Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-01

them that the duties On the raw ma
terial are unnecessarily high. But 1t
must not be forgotten that tariff legis-
lation, like most other legislation, is,
after all, In the nature Of a compromise
OF conflicting interests. The wool
growers, or rather those of them for
whom Judge Lawrence Of Ohio is a
mouthpiece, have asked for even higher
duties that they have received.-Boston
Journal.
1t Is believed that this schedule on
the basis OF the present imports will
| produce a revenue of $44, 900, OO0. But
revenu Is by no means the only objec-
tive. The increase In the duties ON
raw and lowering of those on refined
sugar Is proposed for the specific pur-
pose Of encouraging the beet sugar in
dustry In this country, and as a slap
at the sugar trust. In spite OF very
strenuous attempts OF the part Of the
trust to have the present rate retained,
and a still determined effort for
the retention of ad valorem duties, I'M
der which very general fraud Is said
to have been practiced, the committee
has pursued a course openly and avow-
edly hostile TO the trusts interests
Pioneer Press.
When Democrats charge that the
Dingley tariff bill is a parasite meas
ure and so rankly offensive That only
the rankest Republican partisan can
vote for II, they must be In error. On
the vote In the House five Democrats
and a silverite supported the bill, and
twenty-one Of the so-called opposition
were not sufficiently opposed to the bill
to vote against ii and declined TO vote
at all. This il pretty good testimony to
the esteem In which the measure Is
held, seeing that 1t received In addi-
ton the solid vote of the Republican
side Of the House.-Wheeling Intelli-
gencer.
The reciprocity features Of the bill
are much broader In its scope than the
reciprocity law of 1890, and is framed
In a more conciliatory tone, with the
very evident purpose Of restoring, so
far as possible, the friendly CONNER
cial relations that were recklessly de-
stroyed by the repeal of the Mckinley
law. The new bill provides for treaty
negotiations in a friendly spirit and
with nc threats Of suspension of the
provisions Of the act where unjust ex
actions are imposed upon our products.
There Is every reason to believe that
the enactment of the bill will open up
a new and expanding market for the
products Of the farm and the factory
and secure In greater measure the in
dustrial benefits that accrued to the
country from the first experiment with
this policy.-Chicago Times-Herald.
That feature of the Dingley bill
which puts the measure In effect from
April the first Is the feature which
quickens 1t instantly with life and
starts 1t on its career equipped for the
greatest good. 1t Is a revcnue-serving
provision and look to securing at the
earliest date the benefits of protection.
Without such a provision we should 90
through the old experience Of having
the country flooded with products un-
der lower rates, and it would be nec-
| essary to work off that vast accumula-
ton before any Of the advantages of
the new bill would be realized by the
treasury oil the people. 1t was to meet
this situation that the retroactive
feature OF the bill was r'atured.-Ex-
change.