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CERMANTO WANT
FAVORS TARIFF TO MAKE TREA
TV MERGERING EASIER.
THE FEARS flF OPPONENTS
They Say that Worklngmcn Will Suf
fer If the BUI Becomes Law, but
Government Refuses to Legislate
for One Class Alone.
BERLIN. Tho rclchBtng, at Its
session Thursday ontored on the dis
cussion of tho tariff bill, commencing
-with the schedules relating to wheat
ad rye. Chancellor von Buelow roc
ommended that tho bill bo passed, as
drawn up, saying that tho house com
mittee proposals Increasing tho min
imum tariff would render tho conclus
ion of new treaties Impossible. The
tariff proposed by tho government, ho
added, was tho extreme limit if Oor
m&ny. wished to obtain from other
countries greater concessions than It
now enjoyed.
Tho chancollor enumerated the con
siderations which guided them in
framing tho bill.
Tho object in vlow was to afford
agriculture Increased protection, and
at tho samo tlmo not only to rotatn the
home market for Gormany'B Industries,
but also to dovolop as much as pos
sible the solo of German products
abroad.
It was deslrablo for trado, agricul
ture and Industry that commercial
' treaties extending over long periods
should be concluded, but they should
bo based on full reciprocity while safe
guarding Germany's legitimate inter
ests. Tho chanoollor pointed out that tho
now tariff specialized to a greater ex
tent than former tariffs, and said this
was Intended to afford an effective
weapon in tho negotiations for trea
ties. It also provided Increased du
ties on articles considered Important
from a politico-commercial viewpoint
.Theso Increases offered sufficient scope
for negotiations. Tho federal govern
ment regarded most of tho apprehen
sion regarding the minimum rates
provided by the bill as unfounded.
No lack of solicitude for agriculture
was shown In tho bill, and the fear
that the passage of tho measure would
lead to increased cost of living for the
working people he considered baseless.
Tho government, tho chancellor de
clared, would never consent to dis
criminate against others in favor of
working people. They must steer a
middle course botweenthe Interests of
all, between tho Interests of the agri
culturalists and Industrialists, whose
respective success was necessary to
the welfare of each other. The pro
posed agrarian duties would not harm
tho Industrialists, but tho Increase In
tho minimum rates would make it Im
possible to. conclude treaties.
SOON LEARN POLITICAL GAME.
Police Prevent Federals Registering
In Porto Rico.
SAN JUAN, P. R Tho election
registrations have been a complete
farce. Tho federals were shut out
In a majority of tho precincts of tho
Islands by an order of the executive
council placing a majority of reports
on each board.
At Vlques eight Insular policemen
guarded tho booth, no federals were
admitted and none registered. In
many towns thero have been no fed
oral registrations and In consequence
In several places in addition to Cayey
tho federals formally, retired from the
elections. In order to remedy this
the supervisor of elections allowed an
extra registration day Thursday, but
with the same result.
Wherever federals did attempt to
register there was disorder. Shoot
ing affairs occurred' at Agua Dilla,
Corozed, Vieques,, and Mayaguez.
Some persons wero wounded, but
there were no fatalities. Wholesale
arrests of federals were mado and
thpusands of protests aud charges
havo been filed,
CERTIFICATES ARE INVALID.
Pennsylvania Court Settles Dispute
Between Rival Factions.
HARRISBURG, Pa. The Dauphin
county court Wednesday declared in
valid the certificates of the state nom
inees of tho Pattlson and Pennypacker
factions of the union party. This ac
tion disposes of a bitter contest grow
ing out of an effort to secure the un
ion partv endorsement for the rival
candidates for governor on the demo
cratic and republican tickets.
The convention was originally called
together In the Interest of Robert E.
Pattlson, the democratic nominee, but
was captured by friends of ex-Judgo
Pennypacker, tho republican candi
date, and the dispute was brought
to the court la this city for settle
ment GOING EA8T TO BUY FARMS.
Nebraskans Said to Contemplate
Changing to Maryland.
