting Information Regarding Southern Pacific
Various and Devious Ways o Ruling Country
situatio Tariff
Bearing tho
Thrown M
"A Strong

the silver issue. II by this charge it is
meant that do not agree with the alb
surd editorials upon the silver question
which have appeared in the Evening
Express during the paet few years, IL 10
ennenty correct. II, however. it is in.
tended to be iusinuated that am not
| an ardent advocate OF the free coinage
OF silver at the ratio OF 16 to /, it ia alb
solutely and wilfully false.
THE TARIFF.
Upon the question OF the tariff shall
be very brief. I do not believe that
that question is an issue in this cam.
paign. for reasons which I shall state.
My Republican opponent in this district
has stated that there 10 disposition on
my part to evade the discussion OF this
Issue, tor the reason that l am aware
that the views entertained by me are
at present popular with the voters of
this district. Nothing can be farther
from the truth. Two years ago, and in
fact during every political campaign for
the last eight years, 1 have been out.
spoken and explicit in my declarations
upon this subject. have believed and
continue to believe that the ONLY safe
system OF taxation is that which ls
based upon the Democratic principle OF
q tariff for revenue. shall not waste
time in threshing over the old straw
upon the various theoretical questions
involved in the abstract proposition Of a
revenue tariff or a protective tariff. Up-
on these questions | believe that the
people OF the United States have fully
made up their minds and they expressed
1t ct the polls two years ago when, after
discussion the most exhaustive and
complete which has ever been given to
an economic question in this coun-
try, they rendered their verdict over.
whelmingly in favor OF the Democratic
contention and expressed their will and
decision that the Democratic theory
should be put in operation and given
the benefit OF fair trial That is all
the Democrats desire. It is not con-
tended by any Republican leader that
Republican SUCCESS this year would in
voive any revision of the tariff II is
adinisted-on ell hGnds that the present
tariff law, enacted by the aas congress-
and which went into effect on the 29th
of last August, must remain IN force
until after the 4th OF March, 1897. Un-
til that time there could be no material
change in the tariff system. even though
the disposition should exist upon the
part OF the Republicans to undertake
change. In proof of this may be per
mitted to quote from an interview with
ex-SpeNker Thomas B. Reed q. Detroit
on the 18th Of this month, and which ia
reported in the San Francisco Chronicle
es follows: Mr.. Thomas B. Reed said:
I'll the Republicans should be SUCCESS
full this fall nothing would be done with
the tariff until after 1895, and business
would have chance to revive.
On this iasue there could be no doubt az
to the result. The return OF the Repub-
llcan party to power would not neces-
sarily men the re-enactment of the Nc
Kinlev law. The party would not make
that issue. Changing conditions have
lett room for many notifications of the
Mckinley act." Such being the case il
is absurd to claim that the tariff il the
main issue in this campaign. So far as
the congressional candidates who are
before the people in this election are
concerned, their opinions upon the
tariff questions are absolutely inmate.
rial and irrelevant to any question W hich
will be vital during the next session of
congress. There are, however. certain
provisions Of the Democratic bill to
which 1t ia proper. perhaps, that l
should briefly refer, for the reason that
they have been singled ont by my Re.
publican opponent in his canvass of this
district as points open to the most se-
we're criticism. In the fret place he
alleges that the removal of tho Q per
cent bounty upon sugar is O fatal blow
to the beet sugar industry in the state.
U pom this proposition. | desire to take
issue. have just returned from cam.
paign in the northern portion OF the dis.
trict, where l went among and
interviewed the leading growers
of beets near Salinas and Wat
sonville. and whose product constitutes
the supply OF the Sprecklea mandatory
at the latter place. | have yet to meet
the fret farmer who did not Indignantly
deny that he or any other farmer had
ever received the slightsst benefit by
reaeon OF tho bounty. The following
facts were stated to me By theee gentle
men and cannot be successfully denied:
Not one single beet augar factory was
ever erected in California under the
provisions of the Mckinley act. All of
them were built and put in operation
prior to the enactment OF that law. and
while the sugar industry was still en-
Joying the benefit OF the old system of
icNCuuc taIlu, WHICH, n6G Deen the
Democratic theory with reference to
that article from the foundation of the
government. Prior to the enactment of
the Mckinley law the growers OF beets
were paid in the district to which
have referred from s6 to $3.50 ton for
their product, according to the amount
OF sugar shown by the test. Immedi-
ntely alter the enactment OF the Mo
kinley bill this rate was reduced and
straight price was given OF So
ton, which has continued in force
until this year. During the whole
OF this period the manufac-
tusers OF sugar have received two cent?
q pound upon their product which is
equivalent to $6 ton for the beets &C.
cording to the average. They thus got
their beets for nothing and 3 dollar to
boot. OF course this fact would not
prove that the bounty had not been
benefit to the farmer, but tho following
fact does prove it conclusivsly. Imme.
diately after the repeal Of tie bounty
claune the auOar nroducara RI in fovuod tho