The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-12
NO. 13.

He talks reasonably, and always cor
rectly. again went to the Morgan
Works, foot of Ninth street, to have
talk with my friend Roach, sahib.
"Tell me, said I 'suppose the
duty ON pig iron were reduced from
80 ton to 50, would that relieve you
and could You retrieve the lost trade 2"
Friend Curiosibhoy," said Roach,
sahib, "the outrageous duty of 50
ton on pig iron is only one sore in the
body generally diseased; that particu-
lar sore might be removed by it, but
the rest Of the body would remain as
full of blotcbes as before" You see,
% Greeley, sahib, that Roach, sahib,
will speak always metaphorical1y.
Eve must remove" said he, "those
high duties on all and everything that
my workmen wear or consume, al
though it is not imported, but which,
nevertheless, through the aid Of the
tariff, lecomes n monopoly. We must
do this, and allow the wages of our
workmen to procure for them the
real, and not the enhanced yaIne Of
necesaa1ies
1t il singtIlar coincidence, aaid
Roach, salIib, "that You and should
both wear a Melton cloth coat. Now.
will you inform me where you bought
yours, and how much it cost YOU 2"
"Of course, said I. ''I bought
mine in London, of Nichols, in Regent
street, and | paid twenty-eight shil-
lings for it, or seven dollars god 2"
Good" said Roach, gahib. Look
at ny coat it il not any better than
yours, Perhaps / like the cut Of mine
better than your English coat but
think the cloth, trimmings and buttons
on yours are better. Now. | bought
mlne at Deylin's, noted store III this
town; / paid SIG dollars for it | be-
lieye it il ~ cheap as can be got
Now, behold, said Roach, sahib. fur
ther, why should M coat cost me
129 per cent. more in New York than
yours does in Londony Stop! stop"
cried he, as | was going to open my
mouth, currency and gold. !"
Well, let rs see. Suppose We take
gold at 10 per cent. premium, which
on 81 Is only $3.50. therefore, to turn
your 81 gold coat into greenbacks. it
would cost $3.50. Where arc the
other $3.50? Where are they j? Ask
Deylin and he viii tell you, and show
You, as i can show you in my busi-
ness, that he makes less now bv sell
ling SIC coat than he did when he
sold that coat for s. or - twelve years
ago.
Ask the tailors who made the coat
and got 60 or 10 per cent more wages
than they did twelve years ago, and
they will assure you, with perfect
truth, that they could ike better ther
than now for the wages, and they vii
say, We hadto so on q strike the Other
day because We could not live on tho
really high wages We earn.
But, above all, 20 to the AIeltor
cloth manufacturer, rs my coat is made
of American Melton, aud he viii tel
you, with perfect truth, too, that hi.
trade il ruined that never before va.
the WOODEN trade in such an unsatis
factory state.
'sGo still furtner, to the wool raiser
and he, too, viii assure you that he j,
going 10 kill his sheep for mutton ane
tallow, as wool-raising does not pa,
him.
''Wo can go no further" sale
Roach, sahib, "but where is the leak
|, Where can we find the s6. 20 differ
ence, and who is the better for it ?"
Alas, Roach, sahib!' said I, 'syol
remind me Of one of the most myster
ious affairs which happened in India.
I'm Boroda was Hindoo woman
+ who had cat, which was her grea
, pet. The Hindoo was anxious for tn,
cat to get in good condition, and sh,
j kept weighing it every day to see hoy
! much the cat either gained or lost
, She, one day, weighed the cat anC
found her to weigh exactly eighty to
las, or one seer, or. in your weight
two and a half pounds.
! '"The Hindoo woman had bough
that very morning 40 tolas of gl,ee (ol
melted butter), which she left uncau
tiously on the shelf unprotected. Tn,
cat jumped on the shelf and eat III
: every grain of gI,ee. The poor Hindo,
+ woman, after her anger was over, con
= SO1eu uefSe1I NlJA the 1dea That, any
how, the cat would now weigh 12I
tolas. She at once put her in tn,
scales, when, 10 and behold, the ca
only weighed so tolas, as before.
:" In the name of Brahma, Vishnu
> and silva, cried the poor Hindoo wo
man, where is the cat, and where i
/ the ghee ? /"
"Ha! hal" cried Roach, sahib, 'yo,
have hit the right nail on the head
At that time he had to go into hi
} workshop, and | went away But
said to myself / viii write to the grea
. American political economist; he vii
/ not only forthwith explain the myster,
of Roach, sahib's Melton coat, but h,
: will be able to solve the still create
Indian mystery of the cat and ghee.
: Ali Greeley, sahib, expound thes,
) two mysteries to your always great ad
mirer, A. CuR1os1BHoY,
! Parsee Merchant of Bombay.
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