THE OMiALTA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , DEUBMBER 4 , 1893.
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irmen UlrriilHllnn for Octdltnr , ! Milf : > .
Ann you rcutly tor the president's '
H arc a few cabinet officials
whoso annual reports tire Bill ! to bo
heard.
the time-honored rule no
longer holda goo < l the Chicago mayor
alty race will go to the Swift.
silk manufacturers arc not
qulto satisfied with the concessions
granted them by the Wilson tariff bill.
The bill should bo revised at once.
do not relish the pro
posed reduction in the tariff On raisins ,
lljis and prunes. Distance docs not bcem
to lend enchantment to the vlow In this
case.
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WE TKUST that the members of ccn-
grcs3 enjoyed their brjcf vacations and
are now prepared to work more and talk
less during the regular session than
they did during the extra session of that
body. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tin : State Board of Transportation
lias now succeeded in keeping1 the rate
down on two commodities , green apples
and dried grass. The next thing they
will tackle will bo dried apples and
green grangers. ,
WOMEN' have acquired the constitu
tional right to vote at all elections in
Colorado. Now let the horde of woman
Buffrngo agitators migrate to Colorado
and enjoy the fruits of their work. The
other states will gladly grant them
leave of absence.
KUROI'KAN govornmentsnlrcady know
that the United States will permit no
foreign intervention in Brazil * Since
the enunciation of the Monroe doctrine
they have usually been loth to in
terfere in the face of protests from our
government , and it is scarcely probable
that they will attempt anything of the
kind at this time.
NKHRASKA still offers inducements
for the settlement of desirable Immi
grants within her borders. People de
siring to improve their economic condi
tions cannot do better than to seek
comfortable homos on Nebraska farms.
The next year Is bjund to witness an
Increased immigration , accompanied by
n rlso in farm values all along the line.
IF THR Bank of England is driven
into politics by reason of a proposition to
secure a closer connection between the
government and the management of the
bank tbe results cannot but prove un
fortunate for all concerted. The two
United States banks failed to withstand
their introduction as factors into poli
tics. Experience has shown that politi
cal banks cannot be unstained ,
IT is to bo expected thnt the presi
dent's forthcoming message to congress
will bo one of extraordinary interest and
length. Muttot'B of great national im
portance will doinntid the president's
attention and his expressions will bo re
garded _ an In a measure foreshadowing
the policy of the administration on leadIng -
Ing issues now before the public. It
gees without baying that Tire Uir : : will
pi-lnt the message in full.
nousiiuounUiS should demand thnt
their grocers Hliull Boll them coal oil
that will Htnnd the logiil test antl the
doalei-rt will in turn bo particular to buy
none other. The kcal dealer is not to
blumo for the inferior and dnngorons
eoiupuunda thnt are sold throughout this
city In the name of kerosene. They-pay
the pi-loo of the best oil and in 'many
cases do not know what they arc Dotting
utitllthu consumers make u report to
them. Every citizen is entitled to the
protection the law affords in this re
spect.
CHICAGO savings bun leu have decided
to out down the rate of lnterobt which
they pay to tlmo depositors from 4 per
cent to ; i per cent per anuuin. This will
doubtless prove u vary profitable move
for the stockholders of Ghieuiro barings
banks , but it is u black eye to the indus
trial army of Chicago und Incidentally
to the ro'ail merchants of that city. The
Chlaijjo savings banks uro ut this time
Deputed to have eiO.000,000 , on deposit
and a ro.lucticn of 1 percent on savings
deposits means u shrinkage of $100,000 u
year in the ecnnt incomes of the army of
wage worl orji who Imvo laid by a portion
of their earnings for a rainy dny. The
" llrst effect of this reduction 'will prob
ably be the withdrawal of hoveral mil
lions from the Chicago savings banks , to
bo cither used in paying off debt already
incurred or in private loans. Chicago
bankers have so far given no sign t f a
disposition to cut down the rate of in
terest cu leans , although it is well known
that loanable lumlburo overabundant In
fV their vaults. The return of o-ntldeueo
i i dco3 uot boeta to work bath ways.
THE MXIVtiAll SRSStOX ur COXGttKSS.
At noon today the Fifty-third congress -
gross will meat in regular session. The
organization 1/olng complete b.ith
branches will bo able to settle down to
business at once and it is to bo presumed
that the disposition will bo to proceed
promptly with the work of the session.
The party In power lias no slniplu or
easy task before it. Wore it a united
party , entirely harmonious regarding
policies , it would nnd llttlo difllculty In
legislating upon the important ques
tions with which it must deal , for the
prevalent feeling among republi
cans appears to bo to allow the
democratic majority to ultimo
all the responsibility for legis
lation , the republicans contenting them
selves with discussing democratic poli
cies nnd pointing out what they regard
ns the mistakes of the party in power ,
without having recourse to nny filibus
tering or obstructive tactics with a vlow
to defeating or unduly delaying action.
If this shall prove to bo the intention of
the republicans , and there is good au
thority for assuming that it will , the
democrats will find less trouble from
their polltlrnl opponents than from the
dissension in their own ranks.
The tariff will , of course , command
the largest share of attention and the
prospect is that months will bn con
sumed in discussion of the now bill.
