The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17

as serious for the Commander of the
American troops in China to have made
remarks, afterwards published which
were in intent an insult to every one of
the allied powers in China, except the
English.
Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, and
Mr. Myron H. Holt, Secretary of the Tar
if Reform Club, of New York, talked
tariff reform before the Industrial Com
mission in very convincing way. Mr.
Atkinson started off by saying that not
more than five per cent. of the people
were benefited by protective tariff,
while the other ninety five per cent. had
to pay the bills. He said he believed the
time had come for a complete revision Of
the tariff system; that we ought to have
free raw material of all kinds, and es-
pecially free wool and free chemicals;
that there was nothing just in protecting
the 100, 900 persons engaged in sheep rails
ing at the expense of all the other people;
that the experience of the Spanish war
had shown that we could collect all the
revenue needed from dozen articles;
that tariff policy on free trade lines
would increase rather than lower wages
because it would widen the American
markets, and that the present commercial
success of the United States had been at
tanned in spite of the protective tariff and
not because Of it, and was due to our cnor-
nous natural resources and the inventive
genius of our people. Mr.. Holt began by
saying: ''The tariff ties the hands of the
American people while the trusts rifle
their pockets" He expressed the opinion
that the tariff was responsible for much
corruption in politics, and that it was not
chance that had landed so many million
aires in Congress. He closed by saying
that of the 1878, 600, 900 stock and bonds
of the U. S. Steel corporation Ohe Morgan
Steel Trust), about 100000, 900 was water,
and that it was so was, in his opinion,
largely due to the protective tariff. Mr..
Schwab, President of the steel Trust, also
appeared before the Industrial Commits
sion. He made his trust out to be great
blessing, threw few bricks at the labor
organizations, and made a slightly yelled
threat to reduce wages if the tariff was
taken off steel products.
Representative McAleer, of Penn
sylvania, who is in Washington on bust
ness, said apropos of the recent Wall
street furry: IA good many years ago,
when the craze for buying oil lands was
on, invested $500 to get in, as | sup
posed, on the ground floor. found lat r
that l had been badly fooled, and out OF
my investment l think l saved eventually
only about 500. But was entirely salts
fed with my experience. 1t taught me to
keep out of speculation. No man has
recent crash has demonstrated, unless he
is thoroughly familiar with the market,
and not then unless he has abundant
means so that he can lose all he ventures
without feeling the loss" In reply to
questions on his own political future Mr..
| McAleer said: II wanted to be reelected
| last year, but, having been defeated by in
famous methods, care hardly five cent
piece one way or another as to another
nomination. We are greatly interested
in the fate of the ballot bill before the
State legislature, but am afraid that the
majority leaders in Pennsylvania politics
are too we'll satisfied with the present
ballot law to permit any changes. Fol-
their purposes it is one of the best ballot
| laws ever enacted"