New-York tribune., 1912-02-01
From the Tribune Burcaul
Washington. January "l.

| washington Jdl~d'E 'i'
! DEMOCRATIC craftsmanship. -
! Having added S5,onOOoN a year 10 The pen
sion budget. and having attempted to off
set this with a saving Jf possibly $2lo'V"''
| achieved by refusing to authorize the two
| hatteships needed TO replace those when
are steadily growing obsolete the Demo
cratic statesmen in control of the iouse
now announce their purpose 20 deplete the
| public revenues by reporting and passing
| bill revising the sugar schedule Of the tariif
| LAW This schedule Is. as may be generally
| kEown. productive of more revenue than
| any other in the law. In the hscal year
| erded last June it Yielded a total revenue
| of Sj2,6s7,S39. Tariff experts contend that
! the duty on sugar has long passed the stage
| of a protective tariff, and that 1t IS essen
! tally revenue duty. as is shown by the
| enormous revenue it yields OF course, any
/ slashing Of this duty will mean proper
/ tionate reduction Of the revenues at tlVle
when Democratic extravaganza mas rem
| dered increased revenues an absolute ne
| cessty. According TO the computations ol
| Representative Underwood, made less tnan
! year ago. it was impossible 90 make the
reduction in the wool schedule demanded DF
| Democratic consistency because OF nsuih-
| cient revenue from other sources ana now
! it is proposed. after increasing the expenses
| Of the government by S75,0oO,oOO-or by Woo
| coo 900, if il be conceded that there are 10 ne
no battleships-to wade into the sugar
schedule with characteristic Democratic
| rccklessness and thus TO produce a Gehcll
! in the public treasury even more :apiuiE
| than the Democrats have been able 10 Ge-
ate deficits in the past OF course the al
| tentative, that the Democrats IN control ol
, the House are merely playing poiillcs
and are trying to put the President III
| hole" by imposing on tho crcduhty on 'he
| uninformed, may he accepted, hGt "heh
| questioned by Republican leaders IN oepa'e
they Indignantly resent the imputation that
! they are prostituting the power with "hiCh
they have been intrusted TO any such base
purpose.
THE HARVESTER TRUST.-The i'm
nrcssion that the international Harvester
trust is to be allowed TO adjust It's ahalrs
without any semblance Of SUIT nrousn'
under the sherman antitrust law is mis-
taken. II Is true that when George W.
Perkins ard others prominent in the iar-
vester trust learned that the government
was about to undertake n prosecution III
the federal courts they fastened TO MAKE
representation 10 the Department OF jus
ticc Of their entire Willingness to disinte-
CRATE and, without suit, 10 resolve thehi-
selves into such integral parts as might
bo demanded by the Attorney General AS
this course had been permitted In the case
Of other trusts II could not be Genied 10
the Harvester trust. but in the case or the
others. as we'll as in this, there IS always
a suit, although II is what Is termed
| friendly suit" That means that When
the Harvester trust submits plan or dls-
solution which conforms 10 the views OF the
! Attcrncv General-proyided il does So
such plan will be embodied In the form OF
a decree and application will then be made
10 the court to enter such decree as Its own
mandate This done. the decree Will pos
ses3 all the power Of one issued by the
court in a less friendly suit, and any one
found 10 have violated II can be hailed into
court and adjudged guilty Of contempt ana
purished according to the gravity OF the
offence without the necessity of trial by Jury
or other tedious or uncertain litigation. or
course if the Harvester trust refuses TO
aeree 10 such terms as may be dictated by
the Attorney General, the customary SUIT
for dissolution will be brought. One OF the
most important factors in the formation
Of the Harvester trust was the Mccormick
Harvester Company.
HENRY FIGHTING HARD.-Spurred on
by the news that Colonel Bryan has strong
" commended his course in THE Com
moner" Representative Henry continued
his fight to-day for an investigation OF The
money trust" 5y a select committee TO ne
composed Of the brain trust with. OF
course. Mr. Henry at its head. Mr.. Henry
is becoming somewhat bitter in his cam
paign. and is saying unkind things about
Representative Underwood. who wants the
alleged money trust investigated, II at all.
by the standing Committee on Banking ana
| Currency Mr.. Henry pronounccs the IN
derwood proposition a fake" and charges
that such an investigate would amount to