New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-03
THE ytrTRE or SUNDRY COMPROMISES.

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What Democrats are considering under the
name Of compromise X simply tTinn' hwy
,,,,,,,J sc,. thot the country will not be de-
criycd by devices shallow beginning WIN
the sugar echcduc. It Is proposed 10 save ior
the monopoly the fruit Of its infamous n''s'''
h, M. mere substitution Of - per cent al
vaIorcm on both raw and refined sugar LOT NV
dYrron,lol eighth Of cent on the refined.
Some reckon that counting all elements OF cost
This will leave refners little larger adVan-
,ope than the protective eighth and others mat
e. will leave little less II Is safe 70 say tha'
thn Trust knows. tn" difference betw''h ~
nor cent on raw sugar worth about "a cents
and - per cent Oh refined sugar "o''" ~
ccnts would be- about 80 Of a cent per pound
which appears 10 bp rather mort 'han INV "'
v,n,og. given hy The 50 per cent and eighth
~ a cent additional IN the senate p'h IN "
s,,nds Ru, whether It X little more or
little less substantially the same ehor''""S
,ron, az millions will remain. which the Trust
bought and for which II paid II wouin pe S''i''
nlv componnding felony TO Let the robbers go
scot free with most Of their plumber on 'o"S'"V
Ing 10 give up fraction 81 H.
1, f. paInfI,l 10 observe that this seems to ~
Tho ,l,n favored by some OF the Presidents
friends,
nil. cownrdlv aud offensive than the frankly
brutal plundrrlng ~ the Senate Dill nor eau
ANYTHING good be- said of the change proposed
f,r The benefit 81 the Nova Scotia ro"i
svud,cotc This Il to Impose a duty on bin
mlnous coal, but TO make II inop'rh'V" III 7"
,,, c,rn,rv which does not exact n duty on I'm
ports ~ coal from m" United STATES. ~ NV
Canadian Government Is 10 get royalty on
81, Nara
I,cate II NAV he expected 10 help It's partners
,romnily bv removing the duties on anthrhcl'c
r,ol from the United States. so that the Nova
Scotia coal mny come Int" ms '"nn''! '''
n du,v Nv trick 80 shallow rs this Demo
cratic leaders apparently expect Ia befooi Den"
ocratic voters The duty fixed by the S'ha''
bin 40 cents per ton Instead of III" - c'n' s
now eyactcl would be- II fr,'" Git of N4o"'"'"
or more 10 the syndicate. and the proposed ir"u"
would only Increase the gift ind"hnit'ly' "' INV
expense Of American coal miners
There IL no principle involved In the propose"
cornnrousr on iron orr. The Senate has pr"
pos.,l a large bounty 10 sundry corporations
which own and are working mines III '"p'
The compromise would give them >had" iarE'r
houniv while The President demands mat they
shall have larger b,snty still. Imports nave
bren about 4OO.nn tons, but Win III" u"'H !"
duced 70 40 cents per ton II Is openly poaS'eu
that more than million tons VIII be imported
ON that unaniity difference In duty would De
s3joOoo. virtually taken from American miners
and pIven TO a few capitalists and their hands
IN Cuba The President wants 10 give 'he nv
nopoly the whole duty; 10 take inc S''o""
from American miners for his friends OF me
two syndicaics The compromise would mako
,hc duty 81 cents giving ny 30 'cnts-or ABOUT
stu0 600 II the mncrs here cannot get employ
mont because their ore * undcrsold by tpnt oi
the Cuban syndlcatcs. they lose the money Just
~ firmly rs II II had been abstracted from th'lr
pockcs and turned over TO Juragua ana SiS"a
capitalists.
These are samples of the compromise by
which II Is hoped 10 attain D"inocrau' hgr''
mcnt and The passage Of bill 10 pros'ra'e
American Industries. II seems. moreover 'ha'
| such dishonest prctcnces Of concord ar" tri'"
bcca,sr II has been found that no honorable
| or honest agreement Is possible