The Grenada sentinel., 1894-09-15
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Tho republican party organs make
loud outcry againt the new tariff bill
because it deprives our suffering In
dustries of protection. Day after d.!
they reiterate the assertion that It vii
either ruin our industries or forc'
manufacturers to make . deep cut !,
wages, or both.
And yet, with no less persisteuc,
and clamor, they repeat the declars
tion that the bill has been ''manipu
lated by the trusts" Herein they
manifest their peculiar sense OF con
sistency. They are the creators and
friends Of the tariff buttressed trusts
The foul brood Of trusts are the ma
tural progeny of tho protective sys
tenn. II the new bill strikes . fatal
blow at that system 1t necessarily
must be hostile to the trusts, and II Il
ridiculous to say that II has been manip'
ulated by them. Fit has been msnip'
ulated by them It cannot be hostile to
the protective system.
What trusts have manipulated the
bill? ls the sugar trusts one Of them!
BY the admission Of their own tarih
leader in the senate their own Nc.
Kinley law gave the trusts the benefit
Of 90 cents on every 100 pounds of
sugar, while the new tariff bill gives II
the benefit Of only laK cents per 100
pounds. And yet they call the allow
ance by the new bill ''indecent favor.
itism to the trust" II that Is indecent
favoritism. that Of the Mckinley bill
law must have been over II per cent
more indecent by the showing Of their
own tariff leader.
And, besides, everybody knows that
the democratic house voted to put On
end to all favoritism to the sugar
trust. Everybody knows not only that
the house has done this twice, but that
the senate would have done the same
long ago but for the republican sena.
tors, aided by handful Of recreant
democrats. Throughout the struggle
the republican senators, with unbroken
ranks, have shown the most indecent
favoritism" to the sugar trust, declap.
ing that they would permit no action
except such as would keep the McKin.
ley law In force In its entirety. and
give the sugar trust Il per cent. more
than 1t is given by the bill.
But the republican organs talk Of
indecent favoritism" to the "trusts,"
not the trust" To what besides the
sugar trust do they refer? One organ
names the steel beam trust. There
was such Q trust, and it fourished
under the republican law Of
1888. which protected it by duty Of
saS per ton, and under the Mckinley
law, which protected It by q duty Of
s9O. .16 per ton. The new tariff protects
lie steel beam makers by duty Of
'lS.44 per ton. II that Is Indecent fa.
'ocitism" what was the 50, per cent.
higher duty Of the Mckinley law or
he 1os PEI cent. higher duty Of the n,
publican law Of 1883?
Furthermore. the house reduced the
luty on steel beams to so per cent,
which on the importations OF 1899 and
500 was equivalent to Ss.45 per ton.
How came the senate to increase this
u 1884? It was because Senator
|uay dictated the increase and the re-
'ablican senators in body, with q
!rtle squad Of recreant democrats,
TODD by him. The repu blican sena
ors are responsible for IS per ton of
his Indecent fsvoritism"-this duty
7hich republican organs now de-
ounce as prohibitory.
And the same is true with respect to
he indecent favorltism" to all other
ariff.huttressed trusts and interests,
asst and present The republicans
re the men who have shown the
svoritism. They have fought from
rst to last to defeat all legislation
nd to keep on the statute books un-
hanged the Mckinley law, which Is
'om 10 to 100 per cent more favorable
, all tic tariff-shi,lded trusts and
ordinations formed to plunder the
merican people under the protection
nd by tho active aid Of republican
Tvs.