St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-11-09
TIE REPUBLICAN, PROGRAMME.
scheme Of the Protectionists for Raising
the Revenue.

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the Revenue.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Tribune is authority Tor
the announcement that the repu pllcan
leaders have practically agreed upon
their financial programme for the COM
ing session of congress. me ldea O
more revenue through a revenue tarlfr
on wool, with the Allison notes Tor
emergencies, will be the republican
financial scheme" says this corre-
spondent.
Whether he has learned this directly
from the republicans or by making
survey Of the situation on his own ac-
count, very likely he is right The
republican leaders may not have come
TO a distinct understanding yet, but
logically they cannot vote to increase
the revenue without at the same time
voting to protect somebody. just now
the wool growers are the most claln-
orous of all the late republican pro-
teges. and naturally their demands
viii be the first considered. Other
| PRODUCERS of raw materials, such as
coal and iron ore, are still protected to
| some extent, and there will be . GER
| tain degree of plausibility IN the claim
| that the farmers who grow wool are as
much entitled to protection as the cap
| italists who are concerned In the pro-
| duction of other raw materials.
| But the republicans cannot well
vote to increase the duties on wool
/ without at the same time voting to in
crease the duties on woolen goods.
| The woolen manufacturers must have
more protection if the price OF their
raw material is to be increased by pro-
tective duties. The republicans al
ways have legislated upon this prln-
ciple and they always must adhere TO
/ it. not only for the sake of consistency,
but also in order to retain the support
of their most valuable allies, the manu-
i facturers.
| When they increase the duties on
manufactures of wool in order to COM
pensate for the duties imposed on the
raw material they will admit that the
effect of a duty, or, at least, the in
tended effect, is to raise the price o.
the article on which it is laid. They
admit that duty on wool Is Intended
to raise the price of wool. They must
then. admit that an increase in the
duties on wooden goods is intended tt
increase the price of those goods.
Otherwise raising those duties Woult
not compensate at all for the duties
laid on wool. Are the republicans pre-
pared to admit that they wish to IN
crease the prices of all woolen goods
! What do they think consumers WI
have to say to that? They must max
the admission, and the democrats ar
willing that they should.
> AS for the stAllison notes. it will
5 necessary to issue securities OF som
kind if the government needs thlrt
> million dollars more revenue, as tn
: republicans claim, and if no more res
enue is to be provided except frol
:. wool. No duties which the republic
ans will dare propose On wool an
woolens would provide more than ha
. that sum.
tits estimated that this republica
= programme has been agreed upon Q
: the assumption that the administr
ton will not take the responsibility
!. recommending any plan for rais1r
= more reveRue. 1.-THE administration,
: we are told, would like the reyenu
= without the responsibility" II the r
!, publican programme is wholly contl
= gent upon this assumption we may re
- assured that it will never be entere
70 upon. President Cleveland has neye
>. vet hesitated to recommend any mea
ure that he deemed necessary or
great Importance and there is no re
son TO think that he is going to sho
- the political white feather at this La
= day. If he thinks there is q real net
- for more revenue he will not hesita
: : to say SO or to let congress know tn
= = what he wants is revenue and enoug
= of it, and not tariff protection for 7
: Chic shepherds OF anybody else. -Cl
- cago Chronicle.