The date fixed by the framers of the
measure for It to go into olTcct is March
1 , 1894 , but no ono seriously beliovcs
Mint so radical nnd comprehensive a bill
can be passed through congress prior to
that dato. The republicans will un
doubtedly insist upon ample opportunity
for discussion and amendment and it Is
presumed that the majority will accord
the fullest tlmo for legitimate debate.
The holiday recess of ion days or two
weeks will bo taken out of the tltno and
it is thought to bo doubtful whether
tho'hottso wi.ll bo advanced beyond the
stage of general uobato before the recess
begins. It is possible that the bill will
be completed in the house by Feb
ruary , or a month before the date
named for it to go into effect. The sen
ate finance committee will probably not
take loss than two weeks to examine the
measure , and it is very likely to take a
greater time. But assuming that the
bill may be placed before the son-.ito by
the middle of February , it is safe to say
that two months will bo occupied in its
discussion by that body. It is pretty
sufo to say that a now tariff bill will not
be ready for the signature of the presi
dent before May 1 , nnd persons with ex
tended experience in thobusinos.s of con
gress place the date of the passage ot
the Wilson bill as far of ! as July 1.
The currency question is only second
in impartanco to that of the tariff , but
the country ii not to well informed as to
what the policy of the party will bo re
garding the former as the latter. It is
understood that there will bo nr. attempt
on the part of the silver element of the
party to get some further legislation re
garding the white metal , but any such
effort will fn.il. The present congress
will have nothing more to do with the
silver quobtion. But the dornand for a
plan to supply more currency will bo
urgent , and an effort will bo mudo to
comply with it. There seems to be very
little probability that the proposal to
allow the national banks to issue cur
rency to the par value of their
.bonds deposited to secure circula
tion will bo adopted. The opposition
to it is believed to bo too strong to bo
overcome , and the democrats who are
friendly to the proposal will uot make
much effort In its behalf. The demand
for repeal of the 10 per cent tax on state
bank issues is assured a very consider
able support. The southern representa
tives are practically unanimous in favor
of it and they will not be entirely alone
in support of the demaud. There will
bo enough democratic opposition , how
ever , to defeat it in conjunction with
the republicans. The condition of the
treasury calls for Immediate attention
una something will have to bo
done to relieve its necessities in
advance of results , necessarily un
certain , from revenue legislation.
This congress will probably adopt
the recommendations of Secretary
Carlisle , which may embrace both an
Isano of bonds and the coinage of the sil
ver seignloi age.
There are other questions which will
give interest to the regular session of
congress for example , the Hawaiian
issue and the repeal of the federal elec
tions law but those are of far leas con
sequence than the tariff and revenue
questions , though the course of the party
in power as to all of them will have a
decided influence upon its future.
TUB ; t.m ; UK UM.KO HAY.
Considerable comment has been
aroused throughout Nebraska by reason
of the recent action of the State Board
of Transportation in acceding to the re
quest made In a shipper's petition ask
ing for a msro favorable rate on hay ,
and many of the notorious railroad
organs have hastened to attempt to make
political capital out of the wonderful dis
covery that the rate on hay established
by the order of the board is only half
that which Is laid down in the now
maximum freight rate law.
In the first place the action of the
State Board of Transportation in rela
tion to the rate on hay h.-n been for tlio
most part misunderstood wherever it
has not boon intentionally misconstrued.
The charges by Way of the Klkhornroad
for shipping hay from Holt osunty to
Omaha had boon 7 cents a hundred for
some time past. In early October the
rnilrcud guvo notlco of an increase in
those charges to 10 cents per bundled ,
and it was against this increase it
charges that the protoit in question
was filed. The Stuto Board of Transpor
tation then did not lower the previously
existing rato. It merely forbade the
railroad from .keeping in force the- , cow
ruta of 10 cents per hundred that it was
t'yinjr to impose. To characterize this
now rate aa oxcoaslvo and unreasonable
required no very great amount of cour
age , because the 7-c-ont rate had Ion ; ,
boon in effect without any objection 01
the part of the railroad. Without
changed conditions making tlio cast o
carrying hay from Holt county to
Omaha greater in October than it was
previous to October , the new rate was
manifestly extortionate on iu face unti
the proof to the contrary should be forth
The rullroaJ failed t ) make
nit its case , nnd tjio board could scarcely
nive rofusctl to accede i ) the petition.
Si far as concerns the l.Vccnt. hay rate
[ educed from the maximum freight rate
> lll , it must bo romutnborcd that thai
not merely flxoi the maxima ubjvo
vhlch the rates are not to ba raised ex
cept after going through the judicial
> roeoduro provide ! IM llio act. The no.v
aw dooj tnt direct that a single oxlst-
ng freight rate bo inci'cajotl , It pi-o-
coeds upon the theory that the legal
chednlo is lower than that mw exist-
tig , but It deus not make the maximum
ate nlsj the minimum rate. The law
oxpro ly directs the State Board Of
Transportation "to revise said classifi
cation of freight as horelnbofjro es
tablished whenever it shall appear to a
najorlty of said board just and reason
able to revise said classification. " With
i board inclined to carry out the law
.ho fact that a lower rate had for
a long time previous to its enactment
> eon profitably enforced "by the railroad
would in itself make the legal maximum
excessive and unreasonable and bring
nto operation that mandatory clause
which requires thu board to revise and
ewer such maximum.
