Milford chronicle., 1888-03-02

state Of affairs whereby one dollar would pay
two dollar value, would be little better
than thief. Suppose / borrow dollar Of
man when he can buy a bushel of wheat
with it and then try to bring about state oi
affairs SO that my money will double, and
then pay him back dollar with which he
can buy only half bushel Of wheat, am 1 an
honest man p Now this is the height and
depth Of his mental reach, and carries on its
forefront the shaiiowness ofthe brain that
produced it.
Let us ask Protection TO turn the case
about, and suppose that he borrowed dol
lar Of man when it would buy only half a
bushel of wheat, and paid him back When it
would buy a whole bushei What ought to
be done in that case2 The wheat market is
iiuctuating every week, and money is being
lent What ought to be donel Suppose
Protection borrowed some money last year
to buy clothes, and this year When he goes
to pay it clothing has advanced IS per cent q.
ought he to add IS per cent. to his payment?
Or suppose Milford laborer gave the Build
ing Loan a mortgage on his house for sIoo
when wages were so cents, and he could save
$40 year, and now is ready to lift it when
wages are 81 and he can save $50 a year
would he be thief because he did not offer
to pay 5000 instead Of sIoo, and wouldn't the
$40 be worth more than the sIo9 / have
tried to put this so that Protection can COM
prehend it, II he can't, he is to be pitied ;
If lie won't lie is to be despised.
We have said that Protection knows moth
ing about the principles of criticism We
will go further, and say that he is either too
obtuse to see principle of argument, or too
uncandid to acknowledge it, Let US cite an
instance. Wequote from his last marvellous
TRADE Speaking Of A. T. rs. argument for
the necessity Of continuing the duty on many
things after our own manufactures are es-
tablished, and we can produce those articles
as cheap or cheaper than foreign countries
can; Protection says "He uses a striking
and lie could not have formed
one more apt for my purpose" It is this:
After child has been fed on food that is
necessary for its growth and tile construction
Of strong athletic frame, it is not prudent to
cut on his food and say, that lie needs moth
ing to maintain his manhood Let us see
what does baby need2 Milk and spoon
vituals. Does a full-grown man want the
same ? Imagine bearded, athletic individ-
ual going round crying for the food of his
and spoon-vituals."
Now any true critic will admit, that not
every phase Of figure ofspeech need be ap-
piled to an argument, but only that phase
which serves to illuminate and impress the
argument. The illustration above was good |
one. The child needs food to sustain and !
'aise It to manhood, the man needs food to !,
sustain and maintain life American indus /
fies once needed the tariff to foster and ma |
ure them, they now need the tariff to foster |
md maintain them. Nothing was said about |
'abies nor baby vituals A contrast was |
irawn between childhood and manhood. |
Protection don't know the difference between
/ baby and a child; there is a difference but
lie is not aware Oft. refer him to Web
ters's Dictionary, and only give the fore
going instances to show that Protection has
10 conception of, and no regard for the un-
ierlying truth of a proposition, and all apt
Illustration is to him as Jewels of gold in a
wines snout."
Mr.. Editor, we can't furnish you any orig
nal poetry with whicS to close this little
'iece. We are not in that line; but that old
tanza which we quoted in our former article,
ONES to us with a new significance and a
ouble force:
"I.ittle Tom-Tit
Thought he had wit, " etc.
We only threw it in to fill up before, we did
OF think of the appropriateness or the name
Tom-Tit." This is a very small bird, the
iuallest Of his kind. He belongs to the
'ood-pecker family. He feeds on very nasty
worms, etc. He is never still,
e is always pecking at something or some
ody. He has a very long tongue-very
ing. He is always looking for some rotten
lace and when he finds it, or thinks he finds
, he is sure to haye his mouth in it. Some
mes lie thoughtlessly attacks a hornets
est and then he is immensely agitated-
iere is a lively time, He does not seem to
alize that he is so small and so gross in
IS tastes; but it is the case, nevertheless.
e commend this little bird "tom -tit'' to /
e consideration of Protection. Let him be- {
I'D him and see in him the image of him r
IT,
If Protection is young man, he may re-
ver his ground, for youth is plastic and +
lprovable; but if he is old, with his men, /
and moral bent, we should regard his .,
Sc as hopeless. FAIR PLAY.