Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-05-09
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GENERAL DlssArIsfACrIoS.

in discussing the DinIiey tariff bill.
appear tn thiuk'that theycan stop NIL
asuruept by advancing two prupo-
siaons. The first proposition il that op.
position 10 useless; and the second
which is usually advanced III the same
breath. Is that there isn't any my
how. As e.. the first OF these .propo
s~itions, opinions may differ; Is to the
second. opinions are unlikely to differ
greatly. il the DinSley tariff should
be suffered I" ~ before the people rs
a direct issue in substantially its
present form.
Despite these assurances Of repub-
hcan newspapers, rspres sentative bus
mess men continue to- exercise the
right OF free speech with almost suf-
ticient energy and luciiity of arsu.
msnt to entitlc them Il DmGlsyitc
decoration IS muswumps and free
traders. Anything like represent
ativs list OF the important business
interests protesting would exhaust
the space ~ an ordinary newspaper.
but \ few instances y he added to
those already cited.
Marshall FiHli, the head of,he great
mercantile firm Of Chicago, who is
lighting the bill. pronounces it the
worst tariff hill I ever SAW. not only
rs regards the rates Of duty imposed
but in the complicsted AMI amhiy-
unus methods OF imposing them.
There Is scarcely a line in the bill
that Will not have tn no interpreted
by the supreme cuuri.' Mr.. Field
finds :he Washington hotels Full ~
people On the same er.ari as him
self. and says that a republican mem
her ot the senate tpAnce committee
told him that such IS the universal
dissatisfaction with The bill that j;
will he neo-sary tu that oomrait,cs
10 amend almost ever! iten,-tliat -ihe
only persons who are entirely salts
fed With il are the eastern mRnutac;-
urers and the Ohio wool growers.
and they are sighting 10 prevent
chauSes
EI Fostnia stsr. General Willia-. l..
Wilson IS competent tn speak Tor
those Shn, last fall. elected Mckinley
upon the currency issue, believing
thsi the wo.st that wss To- be feared
would he a slghiincrease in the Vii.
Avn rates 50 as Ia make up FOR the loss
~ the rvsnues that had been eI.
Pected under the income tax-where
by the present law would at once
pnr3uee sufficient Mr..
Wilson - ably pointing ont in a Sc
rieS 81 articles tie unscientifc. pro.
hihitoTy. the vorse.thsn. MCKINLEY.
lie character 81 the DiuEley bill. How
Il will affect the consumer he makes
clear by showing among other things
.hst under the present Law the duties
On 10000 pounds Of WOODEN goods
would be slGono. or si6Sp-iO per
cent.-wkereas under the proposed
bill they will tc $500 or 67.l0q: that
is 10 say, rs or les per cent. On ten
dollar worth Of cloth the present
dut! Is tour dollars; the proposed
dut. will he inom si3 70 sl6.
As 10 the influence oi the Dinglev
betrayal 81 popular nights and Of the
Just expectations 81 the people rs an
issue iii the spring elections. opin.
iNos differ soneuhat. The tariI.'
remarks The Chicago Tribune, was
not a winning card last tall; il doca
not seem 10 have been me this spring.
Republican senators may find food
Tor thought % this fact The Dover
Slu3eK thinks that the retroactive
clause in toe DpSley tariff &C, has
had lie answer IN the retroactive vote
from the he eiiios in the different
StHtce.' These are but = few 81 The
interesting ,Ihibiis which might he
indefinitely multiplied. did space PER
nii, 10 reiute The iDrpdeni ,alse-
hood that the pinSley ;sriI hin is
acthtns worse than the people eI.
I Fecssd all GonE-AIhRuy ArsJs.