The inference which the railroad
organs lmv < v sought to convey Is that
the now maximum freight rate law
would tend to raise rates rather than
[ ewer them because in a few items Us
schedule is higlior than that now in
torco. The fact that the railroads have
: iad the law tied up in the federal
courts It appears now indefinitely is
the host evidence ) that its enforcement
would cut into the present exactions
and not increase them. Had the State
Board of Transportation conscientiously
exorcised its power to fix rates there
would have been no call for the recent
maximum rate-legislation. It will take
mono than a refusal to allow the Elk-
liorn to raise its rate on hay to restore
the state board to the confidence of the
people.
BATB/lP/l/S/A'O / fUVfl IXTlXOtDIiB.
There has boon a great deal of blow ,
bluster and solicited puffery for pretended
tended newspaper rivals of TUB BEU in
these parts. But an intelligent com
parison affords striking proof every day
In the year that TUB BEE has no rivals
worthy of the name in its broad field
between Chicago nnd the Rockies. TUB
BKB does not feast its patrons on roast
turkey and cranberry sauce Sundays
and Christmas and starve them on water
gruel and wind pudding the balance of
the wook. THE BIE can be relied on to
furnish the most savory dishes to its
readers day in und day out. It is simply
absurd for concerns that are eking out a
bare existence to boast their superiority
in any 'department of journalism over
this paper.
THE BEE pays out more money for
editorial brains and telegraphic news
than all the dallies in Nebraska , together
with Council Bluffs , Sioux City and lies
Moines dumped in. In the quantity and
quality of those dispatches , including
cable service , congressional news , finan
cial reviews , markets and exhaustive re
ports of every incident that occurs on
land or sea , THE , BER is and will con
tinue to be peerless and invincible.
When It comes to the earnest
and' intelligent discussion of na
tional , state and loca ? issues its
alleged competitors are simply not in it.
Ring organs and fake factories have to
bo put on stilts and resort to the well
known methods of the mock auction and
cheap John shop , but THE BEE always
has been and expects always to continue
to bo patronized on merit alone. Those
who subscribe for it get their money's
worth nnd those who patronize its ad
vertising columns know that they are
investing in a paper of known circula
tion. In buying papers or buying space
for advertising experience has always
shown that In the long run the best is
the cheapest.
noirx W.TU THE UIO.IL CU.IL TRUST.
In every large city there are hundreds
of competent and industrious mechanics
and laborers out of employment during
the winter season. Omaha is no hotter
off in that respect than other cities.
Business depression the past five months
has resulted in-increasing the aggregate
number of unemployed men and in a re
duction of wages for many of those who
have boon fortunate enough to hold
their positions. It is within reason to
tay that the number of unemployed men
of families was never greater in Omaha
than it is today. It is also trite that ttio
cost of living has not boon reduced in
fair proportion to the scaling down of
wages. Anything , therefore , that con
templates a decreased oust of the neces
saries of life to the consumers of Omaha
is worthy of consideration at this timo.
Tun BKE has frequently of late made
reference to the excessive price of soft
coal , duo solely , as wo believe , to a com
bine among local dealers , abetted by
railroads ever which the coal is shipped
Into Omaha. That such a combine exists
is proven by the fact thnt the still prices
prevailing could not bo maintained with
out a pool between the dealers and
the transportation companies. Tlio
average prices of the best grades ol
soft coal per ton at the mines in Iowa ,
Kansas and Missouri as reported to THE
BKI : aro- : Slack , from 1Q to 50 cents ; nut ,
80 cents to $1 ; mine run , 80 cents to
81.25 ; Jump , $1.2o to $1.00. The average
railroad tariff rates per ton on these
grades of coal from the states mentioned
to Omaha are ; On slack , $1 to $1.I2 ! ; on
-nut , mine run and lump , $1.18 , to $1.00.
It will bo noted that the cost of trans
portation nf a ton of coal Is in most in
stances greater than the original cost of
the product at the mines- Take for ex
ample the price of mine run coal , the
grade which , more than nny other , Is
sold to the thousands of private consumers -
sumors , the householders of Omaha , II
bolls at the mines , lens than 300 miles
distant from this city , at from 80 cents to
81.25 ' a ton. For hauling this coal the
railroads charge from about one und one-
fourth to ino and olio-third times the
Ilrst cost of the ooal. This would make
the fair average cost of this standard
grade of soft coal , laid down in the yards
of the Omaha dealers , not to exceed $2.00
per ton.
