El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-14
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
The Tariff Bill is Perfectly Satisfactory
to all Concerned.
Special correspondence

The Tariff Bill is Perfectly Satisfactory
to all Concerned.
| Special correspondence
WASHINGTON, July u, 1S91.-The
week has been one of unusual rejoicing
| in Washington. The tariff bill having
passed the danger point in the seEa e,
where the republicans arc without a
N aiority, there is good reason to be-
| lieve that it will receive the signature
| of the president by the end of another
| week.
A VERY SATISFACTORY TARIFF.
The mora the bill is studied the more
thoroughly satisfactory it becomes to
those examining it. That it was espe-
cially satisfactory to the people when
it left the house, is beyond question,
and as its discussion in the senate
brought it nearer to the form in which
it was passed by the house, the re-
spouses from the country have iudicat-
ed that it was meeting with popular
approval.
TIE SUGAR AND WOOL SCHEDULES
The questions most at issue between
the two branches of congress are the
sugar and wool schedules, though
both of these have been brought so
nearly in line with the house bill that
there will be little difficulty probably
/
ther that agreement affects the house
or the senate schedule or strikes a
compromise between them the country
will be satisfied because OF the fact
that these features OF the senate have
been brought so nearly ia line with
the house schedules. The most bitter
iy disappointed men in congress
are those who hoped to make capital
out of the cry of trusts, and especial
L. Ia hi ~
pas. e / the senate, destroys this oppor-
tunity, and is d accepted by the people
as an evidence that however much the
sugar trust may have controlled the
democratic party in framing the Will
son law it does not and cannot control
the republican party in its Legislative
duties.
THE BEET SUGAR BOUNTY.
The democrats made it necessary
tn at the repa b leans abandon the beet
sugar bounty proposition. As is well
known, the repu olIcans presented an
anne ndment, after the other features of
the bill had been com pleted, proposing
to pay bounty of d quarter OF cent
a pound during Ii five years period
from the passage OF tue bill. This. 1t
was felt, wOlld insure tae eSta dish
meut of the beet-Sugar industry iu the
United States. II is by this process
y
encouraged the production of beet
sugar but actually established sys-
tenn which supplied more than half
the sugar of the world by process
generation ago unknown. 1t was felt
that this slight encouragement IN this
country similar 10 that utilized in 9TH
err countries might enable the farmers
OF the United States to produce the
hundred million dollars worth of sugar
Gov, hi t.n NJ ~
money abroad. But the democrats Op-
posed the proposition as they do every
thing which emanateS FROM the repub-
licaps, and gave notice that they would
clay the bill by long and Indefinite
discussion, making it probable that
months would elapse before vote
could be had, If the bOuuty proposition
were pressed by the republicans. The
result was that the republicans were
compelled to either abandon the pro-
position temporarily or keep the cOun
try in suspense with reference TO the
the tariff bill for months. They there
fore deter mined to withdraw their
sugar bounty amendment aud offer it
as separate measure in the hope of
getting vote upon it at next ses-
sion.
THE ANTITRUST AMENDMENT.
Conditions were similar with re-
ference to The antitrust amend tnent. !
The republicans would have gladly iu- |
serted an amendment of this character |
in the b II, but it became so apparent |
that it would b. made the vehicle for
lengthy discussion and further delay
of the bill that 1t was found necessary
to make the antitrust proposition an
measure rather than de-
lay the tariff Tor lis discuss on.
THE COAL STRIKE.
The strike of the coal miners has
brought to the public attention some
impor ant facts as t. the effect of the
tariff law upon this Industry.
The wilson law, it will be remember
ed, reduced the rates Of duty on coal
30 cents per ton. it having been 40 cents
per ton unde" the Mckinley law aud re-
luced to 40 cents per ton under the
w lson law. Cautiously President
of the Unit d Mine Work
ers' association states that the wages
Of miners have been re .uced about 30
cents per ton since 1893, the very year
10 which the free trade congress met
and began framing the Wilson act,
which reduced duties 30 cents per ton
The moment the Wl.ol law passed,
coal from the Nova Scotia mines began
the mark Is on the Atlantic
coast, especially New England, and
1rove out of those markets the
West Virginia coal, which had alwa avs
found an outlet at fair prices. THIS
West Virginia coal was thus
to seek q market
70 the west 10 competition with the
Goals OF Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Ken
lucky. The result was a sharp COM
a fall in price,, a rulnous rate
var, not only between niue owDers,
)ut also between the railroads, and
Is a consequence a reduction in the
wages of miners. Thus the very low
wages of the coal miners of the country
Who are now striking for an advance
re directly and logically traceable 10