Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-01-09
TARIFF REFORM
MR.. NAsBY UNDERTAKES TO HELP GOV. oLEvE
LAND OUT WITH THIS PEBPLEx1NG PROBLEM
lFrom the Toledo Blade

MR.. NAsBY UNDERTAKES TO HELP GOV. oLEyE
LAND OUT WITH THIS PEBPLEx1NG PROBLEM.
From the Toledo Blade
l hev jist returned from Albany, whittier
went fur the purpus NV oonsultn with Presi-
dent Cleveland aud the eedn Dimocrisy NV
the kontry on the question NV the tariff,
which is taking the life out NV the Dimocrisy
President Cleveland was terribly deprest,
fur he he'd bin pulled aud hauled about by
diverse faokshens till he coodn't rest. He
hailed my appearance with delite aud to-
wunst begged me to help him out.
"Nothin is easier" said the Dimocrisy
is pledged to the reduckshen NV the infamus
tariff which is eatin the life out NV the peo-
pie fur the benefit Of few bloated monOpo.
lists"
"Troo !" sed he "troo !"
Very good. All there il to do IL to as4er-
tame the views NV leadin' Dimekrats of differ.
ent seckshuns NV the kentry, espeshly Dime
kratic members NV Oongris, and formOolate
sum specific policy 80 that we kin do ez we
agreed redoose the tariff without in erin any
interest. Shell 1 write these letters p
His Excelency grashusly siguiAed his as
sent, and | writ perhaps twenty letters to
different parts NV the kentry, aud lay bak
calmly awsitn the ansers, feelln' shoor thet
he'd struck the rite thing.
wuZ pleased with this biznis, fur doorin
the time l wuz writin the letters aud awatin
the ansers | okkepied elegant apartments
at the Delevan House, at the expense Nv the
Nashnel Centred Committy, (wich is in seshn
here dividin up the ofiices), which is better
than bed at Deekin Pogram's aud likker on
tick at BtsoOm's
The questions put wuz all on the tariff
ishoo, and these il tue ansers | reserved
From leadin Dimekrat Nv LooseaueT:
1. ,..tlr a 81.
be gone thro unspsrlnly The tariff shood
be taken OFF every thing, that the sui, flu
people be not tax d undooy. Their should
be, however, one exoepshuu made, and that
is on shugar. This industry RELY needs per
tekshun, and must hev il. The Dimocrisy
Nv Looseaner will never srbmit to tetchin
the tariff on shugar."
From a leedn Dime KRAFT NV Pennsilvany
"Ther amt no question q to the necessity
Nv koerful revision Nv the tariff, fur the re-
leef Nv the people. The dootes shood be
taken orr everything cepin iron and SIGH.
The Dimocrisy NV Pennsilvany insis onto free
trade in everything ceptin iron. 1t will re.
sist any reduckshen on that"
From a leedin' Dime KRAFT NV NJ lssychoosits:
Ever troo to it's pledges, the Dimocrisy
must apply the knife to all dooties, for the
releef NV the people. Exctpshuns must nv
course be made on certn interests The Di.
mocrisy Nv Moo England will insist upon free
trade in everything 'ceptin' Cotton Goods,
Wooden Goods, Yankee Noshuns, aud sech
9th sr artikels as may be manufactured in Moo
England. On these artikels q skedool Nv
wich | will send yoo the Dimocrisy Nv Moo
England will insist the dooties shell be in
creest e there is eDy change made"
From DimOkratik wool grower Nv Ohio
The tariff is inikitus on everything 'cept-
in yrnal HI fhar ha OH in hot gha
dooty must be increeht."
From Wine Grower NV Ohio and another
Nv Californy
while the tariff is inikitus on Renral prin
ciples the dooty on wines shood be histed
higher. Our industries demand this
From Lumber man Nv Mishigau
The Dmocrisy NV Northern Mishigan
loa'he the present ta,if system. The dooiy
shood be removed from everything but lum-
Der. On lumber we need pertt kshun from
Canady.'
From Copper Miner in Mshigan
1--WE demand keerful revzhun of the tar
i'd, wlch must be sweepiu and inklood a re-
dukshun on everything but copper. That
must be left ez it il, or, ef any change, slilely
increased
From Shugar Refner, Moo York:
There Amt no question ez TO the nikity
NV the prest mt tArd system. The dooty il
too high upon everything e1ceptin refined
shugsr. II tibet is tet, he'd 1T all it shood be
incresst."
From Dimekratk Brewer, Milwaukee:
The tariff is dscriminatin and onjust 10
the people and the Dimookrisy demand in
thunder tones n complete and keerful reyizh-
I'M. Everything shood be slashed onmerci
fully, except beer. Tue brewers OF Germany
hev got beer down to sech a fine pint tibet
thew kin undersell us and IL wood mayer do
to let the pisenng Nv the people be dun to
the profit Nv Germany. The tariff on Beer
shood not be fetched, onless it might be site
ly ncreest This shood be looked into"
There was suthin like a dozen more but
these was specimen brix and quite enpff to
sho the drift NV things. The pr esident was
terribly put out when red em. He simply
remsrkt Hi" and then continered
What kin do when every man Nv EN-
stands on the Republican platform on every
thing that his constlooence happens to be in
terested in ? Inesmuch es the Dimocrisy hap.
pen to be interested in everything that any
body else is, and es everyone ov em appeers
to be determined not to redoose the dooties
on his own espeshl produck, don't see how
We are going to do anything about it :"
"foor EHcellency," replied, ''yoor he'd is
level. Tariff reduckshen is an excellent thing
jist sfore an eleckshun, but it is sn ugly thing
to tackle after the battle. | humbly sriest
that we let it severely alone"
but l must make my administrator con
spicOous for suthin," was the reply.
"Troo and we will do it. We shall depend
fur success in satisfying the people, onto Re
form, generally. Reform generally, without
goiu into pertkelers ez to what we shell re-
form, is our best holt. and the only thing We
kin do PETROLEUM V. Massey.