The Greencastle Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 September 1894 — Page 3
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LTHOfOH the ileuilly hostility of the Apac h e s to the settlement o f Ai izona by the whites has resulted, in the lonff run, disastro usly to the f o rmer,
they eoukt boast of many temporary triumphs during the years preceding their final subjection, and it was seldom that their bloodthirsty bands, returning red handed from the slaughter of the unprotected, were overtaken by immediate and adequate punishment. So swiftly would they swoop down on the unsuspecting settler, murder, burn, destroy ‘and disappear, that pursuit was nearly always fruitless, and though, in time, punishment was meted out after a fashion to the whole tribe, the individual perpetrators almost invariably escaped identification and justice. When Gen. Crook subdued them and placed them on reservations, it was not by any one pitched battle, but by hunting them relentlessly from their mountain fastnesses and keeping them constantly on the move until there was no longer a hiding place in all the land where they could be safe from pursuit. Then they sued for peace, which was granted them, but which they only observed when it was convenient to them-
selves.
In spite of Christian teachings the human mind still clings instinctively to the law of retaliation and refuses to be satisfied when those who have taken human life are left in possession of their own. It is consequently, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a pleasure to recall one instance at least in which a brutal band of Apache murderers were overtaken by a swift and terrible retribution. The instance here related is history—heretofore unwritten, it is true; nor can all the particulars be found in the records of the war department, for it was not deemed advisable in those days to report the killing of many Indians for fear of raising a clamor among the Boston philanthropists, so called, a class in the east who could hear of the massacre of settlers and their wives and children unmoved, but who never failed to shudder and raise a wail at the death of a “poor Indian.” The raid on the llassayampa is only too well remembered by many residing in Arizona to-day, for it was one of the last Indian outrages committed in northern
Arizona.
The few score of citizens of the little mining camps sprinkled along ttie llassayampa river were commencing to breathe easier. It was nearly four months since Gen. Crook had gathered in the numerous bands of marauding Apaches and placed them under military control on the reservation, and it was now possible to lie down at night, or even to travel from place to place, without fear or trembling. Former horrors were forgotten and men were at their ease and off their guard. But the poor Indians were suffering from ennui. So one day a large baud of thei© stole away from their reservation on the Verdi river and headed for the mining camps on the llassayampa. They had some squaws with them, for they intended to take a good long holiday and the gentle squaws could not boar to forego the pleasure of torturing the white prisoners, of whom it was hoped there would be many. They belonged to that branch of the Apache nation known as the Apache-Mohave, and there were just 1-5 of them in all. It was midafternoon ou the 18th of May, 1878, when the snake-like procession wound down through a dark, narrow ravine to the deep canyon of the Basse yam pa. and crossing quickly over the dr}’ becTbf the stream, disappeared noiselessly among the huge bolwders that lined the opposite side | and covered the abrupt slope of the overhanging mountains. Four miles below was Smith’s mill, a ten-stamp quartz mill that had just been completed, and live miles above was Ed Lambley’s ranch, where the water of the rivercame to the surface for a short distance before sinking again in the sandy channel. There \va.s no one in sight as the Indians waited behind the bowlders, but a wagon road passed up the canyon from Smith’s mill to Lambley’s ranch, and thence to the mining camp of Wiekenburg, still farther above. Soon Gus Swain came driving his mules slowly along the sandy road, his rickety wagon filled* with empty barrels. As he neared the group of bowlders it is strange that his mules did not give him warning that death lurked behind them, for his off mule was noted tor its intense dislike for Indians. Boor Swain’s body was found the next day, mutilated in an unspeakable maimer, lying in the sand beside his deserted wagon. But there was the wound of a big musket ball in his breast, and they breathed easier when they saw that proof that death had saved him from torture. The tracks showed how the Indians had swarmed around the wagon, and that they had led away one of the mules, but had butchered the other on the spot. Not a trace of the latter was left on the ground except the contents of its paunch and a few splashes of blood. Then, each one carrying a share of ttie slaughtered animal, they climbed to the summit of the rou^b, bowlder-strewn mountain, still in single file, and building a score of little fires that mode no smoke to betray their presence from a distance, they roasted and feasted and made merry. Boon word was passed that a white man was coming down the canyon,and a party of them descending the mountain again waited behind the bowld-
ers. The man was on foot, and as he came nearer they could see that lie was a well-formed, handsome young fellow, over six feet in height, and that lie carried an ivory-handled sixshooter slung to the cartridge belt that encircled bis waist. No one knows exactly what happened next, but it is certain that lie must have been startled out of his presence of mind—perhaps by their diabolical yelling, or perhaps by an arrow whizzing past him and failed to use his pistol. The tracks in the sand indicated that on coming opposite the ambush he started to run west across the canyon, and that fifty or more of the savages took after him, catching him under the cliffs on the opposite side. This would never have happened if he had pulled his pistol and faced them. They would have been compelled to shoot him dead, and thus he would have avoided the awful torture that fol-
lowed.
