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Show Comment on Morrison's Tariff Bill. Philadelphia, February 16. The Press's editorial: Upon the whole", the bill reported by Morrison is rather more radical than we expected in view of bis repeated assurance that the measure would be moderate, and one which the Randall wing of the party could support. It is expected the Western protectionists will be selfishly indifferent in regard to the fate of lumber and salt, and that the New England protectionists will take a view of serene unconcernedness at the violent changes proposed in relation to bituminous bitu-minous coal, iron ore, copper jind lead-Wool lead-Wool has been artfully left for the moment with a reduction of the lower grades, though it is understood it is to share the fate of lumber, salt, coal, copper and lead at the next session of the forty-ninth Congress. The Morrison bill will split up and ultimately, ultim-ately, we hope, go to pieces on the rock of the principles ,of protection. In suoh a crisis as the present protectionists must stand together. It must be a matter of supreme indifference to the individual what he wants protected. He must demand that the principles of protection be recognized. A revision of the tariff is one thing, the fifth mile-stone on the road to free trade is altogether alto-gether another. |