TliL'ao figures are not invented , but
will bear invostluntiou. Every private
consumer knows that ho cannot purchase
a tcu of luluo run soft coal fit to put in a
steve for less tynn,84.50 , and for whnt U
claimed to bo of a Bootless quality ho
mist pay SO per * ton. This loaves the
tcnlor a margin of profit on every ton of
coal sold to private consumers of from
$1.00 to $3.40. $ jjl anybody doubt for a
moment the existence of a coal combine
.n Omaha ? > > t
Is there a nfhioQy- The last legis
lature passed a..lnyv to prohibit just such
pools nnd coiublnatbns organized to
llocco the public. "jThis law made it un
lawful for any coal dealer or dealers , or
other person or , .persons , partnership ,
company , corporation or association to
enter into any agreement , contract or
combination foji'.thc ' pooling or fixing of
prices. Heavji penalties and costs of
suit nro imposed upon these convicted
of violation of this law. It is within the
power of the labor organizations
or any other class of oltfzcns
to test the right of crul dealers
and railroads to extort tribute from the
people of Omaha by excessive prices on
a commodity that every resident is com
pelled to buy. Wo believe that the
courts , if Invoked by the people , will
break this local trust , and enable con
sumers to buy coal at reasonable prices.
LAHOR organizations the membership
of which is composed largely of em
ployes of the Union Pacific railway
promise to invoke the ledoral court to
restore the old scale of wages on that
system. They contend that if the court
can fix the salaries of the five new ro-
colvors it can also hearken to their
humble appeals. Their claims are
worthy of consideration nnd if the re
ceivers are entitled to a salary of
$18,000 each fee men on the line ore cer
tainly entitled to their old rate of pay.
The principle involved is the same. If
the court can fix the pay of the mana
gers it can fix the pay of every man on
the road. This may bo a place whore
the Railway Employes association can
show its hand , Unless it is n jug-handled
affair , as we have always believed it to
be.
of the most recently established
charities in New York City alms to give
employment to worthy laborers und at
the same tlmo to improve the condition
of the tenement house district. A con
siderable fund lias been subscribed ,
which is to bo devoted to keeping the
streets clean in a densely populated area
which receives but little attention from
the street cleaning department. The
charity will thus operate in a two-fold
direction upon these furnished employ
ment and upon the- poor people who are
given a better sanitary service. The
fund might bo 'expanded in supplement
ing any branchi of 'the ' municipal govern
ment with equally' beneficial results to
all concerned. IToro is an opportunity
for local philanthropists everywhere.
About tlie Slzo of It.
Kcvtl'arlf Itecorder.
Thcro will bo & balance on the wrong side
of the national lodgcc of at least $50,000.000
when the current fiscal'year ' is ended. You
will pay n tax oujour income next voar to
make the deficiency'good.
Destruction by I
The sugar bounty Js tb' bo abojished' , ac
cording td1 thotneory _ of nnVputatlng a dog's
tail an inch fit ri'titiie ' , and the kindness will
bo appreciated hytho'luterested parties in a
manner corresponding to the can Ino feeling
under such circumstances.
o
Aborted Tiixe * .
Jltniieapolfn Tribune.
The democracy's way ot removing the bu"-
den of taxation from a long suffering people
is a wonderful thing to behold. Not since
the civil war has any party coquetted with
so many schemes of taxation more or less
odious. Never has there been u tlmo when
the American people were threatened with a
greater variety of taxation of the most obj
noxious forms.
* Tlllitinn unit the Courts.
I'MlaiMphtJL Lciluer.
To use an everyday , homely expression ,
Governor Tillman evidently believes that
"soft words butter no parsnips. " In his
message to the general assembly ho { jives
vent to his feelings toward the courts in
consequence ot their'action towards the
state liquor dispensary in language more
forcible than cletrant , more earnest than
diplomatic. Judging by the phrases that
have been sent out by the dispatches as be
ing thickly scattered through the mesjngo
as outlets for his wrath , the document , us
a state paper , must bo truly extraordinary ,
interesting and oxcitiug.
Wrestling with thn Deficit.
A good many people are reserving their
final opinion of the pending revenue bill
until It is completed lu other words , until
Llio ways and menu * of raising nil of the
necessary revenue have been stated and
explained. The present bill suggests how
the revenue can be obtained less some $40-
000,000 or * 50,000UOO. It is necessary to
know how this deficit Is to bo mot whether
by an income tax or a corporation tax or a
duty on sugar or on some other articles now
on the free list before the cautious states
man can safely commit Himself to m unqual
ified opinion concerning the measure.
, The I'nmhn ; of Mother.
Chtcaoo Herald.
"Tho mills of God grind slowly , " but a
grist generally results. It was so in the
case of Mqsher. the bank wrecker of Lincoln ,
Nob. , who has finally been put lu zebra garb
in tbo penitentiary at Sioux Falls. Ho waster
tor many -years a republican boss and a
prison ring contractor at Lincoln. Ho
robbed the state through his contracts , and
later of n Urge sum of state money deposited
In Ills bank. Ho robbed hisconfldlugurlvato
depositors as well. Ho rode on the top
wave of success while .republican politics
prevailed in Nebraska , but the end came.
There is a moral hidden somewhere hero
that dishonest politicians und bank officers
may profit by if they discover it soon enough ,
Washington PoU > ' > Kiug Humbert is con-
froutcd with a rauher.farmldublo job of turn
ing out rascals. ) , , J
Now York Pr4ssj Tao Italian government -
mont U having tbq jja.ua ! experience of trying -
ing to run a ilrst-dass business ou a second-
class income.
