New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-10

... ,a no shut ont by the bill proposeu
80 =. A., pi,tshurp some Of the OHIO ana
Iu,ro,. o,d Alabama works would fight com
pctition with success But these wouiu pe 'i'p-
nled Inv the fact that most or the oi"n.n''
which produce a large proportion OF ii''nui"'.
urcd iron and steel would be at Il grave 'i'""
vantage in competition with foreigners anu
hencc the market for pig iron WOULD pe s"he'
dry if not entirely destroyed. In some or'ihoh''
the American manufacture would uei! inc
world. In many other branches compell'loh
ON the basis of the bill proposed would cripple
or destroy the manufacture in this country
Tho so.calcd concessions. made by the colh-
mittec in order to satisfy Democratic SehatorS'
in every case so far as The Tribune mas pe'h
able to discover, would fail to meet the h'ce'-
stiles of home industries If Senator MurPh!
* satisfied the wOrkingmen in the factories VI
Troy are not If Senator Mcpherson IS satiS-
fed the poters and glass-workers ana Siih'
workers Of New:Jersey are not. III '>ena'or
Rrice Is satisfied, he will find that not Only TIC
woolcrowprs but great multitude or workers
IN Ohio regard the proposed tariff as an aDoih-
inotion. If the Senators from Wisconsin are
satisfied. they will find that producers or IRON
ore know that the difference in rates wonld DE
no CONDENSATION for them for the difference
between American and Canadian wages or Tor
the difference between American and CUBAN
wages measured by the price mt Pittsburg. 80
of other industries; the duties proposed are no
where enough for protection. but are GOOD Tor
nothing unless AS prctcxts and shams.
The arrangement with the sugar producers Is
not 10 be considered ~ Of the same character
but II is difficult TO avoid the conclusion that 1t
&, 4 ofr nj iS known
focly well that if the American producers Of
refined sugar cannot meet the market they are
left in the lurch and in that case the producers
OF American raw sugar are also shut mp ana
ruined. But the difference between the rate
on the higher grades Of raw sugar and the
lower grades of refined. according 10 estimates
of officers Of the Sugar Trust. is about eigh-
teen hundrcdths Of a cent. This would be pro-
lection for the trust. and yet the duty Of IL
cent rs n maximum would be no protection for
American producers Of crude sugar. who were
unable to sustain themselves for years with
a much higher duty of cents per pound.
II is not to be denied that the proposed bill
would give great advantages to the dis;ilers
Of whiskcv. II would benefit largely some pro-
duccrs of lead and its products. In word. The
bill was intended to satisfy the trusts. and If IL
fails at any point the calculation Of its Demo
cratic trainers was in that particular mistaken.
But il is not a measure 10 encourage. or even
10 defend against destructive competition, the
great manufactures of this country. The extent
OF the injury which IFS enactment would infict
upon them can with difficulty be measured.
Without going into detailed analysis, it
seems probable that something like half the
working force I'm the great manufactures would
be driven out of employment and the rest com
PEELED 10 accept much lower wages Than those
they now receive.