Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-07-17
Notes from The Million

"Hon. John B. Stallo, of Cincinnati
our new minister to Italy, is fret
trader"
"The total cost of all the custom
houses in America is 81, 5S0,66 SO
The cost of collecting the tariff in 1873;
was S6,G67 .S25.46. Itmight be well t.
remember these figures.
| "The feeling in favor of more thor
ough and vigorous organization of thu
free traders grows stronger every day
We must be ready for the congressiona
elections of 1886. There is only ont
way to gain our end, ana that is IL
make our votes count"
"blr. Morrison has promised to intro
duce another tariff bill next winter
This will provoke discussion in ana
out of congress, and thus educate the
people. And if the bill is good one
and passes, it will be substantial re
lief to the people. and step toward
the goal.
Gail IIamilton's part in the Ohio
campaign consists of anlarticle furious
ly attacking prohibition in the July
number OF The North American Re
view. She pronounceS it failure in
Maine. 1t is the evident intention OF
the Blaine family not to dodge that is
Sue next time"
when civil service reform is carried
SO far as to discriminate against the
party having majority of votes, then
we oppose it. The parity in power
ought to have at least one half the
offices. AS it is, the civil service law
save the necks of 10000 republicans
who were appointed because they wer,
republicans, and it is proposed that out
side of these 10000, removals shall b,
only for cause. Our plan would hay,
been TO change as rapidly as possible
to condition where, including thes,
10000 the republicans would have hat
something less than half the offices
and from that moment drop politics Il!
much as possible in the selection o.
minor officers. However it often hap
pens that the more haste the les!
speed"
"The Pacific Mail Steamship people
who threatened Postmaster Genera
Villas that unless he gave that line lis
share of the 100000 subsidy at his
disposal, the company would refuse tc
carry The United States mail, were not
| flied that his threat possessed no pow
ers of intimidation. Foreign steam
ships would undertake the service, anC
perform it, doubtless, quite as well
| 1t is a handsome Illustration of the
nature of this subsidy, that the Pacif
ic Mail company is now receiving Oh
the basis of open competition $4,000
for this same service, for which con
gress voted the princely gift which is
now in dispute
The Detroit Free Press says: 1.-THE
tender solicitude of the American man
ufacturer for the American wage
worker is the theme of a great deal OF
imprisoned discourse-in protectioniSi
journals. 1t has received some beauti
fHl illustrations of late. One was The
importation at New York of Who'll,
families of flax workers under labor
contracts fixing their wages at about
two-thirds the going rate in this country
and compelling them to pay therefron
the expense of their transportation, al
III violation of the labor importatio
act. Another illustration was the i'm
portation of $50 French Canadians tt
work in the mills ut Hamilton, Mass.
where hundreds of natives are out oI
employment. If the American work
ingman lives long enough, he will Learn
that the protected employer buys hi,
labor in the cheapest market and keep.
his wages acc cunt and philantrophy il
separate boxes"