George Taylor, the eighteen-year-old sou of the superintendent of
SAVINGS, DEBTS AND WEALTH.
t'esas Figure# That Speak in Tlnmclerou* Tone a -The lIleHsingH of Protection. The American Economist, the organ of the Protective Tariff league, always credits any kind of prosperity to protection ami any kind of adversity to free trade. On August 84 it said: “During thirty-three years of protection—184)0 to 1808—the savings of the people in the United States increased from £4.75 to 880.63 for every man, woman and child in the country. Is not this individual gain of S81.88 in savings a satisfactory proof that protection is a good thing for the country?” Undoubtedly the per capita amount of savings deposited in savings banks has greatly increased since 18ti0. But in 1800 it was not customary, as it is now, for laborers and farmers to deposit savings in savings banks. Stockings, bureau drawers and old clocks then performed, in part, the functions of savings banks. The actual savings of the people either then or now cannot he disclosed by statistics. A large
Smith s mill, had been dispatched to proportion of the present savings is T o m hi « f'a: v u t 11 fltut i r» trx of- • i i i • i i . « 1. ..
Lambley’s ranch that morning to attend to some work on the flume which delivered water to the mill, and to turn on the water for the first mill run. 1*. TV. Smith, the mill owner, had brought him as far as the ranch in his buggy aud had gone on to Wickenburg, intending to call for him on his return that same evening. After completing his work on the flume young Taylor had decided not to wait for Smith but to return on foot, as there still remained several hours of daylight; though Lambley, who liked the boy. urged him strongly to spend the remainder of the afternoon and the night at the ranch. That was the last
seen of him alive.
In duo time Smith stopped at Lam-
simply deposited in banks until the time of payment of principal or interest of mortgages on homes or farms has become due. All of the deposits in savings banks would not now pay onethird of our mortgage indebtedness on lots and acres. This in 1889 amounted to 890 per capita. The mortgage indebtedness incurred in 188'.i was 140.53 per cent, greater than that incurred in 1880. It is probable that in 1800 the deposits in savings banks would more than have paid our then mortgage in-
debtedness.