. WASHINGTON. According to a
Baltimore paper a party of six No
braskans called nt the stato emigra
tion bureau in that city on Thursday
to discuss matters pertaining to farm
ing in Maryland and Nebraska with
tho emigration authorities. This party,
comprising flvo men and ono woman,
had taken advantage of tho low pas
senger rates granted on account of
tho Grand Army of tho Republic and
had como oast for tho purpose of look
ing over farm lands In Maryland.
Mombcre of tho patry looked over sov
oral farms and according to tho paper
Informed tho emigration officials that
they liked tho cllmato and nearness of
markets to tho farms; that thoy would
not go to Maryland this year owing to
leases now in oxlstonce, but hoped
to bo ablo to movo thero next spring.
FIRMIN G0E3 INTO EXILE.
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Closely Pressed That Ho Takes
Refuge on a Vessel.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haytl. The
troops of tho provisional government
aro marching on Gonalves, tho head
quarters of tho revolutionists, and It
1b reported here that M. Flrmln; tho
revolutionary leader, has embarked on
board a vessel and is going into exile.
Tho French cruiser D'Assas has loft
Port Au Prince for St. Marc, which was
reoccupled by tho government troops
recently.
Later It was announced that M. Flr
mln, with all the principal leaders of
tho revolution, had embarked on board
tho United States cruiser Clnclnatl. It
was added that they would probably bo
taken to Jamaica or St. Thomas.
Bishop Spalding Will Accept
PEORIA, III. Bishop John Lancas
ter Spalding, one of tho six commis
sioners Btated by President Roosevelt
to arbitrate the anthracite coal differ
ences, was Been here. Ho said: "It is
impossible for me to say anything of
Importance In this matter, as I havo
not been officially notified that I havo
been appointed. I am highly sensible
of tho honor that such an appointment
would confer and I feel that It should
bo my duty and pleasure to accept it
In tho evont that the president con
siders mo worthy. It Is certainly a
gre'xt honor and Imposes a Bacred duty
on any to whom It may come'
Appeals Land Grant Case.
TOPEKA, Kan. The United States
government filed notice In the federal
court here Thursday of an appeal of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas land
grant case to the United States su
premo court The cade Involves the
title to millions of acres of land along
tho railroad right-of-way. Tho gov
ernment In Its appeal maintains that
the road by means of fraud and mis
representations obtained land to which
It was not entitled. Tho case was de
cided In tho United States circuit court
againBt tho government
Decides on Field Guns.
WASHINGTON Tho board of ord
nance and fortifications definitely de
cided on a recommendation regarding
a field day for the United States ar
tillery. If this recommendation is ap
proved tho ordnance bureau will pro
ceed with the manufacture of guns,
using as a type the best features ot
various guns which have been con
sidered by tho board.
Lieutenant Peary's Condition.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. The follow
ing statement In reference to Lieuten
ant Peary's operation and general con
dition waB given out Thursday:
"Tho operation itself was simple and
successful. A speedy recovery Is antic
ipated and It Is thought that it will
not be long beforo ho will be able to
resume his official duties in the navy."
Vengeance Overtakes Him at Last
EVEREGREEN, W. Va. In tho cir
cuit court here Albert Brown, colored,
has been found guilty of killing Levi
Brown, In this town, In 1871, and sen
tenced to prison for life. Tho accused
Is a gray-haired man 66 years old. Al
though ll Is now thirty-one years since
tho crime was committed there were
three eye-witnesses to the killing in
court
Missing Consul Is Found.
LAREDO, Tex. The wife of Consul
Garrett received a telegram from her
husband Thursday, dated Guaracevi,
state of Durango, stating that ho was
enroute home. The consul and party
had been detained by high water in
the Sierra Madra range and wero un
able to reach a telegraph station.
Holland Wants No Bicycles.
HOLLAND. Consul General Listoo,
at Rotterdam, Informs tho State de
partment that the prospects for the Im
portation of American btjycles are not
very bright, owing to the fact that tho
production of bicycles has progressed
rapidly in the Netherlands.