Minneapolis Times , : Iu France and Italy
Gx-prtunturs audcicbilbt { ministers are almost
aa numerous uniHIiiportant as colonels in the
United States. I' ' l J
Kansas City Btnri Cabinets have re
signed or are resigning in Franco , Spain ,
Sorvla and PortugalTo the American poli
tician this JncouiilteUenslblo.
Now York Advertiser : Italy's ministry
resigned , and nowutwj ; ministries of Prince
and Borvia follow.sult. The , Hawaiian min
istry was still on. top at latest advices.
Now York World ; Franpe , Italy , Spain ,
Portugal and Scryla are enjoying cabinet
crises. They must Imvo 'somo excitement
over there , us they don't play foot ball.
Kansas City Journal : Franco and Italy
are to have now < nbluets , but the United
States will probably bo obliged to put up
with the present QUO Iu suite of the fact
that it is tbo poorest one la the world.
Philadelphia Lodger ; Senator Spulcr.
who will bo the now premier of Franco , if
ho should BJcccocl in forming a cabinet , is a
brilliant journalist aud statesman , but holds
no fixed opinions. Ho is an opportunist , ad
justing his policies to suit opportunities as
they occur. Ho has served iu the cabinet
before , aud is in every way ouallnod to be
come A prominent figure iu French politic * .
THE WILSON TARIFF Bill
A Wida Dlvaraity of Opinion oa Domoo-
racy's Fiscal Policy.
THE TREND OF EDKOniAL CRITICISM
I'orty Views Iir joly Colored by t'nrtjr Allllt-
ntlom liUcortlint Antes lu the
Itnnk * itf Until Riipiinrtur *
nntl Opponent * .
llitpiilitlcnii.
Chicago .Tournnt : I ( should ho entitled n
bill to destroy. American industries und do-
grauo American labor. No ono who has
rend the Wilson tariff bill nocd bo told whnt
It Is referred to.
Buffalo Express : However tnsano Mr. Wil
son anil his uollcngucs mav bo , thcrojnustbo
some democratic members of congress who
are not ready to commit political sulutdo by
signing the death warrant of the country's
prosperity.
Philadelphia North American : Mr. Wil
son of West Virginia has given unotnor blow
to prospnrlty under the belt , and has only
this to comfort him that bo has remanded
Morrison , Mills und Springer ns tariff tinkers
to profound oullvlon.
Now YoricKecordor : The bill is n medi
tated crime ngalnst labor. If it shall pass ,
wages must i-omo down to the European
standard. That is as certain ns thatcontrrcsi
will meet next Monday. And what will bo
the compensatory benefits to labor } None
whatever thnt nny sane man can see.
Minneapolis Tribune : Indeed , the Wilson
bill Is built on protective lines so largely
that n dispassionate person would consider
it decidedly nearer bolug a republican meas
ure than the revolutionary abolition of pro
tection demanded In the national democratic
platform.
Kansas City Journal : The tariff bill ns
presented by the ways and moans committee
will probably bo < iuito another measure by
the tlmo it reaches the president. The
southern senators and congressmen nro not
going to sco the industries of their states
slaughtered without Intel posing vigorous re
sistance.
St. Paul Pioneer Press : i'ho interests as
sailed by the bill nro so extensive and so
varied thnt it Is by no means ccrtnm thnt it
can command a majority of the democratic
voles , especially in the senate. The cer
tainty of. Its defeat would bring great relief
to the country , and it cannot bo long bcforo
Its fate will bo settled.
Chicago Tribune : On the other hnud this
bill is n radical one. It goes farther on. the
road toward frco trade than the ono for
which Senator Mills was the sponsor. It is
like that In that it Is framed with creat
tenderness for southern interests and great
disregard for northern ones. Tflo unmis
takable trail of the southern brigadier is
over it all ,
Denver Republican : Altogether , it may
bo said to bo well , viewed from the republi
can standpoint , that the democrats nuvo
committed themselves to so extreme a meas
ure. They will bo on the defensive in the
next congressional election , and they will
find it very hard to convince the American
people that the policy of protection should be
reversed to BO great nn extent.
Now York Tribune : In short , nearly all
classes must share the blessings of this
democratic change , farmers und miners ,
woolgrowors and weavers , cotton spinners ,
furnace men and lumber men. It is not nn
American bill , but is distinctively for the
benefit of other countries nnd their Indus-
tries. It is hauling down the American flag
In this country as well as In Hawaii.
lioston Advertiser The now tariff bill
prepared by the democratic majority of the
ways und means committee is partly good
and partly bad , n mixture of wisdom and
folly. It Is not so bad nnd foolish as there
was at ono tlmo reason to fear that it would
be. For that measure of relief let the coun
try bo duly thankful. The bill bears many
infallible marks of having been modified
under the influence of the recent elections.
Philadelphia Press : The Wilson tariff
bill will arouse and alarm the country. It is
much moreoxtremo and. arastlc In its do-
Atructivo features than has been expected.
It fur outruns conservative anticipations ,
and comes up to the most radical demands
of tbo most pronounced enemies of protec
tion. No such bold approach to free trade
ii is over baforo taken legislative form in this
ojunlry.