The statistics of savings and deposits seem to show that while some have been growing richer many have been growing poorer under “protection.” The truth of this statement is shown
bley's in his buggy, and learning that in a startling way by the statistics of
the boy had gone allowed himself to be persuaded into spending the night. The next morning at Smith's mill, McDonald, one of the mill men, had to go to Wiekenburg, and saddled his horse at sunrise. He never came back. Death still lurked behind those fatal bowlders, and as he passed opposite them on his big gray horse there was a whir of arrows, and he was sent to meet Gus Swain and George Taylor. That
wealth in I860 and 1880. There has been practically no change in the per capita wealth since 1800. It was then about 8993, (corrected estimate) against 81.039 in IS'.M). But what about the division of wealth? Are the actual producers enjoying more of their product now than in 1800? Before slavery was abolished the south was rapidly gaining in wealth, but were the slaves any better off? Is the modern industrial
The Standard Oil Co. can sell oils cheaper to foreigners bccausfe the United States pays it over 87,800.000, a year in drawback duties on the tin used in the cans in which goods are exported. Why should Uncle Sam he so partial to foreigners? There are but two explanations, and, be it said to Mr. McKinley's credit, they are both entirely consistent with modern protectionist theories. If the foreigner pays our tariff taxes, of course he should Ik- favored, if there is any favoritism. as to prices. McKinley himself would readily concede that if we paid our own tariff taxes we should In- the first to enjoy the special favors conferred by the protected manufacturers. Then, again, cheap goods are abhorrent to protectionists. President Harrison told us that a cheap coat makes a cheap man. McKinley says: “Cheap! I never liked the word. Cheap and ‘nasty’ go together. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country!” Our manufacturers may dump cheap goods at the door of the economic foreigner, but they should not ask any selfrespecting American to degrade himself by purchasing the same goods at the same prices paid by foreigners. Henry Cabot Lodge settled this point forever when be said, in 1890: “The cry
for cheapness is un-American.” But, to return to the article in ques-
tion. The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin prints the figures of an actual bill of sale of a typewriter sent to Mollendo, Peru. This machine was sold for 878.48, although the reporter who visited the typewriter headquarters, in New York, could not purchase a similar one for less than 8108.50 although he was prepared to pay cash. It is stated on good authority that the cost to manufacture these typewriters I
is but 818 to 880.
The reporter mentions another case “even more glaring than in the ease of typewriters.” He was told the following
by aeommission mercb''"■*
FREE LIST SAVINGS.
INDUSTRIAL REVIVAL.
Many Million- of Dollar* Saved to tho Ou»ln«-«» floomlng Since the Keilurtion of
IVojilo of the Country. I 1'rotcctlon Price*.
The additions to the free list in the I The marks of a business and indusnew tariff will save the people of this trial revival are on every hand. The country many millions of dollars. It omens are everywhere. The idle will save them directly more than 811,- manufactories are reopening; dealers
must have been about seven o’clock in worker improving his financial condi-
the morning, for at eight o’clock tion?
Smith came along in his buggy, and, According to statistics in 1800, 90 per discovering the two dead bodies, did not cent, of our population owned about need to be told what was wrong, but 90 per cent, of our wealth. In 1890, 9 turned his horse and hurried buck to per cent, of our population owned 84
Lambley’s. That he was unmolested was proof that the murderers had
departed.
The next day a party started out to bury the bodies and to hunt for young Taylor or his remains; also to note
per cent, of our wealth. In 1800 only about 5 per cent, were practically paupers, while in 1890 over 50 per cent, are living from hand to mouth or depend entirely upon charity. The American Economist should put these
which way the Indians had gone and j facts before its readers and then try to
whether they were still lurking in the vicinity. The party was a small one, for there were not many men in the settlement, but it was not their inten tion to attempt an engagement with so large a body as this w as known to be. However, a swift courier had been dispatched at once to the military post at Date creek, forty miles from Wiekenburg. The party on reaching the scene of the murders followed
tell them of the blessings of protection. Let it also tell them that during the “free trade” period, from 1850 to 1800, both the total and the per capita wealth were more than double, and see what conclusion its readers will draw.
A LONG WAY OFF.
the well-worn trail leading to tho
Tlie Amerlrnn People Will Not Soon He-
turn to McKinleyisni.
The speech of Gov. McKinley and all republican talk of tin- same nature can-
mountain top. where the Indians had 11 ot possibly do any good and may do camped, and there, surrounded by the tin-country serious harm.
if the American people ever go back
to McKinleyism it will not be until
sa se
ry
ben
000,000, the amount of tax paid in 1893 on the principal articles now added to the list. It will save them the much larger sum that the protected manufacturers and producers were enabled by the tariff to charge for the domestic
articles.
