Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1893 — Press Comment. [ARTICLE]

Press Comment.

Following are the opinions of some of the leading papers concerning the tariff bill prepared by the Reform Club: The tariff bill of the Reform Club of New York has at least the advantage of representing the business side of the tariff question. It is not assumed to be the conclusive word on the question when the next tariff bill is framed, but is part of a variety of informatibn sought with a view to to guidance. It is the antipode of that on which the McKinley committee most relied. Their system of action was to call the manufacturers of the country together, ask them how much duty they wanted, and then admit their claim, thus paying them for campaign contributions to the Republican party rendered and establishing a basis for further assessment. —Boston Herald, lnd. This method of drafting a tariff bill is entirely novel of late years, but it is thoroughly Democratic Hitherto it has been the custom for manufacturers, the direct beneficiaries of protection, to pool their interests, aDd then make demands upon a Republican Congress which promptly yielded to them. The great mass of the people were not consulted In such matters. * * * The best feature of this new undertaking of the Reform Club is that it will serve to direct'the attention of the industrial world to the fact that reductions of the tariff will be made within less than eighteen months.—Albany Argus, Dem. The services of the Reform Club in advancing the cause of tariff reduction have been inestimable in value. In season and out of season this club has sent speakers to all parts of the State, and sent its literature to thousands of citizens, and has pursued the protection fallacy to its death. The gentlemen who prepared the schedule bore the burden of the battle when the battle was burdensome. A report such as they have prepared merits study and courteous consideration. — Utica Observer, Dem.