The Sunday globe., 1901-07-14

export bounty her people are enabled
to sell her products to other coun-
tries without loss
Such a state of affairs never seems
to have been contemplated by the men
who framed the Dingley Act else they
would have heen more careful about
enacting a law declaring a counter
valing duty.
Secretary Gage is now made a scape
goat, and is catching it on all sides
because Russia has seen ft to place
an export bounty and sell her articles
at profit in the United States and the
Secretary, under Sec 5, 90, Stat 205, Of
the Dingley bill has placed a coun-
tervailing duty He could do nothing
less. The section is mandatory. The
section expressly provides
THAT whenever any country shall
pay or bestow, directly or indirectly
any bounty or grant upon the expor.
tation of any article or merchandise
from such country
lien shan be leried and pald in al such
cases, in addition 10 the duties other
jrise imposed by this Act, an additional
duty equal TO the net amount Of such
bounty or grant bOreUer me same be
pdid or bcStOlCed"
There you have it. The whole sec
ton shows it more clearly. The ital
les are used and are intended to show
how the makers Of the Dingley Act
intended to prevent any foreign coun-
try from exporting to the United
States any Of their products which in
any manner interfered with any of the
trusts
Section is very comprehensive. 1t
now seems that in the endeavor to pro
tect the sugar trust by enforcing the
above named enactment, other trusts
which had = good market in Russia
are bewailing loudly the fact that Rus
sia has seen fit to retaliate. Protec
tonists think it strange-or pretend
to-that any foreign municipality
should dare protect their own products
as they have demanded that the Con.
gress of the United States protect
theirs. According to their way of
thinking protection is a monopoly to
be enjoyed by themselves alone.
If it be true that loss of trade re-
suits to the United States the trainers
Of the Dingley Act have themselves to
blame. To put the onus Of the attitude
upon Secretary Gage for the position
Of Russia is cowardly, We have not
the slightest doubt but that the sugar
trust for selfish motives wanted the
countervailing duties applied. and
neither have we any doubt but that
other interests affected by the retalia.
ton of Russia think it very unkind in
the Secretary to invoke the law.
That such a provision in a revenue
law, as we have referred TO- was fool.
ish, any one except a narrow-minded
/ protectionist must admit To -Aus
close the doors Of our custom houses
! to everything that would in the least
/ interfere with selfish interests and
lnen expect outside nations to submit
/ is presuming much on foreign credul-
/ ity Hence we say that it looks very
much like pleading the baby act, all
this outcry against Secretary Gage and
! Russia.
We repeat we are not an apologist
of Secretary Gage He deserves moth
/ ing at the hands of any Democrat He
| has been partisan in the extreme, al
though a professed civil service speci-
men He has allowed abuses to go
on under his eyes and taken no steps
to prevent them. 1t is notorious that
he has favored pet financial unbelievers
in New York. His custom house sale
and subsequent payment of rent upon
/ it is a scandal. His readiness to do
what was required Of him by the Hep
burn letter shows he measures by a
very low standard of morality. His
/ feeble defense of that conduct is char
acteristic 1t was simply You're an.
other"
The writer of that letter knew his
man. His apClOgists say it is burnt
powder That makes it more nauseat-
inig 1t is simply saying Wen go in
and let time cover up the naughtiness"
| Nevertheless let justice be done. It is
the Dingley Act that is responsible
for what is called his late folly, Not
he.
Is it not strange that in the midst
of what is called universal prosperity
that gold f. again going abroad, and
there are night winds in Kansas light
ming the crops. Protection, that shib-
bolet, under which so many false theo-
ries prevail can not stanu when ex-
posed TO the clear light of common
sense, and when required to stand up
TO the clear dictates of common hon
esty