New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-07
REFORM And TIE PRICE PAID FOR 1T


Reform comes high. In fact. 1t is about the
most expensive luxury that can be named.
After living for six months in expectation of
Wilson bill the country is now Informed that
some thaumaturgc persons without the knowl-
edge of the committee having the tariif Dill IN
charge. have completely altered It's character,
so that 1t provides for specific duties in almost
every schedule, and for n much less reduction
of duties than the House bill would have made
II is n wise economy Of human effort now, as
II has been for some months, not To discuss
very deliberately the latest propositions 70
portcd For nobody can tell whether the tariff
bill NAV not be changed AT nurse. SO to
speak. several times more pelore 1t 'oii'' ~
vote
II the current reports are true, the measure
may do much less harm to industry than would
have been done by the House bill. The voters
who have hclped TO pile up tremendous MAORI
ties against the Democratic party VIII nave
something 10 reward them. at all events. If II
proves that they have already thTashcd the
marty into abandonment Of It's principles and
its tactics and saved the country from much
Of the loss that party might have inflicted If
left without restraint. Obviously the passage
Of any hybrid measure will enable the partisan
whether other factories and mills can start or
not. If the bill works badly, il Will be said
that II might have worked much better had
freetradc theories been nanfully ana honestly
carried out. Or If 1t works fairly WELL 1t Will
be said that q strictly Democratic bill W"ulu
have been infinitely more beneficial. but that
the country must now see that the party never
really meant 10 PROSTATE or destroy anything
mill f.1 tn got
event. the promised test Of theories upon which
the Democrats pledged themselves to run me
Government. and millions Of ignorant men VIII
still have TO learn what loss Of work ana oil
wages a Democratic tariff would involve
1t is possible that n moderate measure such
rs some reports now forc>hadow. would pro
ducc a Sense Of relief. because almost every IN
dustrv has been preparing several months for
something much worse Practical RELIEF VIII
he welcomed Ivy many. even at The cost Of an
other wholesale deception ~ the pr)pl" ana
CONSEQUENT danger In time TO come But the
lessons OF the last year have been sever"
enough 10 teach many thousand voters what
the Democratic policy actually means, ana "
will be their own fault If they ever have to
take another term 81 instruction IN tn" same
costly school.
Iarf or me price I'iIl i' l'i''h' - "
speakallc disgrace ~ the National laWmakln-
body. For weeks past some individuals ha>"
known. and In confidential talk have predicted
what the Democrats ~ the Senate would do
about the trusts. and particularly about the
sugar duties Enough Of them were coniid"n-
tally Informed 10 purchase great many thou
sand shares If stock. which have advanced
about $50 per share while the Democratic
leaders in the Senate have been denying win
brazcn check that any revision was In progress
Charity compcls the conclusion that these lead
crs must have been most indcccutly treated, II
they did not receive any of the privileges on
stocks which have been placed by the "npio-
date" managers Of Democratic legislation. NJ
all events. If Senators held contracts emitting
them 10 profits Of many thousands each. In cas-"
the sugar duty should be changed. they c"uld
! afford from n Democratic point OF view To tel
some extremely stalwart stories on the npor "t
the Senate and I'm private 10 give their consent
| 10 changes which they had sOlcmnly declared
| they never would permit. II would seem mat
/ an active stock market is n valuable educator
! for Democratic lawmakers.