Is Invited to Quit
It Is reported in Pekln that Kwel
Chun, the formervlceroy of Sue Chu
en province, has been dismissed from
the Imperial servlco for his failure4 to
extinguish the rebellion in that part
j of the country.'
MEAT TAXES MUST GO
REPEAL OF TARIFF DUTY
BECOME A NECE881TY.
HAS
Election of a Democratic Congress tho
Only Method by Which the People
Can Obtain Relief From the Extor
tions of tho Beef Combine.
In April of this year when tho bcot
trust had Just mado Its biggest on
slaught on tho pockets of tho Ameri
can pcoplo, tho Domocrats In Con
gress Introduced bills to abolish tho
protection tho trust enjoyed undor tho
Republican tariff bill. Mr. McDormott
of Now Jersey Introduced such a re
form measure, and Mr. Richardson
of Tennessee offered a resolution
along tho samo line, Instructing tho
Ways and McanB Committee to Inves
tigate the lncrcaso of tho prlco of
meats, dotermlno tho cause, and if
practicable offer sonio mcasuro of leg
islation that would romedy tho evil.
ThOBO measures woro roforred to
tho Commltteo on Ways nnd Means,
which Includes tho leaders of tho Re
publican party, but no action was
t&ken. There was amplo tlmo to con
sider and pass such legislation if tho
Republican majority had wished to
consider it. Thero wns a universal
demand from all over tho country
from everyone, except tho rich, for
somo remedy, No ono know bottor
than theso Republican Congressmen
that to repeal tho tariff duty on cat
tlo and beef would bring a largo meas
ure of rollef. What was tho reason
for their non action?
Tho tariff must no bo touchod.
To even consider tho matter would
disturb business and what tho Con
gressman did not sa', but was upper
most In their minds, it would cut off
to re-eloct them In tho fall. Without
an ample campaign fund Whero would
tho faithful trustltes boT
The beof trust know all this; thoy
had their paid lobbyists at Washing
ton watching tho situation, who,
after consulting the Republican lead
ers of tho Ways and Moans' Commit
tee, advised tho trust that Its Inter
ests woro safe In tho keeping of their
faithful Republican friends. What
was tho result? Another lift in beef
prices, making tho retail prices high
est over known.
The wholo country was aroused, ex
cept the millionaire and tho Repub
lican Congressmen, demanding that
something be done. Tho roor had to
give up eating meat, the mlddlo class
had to buy cheaper cuts.
Tho domand for relief from tho ex
actions of the trust after consider
able clamor at tho portals, nt last
reached tho Inside of the Whlto
House. The President acted boldly
and ordered his Attorney-General to
proceed to prosecute tho trust; not
criminally, but through tho long and
tortuous path of equity proceedings
in tho civil courts.
When tho Republican Senators and
Congressmen called upon the Presi
dent to consult him about tho patron
age in their states or districts, they
could hardly restrain a smile when
asked what thoy thought of these civil
proceedings against the trust. Thoy
knew Attorney-General Knox and his
leanings. Somo of them had known
him when Attorney for tho steel trust
They knew the JudgeB of tho Fed
eral courts had also trust leanings.
Can you wonder they smiled. If tho
President and his Attorney-General
bad proceeded against tho trust mag
nates In tho criminal courts, tho Ar
mours and tho Swifts and tho balance
of them, would now bo facing a good
prospect of serving terms of imprison
ment after conviction by a petit Jury.
The President knew all about this;
he knew that tho same evidence that
had been gathered by tho government
officials would convict In either court.
Tho evidence was on hand to convict
tho trust of combining to ralso the
price of meat and of conspiracy to
cheat tho farmers by bidding up tho
price of stock and when the full tldo
had been turned to a special market
then suddenly lowering it and buying
the stock at their own prices. Yet
he chose tho long-drawn-out civil
equity suit Instead of the qulcktr and
more drastic criminal remody.
President Roosevelt has a reputa
tion for strenuousness, but when ho
bucks the trusts he Is as mild as a
sucking dove. Publicity of trust
transactions! What caro they for
that?
