The morning news., 1888-08-04
The Organ and the Boss Differ.

Tfere appears to be lack of harmony
between the chief republican organ, the
| New York Tribune, and the manager of the
republican campaign committee, Mr.. Quay,
on the subject of Gen. Harrison's speech
making. The Tribune says that "Gen.
| Harrison continues to make a most favor
able impression upon the country by his
excellent addresses to visiting delegations.
Mr. Quay, who is firm believer i'll silence,
says that mo party can stand presiden-
tial candidate who made seventy-three
speeches before the campaign opened, and
Harrison must be stopped at once" 1t is
announced that Mr.. Quay is so positive
about squelchiug Gen. Harrison's loquacity
that he has asked Mr.. Dudley and Mr.. New,
who are Gen Harrisons Indiana managers,
to soc Gen Harrison and inform him that
he must stop talking at once.
But what is it that Gen. Harrison has
been saying. which, according to the Tri
bune, makes such an excellent impression
upon the country We'll. for one thing,
he has been saying to the numerous dele
cations which have been calling upon him,
that the only way to get control of the
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subsidze steamship lines between this coun-
try and Central and South American ports.
He has no doubt that if our government
were TO pursue a very liberal policy in this
respect, it would not bo long before our
exports to the Central and South American
states would be greater than our imports
from them. Quite a number of republican
statesmen have been advocating this policy
for long time, and, hence, Gen. Harrison
can hardly claim the credit of originating
it. But why has It not proven to be more
populari For the reason, doubtless, that
there is very little prospect that it would be
successful. There is no use in establishing
transportation lines to the countries
south of us until our manufacturers are
prepared to compete in the Central and
South American markets with the manu-
facturers of Europe. The merchants of
those countries will continue to buy what
they want in the cheapest markets, and it is
an undisputed fact that manufactured
goods can he purchased in Europe cheaper
than in this country. But why can they
be purchased cheaper there7 Mainly for
the reason that European manufacturers
have cheap raw materials. The manu-
facturers of this country do not hesitate to
say that with FREQ raw materials they would
be able to compete with European manu-
facturers in any market in the world. The
manufacturers of woolens, for instance
have said this within the last few weeks,
and a manager of one of the Augusta (Ga.)
mills said something akin to it recently.
From this, it appears that what this coun-
try wants, in order to increase its trade
with Central and South America, is not
subsidized steamship lines, but cheap raw
materials The tariff reformers propose to
give our manufacturers cheap raw mate
rials The Mills bill aims to do that, and if
the republican senate will pass it, in just
the shape it passed the house, great deal
will be accomplished toward giving this
country much larger share of the Central
and South American trade than it now has
Gen. Harrison's plan for increasing our
trade with thu countries to the south of us
will not bear discussion If his ideas about
other public questions are rs crude as this
one relating to the South American trade,
Mr.. Quays anxiety to anchor him to
silence" is not to be wondered at