The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-11
LET IT BE DONE.

heard ard needed, and at the polls they
repeated the message by casting their
votes for the representatives, OF that par
ty that promised relief through the re-
vision Of the tariff.
The party has been in power long
enough to do little more than prepare
= bill that looks towards the fulfilment
of the promises that we're made TO the
people. Such bill has been prepared
and the provisions of the bill are such
that it will be fairly satisfactory to the
country if enacted into law. Some kick
ers on both sides are always ready to
abuse and condemn whatever is done,
be it wise or otherwise but such have
making. be it said to the good fortune
of the country.
The proposed tariff bill will
meet opposition by Democrats even
where the proposed changes in the tar
if laws will effect the particular inter
ests of their localities After all, the
tariff question is very much a local one
according as it effects certain industries
in certain localities. And if Congress
waits to frame a bill that will suit all
classes and sections alike before any
thing at all is done, it will be long
time before the pledges made to the
people in 1892 will be redeemed. The
truth is, such a thing is impossible.
The subject must be considered in its
broadcast sense on such basis that it
will apply to the whole country alike.
The tariff law that works the greatest
good to the majority of the southern
people, for instance, might work to the
disadvantage Of the North. And on
the other hand, a tariff provision that
would O,erate to the interest of the
northern people might more Or less
conflict with the interests of the South.
Then any view that would sickle for
special legislation in favor Of one section
regardless of the interests of all other
sections, is narrow and the lawmakers
of the land cannot afford to follow the
dictates of those whose views are thus
contracted.
THE DEMOCRAT wishes to see such
tariff revision as will help the southern
people, but we have no desire to see
the South given any undue advantages
over the North and so we in like man
ner ask that the North be given no I'M
due advantage over the South. In the
broadcast sense what is best for the
whole country is best for every section,
and in order that such a state of affairs
NAV obtain our lawmakers must
learn to give and take. Some conces-
sions must be made by almost every
section in order that other sections may
be dealt with fairly.
There is another phase of the tariff
question that many seem not to consider,
and that is the fact that tariff revision
cannot be effectually wrought out in a
day. Some impatient, unwise and i'm
pulsive persons would drive, by their
maledictionS, the whole Democratic
party from power simply because they
do not make sweeping and radical
change with the very first blow at the
iniquity of the tariff burdens. Such
persons would ruin the country in a
day if they had it in their power. Ev-
erything ought to be locked at in a
common-sense way, and as the burdens
of the tariff taxation have come upon
us gradually through a long stretch of
years, SO they must be thrown of more
or less in the same way. To be sure, it
is not necessary that the party in power
be as long in casting off these burdens
as they have been accommodating but
it can not all be done in day nor a
year. And persons who clamor for all
at once simply do not know what they
are asking or are very thoughtless in
their expressions.
By all means let Congress wait no
longer to pass the bill presented by tie
WAYS and Means Committee, and let us
have what advantage it Will give us as
early as possible, and wait for more and