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Show ALL METALS ALIKE TO THEM. The Hast is having some complaint on its own account against the foolish and inconsiderate action of the House of Representatives in lumping all metals together, and treating them as if their production and handling were on precisely the same basis, when, in fact, they rosf on entirely different foundations. The Hartford Couranf presents pre-sents it stiff case against the House proposition as affecting brass and copper cop-per manufactures. It denouuecs the name "steel tariff bill" as misleading, mislead-ing, aud proceeds to show that tho bill affects many other motals injuriously, including the brass and copper industries; indus-tries; and will, in the opinion of that, paper, either shut tho doors of these factories or cause a cut in wages. "People hate to sec wages cut," it says, "but still worse do the" hate to sec factories closed and shutters up." That is a pithy statement of probable effects. But the Courant would have done well to have stated the radical difference, between the production and working of brass and copper and the production and working of steel. The United States asks no odds of any nation or any people jn the matter of steel, having tho greatest steel works in the world, the richest and most ample iron ore supplies, nnd being able to go into all parts of the world and take contracts away from every competitor. com-petitor. Locally, wc note that the Smoot organ here gets right into the Democratic Demo-cratic boat, insisting that if lead is to be protected, stool must also be protected. pro-tected. In that pcrvcrso view, one metal is just the same as another, and though we can and do compete successfully success-fully with the world in steel, and cannot can-not compete with Mexican peon labor in the production of lead, it makes no difference; a metal is a metal, and all metals must be treated alike. That is the imbecile view taken by the Democratic Dem-ocratic party in the House; but it is curious, indeed, to sec it indorsed by an alleged Republican organ in Utah. The only possible explanation of such indorsement, is the ignorance of the in-dorser in-dorser and the indorsing. The organ docs not seem to understand much about cither question, cither the economy (not politics) of lead production pro-duction in Utah or the overwhelming advantage which the steel producers of this country have over the stocl producers pro-ducers of any other country in the world, as is shown in their carrying off of contracts in every part of the earth. The great trouble with the Smoot organ is that it is incapable of comprehending com-prehending any proposition on its merits. Everything in its view is to he iudged from its political standing and effect; and yet, even so judging, it is amazing to sec that, alleged Republican organ land itself squarely in the Democratic Demo-cratic camp on the' proposition that, all metals should be t routed alike in our tariff schedules. |
