The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-11-14

schcnas OF tse Protectlonists for Raising
the Revenue.

The Washington correspondent O,
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 OF
more revenue through revenue tariff
on wool, with the Allison notes for
emergencies, will be the republican
financial scheme. says this CORE.
spondent ~ H%@t II < ( r. W.
Whether he has learned this directly
from the republicans or by making a
survey Of the situation on his own nc.
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 a GER
tain degree Of plausibility i'm the claim
that the farmers who grow wool are as
much entitled to protection as the cap
italists who are concerned in the pro-
duetion OF other raw materials.
But the republicans cannot we'll
vote to increase the duties on wool
without at the same time voting to in
crease the duties on wooden 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
it, not only for the sake of consistency,
but also in order to retain the support
of their most valuable allies, the manu-
tacturers
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 wooden 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-
pared TO admit that they wish to in
crease the prices OF all wooden goods?
What do they think consumers will
have to say to that? They must make
a., 4, ~
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
repu blicans claim, and If no more rev.
enue 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
chat sum -
1t is estimated that this republican
programme has been agreed upon on
the assumption that the administra-
ton will not take the responsibility of
any plan for raising
more revenue. 1.-The administration"
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 twill never be entered
upon. President Cleveland has never
yet hesitated to recommend any meas
urer that. no deemed necessary or of |
great Importance and there is no rea-
son to think that he is going To show |
the political white feather at this late
day. If he thinks there is a 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 IL, and not tariff protection for the
Ohio shepherds OF anybody else. Chi
cago Chronicle. sA1. ~....". ~