The Anaconda standard., 1896-03-06
TALK OF THE PRESS
Pertinent Comments of the "Stand-
ards" State Exchanges.
MONTANA AND MONTANANS
a variety of Subjects That the
Newspapers of This Young and
Thriving Comm onwealth Are
Discussing These Days.
Wool and Silver.


Billings Gazette: After a careful pc
rusal of the full text of Senator Car
ter's speech, delivered in the senate OF
Wednesday of last week. the Gazette
is more than ever inclined to the be
lief that not only was Mr.. Carter and
the other western senators who voted
against the consideration of the Ding.
ley bill correct, but that it's passage
would not have been a good thing fol
the West from any standpoint Mr.
Carter proves, in his speech and the
facts are not controverted by any OF
the easterners, that the bill discrimi-
mates against the West to such an ex-
tent that II would be worse than folly
Tor this section to submit to it's pro-
visions.
For instance, eastern manufacturers
are protected under it almost to the
same extent as by the Mckinley law.
while the producers of wool and other
raw material in the West receive
scarcely any recognition whatever.
which is evidenced by the fact that the
price of wool. under the Dingley bill.
would not be advanced more than from
j TO 11a cents per pound. Senator Car
ter also urged that II was the purpose
or the eastern senator's TO make the
Dingley law a permanent one If they
could succeed In enacting it, and then
saying to the West that continued
tariff agitation was harmful and not
for the best interests of the country.
The Dingley bill was framed as an
emergency measure to raise revenue to
supply the deficit in the receipts of the
government, a deficit which President
Cleveland declares, however, does not
exist, and Senator Carter also made a
strong point of this feature. In draft
ing the bin the eastern representatives
were very careful to see that their man.
ufacturing interests were adequate
ly protected, to the cost of the pro-
ducers of raw material, and, as Sena-
tor Carter says, we believe it was their
purpose to make the law a permanent
one and discourage the agitation of the
tarih when the republicans shall have
come into control of both the legisla-
tive and executive branches of the gov
ernment.
If this was their intention. and Sena-
tor Carter's charges have not been de-
MED, increased admiration for his
course will be felt by the people of the
West. Laying aside altogether the
question of free coinage, which, no
doubt. entered largely into the calcula-
tions of the western senators who voted
against considering the tariff bill. their
position is fully justified in reference
to the measure itself. In fact they |
could have taken no other stand and |
been true to their constituents, for to |
sacrifice wool, lead, barley and other |
western products for the sake of pro-
tectinR eastern manufacturers would |
have eventually brought down such |
wrath upon their heads as to relegate |
each of the senators TO private life for |
having betrayed the interests they were
elected to guard and protect
The position of Senator'S Carter and
Mantle is sound and they are to be ap-
plauded for their course. They have
been loyal to the West and their con-
stituents, who, rather than have them
surrender the great principle of protec-
ton and truckle to the unjust domina-
ton and discrimination of the East,
will cheerfully bear their present bur
dens until such time as a tariff law
until such time as a tariff law can be
can be enacted that will adequately
protect their interests