Cincinnati Commercial : r'ho manufac
turers of Sheflleld , Birmingham , Liverpool ,
Nottingham and other great manufacturing
centers In England should cable their con
gratulations to the democratic coiumittco-
nien who drafted the tai-iff-for-rovenuo-only
monstrosity. They might also post their
names for honorary membership of the Cob-
deu club. It is duo that they should recognize
the solicitude with which their interests
have been looked after at Washington.
Indianapolis Journal : The Wilson tariff
bill is the most radical stride toward frco
trade thatbas ever receive 1 the sanction of
a ways nnd means committed of an Amort-
can congress. The Mills bill was conserva
tive compared with it. and the Walker tariff
of 1840 nnd the further stop toward free
trade In 185T , which brought bankruptcy to
the treasury , are conservative measures
compared with this now before the country.
Milwaukee Wisconsin : Upon business ,
hardly less than upon patriotic and economi
cal grounds , the pending bill is flagrantly
faulty. It substitutes the ad valoroui for
the specific system in levying duties. Tills
is a deliberate turning back of the wheels of
customs administration and is the renewed
adoption of a practice which the govern
ments of the world have for the most part
discarded. The ad valorem system is ono
that puts a premium upon fraud.
Philadelphia Inquirer : It will take tlmo
to got dowu to all the iniquities and blun
ders of this bill. The great manufacturing
establishments will have to do nn innucnso
amount of close llgurln ? . Some of thorn will
close ; others will go on. Business must
struggle along someway , und of course
many faotories will get upon their feet af
ter a fashion and will do the best they can.
But where does this bill leave the workman ,
the ono above all others who was promised
lanjo wages nnd plenty of work by the tariff
tinkers } The workman Is out at both ends.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : The ono
thing thnt was needed to mak this bill
odious to the country is provided in the
change from specific [ duties to the ad valorem
form. Almost every authority on tariffs
who has spoken for the past forty or llfty
years has condemned the ad valorem sys
tem , nnd advocated the imposing of
spool tic rate * whenever practicable , as
they are ID nlno out of every ton casos. Ad
valorem duties put a penalty on honesty
and a premium on perjury. The Wilson bill
is conalsent iu being destructive und vicious
throughout , und the republican party will
fight it with all tbo resources at its com
mand.
ludejiondent Republican.
Washington Star : There are many good
points about the Wilson bill. It is not a
free trade measure , it is not a tariff-for-ro-
form-only measure. There Is'much ' less of
protection to American industries in It than
iu the McKiuloy act , but it is a protective
measure. It corrects some oxccstos of the
McKiuloy act ; it Is possibly too radical
Itself in the propositions of certain of its
schedules , and ever these issues the legis
lative battle will rago.
( ndianapolU News : On the whole the
'bill appears to be an honest effort In the
direction of a tnriff for ravcnuo only. Thcro
la plenty of protection iu it yot. The exor
bitant McKlnloy duties are reduced , nnd
they will range from 15 and 25 tier cent to
something llko 00 tier cent. I't'rimps SO net-
cent is about the average rate on dutiable
goods. It U not free trade , nor anything
llko It. It Is uot oven a tariff for royenuu
only. But it la probably ns much as the
tariff roformwa hud a right to expect.
Philadelphia Lodger : Chairman Wilson
l oud of the ablest members of thu ( pro out
congress , and It would naturally bo thought
that ba would bo sagacious enough not to
dig a double pit , ono in the front , iu the
shape of his turlff revision scheme , and
another in the rear , in the form of au iu-
como tax levy , for his party to plunge Into.
The ilrst of thejo is , as ho and his associates
have dug It. deep enough and broad euouph
to bury bis party ueyoud nil reasonable
chance orhopoof lesurrcctlon. To add to
the tlrst pit a second one , au income tax ,
nnd , In addition , u stamp tax. a tux on inher
itances and a tax ou rents and stocks , would ,
bo to dig for thu destruction of the democ
racy inoro fatally than the enemies of his
party could have douo. Uuder the ralgluy
load of hi * tariff bill , the democracy would
stagger to Irrotnovnblo defeatj It U past
the saytnir whnt would bo their f.\to If to
that loud tlioy should ndd the ctuMilng burden -
don of a tax on mcomoi and similar war
taxes In times of i > o.\ee.
Homncrnllc.
St. Louis Konubllc : The bill U ndmlrnblo
In theory nud Is a practical tax mr--xMiro
carefully worked out. It will need few
amendments nntl only a short dctntc. Our
federal taxation Is-gottlng close to the con *
slltutlon.
Atlanta Constitution : However faulty It
may lie as n metsuro of complete relief , It
will bo arcaptcd Kindly by the people In
preference to the existing statute by all
ndili the worst of Italclnd hi the whole coursn
of tarlfT legislation.
Detroit tVco Press : It U a fact to bo
proud of that the representatives of de
mocracy linvo thus boldly stood bylts pledges ,
for such courage In the face of a powerful
rind conscienceless opposition Is in iualf
strong evidence of a righteous cause.