The duty on some of the articles now placed on tho free list was prohibitory. For example, the duty on petroleum shut out all foreign competition. The tax on binding twine was so large that it gave to the cordage trust the monopoly of the business and enabled it to fix its own price. It is evident, therefore, that the tax must have cost the farmers more than the 8849.79 which was tho whole amount collected by the government on binding twine in 1893. The duty ou hoop aud band iron manufactured wholly or partially into ties was also nearly prohibitory. In 1893 the government received only 812,211 from this tax, and this was paid by the farmers who grow cotton. It was not all that these farmers paid, however, for the tax of 40 per cent, permitted the ironmasters of Pennsylvania to increase their prices to the point at which importation was too expensive tw be prolitable. Under the new law the cotton planters will bo relieved of the tax on the iron ties for
their hales.
The wheat-growers will be benefited still more. Besides binding-twine, burlaps and bags for grain are made free. The tax paid ou these articles amounted in 1893 to the very large sum of 88,085,331. The farmer did not pay all of this, but he paid a good deal of it, and he will find that the removal of the tax will make his crops of grain
-‘'■I more valuable to him.
Another article which is necessary p the farmer is salt. In 1893 the tax ollooted on salt amounted to $308,000. or many years the fish-packers of cw England have had their salt free’ f duty, but the farmers have paid tho ix on the salt used by them for curtg pork and feeding tlieir cattle. Now )th stand ou an equal footing undo
ic revenue law of the county-.
Among other benefits of the new ' .riff law is the reduction in duties on tts, Uunuels, shawls and blankets, hose necessaries of life were enoriously taxed under the McKinley act. leap foreign ffaunels, hats, shawls id blankets were practically prohib»d, the tax on them being heavier, cording to their value, than the tax i the more expensive articles of tho
me classes.
j In 1893 the tax on llannels valued at H cents a. pound was 85 per cent. Only I: worth of these cheap goods was hported. Flannels worth on the j.-erage 33 cents a pound paid a tax at n-t’ , f*the rate of 193.'^ percent. The value of
price could be outameu and the ma- | the imports of these flannels in that
chines be used in this country. It is understood, however, that at present manufacturers and sellers have made arrangements to effectually put a stop
to this practice.”
Dozens of other articles ar - mentioned ami the price > stated at which each is sold in our own and in foreign
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after the year 1897. And their action >»-.rkcts Saws shovels, cultivators on the tariff at that time will lie decid- I nc:,rl - v 11,1 { , inds ,,f to,,ls arul lm - ed by the facts of experience, and not | P 1 ^ 1 ^ ! .^ fr0 ' A n
by the froth of declamation.
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If the placing of wool,flax and hemp,
lumber, salt and copper on the free list works as well for the advantage of manufacturing and the relief of the people as the untaxing of hides, silk and other articles heretofore has done, there, will he no party crazy enough to
propose relaxing them in 1890. If the lowering of duties in tire wool-
en and other schedules operates equal-
ix-nt. less to foreigners. A cheap typewriter fold for $15 in New York is exported to South America at 85. Safes are exported at about half what they can be had for in our own markets. One sold here for s:io can be had on board an outgoing foreign 'steamer at 811. A one-column article in the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin was devoted to the export prices of coal. Pennsylvania coal sold for
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lv well, as there is every indication k x P" rt *«’ the "V st 1 » , ] l, ? s ‘‘ na that it will, the threat to restore lhe for 81.90 per ton. is sold ,,, New York outrageously high McKinley duties on a, ‘ the monopoly price of S3.
WATHCEI) BEHIND THE BOWI.DEB8.
clean-picked bones of the butchered mule, they found the body of the unfortunate boy, stripped and horribly
mutilated.
