Telegram-herald., 1888-11-03
The Great Editor Tells What He Knows
About Free Trade and the Tariff

About Free Trade and the Tariff.
The only article Of merchandise that
have full information about, says Murat
Halsted Ia his Paper, the Cincinnati Com
merctdt Gazstfs. Is the news print ss the
paper Is called. which We of the press con-
vert into newspapers. As a farmers son.
| did uot 10 much buying and selling, and
was not a. an early date as expert IN the
American markets. a. in the Scotch maxlns.
Once upon a tiRe, however, ! noticed
that James Gor,ion Bennett, Jr., had bought
sbinload of paper IA Belgium. and landed
II iu New York, finding II after paying
duty. less costly than the American article
This Suggested 20 several Publishers IN
ciined % great reformaHoas that we ought
70 form a syndicate or . ring possibly. 1
ar fearful that ia these times il might 90
termed trust--to smash up the tariff ON
paper. that we migat al 60 70 Belgium and
get q fuii supply az way down figures.
NJ recollection is that We had calculated
that We might put the Belgian paper
in our press-rsns a. sc per pound,
and that tars yosld bc brilliant 70
suit Oar synd.c1.e was = failure If It
was a trust. We trusted if IN vain. The pro
tectivs system prevailed. Tue paper-mus
have multiplied The processes Of manu-
fsciurs have been improved. Vow mate
rails have been found. and We arc buying
paper today FOR one-half the 8 dgure that we
fxed az the price Of the Belgian article. and
NJ BenrefEs iuportatI0l tIrued ol- badly
because { was weighted with clay. have
NOT snccec1cd m Kctu1g frpm my free
trade friends an explanation Of TINS sat -
factory to Be and % then. viudicating the
theories a. thc f}cuccrRtic country news
papers and the scotch professors CT poiiticsl
scoaomv
Above al tais have a deep dstVgst of
the Demecrstic uzrtv I know that party
better than r. Slaws Itself. sad I know u
means mischief I vosd not trust that
party % rsvise tae tsrIT. for I Know IA
fac far = ls GA immense and d~iicafe struct-
ure That effects al occu cations. and -
which al interests sdfuss themselves. an
thlt TIE revision s. neesis should Be ~ com
uetert ani frc1dlT bands l regard ths
Demccraiic party - bota incompctcur a0a
unfrentlT. ard Che whole course ~ 20
pa--y deahuE with questions of tsraT -
revenue. commerce aad Enanre, perF21es,
wi.h a rlcsf sinisfer lnsncerisY
TIE fzvcrtc Democrats assumption FOR
The hour that trey are uot. il Nr Cieve-
l.ns's lsns &c. engaged IN = fres-trads
crussde. snd ysi ne propose % raAse. .
d eIt'l- - -ttt-a-tts y ~
the Ta.sisv sni -seaCe0 tsves. the sugar
Tax and NE taxston o. misccAaaies aud
Injuries. SID the proposed revision a1d
reform must thcrsfr~e cone cut ~ The
protective dsLes-and revision aud reform
mean IN tbrf assoc atien 3estrwcsion. TIE
surplus revenue per anaam. as calculated
T,~ Clevria-d ~ rer-Er asr isz-. was FIIs,-
assl f1a. a1s ar iatest estimates have To-
.f-.-.a ,f al,c8. xls3 IA soo below tasf f-1re
Tta Mis- nsl rts drawn to e1t Down .ae
-r~-nee sss.ec 49, and -hat resaz. acford-
sss.~ - Dsrsorr...ic ac4 CO al 1cs-rlier-s.
4rss....s-rv of sbc-t N3a 'so 'fa a rs-r
rAis IS tbe 'sst sraiEsss ef tne Aa-uir sfr1-
san -rilsr-a .tsscsencr 1f 6~s rIllans
~-,rsr. in=fe1.l 81 nsvinT st tcst rae rts
National fe1f Th.s aef,-ercr sca-rse .s
Thoroughly r.ersor rasi.. Et = .a acoer5sre-
s~lre rfe q m f..s.-zte ,ssnststlricr arc Dem
rrrafir nrscta.e snf srctrsne. 8. $ tie ie-
ss-.,..fi.u 81 The protective suties. hiosv a.
sar -,ssgt- e~et ~ -evsn-a scncFrrcy-
ard af-sr sha1 warfare ursa pensloEs. !
an opposed - ft.
sessssr rcday 4 gss ao A. s.ead - taA
ar Fcx eaar>< rose.