The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-17
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Free Wool the Main Feature-Foraker mol
Protection DeIu-ions-Har-
,i.on Not Severely Strained by Poverty.
Ecttinr VS.. Dragging Other Matters
Furr Woof.-The enemies of tie
MILL bill are right in considering free
wool as the most important feature o.
that measure. The friends OF the bill
sbould defend this feature as the key to
,Leir nosition. Tariff reform which r.
forms nothing is neither Democratic
doct,ine nor sound economic sense.
The idea that free wool means ruin 10
the sheep. grower has come 10 be positive
lv absurd. Has high tariff kept up he
nrice of the domestic wool for the pas
dozen wears Were sheep ever slaughter
Cd for their fat anu pelts under n low
wool tariff. as they were few years ago
under high duty? Do the farmers VINO
raise wheat, corn, horses, hogs, or cattle
depend upon the high tariff TO enable
them to live ~ Y World
Not A BouLANGER Frank lIatton's
characterization of Boulanger as the " !
T. Foraker Of France is scarcely
graphic. The French Bombasies never
courted A merited snub from lady IT,
order TO make personal political capital
out Of it-Efclange
/ DEIUsIOS or PROTECTI0N.-Ihe wagr
carriers are asked to support the preseni
tariff law because the cost OF labor is
greater here than in England, and artii'
: q a
10 cover the difference in wages. There
is absolutely no truth in this. Inc cost
Of labor is not greater here than 10
Europc. ard whatever bOuntles are dc-
rived from the tariff go TO the swelling
of dividends and not OF wages.-N }.
Times
\ MocKrRY or OUR lNrEIIIGESCE-
"But we must protect the labor OF The
sheep industry" answers the monopollS
champion. Pray, what labor IS there In
wool-prowingy The labor involved M
the care Of a flock of 800 sheep is about
one hoy and dog. and there the prolet-
ton Of labor ends. Was ever such a
mockerv of the protection Of labor
offered TO an intelligent people y-Ph'"
Times
MoRr THAN BANDANA.-There is a
Great deal more to Grandfather Thurman
Ihon red pocket handkerchief Wis
dom. dignity, courage, experience-this
we find in him, and this we need in tte
campaign
Harrison speeches become mono'o
mons They are rather wooden speechcs,
/ indicative of an Opaque intellect We
read them in a kind of lost forlorn
way, trying to find an idea.
HARD C,prR-Harrison's "honorablc
poverty" makes a strong campaign areu
ment in the West. His grandfather won
great many votes by the legend that he
I lived in log cabin and ladled out cider
10 old army comrades, while his OPP
nent Mr. Van Buren,, reveled IN a palac-
and ate his salt out of gold sa.tcellars.
/ We hardly think the honorable poverty
boom will be an effective election cry.
Harrison was the grandson of President
and son Of a Congressman, which doe
not imply severe strain of poverty in
the Harrison iamily.-A. !. Hrdh.
MIGHTY LITTLE DIFfERENcE.-A bud
for the Young German Emperor In our
day the man who imprisons bis mother
ranks next in degree to the one VINO
strikes a woman .-Imfs.
News COLD DAY.-Qusy gets the
Craftsmanship and Dudley Is 10 De al
lowed 10 draw the committee orders ioi
funds. On the surface this looks as u
John G New gets-left- P1'lade'ph'"
Times
FvcrssIvE IMMIGRATION Our cable
disnatches inform US that the Italian GOV
eminent will watch the proposed inquiry
nv Congress into the excessive immigIa
tion which now disturbs New York, with
the view of maintaining the riehts Of
Italy under international law and irea-
lies The question into which Congress
will inquire concerns all nations whO-c
neople come to the United States. We
do not complain Of immigration Wedn
not propose TO limit IT, Wemerely point
out The discomfort and inconvenience Of
excessive immigration, sending thous
ands of poor people for whom there isn0
employment, whose coming Is menace
to existing labor rights. This is the ques.
ton in word-Nec York Herad
LONDON, July 1j.-Five thousand per
sons assembled in Hyde Park day TO
take action with reference 10 the impris.
onment of Mr. Dillon and tho death of
Mr.. John Vaudeville Resolutions were
adopted protesting against the course Of
the government in the case of Mr. Dillon,
and declaring that the death of Mr. Man
deyile was due to the i'll treatment he re-
ceived while in prison.
BETTING VI. BRAGGING.-Early straw ;
are not worth much, but we cannot help
observing that "a good deal more than
half of the Dragging is on the Republican
side, and good deal more than half Of
the betting is on the Democratic ticket