Another day passed, and then a detachment of United States cavalry arrived from Date creek, supported by a company of Indian scouts, aud took up the well-defined trail, which led eastward over unexplored mountain ranges. They found where the renegades at their next halting place had killed and eaten the other of Swain’? mules, and, as before, had consumed it entire, leaving nothing but the cleanpicked bones; and the next day they fell in with a strong scouting party from Fort McDowell, who had heard from Camp Verde that some Indians had escaped from the reservation, and
clothing and other necessaries of the people will hardly be a popular one two years hence. With the conditions thus fixed for the next three years, and the change in duties, whether up or down, to be decided by the facts of experience during this time, what good purpose can be subserved by threshing over the old theoretical straw and continuing a futile and possibly disturbing agitation? The country needs and is entitled to | n rest. And the prophets and promoters of calamity will gain nothing in ! the long run by their present desperate adventure for party capital.—N.
World.
PRICES FOR EXPORT.
Tho leading Conmioroial Nownpapor of This < oiintry Kxponos tho MonHtroua Fraud of Spoctal Diaronnts for Export— Astonishing Kovolations Is It a Crimo to
Ho an Amerloaii?
The .Journal of Commerce and Com-
A Now Era of Prosperity.
Mr. Chauncey M. Dcpew is one of tho
i.aw . . . most prominent republicans in the had been sent out to intercept them. m f ' rclal bulletin of New York is pub-i c „ untry As the president of the New
It makes one feel “as if it were a crime to be an American,” as one of the victims of this monstrous fraud expressed himself to the reporter. If even one-tenth of the 00,000,000 victims of protection could have personal experience with the “special discounts for export” McKinley’s hopes would not only vanish immediately, but a war on trusts would be begun that would soon annihilate tho worst offenders in the pernicious business. The putting of agricultural implements and machinery on the free list and the reductions of many duties in the new tariff bill will undoubtedly stop entirely, or greatly lessen, tho evils of the system; but much remains to be done. All duties that foster monopolies must be entirely abolished.
Bykon W. Holt.
The two parties so opportunely met lining a scries of articles <m “Export Y ork Central Railroad Co., he is In inti-
joined forces forthwith, and late that 1111,1 Prices.’ Although this mate touch with business affairs, afternoon the scouts brought in word question has been agitated for several, what h( , hftV8 caunot be put down as
What he says caunot be put
that their quarry had gone into camp years, but few yet realize the extent to 1Jt j ca i Vi ,p 0r ing. In his late 11am- - — - - * • ■ 1 which foreigners are favored by onr burg . j n tervi«whe declares that “the
year was $501. The tax on llannels at 48 cents was 103) 4 per cent. Flannels worth 95 cents a pound paid a tax of U0J a percent, and tho imports were
worth §75,383.
Tho cheapest blankets, worth 28, 34 and 48 cents a pound, paid tares at. tho rates of bS 1 .*, 190 and 1U4 percent, respectively. Blankets worth 95 cents paid a tax rato of 81 per cent. Tho cheapest shawls imported, worth 85 cents a pound, were taxed at laOjtf per cent.; the dearest, worth 81.14, paid 88)i per cent. The tax on the cheapest hats was 80, 100,'^ and 194!* percent. Of the cheapest only $5.85 worth was imported in 1893, and on these a tax of 84.58 was paid. Tho dearest hats paid a tax of
87L per cent.
This inequality of taxation was duo to the specific duty ou the pound. Tko McKinley tax on these articles was mixed, part specific and part ad valorem For example, the tax ou the cheapest shawls imported was 35} a ' cents a pound and 40 per cent, on the value. The tax on the high-priced shawls was 44 cents a pound and 59 per cent. Tho very cheapest shawls were absolutely prohibited by the McKinley act. The tax ou shawls worth 85 cents a pound was heavier in proportion to their value than the tax ou shawls wortli §1.14 a pound. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 1895, us to woolen goods, corrects this inequality. The duly on these articles is based entirely ou their value. Under the new law hats, shawls, llannels aud blankets that cost the most will pay tho highest rates of duty. The cheapest will be taxed at 25 per cent., the next at 30 per cent, and ’ the dearest at 35 per cent, and 40 per cent. Under the old law a cheap shawl bought in Germany for 50 cents would have cost §1.85 with the duties added. Under the new law it will cost 071^ cents, or a little more than one-half.—
N. Y. World.
are preparing to take their output; tho banks are extending their lines of
discount.