Amending the Constitution an im
possibility with one-fourth of the
states objecting. The present genera
tion will be beyond the want of beef
and either sprouting their wings or bo
howling for ice water before President
Roosevelt's plans will afford relief.
But the tariff must not bo meddled
with.
The beef combine claims that tho
high price they demand for meat is
duo to a scarcity of cattle. Tho sta
tistics of tho receipts of live stock
at Chicago do 'not bear this out, for
while he receipts of cattle have fallen
off about 12 per cent from a year ago,
the retail price of beef has advanced
40 per cent during the same period.
In the Bulletin of tho Department of
Labor for July, thero Is an articlo on
beef prices, and the price of good to
extra steers, on June 1, 1901, is given
as $5.75 per 100 pounds. On the same
date, 1902, the price is given as $7.10;
on the same dates the price of good
to extra fresh beof (Western sides)
was In 1901 17.75 and in 1902 $10.00
per 100 pounds.
That article was written In defense
of the trust and tho prices glvon are
evidently mado as favorable as pos
ilble for tho beef combine. The rise
In tho price of cattle was, according
U that statement, 23 per cent and the
rise in the price of drcssod beef was
28 por cent Yet tho retail price of
beef was increased -SO por cent.
Thoro la ono singular thing about
tho prices quoted In tho Bullotln arti
clo for dressed beef. On Juno 1, 1893
and on tho samo dato In 1606, ths
price was ? 9.00 por 100 pounds, with
in ono cent a pound of tho highest
prlco reached In 1902 and yot tho re
tall prlco of boot In 1893 and 1895 did
not Increase, or at least not percepti
bly so, whtlo In tho prosont year tho
extraordinary increaso ot 40 por cent
Is added.
This Increaso In tho retail prlco of
40 per cent is tho averago increaso
for tho wholo country, In somo ot tho
largo cities tho prlco has boon raised
far mora. Anyono can BQttlo tho por
cent ot Increaso in his own locality
by looking over his butcher bills or
Inquiring of the butcher from whom
ho buys,
Tho retail butchers claim thoy aro
making but Uttlo If any profit on tho
beof they aro now selling at tho 40
por cent advance. That question must
bo Bottled between tho butchers and
tho beof comblno. Tho public is cer
tainly paying over 40 per cent moro
than thoy wero a year ago, and tho
general complaint is that tho quality
is much inferior.
Tho census shows that tho beof
trust has crushed competition and
raised tho prices. Bullotln No. 217
entitled "Slaughtering and Meat
Packing," tells tho story. In tho. ton
yenrs from 1890 to 1900, 197 wholo
salo slaughtering and meat packing
establishments woro wlpod out by tho
method of tho trusts. Not satlsQod
with their .grip on tho meat business
tho trust now In a great mcasuro con
trols tho poultry Bupply and It Is a
safo prediction that tho Thanksgiv
ing and ChrlBtmas turkey will cost
tho American poople fully as great
an Increased prlco as their beef, pork
and mutton.
Tho beef combine Is not yot a cor
porate trust, but In a fow days It will
actually become so, and all the great
packing houses will bo mcrgod into
an actual trust
This step shows tho futilo efforts ot
President Roosevelt and his attornoy
genoral to stop tho rapacity of theso
beef barons, through tho equity suit
In tho civil courts, as tho Injunction
obtained has not dotorrcd them from
forming a moro compact combination.
Either tho combino laughs at tho
puny efforts of tho administration or
knows that It is but a stage play to
stlflo tho Indignation of tho pcoplo
until after tho elections aro held.
Tho real remody Is only to bo found
In tho criminal courts, and by taking
off tho tariff protection that tho com
blno now enjoys.
Tho Dlngloy duty on beet cattlo Is
27 per cent; tho duty on sheep 1b
$1.50 a head; on frosh beof, veal, mut
ton and pork 2 cents a pound,
To repeal this tax would allow tho
supply to bo increased by importa
tions and would cut tho price of meat
to tho American consumer by tho
amount of tho tax. Tho tariff may be
sacred in tho eyes of tho Republican
politicians and their friends, tho
trusts and combines, but tho demand
for the repeal of tho schedules that
cover trust productions will force ac
tlon, and the election ot a Democratic
Congress will bring it about, for the
Republican Senate will be compelled
by public opinion to act.
