The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-08-13
THE DINeLEY Bill.

2l parts OF the country over the passage
Of the Dingiey tariff bill fell through,
fortunately for its promoters. It w0nld
have been the very irony Of fate if such
q celebration had occurred in LswTence,
Mass, on Saturday evening, to be fol
lowed on Monday morning By the an
nouncement that two great mills, en-
ploying more than 1000 hands, would
shut down through q part Of August:
OF in Manchester, N. H., TO be followed
within 48 hours by the notice that the
great Amcskeag mills, employing about |
5000 operatives, would shut down |
through the month Of August, if net !
longer. Nobody will be surprised to |
learn that in the former city "the news
war hardly believed at first, iG view Of
the promises made in the past years
that, when new tariff law had been
passed, full time and full wages would
be resumed in all the Lawrence mills"
PFotectionists will cite the fact that ST.
milar shutdOwns have occurred Of late
years in the summer season at both
Lawrence and Manchester, but that
was under a democratic administration
and a "free-trade tariff" That such a
custom should be maintained under q
republican president, and put into Of
feet just after the passage of high
tariff law, is nothing short of breach
of the contract to restore prosperity
which the party made to the operatives
last fall.
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The favorite railing accusation
brought against the Wilson bill has
been, Of course, that it was such a fail
ure as a revenue produces. Dingley
was to mend all that from the first day.
The treasury was instantly TO gain
100000 day. Well, the COMPOUNDED
facts will not bend, themselves to this
view. Receipts from customs for the
four first days Of the Wilson bill were
upwards Of S325OOOO. Dingley's first
four days brought in 1892, 5OO-Or al
most precisely One-half. No one need
suppose that We regard this showing as
really proving anything about the ulti-
mate efficiency Of the Dingley bill as
means Of producing revenue. It is only
a convenient gagtO put in certain noisy
protectionist mouths. Mr.. Dingley will
| have to send out his first monthly state
ment with deficit of s11, O73,544 just as
if he we're another incompetent Wilson.
If the point is made that this month Of
July is flve-sixths Wilson and only one
sixth Dingley, We have to record the
fact that the one.sixth Dingley in
creased the deficit by just about 100000
beyond the amount where the Wilson
bill left it. This is the more unlucky in
Eview Of the fact that Wilson was able
to close his first month with substsn-
tisl surplus.
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People who watched the needless ex-
travegsnce Of the last congress were
not surprised at the announcement, in
Mondays Washington dispatch, that
the fiscal year had begun with July
deficit of s11, O73,544; nor at the accom-
panying explanation that "this deficit
is accounted for by the Rbnormslly
heavy expenditures incidental to the
beginning of the new fiscal year" July
expenditures, say the somewhat faint
voiced defenders Of the recent fiscal
measures, are always far beyond the
monthly average. Nothing could be
more true. But when the total dis
buTsements Of July, 1897, are s5O,10O,-
9O8, against s42,O88, 1853 in July 1896,
and s38,54SO63 in July, 1895, suspicion
arises that something more than the
movement Of the seasons is RESPONSE
ole for the inroad on the treasury. It
will be noticed that the months gov
eminent revenue runs almost exactly
ten million dollars over the revenue Of
July, 1886, and yet the months deficit
is left at more than eleven millions.
With such an Introductory showing
for the fiscal year, the future move
ment of revenue, when the Dingley
tariff is leitslone in operation, becomes
q matter of real concentration.
Wants Them to Come Anyway.
A western paper, with ideas of its
own as to the proper method of receiv-
ing pay from those it serves, has print
ed the following editorial;
'Persons knowing themselves indebt-
ed to this Office are requested to call
and settle. ALI those indebted to this
Office and not knowing it are requested
to call and find out All those knowing
themselves indebted and not wishing
| to call are reduegted tn stav in ona