The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-21
GENERAL PRESS REVIEW


tariff question. He outlines the spirit in
which he would accomplish tariff reform as
follows:
Tho revenues from taxes and duties are
increasing, whilst, by the reduction OF the
public debt and the rates OF interest, the ex-
penditures should be decreased, so that ut an
early day congress will be able largely TO reA
duce tbs list of taxed imports. The most ex-
extreme and selfish proteclionisl will not ask
that classes of imported goods shall be
taxed after such taxation has ceased 10 be
necessary for revenue What classes shall
then DO dropped and assigned TO the Tree
lis? And what rates shall be fixed upon
the retained classeei The rates cannot DO
uniform. A horiz lntal tariff Is impossible.
Both revenue and business would protest.
He would eliminate the tariff question from
politics entirely, and make II one Of the
business interests Of tho country. II Is ell
ready one of the moat vital businegs interests
of the country, but with the great industrial
mon5polies arrayed on tho tide of rrotec-
ton 1t occurs TO US that II will be difficult
matter TO take the question out Of politics.
He says:
In its enormous detail, the tariff ia not pol.
itics Il Is essentially business. 1t ID folly
longer 70 pretend that there arc any political
agreements about It. Ia Pennsylvania iron
ID BUSINESS; IN southern Indiana plato glass
Ia politics. In the details each wants the ai-
vantage, and the pretended politics Of either
sparkes like the iron when hot and Ia hol-
low like tho glass when blown. Either one
ahould blush to talk about ils principles II
is only selfish and determined, like any other
pursuit Of money.
Tho protectionistS are getting up various
schemes for the protection Of their favorlts
protection. They are uuo'sJ about tho
coming congress and all sorts of plans, sus-
gestions and sophistries are being rosor!ed
TO. Among the latest Is letter from Mr.
Wharton Barker in behalf OF the Pennsylva-
mia protectionists, Of which the New York
Evening Mail says
Mr.. Wharton Barker, on behalf of tho
Pennsylvania protectionists, has sent US II
copy Of hia circular letter on the reduction
Of Internal taxes II shows the plan Of cam
pnign adopted by the heavily protected in.
teres,s Of Pennsylvania. To save reduc-
tisn Of the tariff, Mr.. Barker would abolish
the tax on spirits, on the capital and dopos
its of banks on matches, bank checks, pro
prietsry medicines, and so on. The tax on
spirits, he aays, Is Irritating" to tho South
and restraints their freedom" To identify
'lhe South" with games Of "moonshiners"
and other disreputable and lawless creatures,
does not seem very complimentary to that
section, and all sound economists agree that
q tax on spirits is the least Objectionable and
fsrost way OF raising revenue. The respec-
table portion Of the southern people ought TO
be thankful that the federal government
stands between them and unlimited cheap
whisky and that they arc saved the trouble
Of dealing with the worst class OF their pop
ulaton.
When some of our southern cities we're
being scourged with yellow fever
few years ago and people
were dying by thousands, while hundreds and
hundreds of southern households were
Allied with mourning and agony, the people
of,he north poured on! msaoy like wafer to
relieve the physical wants of tho many in
sore need and want. A great calamity, u
heart.rending woe,has fallen upon thousands
of people In Michigan, and from everywhere
nearly contributions arc being made to feed
the homeless, naked, starving, -blistered
women and Children OF Michigan, but ii seems
10 us that the south rs whole Is not max
Ing the response II should. Has Dslles done
an,thingt The New York Evening Express
says:
Up to last night the subscriptions In aid of
the Michigan sufferers had reached the sum
OF $50 562 40, being of tho rate Of $40 900 a
day since the work of collecting contrbu-
tions really began. James q. Bennett heads
the list with the liberal sum Of $1,000. The
example Ia good one and should be fol-
lowed by other gentlemen Of wealth. 1t ia
evident that the public has become thor.
oughly aroused 70 the seriousness of the
situation, and from different parts of the
country proners Of assistance are being
made. And let those who are willing 10
give remember that II they cannot give
money, clothing and provisions would also be
acceptable. 1t would DO pleasant sight TO
see some prominent citizen follow the exam
pie OF poor Jim Fisk and drive around town
with an express wagon gathering such con
tributions.
The Hour 10 q weekly journal published
in Now York, and; devoted to social in.
terests. In an article on the general iguo.
rance SO prevalent among professional men.
The Hour says:
Professional Ignorance generally Is almost