Tho meat taxes must go.
That Full Dinner Pall.
Must Mean Democratic Victory.
Gov. Odell, in a speech at Buffalo,
said New York has limited the pow
ers of tho 'trusts to a greater extent
than any other state. To thoso of
us who have been of the opinion that
the trusts run riot in Wall street and
furnish Boss Piatt and Boss Hanna
with money to control elections, this
welcomo nows volunteered by tho
governor, if he is correct In his state
ment, will surely result in a Demo
cratic victory. Without a campaign
fun4, where will tho Republicans land
and with tho powers of the trust
limited In New York, the Wall streot
well, from which the bosses have
drawn bo often, will bo as dry as the
great American desert before the
Irrigation bill was passed.
Position of the Democrats.
Tho Harrlsburg Patriot (Dom.) as
serts that overy recent election in
Pennsylvania has been carried by
the Republicans through fraud and
states tho position of the Democratic
candldato for governor as follows:
"Upon fair and honest elections rest
tho very foundations of popular gov
ernment All tho other evil practices
of tho party in power aro of second
ary consequonco and can bo easily
corrected and punished when tho will
of the majority rules In tho nomina
tion of candidates and Is honestly re
corded on election day."
Commoner
Extracts Prom W.
8HAWS TREASURY POLICY.
In 1888 tho republican party de
nounced tho democratic pulley of loan
ing tho government' money without In
terest to "net banks." To day tho re
publican party is loaning moro govern
ment money without interest to "pet
banks" than was loaned at tho tlmo
when the platform of 1SS8 was written.
In fact, the present secretary ot tho
treasury has gone far beyond any pre
vious secretary in responding to tho
wishes and advancing tho Interests of
'pet banks." Tho partiality shown by
khe treasury department toward tho
Itockcrfcllor bank In Now York Is al
ready known; a letter written to the
secretary of tho treasury by ono of
tho officials of the bank demanded fa
vors on tho ground that the bank had
assisted tho republican party in tho
campaign.
Bu tho recent rulings of Secretary
Shaw go beyond anything that has
heretofore been known. It is gross fa
voritism to lot the banks havo govern
ment money for nothing In order that
thoy may loan It out to their customers
at tho usual rate of Interest. Tho fact
that they give bonds for security has
nothing to do with it, becnuso they
ilrow Interest on tho bonds nt tho samo
tlmo that they draw lntorest on tho
government money which thoy aro per
mitted to loan nut Horotoforo tho gov
ernment deposit has been considered
ltko any other deposit, nnd tho banks
In rcsorvo cities have been compelled
to keep 25 per cent of it on hand as in
tho caso of other money. But Now
York banks had loaned out bo much
money on tho watorcd stock of tho
trusts that they were not prepared for
any shrinkage in their deposits, and
tho government at once went to their
aid, and by an order of tho secretary
relieved them from the necessity of
keeping a rcsorvo against tho govern
ment deposit This gavo them quite a
margin abovo their legal rcsorvo. In
addition to this, Secretary Shaw has
enlarged tho basis of security required
of banks. Formerly a bank had to
deposit government bonds. Now, ac
cording to tho new ruling, tho bank can
deposit other securities, such as state
aud municipal bonds. It 1b easy to
mcasuro tho enormous privileges thus
conferred upon tho banks. If, for in
stance, a bank has a million dollar's
worth of bonds which It uses as a se
curity for government deposits It can
now use these deposits to purchaso a
million dollar's worth of stato or mu
nicipal bonds and substitute theso for
tho government bonds. It thus has Its
bonds (and they usually draw a higher
rato of interest than tho government
bonds) and it makes a larger profit out
of tho bonovolenco of tho treasury de
partment Having substituted other
bonds for Its government bonds tho
bank can now, under tho law, securo
a million in bank notes and loan out
its monoy at tho market rato while It
drawB interest on tho bonds and pays
a fraction ot ono per cent as a tax
to tho government
Tho national bank currency system
is a sourco of profit to tho banks and
thoy can well afford to contrlbuto lib
erally to tho republican campaign fund
la order to retain tho advantage, but
why should tho ordinary republicans
voto to tax himself for tho purposo of
giving this undeserved aid to a few
banking corporations? If tho ordi
nary republican buys a government
bond ho Is out tho use of his money
and must be content with the interest
on tho bond, but an extraordinary re
publican engaged in tho national bank
ing business can turn his bond into tho
bank with other bonds nnd tho bank
can deposit the bond with tho treas
ury department and get tho faco value
of the bond in bank notes and still
draw Interest on tho bond besides. Tho
ordinary republican can either eat his
cako or keep it; the extraordinary re
publican can eat his cake and keep it,
too.
