Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1888 — Slippery Jim Caught Again. [ARTICLE]

Slippery Jim Caught Again.

Mr. Blaine has been caught again. In his. “Twenty Years of Congress”, referring to the Walker tariff, he writes : “Moreover, the tariff of, 184'j was yielding abundant revenue and the business of the country was in a flourishing, condition at the time his administration was organized. Money became very abundant after the year 1849, larger enterprises; were undertaken, speculation was prevalent, and for a considerable period the prosperity] of the country was general and apparently; genuine.” This Walker tariff levied a thirty per cent. duty. The Mills bill proposes a duty, of forty-two per cent. Why should Mr. Blaine; praise a thirty per ceni. dutv and denounce a forty-two per cent, duty? This looks a little; odd. If Mr. Blaine is a protectionist, as he; claims to be, one would think that he would* favor the tariff fixing the higher rate. Per-’, haps Mr. Blaine’s objection to the Mills bill is; because it is a Democratic measure. The bill itself is all right. That is a fair inference from his position in his book.