Iron County register., 1895-10-17
PROGRAMME OF REPUBLICANS.

scheme of the Protectionists 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 of
more revenue through revenue tariff
emergencies, will be the republican
financial scheme," says this corre-
spondent.
Whether he has learned this directly
from the republicans or by making a
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 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 we'll
vote to increase the duties on wool
without at the same time voting to in
crease the duties on wooden 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 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-
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 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 ali for the duties
laid or 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 will
have to say to that? They must make
the admission, and the democrats are
willing that they should.
As for the s'Allison notes." it will be
necessary to issue securities Of some
kind il the government needs thirty
republicans 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
that sum.
It is estimated that this republican
programme has been agreed upon on
the assumption that the administra-
ton will not take the responsibility of
recommending 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 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 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 it. and not tariff protection for the
Ohio shepherds or anybody else.
cago Chronicle.