Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-06-20

FRIDAY nvnNINo. JUNE 40. 1884.
An Invitation.

The Philadelphia Press invites the
iron manufacturers to give 1t 100000,
for which 1t offers to send out 60 600
copies OF It's weekly edition for four
months, laden with stout tariff argu-
ments that will bind the readers Of the
10000 fast to the protective flag Of Mr..
Blaine. The benefit to the Press is
obvious in the SIC, 900, which will leave
1t profit on the job and give it fine
circulation with which to attract adver'
tisements. The benefit to the citizens
who will get the weekly Press free Is
not to be disputed, and may be esti'
mated at q financial value Of thirty.
three and third cents, to say nothing
Of the educational value OF the high
tariff arguments with which they will be
crammed. But, 1t is not clear how the
contributors of the $40, 600 are to get their
money back. Even should the arguments
of the Press secure to them high tariff
on iron, 1t needs to be shown how they
will thereby secure profit on their man.
ufactures, which are at present profitless
despite the ample protection they enjoy.
Still, IL the $40, 900 will secure the tariff,
no doubt it will be forthcoming to the
the Press, since most iron manufacturers
have blind faith in high protective
duties, Notwithstanding the slough OF
despond into which they have now
dropped them. But il they think that a
fund for the free circulation OF tariff
literature is the thing for them to raise to
achieve their purpose, we suggest TO
them that proper economy OF their
money would induce them to give their
money to Brother Swank, who is thirsty
for it, and who has for many long
years devoted himself to getting up
the iron statistics to suit their occasions
and to publishing every manner of argu'
ment that can stir the soul of the Amer
lean citizen to conviction that his
prosperity depends upon his contributing
something to the support of the iron
manufacture.
There Is q manifest property, We must
confess, In the iron manufacturer con-
tributing to give free newspapers to the
people, in return for contributions they
make to give him his profits, in the in
creased cost Of their products caused by
tariff imposts. $4,000 for circulating
one newspaper free is pretty liberal
donation, and if they propose to keep it
up by a contribution Of $4,000 to every
Republican newspaper, they will be pay
ing pretty well for their whistle. But
we are in doubt as to whether they can
raise all this wind, since they are having
desperately hard time now in raising
enough cash with which to pay their
debts and the Press wants cash, and SC
will all the others iron manufacturer !
notes, like those of railroad COM
panies, having at present but distant
relation to money. The iron manufac
turers who have received the appeal oi
the Press may probably be reminded OF
the sanctifed injunction that we should
be just before We are generous
and then maybe they will pay
their debts before they respond tC
the Press when the responses will
be few. The fortunate ones, who have
plenty Of money, made in the halcyon
days of the trade, may generously ex
pend it for the benefit of the crowd but
If they are so disposed, We suggest to
them that if they want to give the
people something they will readily ap
preciate, they will do better by making
their contributions in groceries rather
than in newspapers.