Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-09-11
STEW LETTER.

In another col"mn is a lrrrer fr,m
Senator Stewart. explaining his rnurse
in voting for the Dinghy i4litf BIZ
The same lett r Wa published in the
Times Review and the fl owing pdi-
torial in aH-AeI to Irt lett4r in the
anne issTe Of III" pager. Inc APPEAL
reproduces both f the articles The
editorial is as follows:
Elsewhere in this Issue Of the Times
Review appears Il communication
from Senator W. NJ Stewart in reply
to an article published some time ago
in this paper relative to the local fleet
Of the DiDgley law in the State Of Ne
vada. Although We have carefully
read and considered the Senator's let
tel, which we cheerfully publish, VT
fail to find anything therein which,
in our Judgment, would justify US in
changing. or even modifying the
views expressed in the article referred
to.
In regarl to the tax on wool. bOraX.
soda ash and lead. We do moi believe it
will be "benefcial to Nevada" to ar
extent that will offset the increased
prices OF hundreds of other articles
which every body in Nevada has to
buy and which are not produced in the
State. Admitting that a high tariff
on raw wool will permanently strength
Ell the price of hat material-an ad-
mission, however, not Justified by the
tariff history and its cOntemporaneOus
market quOtations-it is quite certain
that a far greater additional o.
Of money will be paid u by the
many consumers Of manufactured
wooden goods than will be realized by
the few producers of the raw materials
in the State of Nevada. The bOrax
and soda ash deposits in the State are
controlled by a San Francisco svndi-
ate which is Writ ally a trust. the
members being mostly Nm residents,
and who employ chiefly Cbineee and
Indian labor at their works. As a
matter OF fact. one producing silver
Solo iI'bF, Si'lpR eIuploS uItDt 10
fifty white men. is of more practical
benefit to the State than are all Of the
borax and soda ash works within her
boundaries. AS the lead production
In the United States far exceeds the
home demand and we are heavy ex-
pOrters of the metal, we fail to discern
any particular necessity for tariff
''protection' or where an impost duty
is going to urably benefit the pro-
ducers Of an article Of export. The
tariff reduction on cyanide of potas-
SUM, has, we believe, reduced the
price OF that article some three or four
cents per Iound, which will benefit
the consumers to the extent of the re-
duction. The Of the few works
in the State that use that chemical,
however, will probably not be gamers
tC the amount Of adj titiousl tax bur
den imposed by other clauses in the
law, which will be borne by the en-
ployees at their works. II isquite GER
tain that the saving will not be suffi-
cient to cause the starting up Of other
works Of the kind, or, of itself, caused
the continuance of any now In opera
ton.
We cannot agree with the Senator
the Dingley bill is more in harmony
with the Chicago platform than the
Wilson law. and certainly the vote
pn0n tho fcrpnar oroI,,rI~o1 .uo.z-
that we entertain the same opinion in
that respect as is held by nearly every
Senator who supported Mr.. Bryan, ex-
cepting those from the State of Ne
vada. Charity begins at home, and
while in a Christian sense we certain
ly wish Our California neiRhbors we'll
Nevadans, we Opine, do not feel in
duty bound TO make any further sac
rafice OF interest for u State which has
prospered upon cur misfortunes and
to which we are under 40 obligations
except, perhaps, 10 saving US con-
siderable trouble 10y running our local
politics. We are more interested in
pine nuts than in California almonds,
for which we have to pay more per
pound than the people of New York or
Chicago.
We are afraid u Senators erred in
judtment 10 acting upon the supposi-
ton that the passage OF the Dipglev
law will remove the tariff aueet:oo
from politics in '9S and 1900. T. is
more likely. in our humble oplnien,
to have a contrary effect. As a rule
Dingleyism and Shermanism go hand
10 hand. There will be a clamorous
demand for repeal or modification of
the law and co rho ;co,o will