The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-20

Republicans proposed to make cheapto
lrIrrn and the Prohibitiunists cheap
blankets. The Republicans proposed
to take the tax off of spirits used in the
arts and f"r mechanical purposes. In
the arts might mean to paint noses
with and mechanical purposes might
mean to help raise a barn. In other
words to take the tax off Of spirits
would do much harm. Our tariff is
too high. 1t commenced at 81 per
cent. under Washington and TODAY il is
47I per cent. 1t must be reduced and
the Prohibition party proposes to do
81 in such Il way rs not to Interfere
with our industries. and al the same
time help the poor man.
The speaker provoked much mirlh
bv %ridiculing the present tatiff. II
there is anything a poor man likes 1t is
otter OF roses. He buys it by the quart
and sprinkleS it uve his house to make
it pleasant and home like and that
ONE in fir, e, but if Il rich nan wants
some castor oil he must pay 1874 per
cent. And Il poor man loves uncut dia-
monds. He buys them by the peck and
scatters them to the chickens They
come IN free of dnty. but if a rich man
wants a zane OF glass lie must pay TO
PER cert. If a poor man wanted 2 or 3
India shawlS for his wife he had to pay
- uer cent. hut if Il rich man wanted
a wooden one for his wife he had to pay
as TER cont. Barley 10 per cent; steel
rails S.; shark skins. free: lumber 500
per 1000 foot: thread lace 30; SPOOL cot.
ton 80 per cent: cut diamonds 10 per
cent: blankets so: Tie tariff is a ques-
ton of $3.50, 000. 900 but the liquor ques-
ton is n of 5000. 600, 900 directly and
of 5000. 900. 600 wasted. making $500,
0O0. 600. When a boy the speaker took
a contract to chop 100 cords of wood
and kept it. He has Il bigger contract
today and that is to close the 100000
saloons aud blot them out forever.
He ridiculed all ministers who were not Pro-
hibitiOniSts by telling the story Of Jonah and
the whale and declared they are enough to ma c
any whale sick at the tOmacll. He also told the
story of David and Goliath, the giant represent
ing the rum power. The Democrats wont
tight him and the Republicans call him in
to a private room, whispers in his ear, having
closed the door and pa led down the blinds.
They tell him tina from using ? gallons per head
when they came into power the people now use
Il gallons per head, and ask him if that Is not
doing well enough. But the little David wants
to fight him. and put an idea into his head he
never had before. The Prohibition party 5 q
robust little fellow in Square-tOed, red-topped
boots, but lie was growing and will SOnrday Kill
the giant.
He concluded by saying that in a certain in
sane asylum they had a device 10 see whether
the paiien 5 were ineurable or not. Water ran
into a tub from a small hole and near the hole
was a plug within easy reach. They gave the
patient a tin dipper and told him to dip the wa
ter out fast enough 10 keep the tub from over.
flowing. II he kept on dipping day after dav he
was pronounced incurable but after awhile ifhr
became tired Of dipping and seized the plugaith
stopped up the hole, TINS cutting on the flow
of water they saw lie had some sense left
Don't keep on dipping hut use the prohibition
plug aud stop this flow Of rum forever.