The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-17

Looking upon the proposed new tariff
bin as IL will be presented TO congress
for approval, It appears that the industries
tn which Washington Is particularly In
ferested. either by their present location
here or by their prospective location in the
near future. have been treated with great
fairness. and are given a sufficient degree
OF protection 10 render their condition bet
ter than II has been In tie past few years.
The duty OF 81 per thousand upon rough
lumber and $50 per thousand upon that
which Is plsned. win probably enable the
Washington lumbermen to reach markets
from which they have heretofore been ex-
ciuded by Canadian competition.
In like manner the duties established up
on wool viii enable the wool growers OF
this state to command a better price for
their staple than they have received for
some years back, and viii probably en-
courage more to enter upon sheep raising
The duty on lead ores will very favoraoly
affect many Of the mining districts Of the
state. where galena Is the prevailing ore.
II II results In adding an additional cent
a pound 10 the price OF lead there are dis
trlcts where rhls would result in larger
profit 10 the mine owners than would fol-
low an advance in silver TO its coinage
value from its present low condition.
The telegra phic summary of the meas
ure IL incomplete in that It does not con-
tain the provision made as TO tariff on
coal. 1t has been heretofore announced.
however. that the duty on bituminous coal
has been fixed at Is cents per ton. an
increase OF S7iz per cent over the present
tariff. This advance Will probably tend
10 keep some OF the foreign coal out OF the
Pacific coast markets. and thus permit the
Washington coal mines 10 be operated
nearer their fun capacity. The increase
is emlnently satisfactory 10 the coal operat-
ors OF this state. who are more interested In
this particular section OF the tariff bill
than are operators anywhere else in the
United States.
As 10 prospective new industries.
which II IL hoped will be established In
this state within the next year or 50. the
showing IS equally favorable. a duty of /
cent pound on raw sugar. ana lS95 cents
upon refined will certainly go far toward
stimulating the beet sugar Industry. which
is being so extensively exploited at pres
ent There is no section OF the United
States which offers such strong induce
ments as does Washington for the ioca-
ton OF beet sugar factories Extensive
experiments, carried or on a reasonably
large scale. have demonstrated that
sugar beets can be raised in
both Eastern and Western Wash
lagton OF higher standard OF
| purity. and containing a higher percentage
Of sugar content than have elsewhere been
regarded "a the result OF the most care
| fully conducted experiments; and the
! yield per acrs Is pro9ortionately larger
1 than = recorded ia other states.
/ There are also in Western Washington
| au the conditions OF soil and climate which
are required fer the production Of the
| nues; fax abFs. which facts have also been
! demonstrated BY elaborate and CONVINCING
/ experiments. The new tariff bill. Il viii
/ be Observed. has made ST. increase IN the
/ duties upon the manufactures % fax Just
a. tas tine. when 50 much inteFes, In be-
/ iug taken IN the establishment % the fax
raising industry IN the western portion %
| the state. the stimulus afforded oy this aa-
I ditionai protection may prove SUFFICIENT 10
/ bring about the establishment OF the linen
Industry here. and make Of i, a commercial
| success.
Altogether Washington hss ffreG wen at
! the hands 81 The fraraarx OF The tariff han
ans. as far a. THIS state a concerned. IL
IS to be hopci tat tha bill aaay run zoe
/ gauntlet 81 boiA houses without being
| nodded IN any o sAs schedules referred
TO In toe direction Of reducing the daties
| sAeretn imposed