Chicago Herald : Taken altogether , the
measure tuny bo described us a bill to
reduce/ prohibitory duties nud to provide
somewhat less protection , with coustucr.iulo
opportunity in certain cases to test the
working of free trade. The tariff proposed
does not at all rcscmblo lu Its entirety n
tarht for rovcnuo only.
Now York World : Tlio bill generally is
excellent. It has been prepared with great
care nnil entire conscientiousness. It goes
very fur , perhaps as far as Is possible to gent
nt once , toward a complete fulfilment of
dcmouratlo pledges.Vhon It passes and
becomes n law a now nud brighter era will
begin for American comtnorco ami manu
factures.
Philadelphia Uccord : As n whole , the
proposed uic.isiiro should commund itself to
the Intelligent public sentiment which ono
year ago endorsed the platform upon which
its framura Imvo buililcd , At last the demo
cratic party finds Itself In a position 'to perform -
form as well as to promise. If It Imvo thn
cournRO of Its convictions wo 1 ave no fear of
the result.
Boston Glebe : Once carried Into effect ,
tariff reform must commenJ Itself , wo feel
sure , to I ho pooplu of the whole country. In
the now era of prosperity which will follow
Its introduction , the defenders of McKlnlov-
Ism will Indeed ba tow and far between.
Tariff reform , onro embodied In law. will
amply and abundantly justify llsalf by its
results. It will be hero to stay.
Kansas City Times : It will at once bo
seen that under I ho Wilson bill our innmi-
f aiiiurinj : Industries n III ho greatly stimu
lated , bolng enabled to compato with tho-ju
of forcitrn natiom. The raw materials for
which they have boon coin polled to pav sev
eral prices without any bent-lit to the homo
producer , tacy win now bo enabled to so-
nuro at somewhere uo.ir the cost of produc
tion.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : The bill as re
ported enlarges the free list beyond all ex
pectations. Wo do not propose to dUcuss It
at length till wo have the bill Itself before
us. It. however , the reports are correct as
In its imin features It Is not a revenue
tariff bill. If it had been constructed strictly
'
on the idea of raisins revenue It would no't
have placed so many articles on the free list
nor would it have cut so remorselessly on
nearly every schedule.
Chicago Post : The bill is far more radi
cal than ar.y previous tariff reform bill. It
pees to a heavily democratic'liouso with every
assurance that , it will pass. In the senate it
will meet with bitter opposition , which can
only cl mil go it in iinmatorial features. It
will po into effect baforo any reaction in the
feeling of the country can so alter the gov
ernment us to thwart its provisions. At
last , after thirty years of protection , we are
comfortably assured of a respite from tl o
McKinley tyranny.
Now York Sun : Wo have road Prof. Wil
son's tariff bill. It mav bo called n sound
protectionist document from ono end to the
other. There Is no revenue only in It , and no
democracy. If McKinley had made it he
needn't bo ashamed of his work. Ho might
differ with Its details , but its principle would
warm his honest old heart. And it is the
work of so-called democrats and tariff re
formers !
To whnt base uses wo miiy leturn , llorutlo !
Itnpurlul Ousar. : dead and turned to clay.
Might stop u lioic to keep the wind away !
Philadelphia Times ; The extension of thp
free list is really the slgnilicant part of the
new tariff. This is entirely in accordance
with the principle laid down by Mr. Cleve
land In his famous mo.sago of 1SS7 , which
gradually became uu acceplcJ principle of
party policy and nas endorsed by the
people In the successive national elections
oflS'JO and ISiU. To ' 'ennsylvanians this
feature of the now tariff should bo especially
welcome , since it will enable our manufac
turers to compete uith those of other coun
tries v it wut reducing the wages of labor.
j.ioulsvillo Courier-Journal : It Is a better
bill thim either of the two Morrison bills or
the M11U bill which , on similar grounds , wo
advoiatol , althouirh they fell far short of
the manr aimed at-by well instructed tariff
reformers. Wo merely wish to disown re
sponsibility as to those features which scorn
to us au imposition upon the country and to
express disapproval of such omissions as
ought to have been embodied in the bill , re
serving the right in the forthcoming debate
to challenge whichever of its details as may
illustrate the case of free trade against pro
tection.
Imlopciulnnt Democrat.
Washington News : The proposed tariff
bill prepared by Chairman Wilson and his
democratic nssoelates on the ways and
means committees'follows with roimirltablo
strictness the traditions of the democratic
party , and Us presentation in a ( nil redemp
tion of the pledges made la the Chicago plat
form distinctly accepted by the pcoplool
the United States last November.
Now York livening Post ; The Wilson
tariff bill has rnlHe.l a decline of n few
points on the stock market In the group
known ns the Industrials , and the groans
from that quarter arc qulto shocking to
hear. Those nro the concerns more famil
iarly known ns trusts. They blossomed out
In great luxurlousncss nf tor the passage of
the MelClnloy bill and became the subject of
great popular odium.
Springfield fAlass. ) Republican : The bill
will meet with the hearty endorsement of
tbe nioro radical reformers. It is a radical
measure , but It walks no closely nlong the
line of probable safety , ns a rule , that con-
servatlsm will not bo disposed siiunrely to
repudiate It. ( Srantim ? that the froO'lUting
or so many important raw nutorinU mnUes
necessary liberal concessions to the raw ma
terial producers in the wav of cuts on manu
factured products , the dlnieult work h.xs
been done well.
