The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-22


II b sIsaose TOO mach 10 hope that any
re,ses can b osfaiaea from the p-ssens
condition Of the treasury by . rsvised
tariff htll sf this ssas:en- yes . CLEAN Of
hops has appeared above :he Dark hofs-
zon By TIE speeches OF Senator's Sherman
declared himself a. willing 10 cast al par
fisznshsp asids and so1n tn the passage Of
q MEASURE whose object should b 70 tn
crease the revenue.
Senator German. whose share Ia ths con-
stxucsjoe Of what b known a. the Wilson
law, has brosghs hfm into odium cbal-
lenged Senator Sherman TO Join the DEM
osrats IN an agreement on three thing
ths repeal Of the error which crepf into
the present lav as 20 alcohol used In the
arts, which rspsai VIII save about sls.oeo.-
%. then tar on To- which he says every
one In the United States viii approve: and.
thirdly. . duty on coffee which would b
90 small that no one uoald feel t. 0her-
man sa5d he vas willing 10 accept the
Dinsisy bill a. the best available remedy.
ada . small tariff on tea and coffee. These
measures. Il ID estimated. would yield from
sss.oo.na 20 sss. oos 90 and afford SUFFICIENT
revenue TO make up the deficiency.
Only the great emergency would make
thsss tariffs acceptable % the people and
they could Be regarded ~ no more than .
temporary provision pending opportunity
70 - adjust the general tariff that the
impost might b spread ecustably over ar
ticlss OF luxury and such articles Of for
ton with home manufactures TO the dctri-
ment of American industry.
The object OF Republican policy b 70
raise revenue BY such means a. shall fall
iigatsst upon the consumer and at the
eans time protect American labor. which
enters 50 largely into all manufactured
products. from tho competition of the
cheaper labor OF other countries. That
policy would not include tariff upon tea
and coffee. neither Of which Ia produced In
this country. Nevertheless. free trade En-
gland retained IN import duty upon tea
long after II had been abolished on wheat.
20 little WAS II felt - . hardship: and II
II rather . remarkable experience that the
average quality Of tea shipped into En-
gland was better under the tariff than II
was after the duty was abolished. Adul-
iteration was not nearly 10 general under
. regulation which established grades OF
quality; the consumer required a smaller
quantity. ana had some guarantee OF pur-
ity. With the abolition Of the duty the
necessity Of inspection ceased no far az
the government was concerned. and the
people we're left to tho mercy Of the I'm
porters.
Any duty upon articles OF general con-
sumption Is undesirable upon general prln-
ciples. but a slight additional tax Oh either
tea or beer would hardly be felt by the
consumer. and II IL would check the hourly
deficiency to which the treasury IL sub
ject under existing conditions. II would be
borne very cheerfaily - . temporary ex-
pedient.
No good can come to any interest so long
a. the present insuficiency OF revenue con-
tinues. Such a measure would not go to
tho root Of the trouble: but 1t would bridge
us over the time until Republican admin
istratlon again acquired control OF the
financial and commercial policy of the
country and replaced this emergency tariff
BY a symmetrical schedule whose first
purpose should he an adequate revenue
and whose ultimate object would be to In
surs restoration Of national prosperity.