The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-06-23
Worthy. of Consideration3T9 9#
Democratssshonld ponder and act
upon the following facts and ssugges-

MISUNDERSTANDING pOnuef ana aeb
upon the following facts and ssugges-
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NEWSPAPERS IN OHIo-There are three hun
dred and three newspapers and periodicals pub
lished in Ohio without counting the different
issues of the paper, or those publications issued
exclusively as advertising sheets. OF this num-
ber, one hundred and thirty three are Republi-
can in politics, eighty -nihe are Democratic and
thirty six independent or.neatral. OF the 9TH
ers, twenty nine are religious, four commercial
three literary and educational, three medical,
one masonic and one spfrituaIist-[E Exchange.
D We don't like this showing. Why
should not the Democrats of Ohio
support as many papers as their, ops
ponents, aud do it quite as well: The.
press IS a power in the nineteenth
century, and it is becoming more ihfu-
entail with the advance of time. Sup
pose that, heretofore, the Republicans
did not have the immense advantage
of fifty per cent. more presses in the
State suppose that. on the contrary
the number of democratic newspapers
and their circulation,2as Well,Ahad
been equal to that of their antagonists
does anybody conjecture that the
result of the annual elections for the
last ten years would have been the
same.--M MariettG Times Is53 u %
! IL is morally and absolutely certain
that if our Democratic press were as
well sustained as the, Radical, public
affairs and the interests and prosperity
of the whole people would soon be
restored to the equality of rights and
burdens upon which our State and
Federal governments; were founded.
/ The Tariff Oppression.
The Cleveland Herald publishes
extracts from a letter written by q
Western Republican member of Con,
'gress to gentleman of Cleveland
touching some of the live issues Of the
day, from which we copy the follow
ling relating to the tariff. Thousands
of intelligent Republicans Throughout
4 the country, but more especially il
the West, are obtaining new hight up
: ON this subject, and the day is no
far distant when a change of polio.
: may be looked for, but it can hardl.
be expected to be inaugurated by th,
Radical party which employs all it
powers to further the interests of TIL
monopolists and to build up a priv
legged order in the country. The writ
er says: 81 - -,
! The duty off tea and coffee effect
nothing besides, itls a luxury whicl
) the poor man uses as be does tobacc,
and whisky; and further, every cen
, is paid into the Treasury, except tn
cost of collection. The reduction OF
! iron will help some, but not enough
Where it pinches is on clothing, boot
: shoes, tools and transportation. Hal
the cost of clothing, boots, shoes, hats
shirts, &C., is tax, nine dollars o
which goes into theipoekets of wealth
manufacturers while one goes into th
Treasury. The proportion is, eve
, greater than this. The farmer of tn
West pays about thirty cents on ever
bushel of wheat by the Increased cos
: of the construction of railroads, whic
reduces his profits and oppresses labor
5 All these burdens result from on
: tariff system. It is tax and burdel
: to support particular interests, agains
| the masses of the people. This isals
z the reason why men are discharged
l and why the laborer and the poor ma
E have so much hardship to get along.
IF We could raise as much revenue OF
z few articles of luxury, and article
: which we must have and cannot pro
q nd bcN
: allow our industries free course, an
f cost in the collection of this revenu
: be about one-tenth as much. It nov
= costs us $140,000,00a TO collect $3.50,
\ 100000. our customs, revenue. Thi
/ is owing to the great number of arti
e cles on the list-about 1000. Man
E paying only a few dollars. 1t require
= an army of appraisers, guagers, in
: spectors, assessors, and oficialsto col
= lect this revenue. We ought to rails
3 S150,000,00 of customs revenue fror
S less than one hundred articles, .Thi
would relieve labor, assist the agri
cultuiists and leave manufactures an
!. commerce free and they would all o
y them flourish together.3f The larg
I manufacturers might not, be able t
S lpay ten or twelve thousand dollar sal
; aries to their agents and, the owner
live like princes; but they would do
living, safe and thriving business, an
: besides would produce articles cheape
s and soon would compete with Englan
# forth markets of the world. Til
is the reform propose for the peopl,
and my government, and if am keI
in public life long enough, Ihope t
e seeit brought about, -si.-i.,. f5sgrl
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}. A DISPATCH from Washington say
S that it has been proven that DaE