Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
WILL M'KINLEY BE HEEDBD?


 The Philadelphia Times has been prob ing into MT. MeKlnley's position on the Dingley tarih bill and finds that the president Is not altogether pleased with it. The Times says:
 It is an open secret that President Me- Kinley docs not approve of two of the most important changes made in the tariff bill by the senate committee. He is opposed to the special favOritism ex- hibited to the Sugar trustsby increasing the taxes on sugar in such manner as to give that monopoly annual profits Of many millions.
 It is understood also that he disap- proves of the amendments made by the senate committee reducing the tax on the better classes of wool, while increasing the taxes on the cheaper wool that we do not produce and never can produce in this country. This amendment has also been made in the interest of a. special class of manufacturers so far as the re- duction of the tax on the better wool ap- plies, and it is needlesesly and fearfully oppressive on a lesser woolen interest by imposing taxes which are In no way protective, upon the carpet wool that is an unknown product in the United States.
 Both of these changes are wholly in the interest of monopoly. They are not die tated by any purpose, eto give increased employment and wages to labor but are intended wholly to benefit a. particular class of manufacturers who are among the largest contributors to political cor ruption funds. These objections of the presidents arc certainly well taken, but the republican leaders and those who seek to speculate through party power, believe that the president dare not veto any tariff bill. that may be passed, and they are not disposed to pay deterence to his individual wishes
 In addition to these distinctly monopoly features -of the new tariff bill as intro- duced by the senate committee. the tax on hides is oneaef the most abject con cessionS to monopoly power that has ever been exhibited in framing any of our tariff bills. It is tax upon the en- tire pecpfa of-tfe nationchief1y or wholly for the benefi t Of the Cattle trust, one of the most eppressivesand heartless mo- nopolies this s-country has ever produced. We are not advised that the presidents judgmen is.agairst this amendment, but looking as he must to the establishment of a. policy that may give success to his administra tion, he cannot favor any such offensive concessions to monopoly inter-
 Presfdent Mckinley could recall with profit the aggressive efforts made by the Harrison administration to change some of the most important features of the Mckinley bill. It was the fearless and open a assaults made upon the Mckinley tariff, as.it, passed the house, that forced certain notifications in the senate, and especially --tfe reciprocity feature that the house refused to entertain until Sec- retary Blaine literally hammered it into the heads of the republican leaders. A little such. hammering at this time from the president or some one representing him, might produce a most wholesome effect in eliminating some of the most offensive features of the new tariff. If not eliminated now, the chances are that the people will eliminate the power that enaets such unequal and unjust laws.