New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-03
7UE PEOPONED TfEITF.


Senator voorhees, himself cannot imagine
that hi> fifteen thousand words Oh the new
Tariff bill will affect any vot" In the Senate"
and II certainly will not have any Influence
to- speak 81 elsewhere The measure Is not "X-
Ir,.trd to h., passed 10y reasoning lis support
,r> expect IT,, absuriiicS and Inconsistencies To
b. riddlcd In debate. and are thcm~"lr'S IRE"
- pour contempt on them in private" But they
EXPECT Democrats to vote Tor The bill hcclu~"
IL j. PARTISAN urc,~ Sly. ami bccauS" they llaN"
made f. - bad ~ they could without losing
some votes which could not be spared. II tn"
outrageous character 81 any provision is rN-
pn>,l they merely answer: "lc~. that piece Of
rlScaliy WAS forced upon Us. ana We could
not have PASSED the bill without II" There is
hardly an attempt to maintain that IN" m"aNllr"
i dcccnlly consistent with itself or with III"
ayoNcd principles of lis trainers.
The Tariff bill proper. exclusive of the sugar
schedule concerns the articles on which there
are protective duties which Congress means 10
render on-protcctivr or 10 abolish. This opera
ton involves an rnorlnous sacrifice OF revenue
Therefore the SUGAR duty and III" income ana
other internal taxes are imposed 10 meet th'
deficit thus created. This latter part Of III"
measure has boon somewhat fully discussed.
while the changes made 10y The Senate commit
irc In The Tariff bill proper have received little
attention. Democrats mr." ashamed To speak OF
the indecent departures from their principles.
10 Republicans The sO-callcd concessions tn
favored interests are scarcely less offensive. be-
cause they fall short Of adequate protection.
\ duty of 10 per cent. where % per cent Is
barely enough 10 hold the market for American
prodtccrS is simply cheat for The working
mon and manufacturers whose interests 1t Is
falsely pretended 10 guard.
Thus Senator Murphy has been appeascd, II
il said. with duties on collars and cuffs raised
from 81 per cent in the House bill 10 -. and
ON shirts from 81 to ~ per cent. The increase
in revenue. If imports remain unchanged would
be only S2G.1OO not much as the cost OF
debating the point day in Congress. But i'm
poris will probably be increased, for the
bcnctit ro the manufacture will b. insignificant
About 30 per cent Of the duty Is now spcclnc
and cannot be- eyadcd and the substitution OF
ad valorcln duties will open the door 10 fraud
without limit and 10 heavy lmportatlons The
advance Of third In the duty on glassware
and m eighth of a cent in the duty on window
glass is of The same deceptive sort. Last yeal
there were imports of 62,SOO,OW pounds win
dow glass. with duties ranging from AZ. to ~
Nor cent. and the duties ranging from 30 10 g.
pcr cent would be- how enough to surrender the
/ market 10 foreign manufacturers unless labor
crs should consent Ia accept Belgian wages
/ The imports Of carthcnware were S9Wo.W
/ I'm value and the reduction of duty from go I,
/ a. pcr cent and from 81 10 40. on the kinds
/ most largely imported. would evidently opeI
thc American market 10 foreigners, meanwhile
Numbering consumers more than If the duty
had been abolished.
The imposition of 10 cents per ton on iron ore
and coal is another deception which. according
to IN, committees estimate. would add onl,
S1OI 900 revenue The sum could be easily
raised in other ways The purpose was Il
plcosc a few Senators But their constituents
know that when "A duty of - cents per ton die
not prevent imports Of l.U90,3Ii tons coal an'
| GU 3,rI tons iron ore last year. the lower dutlc
would simply shut up great number of mines
II Is one Of the indecencies Of the bill that tn
dutv on ore averaging 221 per cent. Is highc
| than the PROPOSED duty on steel rails made from
that ore Unless Mr. Carnegie's surrender It
Free Trade is the excuse, no other appears 10
the advance in duties on steel beams and othe
structural shapes which are the especial prod
| net of his works from 80 10 81 per cent, Will
stool rails have been reduced to 20 per cent.
There appears to be- job behind the chang
I'm duty on powder. for the present Mcl\inle
duty averages about per cent on kinds I'm