The Forrest City times., 1895-10-18
THE REPUBLICAN, PROGRAMME.
schem- of the Protectlonists for Raising
 the Revenue.

schem- of the Protectlonists for Raising
 the Revenue.
 The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune is authority for the announcement that the republican leaders have practically agreed upon their financial programme for the com ing session of congress. "The idea Qt more revenue through a revenue tariff on wool, with the Allison notes for emergencies, will be the republican financial scheme," says this core 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 clam orous of all the late republican pro- teges, and naturally their demands will 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 cer- 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 ou wool without at the same time voting to in- crease the duties on woolen goods. The wooden 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 prin- ciple and they always must adhere to 1t. not only for the sake of consistency, but also in order to retain the support of their most valuable allies, the manu- lecturers.
 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 duty. or. at least, the in- tended effect, is to raise the price of 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 woolen goods is intended to increase the price of those goods. Otherwise raising those duties would not compensate at all for the duties laid on wool. Are the republicans pre- fn hot crease the prices of all woolen goods? What do they think consumers will have to say to that? They must make the admission, and the democrats are willing that they should.
 As for the Allison notes," it will be necessary to issue securities of some kind if the government needs thirty million dollars more revenue, as the republicans claim, and If no more rev cnue is to be provided except from wool. No duties which the republic ans will dare propose on wool and woolens would provide more than half that sum.
 It is estimated that this republican programme has been agreed upon on
 
 tion will not take the responsibility of recommending any plan for raising more revenue. "The administration, I" we are told, would like the revenue without the responsibility. If the re- publican programme is wholly contin- gent upon this assumption we may rest assured that it will never be entered upon. President Cleveland has never yet hesitated to recommend any meas ure that he deemed necessary or of great importance and there is no req son to think that he is going to show the political white feather at this late day. If he thinks there is real need for more revenue he will not hesitate to say so or to let congress know that what he wants is revenue and enough of it, and not tariff protection for the Ohio shepherds or anybody else. Chi cago Chronicle.