Not content with this great ad
vantage the bankers have been de
manding and receiving a large profit
In the way of tho free use of govern
ment money, and all of tho steps taken
by Secretary Shaw have been in tho
direction of enlarging tho privileges
and profits of the national banks. If
tho ordinary republican, in his desire
to make his monoy as profitable to him
sb possible, loans out so much that he
hasn't enough to run him through the
winter, tho government uoesn t rush
to his aid nnd correct his errors to
save him from stringency in his finan
cial matters, but tho extraordinary re
publicans who control tho national
banks can loans out their reserves,
thus increasing their profits, nnd rely
upon tho favors of tho government in
every tlmo of need. If money rates
run up tho treasury promptly supplies
them with money to loan at the great
er rate, and really makes it to their
pecullary advantage to bring a recur
rence ot such condltious, not to speak
of the speculative advantage, which
can bo found in an unsteady market
Whether tho secretary has violated
the law in his effort to rescue the
banks is a question which will proba
bly be discussed when congress meets,
but that ho is running tho treasury de
partment In the interest of Wall street
la a question which is not open to dis
pute. Whether his action will frighten
depositors and lead to further with
drawal remains to be seen, but he cer
tainly has dono enough to frighten the
rank and file of the party and show
them that our government, Instead of
being administered as a government of
the people, by the pcoplo and for ths
people, Is renlly administered as a gov
ernment of tho corporations, by the
Senntor Thomas Patterson has pur
chased tho Denver Evening Times,
which means that the T3venlnc TJmes
will bo thoroughly democratic and no
longer tho mouthpiece ot selfish finan
ciers. It appears that Mr. Baer was unduly
modest when ho said he was only one
of the trustees of providence. Mr,
Baer seems to bo It.
The platforms of the New York dem
ocrats would not have needed so much
explanation If It had been made thor
ough democratic.
Comment.
J. Bryan's Paper.
corporations and for the corporations
Tho republican voter, however; can bj
consoled. Ho can Imagine himself in
partnership with tho big republicans of
Wall street nnd ho can uso WE In
speaking of tho prosperity although
tho Wall street ond of tho partnership
gets tho lion's sharo ot tho privileges
and profits.
TARIFF'S CHANGING DEFENSE.
Republican orators aro in tho habit
of defending n high tariff ns if it had
nlways been a republican doctrine, and
as if It Were nlways Justified by tho
samo arguments. As a matter of fact
tho first national platform written by
tho republican party tho platform of
1856 did not mention a high tariff.
That platform wah written at a time,
too, when the pcoplo wero enjoying a
low tariff, but tho republican leaders
did not see fit to suggest protestion as
a necessary thing.
Tho victory won by tho republicans
in I860 was not won on tho high tarlflt
Issue.
When tho civil war broke out and
tho government needed moro revenue
tho tariff was raised as a war measure,
but tho manufacturers wero not willing
to have tho rates reduced when peace
was restored.
A new reason had to be found and
Clay's argument was brought forward,
namely, that Infant Industries must bo
protected for a short time until thoy
wero ablo to stand upon their feet
This argument did servico in several
national campaigns. It was answered
in 1876 by tho election of Mr. Tlldon,
and In 1884 by the election of Mr.
