The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-06
TIE NEW TARIFF LAW.
Opinions of the Press on the Meas


The work OF the extra session. by Tho
definite and explicit ayowal Of the leader
~ the majority, Is an absolute failure
~ Y. Times.
The one achievement Of the republican
party. restored completely TO power. 10
the enactment Of the most monstrous rob
Der tarn ever placed upon the statute
books Chicago Chronicle.
IL is a lt,le difficult 20 decide whether the
reports Of the difficulty Of the senators in
ievising an antitrust amendment 10 the
tarin bill are 10 be taken as more amusing
than exasperatlng. -Pittsburgh Dispatch
II the new tariff measure shall force
prices to anything like the Mckinley figure.
the outlook for republican success al
the next congressional elections VIII not
be reassuring. philadelphia Ledger Gna.
Rep)
Now lie, everybody get rich by paying
taxes and then bless the tariff. Don't stop
TO think a minute about the necessity OF
having money with which TO pay the taxes.
that's minor consideration. IL Is far more
important that the trusts should have the
privilege Of collecting subsidies than that
the money question be settled--Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The bill which has just been passed is not
one OF which the republican party can be
proud. The senate sugar schedule has
bad smell The sugar schedule tn ths
house bill has met with much more appro-
val from the press and the people Than
the sena.es schedule There are Other
matters in the senate bill that have an
ugly lock.-N. !. Journal
The proponents OF the bill boldly an
nounced that its purpose was protection
That was candor. They have told the
people of the country protection was nee
essary To American industry IN or'er that
capital might pay American wages 10 Ia
Dor They have arranged tariff which
will give trusts enormous profits out or the
pockets Of the people. and have provided
no means whereby the people working LOT
the trusts can get wages raised except oS
strikes. Chicago Journal.
There is something partaking OF the lu-
dicrOus in the condition to which the ad-
yocates Of high tariff have been brought
at Washington. In point Of fact. however.
the result Is more mortfying than comicai
TO those engaged In II. 1t exposes thelf
hypocrisy In a manner that may well cover
them with confusion. They professed 10
be concerned chiefly for providing revenue
for the government. Their real concern
was to provide protection for favored in
dviduals -Boston Herald
The passage Of such tariff bill at this
time is a violation OF faith on the part
OF the republican -afty. The st Louis
platform declared that the party. while
In favor OF protection. was not pledged
10 any particular schedules. This was
Interpreted To mean that the party was
not pledged TO restore the rates OF the
Mckinney tariff for no one dreamed at
that time that the Mckinley rates might
lie exceeded Mckinley was elected and
the republican party placed In power last
fall on the currency issue. and that alone.
The moderate protectionists and the iarlii
reforfners who voted for Mckinney ana
the republican party last fall. and who
made the success OF that party possible.
have a right 10 feel aggrievec over The
first legislative enactment OF the Mckinley
administration.-Chica Record und)
II Is the very worst tariff bill ever writ
ten 1t takes more from the people IN
proportion to what IL gives the treasury
than any other tariff bill ever framed IL
gives more 10 the trusts and monopohes
than any other. and gives II with less ex-
cuse than ever before known. There
has been no pretenSe In its passage OF an
swering the cry of infant Industries
There has not even been the plea OF rev.
enue necessary for the most strenuous aa-
yocates OF the bill have admitted that for
at least year TO come II cannot produce
an adequate revenue, while its effects
after that must depend upon trade cOndi-
tions not now TO be foreseen. Ii Is a tariff
OF the trusts. ~ the trusts and for the
trusts But the country VIII rejoice that
at asst II IS made law-that al last the dis
turbance its pending created in business
and industry is at an end. N Y. World
The measure Is not the moderate and
reasonable revenue producing legislation
which the tariff leader In the senate de-
clared was essential to a permanent tariff
when he introduced the bill In it's pro-
tective features Il is undoubtedly the most
extreme measure ever attempted in this
country. While IT furnishes no reasonable
assurance OF surprising the present tariif
In the raising OF revenue. II Is bound 10
increase the cost OF living and decrease
the purchasing power Of wages. Rather
than responding 10 the popular demand
for The curbing Of trusts. the bill grants
monopolies still further bountics and en-
courages the formation OF new comhina-
tions The purely revenue features rec
commended by the finance committee have
been dropped out OF Difference TO the pow
erful liquor interests ana "A tax on stock
and bond dealings substituted. This Is a
confession that the measure is so radi-
cally protective that II H. necessary 10
seek new subjects of taxation. - Detroit
Free Press