The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-26
WHO IS THE sMueGLER?

WHO IS THE sMueGLER?
The Clio be has already repeatedly
called attention to the delightful varia-
ton In opinion which prevails among
the leading spokesnen of the national
administratio ton on subjects, of current
interest. The members Of the cabinet
are evidently doing their best to cover
every possible point Of attack, and are
paying but little attention to the aues-
ton whether their views ON any given
subject jibes. The situation is a des-
perate one; and desperate diseases call
for desperate reraedies.
In onesfof his remarkable outbursts
on the stump, that redoubtable tar, the
secretary OF the navy, recently told in
terms ofsHheqnc anger that "the
duty of 81 cents on anthracite coal
was sn1ugg1ed into the tariff act in a
sneaking cowardly manner" The
president himself had only a little while
before reminded the country that there
was no ArIff on anthracite coal It
may well be doubted, in the light of
what has since transpired, whether the
president was any more poorly in
formed on the subject than was his Sec
lretary of the navy.
There is tariff on anthracite coal,
the president of the United States to
| the contrary; and that tariff was not
struggled Tito the Dingley law in a
sneaking and cowardly manner nor, in
deed, Struggled into it at all, Secretary
| Moody, to the contrary
The Congressional Record does not
| furnish always the most entertaining
or exciting kind of reading. In this
| case, however, it is quite readable The
smuggle. of which Secretary Moody
complains so bitterly, is not apparent
anywhere in the report of the proceed
ings resulting in the adoption of the
duty of SO cents per ton on the Penn
sg1vania product.
Senator Allison it. was who introduce
ed the provision for the duty. Does
Secretary Moody desire to have it un-
derstood that the old economic and
smuggler in the case? Let the record
answer. The Dingley bill has been
passed in the house and on. June 80,
1897, was under consideration in the
senate for purposes of committee
amendment. Hereqis a leaf torn out of
! the proceedings on that occasion:
Senator Jones: ''I should like to ask
the senator from Iowa what reason there
is for taxing coal? What is the neces-
sity?"
Senator Allison: The same necessity
that there is for a tariff bill, to protect
own country and to provide revenue from
| the duties on the coal imported. There
has. believe, always been duty upon
| COAL This: is, with the exception of one
generally been imposed upon bituminous
coal The present duty is 40 cents a ton,
which is here Increased to 67s cents.
Where is the smuggling revealed
here? The amendment was adopted, of
course, by solid Republican vote and
against the votes and protests of
Democrats in and out of congress. Sec
rotary Moody should have told us
where the smuggling came in. Since
he has not, let, the voice of the Con-
gressionaI Record again resound:
Senator Vest: CAS- I understand this
| proposed amendment it makes an entire
revolution in the taxation upon coal It
puts anthracite coal upon the dutiable
list, although a ctrsory examination Of
the paragraph would not leave that i'm
preston, I have not the amendment before
me, but my recollection of it is that there
is a duty of 67 cents on all bituminous
coal having less than 80 per cent of car
bon, which would include anthracite
COAL
Senator Allison: con coal containing
less than 90 per cent of carbon the duty
proposed is 81 cents per tom
Senator. Vest: That puts duty upon
anthracite coal
That's plain enough
The Clio b e is deeply panied to OBJ
serve that Senator Allison, the pride
and glory of the contempory states
nnanship of Iowa, should continue to
rest under the charge, so poorly sus-
| tanned, and put forward by SO eminent
a member of his own party as the sec
rotary of the navy, of being a common
smuggler.