. Review of reviews and world's work. otracted to the framing of a civil governmentTariff ^^^. ^^^^^.^^ Rj^o, becausc of the over-shadowing nature of the controversy as to thePuerto Rican tariff. As we have repeatedly stated,it had been the general supposition of tlie countrythat in annexing Puerto Rico we were, as a matterof course, giving that island full commercial unionas if it were a part of the United States. Whilewaiting for Congress to legislate, there had, underthe military government of Puerto Rico, goneinto effect by executive order a tariff system thatwas different on the on
. Review of reviews and world's work. otracted to the framing of a civil governmentTariff ^^^. ^^^^^.^^ Rj^o, becausc of the over-shadowing nature of the controversy as to thePuerto Rican tariff. As we have repeatedly stated,it had been the general supposition of tlie countrythat in annexing Puerto Rico we were, as a matterof course, giving that island full commercial unionas if it were a part of the United States. Whilewaiting for Congress to legislate, there had, underthe military government of Puerto Rico, goneinto effect by executive order a tariff system thatwas different on the one liand from tliat wliichliad existed under the Spanish colonial authorities, and on the other hand from that of theUnited States. In our opinion it would havebeen both wise and fortunate if those executivemodifications of the Puerto Rican tariff had goneto the extent of free trade between the island andthis country. What the Puerto Ricans havewanted has been a stable arrangement of somekind, under which their interrupted trade could. McKiNLEY: Will it cut any ice in the next campaign for me?—From Judffc (New York). become reestablished. The President, in his mes-sage to Congress in the first week of December,had declared it our plain duty to remove tariff bar-riers between Puerto Rico and the United States. THE PROGRESS OF THE IVORLD. 519 The Cabinet undoubtedly held tlial vie\v. , chairman of the Ways and Means Com-mittee of the House, not only concurred, but in-troduced a bill to that end. Why all these Ke-publican authorities at Washington changed theirminds, and decided that there must, after all, be atariff between Puerto Rico and this country, liasnever been explained in a way that has been quitesatisfactory to the sincerely inquiring mind. Theadvocates of the duty readily agreed to so low ascale as 15 per cent, of the rates that would havebeen due if the full Dingley tariff had gone intoforce. Then they made the concession that thistariff should be levied for
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