tribe toward them.

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The Dingley Tariff Bill was brought up in the Senate last week.

It promises to be a very long while before a vote is reached on this
subject.

Senator Aldrich, who has charge of the bill in the Senate, explained its
various portions with the greatest care.

He stated that it was the desire of the framers of the bill to assist
the growth of agriculture, commerce, and manufacture, and that their one
aim was to enable American industries to compete with those of foreign
countries.

He went on to say that there was no desire to raise the rate of taxation
on imports (or goods brought into this country) to such a height that
people could no longer afford to deal in them, the idea was merely to
fix the price at such a figure that foreign goods could not be sold for
less money than native goods could be manufactured for.

The friends of the measure, Mr. Aldrich said, hoped in this way to
encourage American industries, and increase the prosperity of the
country.

There is much agitation in Europe over the Dingley Bill.

In the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said