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Show A GOOD AND BAD TARIFF BILL Tho now tariff hill as It phssed the lower house n nkos a deep cut on nearly all duties. There aro lomo features of tho hill that cannot be defended Ipchuso they are unfair. There la.no sense In putting flour on tho free list and leaving a duty on wheat. Freo flour Is tho same ns frcq whent. If dressed beef Is to he admitted free then there should be no duty on cattle. There Is no excuse except politics, In putting wool on the free list and leaving a duty on goat hair. A heavy duty Is placed on fcrro mhngenese, used In the manufacture of steel nnd only manufactured in this country by ono concern, tho Steel trust. The lndependent"8teeT companies will have to go abroad and buy -'their j supplies nnd pay a largo duty, which evidently gives a big advhntago to the Steel trust over Its weakpr ( competitors. Already 300 amendments have been proposed to tho bill, which la now pending In the senate, and the hosts of prlvilego nro swarming at MnBhlngtnn as nover before. The mere clt(xen H nlono is silent, unheard from. As usual he Is,,lea(r-,' Ing all to his representatives. No doubt some changes will bo made in the bill In the senate', but ( It Is likely to pnss about as It was drawn up In the. louso. Missorul Valley Farmer. stZ M T f |