The freight traffic of the railroads— the infallible indicator of industry anti trade—shows a decided increase. Thi» growth of business is actual, not relative merely, as compared with the depression produced by the strike. Tho increase is a normal development of activity, owing to improved commercial conditions. It is based on renewed confidence, a general revival and the incoming of better times. The weakest point in the general business situation is the continued low price ot wheat, which has been regarded so long as the chief American staple prtKluct for export, next to cotton. The wheat crop now being harvested is fully up to the average, and big crops are reported from all the wheat countries. Wheat now lias to be produced in the United States in competition with countries which employ cheap coolie labor in tillage. A new era of high prices for wheat is impossible unless the coolie wheat crop shall fail for a series of years. But other agricultural products bring good prices—not extremely high, but prices that yield a fair profit over the cost of production. Agricultural prosperity in this country mnst be maintained through diversified crops. Farmers cannot rely upon one staple. Stock raising, dairy farming and variety in field crops must be the policy of the agricultural population. By having something to sell at all seasons at all the different markets the farmer will always get fair returns, anil he may in some years get almost rich on one of his crops which is a failure elsewhere. The full volume and sweep of th® commercial and industrial revival have but just begun. The repo-la from th® commercial agencies and from th® clearing houses, which are printed in the daily papers each Saturday morning, indicate the extent and direction of the increase from week to week. The last reports, August 25, were encouraging. Those of September 1 show greater progress. Each favorable report stimulates trade in all directions, causing still better reports in
the future.
The political and partisan special calamity rumors in the republican press, relating to the effect of the new tariff on production and trade, are colored and false, and are contradicted by the dispatches in adjoining columns of the same papers. There is not going to bo any cut in wages necessitated by the tariff. if wages are reduced in any locality or branch of production it is in mere wantonness and on false pretexts. Wages were not increased when the McKinley tariff went into effect, and there is no good cause for diminishing wages on tho expiration of the McKinley tariff. With booming trade, the advance wave of which is here, witli the busy wheels of industry again in motion, with the transportation lines pressed to their greatest capacity in carrying the products of tho country to market, with the hoarded funds of the banks placed in tiie channels of trade, tho gloom of tiie lust McKinley year will vanish; the material and moral effects of the strike will disappear; tho light of prosperity will be reflected from every point of the horizon, and a new epoch of growth, of progress, of thrift and increase will open on the country. —Chicago Herald.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
a short distance ahead of the column. It is probable that the marauding
it is i.,iuuu.uiu protected manufacturers. lo most st .ttlement of tiie tariff question is the party had sent back spies for the first Pt’op 1 ® it Is incomprehensible that our beginning of a new era of prosperity!” day or two. and thus learning that manufacturers,, enjoying the benefits ^at “confidence is restore',, and that they were not being followed—for tho °, f 1 ollr protective tariff laws, should means everything to us;” that "the introops did not take the trail until the * ,lnk 4 of s f llln ? rlustpcr to foreigners | (luhtrial energy of the 70,090,000 people third day after their departure—they * h ” n V’ Americans. \ et there is no i n the country, not yet fully developed, had grown careless and relaxed their lack of evidence as to the enormity of i 8 resistless when credit and stability are
vigilance. By the waters of a crystal spring, in a deep, secluded valley, walled by high mount alps, the mar-
tins fraud perpetrated upon our hardworking. law-abiding people. Nobody engaged in the export trade will deny
assured; the consuming and purchasing powers of the homogeneous population make prosperity for every busi-
derers had chosen their Besting place, that many articles are sold cheaper to m , ss ref?ard less of foreign demauds.
