The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-01
WASHINGTON.
Democrats Crying "NO
Prosperity"
What Congressman Dingley
Has to Say.
Senate Committee All Ready TO Go
Ahead.
Special Correspondence Of The Nowsl

Especial Correspondence OF Inc NeWsp
Washington, April 0.--The chief point
which the Democrats are now making
against the victorious Republicans Is an
assertion that thcy have not produced the
uromissd prosperity. Members of Con-
gress are receiving intimations from
their districts and states indicating that
this seed which the Democrats are sowing
among a certain class OF people ~ produo-
ing some dissatisfaction and criticism.
SOf course it is absurd that such COM
nlniIts should be made, and that people
should think It worth listening TO- saiu
Chairman DinIley, talking oi these
g. criticisms. 1T IL certainly unfeasonab
assume that business activity In manL-
.cturing lines coula revive pending action
upon tariff rates.
"Is it not n fact, Mr.. Dingley, that TIE
knowledge that "A tariff change Is I'D I'M
mediate prospect proves more depressing
To the manufacturer than any other con-
ditionY
that the word depressing is just the
one. but certainly il does have the effect
of making il impossible for him TO make
nntracts. even where he can get them ana
OF making il difficult To get contracts at
all. Dealers are unwilling 10 make con-
tracts for the future delivery OF goons
during Tic ponubnC! VI thV '',i ~ pi'
bncause they do not know what the rates
of duty on imported goods OF the same
class will be- Manufacturers arc unwlll-
| inr TO mako contracts during the PEN
dency of the tariff bill, because they do
not Know what they Will have TO com
! pete with in foreign goods nor do they
/ know what they will have to pay Tor the
| raw material which they bring IN from
! abroad for use in manufacturing
so the present period Is probably the
| most difficult one for the manufacturers
10 do business. To say nothing of the I'm
/ possibility of increasing DusiEess, OF
| adding 60 the number of employees!
"Yes. Then it ought tn he rcmem
| bered, too, that importers are fushlnS
| goods into the country mt the greatest
| possible speed, and that nearly year :
( supnIy of foreign goods Will he In TIE
warehouses OF the country Ivy the time
| the new law goes into effect, In spite Oh
everything we can do 10 prevent It, lhlS
| means that the manufacturers will not be
| able To resume activity To any grest ex-
| tent Tor several months yet. The people
! o1uht 70 understand this. l have nc
| dotibt thn5 the new INV Will bring In
creased activity in manufacturing, ano
| thus produce prosperity in every pranci
OF industry But IL Is unreasonable tS
| exuect that this can happen either befor'
the new law goes into effect or lmmedi
ately after IL, since the stock OF foreign
goods will be so great that the demand
Tor home manufactures cannot begin un
l iii this enormous accumulation OF ioreigi
Woods is absorbed by the People OF TN
Aouutry.
= The tariff bill and tie house committc
are the principal subjects OF discussion
here now The Republican members o
the nlnce commitrte have finished thei
| consideration of the bill, and are an xlou
| to GET it into the senate as soon AS posi-
bic. me Demo ratio policy of delay, how
| ever. is beginning to make itself apparen
| at the senate end. and the Democrati
members of the committee are inclined U
| hold the bill back in committee as loDj
as practicable. They know that the long'
the bill is kept OH the statute books tt
longer prosperity will be delayed, an'
their pol ,cy Is evidently going TO be 9
hold the bin back as much as possible II
| the senate in the hope that the people O
the country may become dissatisfied wit
the delay of promised prosperity unde