Kansas City Star : The Wilson bill freei
from taxation n lnr o list of commodities
which Ho at the base of production. It
favors manufacturers by placing on the free
hit the loading raw materials used In big
mills nnil factories. U thus fosters Industry
instead of crippling It. U cheapens the cost
of many commodities of common consump
tion. It Is estimated that It will result lu a
saving to the puoplo of f8MUOO.OOU ) a vear.
It will ndjusl taxation In an equitable nrm
nor. U will not exact trlbuto from one class
for the benefit of another.
Chicago Record : llrlellv the now tariff bill
drafted by the democratic members of the
committee on way * and moan * under tba
direction of Chairman Wilson outlines a low
protective tariff , not a revenue tariff. Pro
tection Is oxtonncd with considerable earn
to manufacturers , who h.no been granted
free raw materials in exchange for the cut
In the scales ombraclng their products. How
Intelligently thu work has boon done can ba
discovered only after a careful analysis by
experts In the different lines of production.
So In the teeth ot the extensive free list
embraced in the hill it can bo s.iltl that the
proposed tariff Is a protective tariff. ni
New York Times : The committee is pir-
tiuularly to bo oonmiciiilod for proposing
that the law. with the exception of the
duties on woolens , shall go Into effect on the
1st of March. This tends to secure thomoro
prompt acceptance by cniurrms , and It tench
to Rlvo certainty to the calculations of busi
ness men. H allows , alsa. oijrht month * for
the operation or the law before the congres
sional elections ot next year. In that tltno
the country will have boon able to obtain a
fairly Intelligent knowledge of the woi kings
of the law. We rerard the work of thu com-
mlttco us sound and statesmanlike , nn ud-
mir.iblo combination of IMellty to prihulpln ,
with Judicious caution in its application , the
beginning of the mini triumph of the causa
of commercial freedom , full of richest prom ,
iso for the prosperity of the land.
I'opullit.
Denver News : The tnotlvo In the Wil
son bill Is free raw material , rcJuecd
rates on the manufactured article and
the substitution of nil valorem for spo-
cillc duties. AH raw material has
not been tnsulo free , the ratio on
all manuf.icturad articles hr.s not been re
duced , and all the spt'cillo duties ha\-o not
been abolished. Hut llio tread to this is
most dccUlvo in the measure , and the trend
Is in the right direction.
i.ru ;
Lowell Courier : l-'lllns a will homotlmoi
rusps the feelings of dUapuomtud l
Now Orleans I'lciivnnn : All poi > ons old
enough to bear arms Hlmnld bu vaccinated.
Buffalo Courier : Thu season Is here when
the bruve-,1. of us mo Rind to get undur covur ,
Philadelphia Uecord : Mutwlns : F never
lni\v a man lo takoso mtii-h Interest In his
hiHlncss us Cilnsiillst. HiiRKlns : What Is ho ?
Muggins : A money lender.
Now York Herald : Travcrs Did you find n.
( Ivo dollar bill In tlie- pocket of that overcoat
you repalrod forme ?
Tailor Yes , sir.
Triivers Then why ( ho mischief didn't you
send It to inuV
Tiller : You told mo you didn't want to see
tlio bill for six months.
IndlnnnpolU.Tnurn.o.l : Mr * . Hnshcrnft This
Hawaiian row lias proved n coed thing for mo.
Mrs. Drydapplo In wlmtuny ?
Mrs. Hiisliciofl Tliu hoarders gut. to discuss
ing II ill ( he tnhlu every mnnilni ; and they get
so mail they can't o it anything.
lilfn : Hobby I'op. what Is reason ?
Komi Parent Heason , my boy. Is that which
enables n man to dulurnjno what Is right.
Hobby And what Is Instinct ?
Komi I'nront Instinct Is Unit which tolls *
woman she Is ilKht whether shu la or not.
A 1'I.OttM , Jf.lSr.tH\\
Iain thn Chrysanthemum ,
I know I'm yullcr
And hoiiiutlint's ynlloror ;
Hut , I am In It Just the sumo.
lam awaru I'm built
Homowh-it
After the pattern ot a mop ;
Hut yet
J am an iininrcscont opttoinn
Of the Croat American spirit
Of ell th.ir.
For I sttuck this country
A Htrangor ,
Without ascend
And no capital ,
Kxcunt my blooming Nlmpoj
Hut I .stood HtralKht up
And held my head high ,
And doyot.
And todiiy inysolf
And my uoscundanM
Am In thu floral 400 ,
And the moiu
Trills
Wo dovalop
The moru we're admired.
4
The larceHt makers and Holier. } of
lluu clothou on K.irtli
OVERAll * l
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It
a All night and all day there were fallingsnf > w-
flakes , coming down by the thousands as big as pan
cakes. But in all of the falling done by the white
snow , it stood not a chance nor a ghost of a show , with
the way thaUthe people fell onto those suits , which
went like a snpw slide when downward it shoots.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Bend the the money express. and v P y ' , Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts.
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