They had butchered tha large gray horse ridden by McDonald, their third victim, and were feasting and making merry in fancied security. The bucks were lying around at their ease, without their arms, while the squaws roasted great bunks of flesh at the camp fires and waited on their lords. Silently the stern-faced troops closed in around them, and at a signal volley
foreigners: and some exporters will tell | philadelphiv Record,
you, confidentially, that nearly every manufactured article is sold cheaper for export. One big exporter in New Y'ork, who has been many years in the business, offers to bet a goixl hat that
Fr<»« Wool.
Free wool was to destroy the American sheep, and yet the price of wool is already stiffening, the woolen mills
a manufactured article cannot be named arc getting ready for a largely in-
creased business, and hero is the Wool and Cotton Reporter asserting that our manufacturers are going to make as
that is not sold at a lower price for ex-
port than in the home market. It is not so strange that this should
iu around tnem. ana at a signal voiiey ^ t j le ca( . e lt was t he evident inten- | cheap and good goods as can be made a Lr vo ey was poum in o icin | ^; 0 n of protectionists that the foreigner any wlicre else in the world. If this
should be a preferred customer for our thing keeps up, even the Ohio Wool
manufactured products. Else why should drawback duties be paid to our manufacturers when they export products containing raw materials on
from every side. There was no chance of escape. Panic-stricken, they rushed to and fro within tiie circle of belching flame and smoke. In a few minutes all was over. Their little pleasure trip was over—aud their victims
were avenged.
Growers’ association will be so busy with its own affairs that it will have no time to continue running the government of the United States of Yrnor-
ivhich import duties have been paid? i ica.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
One of the conspicuous benefits of the new tariff bill is going to be to make all-wool clothing cheaper. Some varieties of clothing are cheap enough already, but it has generally been made so by introducing shoddy and other substitutes for wool into its manufacture. Under the free-wool tariff we ought to be able to get all-wool cloths almost as cheap as we now get an inferior article.—Boston Herald.
Tho trusts have plotted their own destruction. Their amazing audacity in throttling the senate to secure their greedy aims filled the people at first with indignation and alarm. These feelings have been succeeded by n determination to clear out and destroy, root and branch, the whole pro tectiouist system —Baltimore Sun.
Boiled down, the republican campaign war cry scorns to be, no further tinkering of the tariff, excepting by ourselves.—Boston Herald. It seems to the average man that there is much less talk of McKinley than there used to be. And there will be less and less.—Indianapolis News. McKinley has proved that protection breeds perfidy and dishonor. He can next submit argument on the proposition that under free trade there could be no purchased tariff schedules. —St. Louis Republic. It is a very poor kindof partisansliip which attributes tiie grievance of the garment-makers to the new tariff law. The sweat shop is a product of ‘protection.” It has grown and thrived under McKinleyism.—N. Y\ World. Democrats are determined to obtain free raw materials for tnanufac turers and free markets for consumers. Mr. Cleveland and his party are to gether. lie shall guard against treachery and half-heartedness.—St Louis Republic. When the price of an article goes down under the new tariff tho republicans groan for the poor workingman, and when it goes upthey groan for the poor consumer. However, since they lost tho offices the republican* never open their hungry mouths except to groan.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Is McKinley right or is Harrison right? The former says that republican success means a renewal of tha tariff struggle, and the latter says it means nothing of the kind. We would respectfully suggest to the leaders o* the republican party that they hold m, caucus and settlo the matter.—Brooklyn Eagle.
There is nothing strange in th® fact that republican money is finding its way into the labor camp. The g. o. p. has more money than anything else, and it is about the only campaign material it has to work on this year.— Detroit Free Press.
McKinley will be sure to bow and smile every time the grand stand howls over the Maine election returns. —Washington Post
w tress.—St. Louis ucpuiuic. The fact is, protection tends t<* produce corruption, nnd in order tt* maintain a high standard of honor in the legislative branch of the national government and elsewhere the people will have to do away with the system by which the taxing power of the government is exerted for the benefit of a single class.—Merchants' Review.
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