Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-26 | Page 4 | The Philippine Tariff

M H t M M H I M H m M M M I M M M M r THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF i if f M-M M M M M 4 t M 4 I M 4 4 M M M The text of the Philippine tariff bill as it passed pass d the Senate on Monday ought to be be- entirely I satisfactory to the prote protectionist element in C Con Congress n- n gress gess and throughout the country Seventy five per Pea cent of Dingley r rates tes on Philippine products imported to the mainland manifestly will willbe willbe willbe be ample to protect growers beet from arc i sugar S tobacco raisers and manufacturers a against any dangerous competition from Manila l leaf cigars or cheroots and rice and hemp farmers from the insidious introduction of those commodities from the far East On the whole the bill may be regarded re reo re- re as satisfactory to Republicans Republic generally and to Democrats in Congress who hail from States which raise the leading staples also grown in inor in Pacific possession t- t The TIle measure could not be expected to please people who believe in lice fIce trade or tariff for Jor- revenue revenue reve reve- nue on only 1 nor those who insist that there is no power power under the Constitution to impose customs duties upon goods carried from on one one p part t of ili the fhe national na national national na na- domain to another But such dissidents are in a minority at present and are hopeless of of effecting effecting effect effect- ing any change in the policy or practice of the Government Government Gov Gov- in respect of the national fiscal s system stem unless and Ind until t that at can be accomplished at the ballot box The day for the revolution on may be considerably distant We are glad to see the wheel of le legislation gradually whirling the tile great business of th the session session ses ses- es- es sion out of the tile way But much remains to be done people demand prompt and and f final lal action action ac ac- ac- ac tion on the Isthmian canal proposition pe sl tion providing pro for a liberal beginning of the Vestern Western West Vest em ern irrigation work should be enacted without loss of time The matter of reciprocity with ith Cuba ought to be fought out and settled and the same might ht be said of the Frye ship subsidy bill River and harbor appropriations the Pacific cable and many other measures are before the Houses There is not any too much time for the proper consideration tion and disposition of all weighty matters that call for discussion and action Neither Senators nor Representatives es will care to roast in Washing Washing- Washington ton all summer They can have a better time else else- where And then there will be political fences to tot t repair before the Congressional campaign shall set setin in Wherefore the thing for Congress to do is to get strenuous and stay so