Cleveland.
In 1883 tho infants had grown so
largo that they could not only stand
upon their own feet but they could
run all over other people's feet, and It
becamo necessary to manufacture a
new defense. And what was It? Well,
they said that a high tariff was not
such a temporary policy designed to
assist Infants as a permanent policy
intended to givo .manufacturers an ad
vantage over foreigners, JuBt equal
to tho dlffercncen between tho wages
paid hero and abroad. The republicans
insisted upon comparing wages per day
when they Bhould havo compared
wages por pleco (and thus make allow
ance for tho greater efficiency of Amer
ican labor) and under the pretense
that they wero securing Just enough
to cover tho dlffercnco In labor cost
tho manufacturers obtained a tariff
sufficient to cover tho entire amount
paid to American worklngmcn, and In
many Instances doubled that amount.
The manufacturers wrote tho law
themselves nnd appointed thomselvc
trustees without bond: they secured
for themselves an onouromus profit,
but were not compelled to divide with
tho wnge-carners for whose benefit they
asked protection.
But now wo nro exporting an ever
Increasing number of articles and cer
tanly no ono can say that wo need a
tariff to protect Industries which can
pay ocean freight on their output and
competo In foreign markets with the
"cheap labor" of tho whole world.
The trusts nro hiding behind a high
tariff wall and demanding extortionate
prices from peoplo in this country,
while foreigners aro given better
treatment than American citizens. A
new argument is necessary, and what
will it bo? It has already been sug
gested, namely, that tho beneficiaries
of protection must stand together and
object to any reduction anywhere.
They can not defend each schedule on
Its merits they will not try they will
simply Insist that the tariff must be
reformed, if at all, "by itB friends,"
which means that It will not be re
formed. Tho republican voters have
supported tho doctrlno of protection
under tho delusion that they were
performing n patriotic duty they havo
accepted tho statements of the manu
facturers without examination and
have felt a Bort of partnership in the1
industries protected, but they aro be
ginning to learn that they havo been
mado the victims ot a confidence game.
They aro beginning to learn that the
manufacturers who, during each ses
sion of congress, approached that body
as mendicants and begged for legisla
tion which they claimed was necessary
to savo them from bankruntev that
these manufacturers not only have . fy "2 j
jurger uauu uttuuuia man me uu4v -J. &
payers upon whom they have imposvg , $,
but have conspired together to fortk . A.
monopolies for the plunder of e1r fi v
benefactors. 4
ine i.gni is orcaKing. in apaiwr v. V 21
UAnn..AH'fl ..... . rn .m ji I r. -t& r .
business men are already Injv&$t pjd- vj
tho revolt will spread. On thej.'tarlt
ijucouuu, us uu uu uiue. qucsuuuD, uio tf v
repuDiican party aiscrimmates against o
the many nnd In favor of the few, and V .
the masses will ultimately register a
protest that will be effective.
Mr. Baer says ho is welling to leave'
It to Pennsylvania Judges. With the
memory of Judge Jackson still fresh
in their minds can you blame the min
ers for not accepting the proposition.
The ordinary republican can't get
any relief .from the treasury when he
is afflicted with financial stringency,
but he is permitted to borrow from the
banks at a high rate the mopey which
the governments loans the banks with
out interest
Tho people who praise Secretary
Shaw for loaning the bankers money
on chlp3 and whetstones are the same
people who grew red In the face and
spluttered frightfully a few years ago
when the populists hinted at a similar
thing.
The republicans say that we have
plenty of money, and yet the president
Is violating precedent and resorting to
all sorts of expedients to relieve the
stringency of the money market
Mr. Baer says the government is not
big enough to make the anthracite
trust be good only big enqugh to pro
tect w'Ji the army whlje the trust
robs right and left ' ' '
i . , -
The mention of Mr, Alger's appoints
ment to the senate somehbw'br other
reminds us of Attorney, General iKnox!
because 'A brings .up recollections, ot
the beef V- ,n trr ""
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