, 1874-06-05
KELLEY AND HIB KANGAROO,


KELLEY AND HIS KANGAROO.
"Keliey has relaxed something Of tho ssernness
Of Ills Protootivo principles. 1io bns offered m |
amendment to tho Tariff bill admitting duty-froo |
elephants, looparda, tigers, horned horses. kun
garoos, mud alt other anl,nnls lutondod for tho |
Geological Gardons IN Fairmount Park, phila- |
dophin." So COMES tho wondrous news. Has |
Ko1lcy changed his Protective prtnciploB7 Thon
may tito loopard-porchauco tho very leopard
which will eutor Amorica under tho mgss Of this
bil1-ohangc hig Bpote. Then may tho Ethiopian
change Ills skin, and 80 apnro us tho necessity OF
passing the Ciyii-Wrongs bill In order to koop
100000 voters inside tho Republican party.
Wo fear tho Hon. plg-1ron has not
roiloctcd on tho possible consequences Of hiB
amendment. Mark TINT provaaion about "hornoa
horses." Suppose come sinful soui niRnufao-
turos horned lorsoa acroaa tho Canadian bor-
dor and importa them, nominally Tor the Zoolog~
icai Gardens. Suppose dreadful thoughtlo that
Lila false horns Bhould bo mado Of iron. AS oach
lorso stopped across tho border, bringing in
(aay) SIX pounds Of iron duty-froo. would not
| A1r. Kelley hoar tho crash Of IN abandoned fur
| naco in his Pennsylvania aud tho vail Of tho
| families of tho hundred mon thrown out Of en-
ploymout by tito competition of the paupor labor
| Of tho Dominion q?
| The idon OF Protection ia TINT anything with
enough duty laid upon 1t can be produced hero.
| Mr. Grocloy was Of tho opinion that oil our ton
should be grown at homo How often layc we
hoard those glowing bursts Of oloquenco from
Kollcy That havo sout tho American cagle wing
Ing luis way "from tho tropio glades Of tho
South, o'or bo,,ndloss prairios, to tho occrowned
,nountan-poaEs Of tho North. -o!oquenco
that was designed to show that this country
could rroduco everything, II the foreign product
wore but taxed out Of our markets. II elephant,
horned horse, tiger, leopard, and kangaroo
havo not already boon hrod Under glass roofa
in this country, 1t i9 because Aflics
and Asia have been allowed to compete with us
No yol1-regulatcd circus Is without itB kangaroo
| And yct wo stand Idly by mud aee tho gentl'
creaturo hopping o'or Australian plains on BIZ
yay to American sawdust, canvas, and cages.
, ho were but properly taxedt say $40 por pouns
and $3.50 por capita, DO per cent ad ualore'n
With forfeit OF tho whole invoice II my infan
/ | kangaroos we're concealed within tho naterns
= pouch, American 1abor might DO employed
d i producing him. Think how many mon cou]
,~ gain livelihood by tho hording OF kanEaroof
o Tito first necessity would be gigantic ho
Il house, Hundreds Of glass-blowore, and iro1
r. nolderB, and briez-malcrs, to any notl
10 iug Of iron and coaI~miners aud too
l. makers* Ct al1 mould bo required
n ordar to eos tho materials togotho
Tho operation OF building would require brio
layers, hod.carriors. carpontors plumbers, OF
All tl.eao men would haya to bo supplied ri
tools. When the plumbing began, the Ian
~ ruinos Of Illinois would be drawn upon. The
cd as or iirst-born kangatoos would doubtless d
gn nearly all these efforts would have to DO ropoat
Nv for 4 long tirae. What vissa Of employment
ho American 1abor opens boforo ua horo. VII
50 the first perfect specimen was produced,
|on would ho in dcmand. not ouly for tho Circus I
the for other usos. Tho kangaroo would mu
'of, rapid transit possible. Busiuese men, mount
as on It, would skip down Michigan agonuo o
I. beat the Hyde Park trains all hollow. The po
aB man would Sigh for. o Kangaroo. Tho CT
oir turo runs better up hill than on 1o'
ant What more could q letter-carrier In
.oir business district want7 His kangaroo wo
'ws tale him up stairs moro quickly than my
nd ging elevator could. On the plains, wlcro (
Ter. the stagc-coach conveys tho mai1s, fom
|ers with hor pouch stuffed full Of letters, would
ira- along at lightning speed. Tho horao NC
ned probably bocou,o obsolete, save where he
nan teaning was required. South African nat
)ut- considor kangaroo milk dolicaoy. and oat
Ior- flesh with gusto. Hero are two possible trs
lade ehaaoyed forth. Aud yet all those pricolosa
Con- yantagcs arc to be lost to tho country for
orth sake Of benofitlng Falrmouns Parl. Let
that KolleY bethink himself. Let him stand b,
tho nrinclplcs. II ho is constant now, graf
'rth- constituency will surely orect statuo to
ates, In sculpturod atono Kelley will bostride his
toro, CARGO. Beneath him will he tile proud Jack
It tan motto: "Tho union OF manufacturers
N to Congrosymon must and shall be preserved"
i to moro will "Pig-IroD" F" uaurp tue psnco OF
1Ir. Chriatiau name. He will 80 down III hfstol
tho Kangaroo Kelley.
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itself THE BREWERS CONVENTION.
proaa The aidross OF Horny o. Klauson, Pres
Con- of tho Dtewers' Convention, aud tho aadre