The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-18
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Battered At the post once at Red Gloud. Nsb' a.
SECOND class msal matter.
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made IL as certain as any political
event in the future a be that the
tariff will not figure as an issue in
the next national camPaigs, and per-
haps never again. The cause Of this is
the adoption OF the republican policy
Of protection by a considerable pcrtioL
of the democratic party, while many
populists have always believed in II.
True, the democratic senators who
have voted for protection do not all
call II by that name, bat that is ini-
material They have voted 10 put "a
protective duty upon the products Of
their states, and they have done SO be-
u Of the wishes Of their constitu.
epts. In those states there can be no
tariff Issue, when everybody favors
protection under some name or some
form. The silver men have seer this
thing coming for some time and have
encouraged it, because they think 1t
will have u tendency to make the
money question the overshadowing
issue OF the next campaign, and they
think that is what they want.
There is much comment upon an
amendment to the s.gar schedule OF
the tariff bill, offered by Howr, be-
cause IL is regarded as an acknowledge
ment that the criticisms Of the new SUI
gar schedule, which only got a majority
Of 2, although il was voted for by the
two Nevada senator's and by Senator
MeEnery, OF La, have not been with
out effect. Senator Hoar's amend.
meut provides for the appointment of n
commission to investigate the condi'
TONS Of the sugar growing and refining
business OF the u. 5 aud report to the
next regular session of congress what
the duty on sugar ought to be to enable
the sugar men ~ make \ reasonable
profit and at the same time to max
sugar raise its share Of revenue. One
trouble about Mr.. Hoar's amendment
even IL il were adopted would be the
doubt as to whether a commission
would be any more successful ia get.
tang accurate information about the
sugar trust, which practically does all
the sugar refining in this country, than
members of congressional committees
have been. Upon this the entire sHgal
schedNle of the tariff bin hangs. II
the figures presented 10y the trainers o,
the schedule are correct, the prutcc,
lection for thc trust would not be OK.
tortionately large, but it vas openly
stated by the opposition, aud not de
MED, that the figures were prepared by
the sugar trusr, aud other estimate,
prepared by outside experts Showing
the protection to be three times create
than 1t is claimed To be, were present
ed 10 the senate. The trouble is in get
ting at exacly how much raw sugaI
it takes To make a pound of refine,
sugar and what the cost of the process
is The process used by the suga
trust is a secret one, said To he know
only TO a few Of its most trusted EN-
ployes
Two hundred aud htty millions O
dollars Is an enormous sum TO add {
the gold money of the world in Il singl
year. Such a production has neve
been accomplished aud until recent
nobody thought that that sum could b
produced in a year, but late report
from the mines in South Africa, an
Central aud South America, Australi
and ourOwn country all show such rapi
gains as to lead to the belief that tn
gold output for 1897 will be nearly q
quite $50 million dollars, far exceedin
any previous year in history.
II Congress intends to do even
small part of what current gossip give
as the probable program, the extra SCI
sion will runiuto the regular session
next December, but Washington do
days have upset many Congession'
$500. ~ $500.