The sun., 1895-03-02
HAS FREE TRADE IN MIND.
THE REFoRM CLUB WANTS" LIGHT"
FROM ITS MEMBERS.
bhnii They Make the Plunge. Like the New
EuGinud Ciub, and "Declnre Against
All TarinS" and Tor Direct Taxation


Ehnn They Make the Plunge, Iike the New
EurinAd CIub, and Declare Against
=" T"rHs" and Tor Direct TaHs"on'
The Reform Club, not to be outdone by the
Chamber Of Commerce and other rivals has
,l,rou,.h ia Tariff cn,,r,I,,a. hosr dninc .ome
u'louh" itS iHih Nouiinttte' oeeh '"inS 'oho
thinking for the past month. and the result Is
embodied I'm a circular letter that will be sent to
-, .,a.,,,.. 80 49,. - 80 Sta,,,a. Mi.
every member OF the CLUB on Monday. ms
letter is request for light" It places before
wv .,'eo u'ne.en. pouc' ". s'
inture OF tho eluO ana each man VINO receives
may turn on any one all OF them such
"u,ht" n. ho may bave nt bi, disposal from
80 ,o,,,, an,,,i, -, 49,, o., go ,,aici,,,,
rms Tariff Committee apparently thinks that
the club has used up the policy on which
1t started and II it is going to keep
In the race at all It must introduce brand-new
and rp,tO.da,o one. In brief, this letter win re-
quest the members 10 choSe' whether the re
Of T'ls isS4 and % O~,ae for @ mothiDs more extreme
w ioof ",u "s'"'o iOt ,,ss 'o'i's my .A'''"o
IN view o ano cond,Um %o SL tine ma,
energies not only TO hold what has been gained
Wv, mV' ony ~ "o,u , WIN. nus o.on s"'nsa
but to secure tariff for revenue only; or. and
here is the little Joker throw aside all compro-
,,,isc viii loyic oll ,.mnorizinv with tru,b "
H',' w" 'oS'o, "i' .."ipoi .H''s "'." '.ut"'
and declare against all tarifs. That this last
proposition is the one dearest to the mem bers OF
IN, comuittas tho lotter l.,v.. no d,ub, Tho
,'.e nv n0
OIL sn@t WIN Ds pst 70
ton light with, perhaps, a flicker or two OF
single lax.
Al III the members 81 the cup vote In NAV iavor OF
sSS Rsiofm S GiuS may % follow the example Of is
e fva rSs s Tsa e
mttce places before the, club the most radical
on Whsh bs it hS SeH TSsd he S yS
se @ h Renr wars IN
afta VnriT
and IL has about 1000 members. some
q . whom arc oat.Snd; out free traders s,sGs
It's Organization it's most active and important
S9mniittee has been that on the tariff reform:
sIsasd Sy WaiiaSs MaSESrsns Is GLaiF%an ., Of
G.teo who have been # oyer with hss s%
& ed fhhres shop Mason ory Iis ~ Nsson rranE
lin Pierce, Herman Ridder. Thomas q. Shear
man. John Rs WIZ Warner, Everett Z E. Wheeler
hawn.h %; nitncy, ana hienal ~; W oodTsrd fsrd
sshop p Mason Ra, been President ef the Man.
ha,a snEs Single IS tax imEoas
Hull and Rignsl d; Woodward are single tax.
81 mapS orr" or ar s less OF sinsis man e None OF Ss
n,s'nSer: q 81 tic Reform CUB. except those who
!ti',tatsd In :a the Letter that neither the club
ome on the three proposons set orth 10 Ths fhs
three policies, as outlined by the committee are:
one section of tariff reformcr, maintain that the
snr,fT of 1884 with ali is Jefnrts and
l.. afcr ali, an important advS6"e toIaId the abo
tion OF protection and thst in view OF the pdustria
deures sion nd the dsture oni uncertain condItion
Of the national nances nny further aRitation OF The
tariff question nj present w3ud hc ,nwse In oppos
Ton to this view Il is urged % that Very active WORK viii
he needed to hold even what we have gained by the
, ast o, iSst & nsrs m II an obvious M prooany tnaf
Of & and @ SSo k rates s1 tile
H. IL is mnintnined by others tiat While tho tariff
1894 docs comtain some important concessions to
tariff REFORM these are only useful leading up to
,Ire J. Gan nG satisfactory or even toeTah,e to those
49,, u. aar .aHnion I'M ~ tue nesu mehns M ui
should continue our York as actively as practicable
only hold what has been gained hut in order to