The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-07-12
And What VIII Happen Now.

son, at least. The country is to be
no more disguised, for some time, at
any rate, With tbe dlisgraceful dicker-
ings that have turned its stomach
since the bill passed the House and
entered the portals Of the Senate:
We shall for some time be spared
having to stand by and see United
States Senators swap their yotea t!or
bounties to protected monopolles, in
exchange for part Of Tie awag con
tracted by the monopolies to be de-
livercd to them, with which they
may corrupt the election of members
of their State Legis'a.Ares, who will,
in turn, vote them back into tho Sen
ate.
What will now become of the bill?
The House will. Of eolAsc, refuse to
concur in the amendments which the
Senate has added to it. and it will go
to conference committee. The
members of that committee on the
part of tbe House, will, of course, re-
sist those amendmegts, and will en-
dcavor to have the bill rccsst Ipon
the lines OH which, it was framed
when:it left the house. VIII they
succeeds" Not one Of the Democrat
ic Senators appointed on the confer
euce committee ia from the small
gang that placed highwaymen, on
their brother Democratic Senators
and compelled. them to agree to the
bountiesto these protected monepo'
lies. The referees aAf' Voorhees,,
Harris, Vest and Jones, all Of whom.
abhor the thought Of monopolics be-
ing given the nations authority to
rob citizens Of the, Limited. States.
WIFI they yield to the agreements and
persuasion Of their brother pemoerats
from the House, which are so much
in line with theft own wishes and
views, or will they fight an unyield-
ing battle for Gorman's bountics to.
his beloved mondpolies2 I'VE shall
see. Meanwhile, we are compelled
to say that we have built but little
more sympathy with the idea upon
which Mr.. Wilson and his associates
would conduct the tariff bill than we
have with that of Messrs, German u
Company. -
Mr.. Wilson believes in the theory
of admitting what he calls raw, ms,
teiials freq. Of duty and of putting q
tax on. imports Of finished. products
This.is. discrimination and iayorit
ism, gust asobiectionable in princi-
PIE a1ad.Gorman's plan of favoring
monopolies SO that they can fleece
fellow Americans. Mr.. Wilson's
is as unacceptable to US as
MI Gorman's, and for this rcason:'
Nj. Wilson's injustice brings our
Virginia products Of coal, iron and
lumber into competition with all the
world. The manufacturers of. Mas.
sachusetts and Connecticut, then, get
what. they are. going to-make. theire
finished, products of, without duty
aud atour expense, but, having a
duty on the finished Products,
they are able to advance the price Of
them that far beyond what We would
have to. pay without. the duty. The
Yankee manufacturer, then, is bene-
fitted at both ends Of the line, and
we are hurt at both ends of it.
If we could stand the principle Of
faNoritism under any circumstances.
we cannot stand it under these, switch,
seek to deprive us Of all the benefits.
Of favoritism, and make us carry all
its. burdens.
If Mr., Wilson would only agree to
his bill on the Democratic
principle Of equal burdens all around
and fayoritism to none, ave should
hope that he might induce the Sen
ate eonferees to abandon Gorman's
bounties to the mopopilies and to
to an entire remodeling Of
the bill, casting on German d Com
9any the responsibility of defeating
in. the Senate Democratic measure;
agreed to by Democratic Senators.
and Representatives. But, since NJ
Wilson will not agree to this. but
will hold OH to his scheme Of favorit-
sm as being preferable 10 Gorman's,
We do not see that there is much
DOM for choice between the two, and
re shall, therefore, watch the sstrag
lie with comparative inaifferoacc.-- |
Richmond Dispatch. /