Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-09

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they sat side by side. Harrison was not
conspicuous Senator, his most active ser
vice being as Chairman of the Commit
tee on Territories for two years"
"You will therefore observe" con
tinued Mr.. White, 'that Senator Sher
man does not rate the Presidential candi
dates abilities very highly and his view
| in this regard accord with everyone witt
whom Harrison is personally &C
lquainted.
| THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Gas to the tariff, I have investigated
/ the Mills bill, and taken as whole
have no hesitancy in saying that the en-
actment Of that measure would resul
in great benefit to California. Ny
reasons for this are not genera
but specific. Take our own county, fol
instance. Much has been said of the
fruit interests-the proposed bill as il
now stands does not reduce the tariff or
fruit except as to raisins, and in thai
case only half cent. But this reduction
is more than compensated for by the
elimination OF the wastage clause con.
tanned in the present tariff law. Under
that provision, importers are credited
| with q theoretical loss supposed
! to Lave been ccsansed by -eyapora=
ton, rotting and general waste.
The Mills bill makes no such allowance
and the result is that the tariff on all i'm.
ported fruits, including raisins, is raised
rather than lowered. AS to wool, my
own view is that the party is right in
seeking to cheaper the clothing which is
necessary for both the poor and the rich.
A necessary of life ought not to be taxed,
and wooden clothes are necessaries. Out
side of this, the wool which we raise is
short, it is defective in staple, and with
out the addition of the improved wools
we cannot make the finest clothes. We
can never compete with other nations in
the manufacture of fine woolens until we
remove the tariff obstruction"
MIR. DRExLER ovERHAULED.
"I observe that Mr.. Drexler, OF San
Francisco, has declared that he intends
to support Harrison and Morton because
of the proposed abrogation of the tariff
on jute and wool, yet he asserts that un-
der the present high protection no woolen
mill in tie United States is paying
dividend. Mr.. Drexler declares that he
will have to close I'D his establishment if
Cleveland is elected. AS he is manufac-
turing at loss such a course would seem
to be in the nature of blessing, and it
doubtless would be for the benefit of
his creditors. The fact that he is manu-
featuring at loss proves the truth of
what have said, that under the present
tariff, wooden manufactures cannot be
conducted in California at profit. As
to the jute business, in which Mr.. Drex-
ler is interested, he being President of
the only institution outside of San Quen-
tin, which manufactures jute in this
State, have this to say-jute is not
raised in California in large quantities.
Mr.. Drexler claims that he employs
400 men in his factory. l un-
derstand that 324 of them
are Cinnamon; this, however, is imma-
terial. The pertinent matter to be con-
sidered is the effect of reduction of the
jute tariff upon the jute industries of the
State. Every farmer who uses jute bag,
and that means every farmer who raises
sack Of wheat, barley, oats, corn, beans,
potatoes, walnuts or any of the products
of our soil, which are ordinarily shipped
in jute bags, is interested in lessening
the cost of the raw material, out OF which
the sack which he utilizes is made.
The Mills bill permits the
importation of the raw material free,
and this means direct benefit to the
farmers of this State OF $500, 900 year.
Beyond this l might mention the fact
that jute bags are now used for the
transportation of high grades of gold
bearing rock in which there is consid-
cradle quantity Of free metal, therefore,
even the mining interest is to some ex-
tent interested.
Referring again to the fruit question l
will call your attention to the removal
of the duty on tin, and one of the most
important items of expenditure in the
canning process is thus materially modi-
fed. With free tin, cannery which is
now unable to transact profitable busi-
ness can successfully continue in opera
tion. A great deal has been said about
silver. At some other time l will
point out to you from the
Congressional Records that the Demo
cratic party is the silver party
of the country. Outside Of the Pacific
Coast Senators there are no bona fide sill
yer men among the Republican mem
bers Of the Upper House of our National
Legislature, and if any one disputes this
let him publish the roll-calls upon the
question. While the views of the Presi-
dent upon this proposition may have been
questioned, there is nothing in the atti-
tude of previous Republican executives
to justify the utterance that the Repub-
lican party holds any different views upon
the silver and Chinese questions than
than those which were positively ex-
pressed by Presidents Hayes and Ar
thur, and which met with the concur
renee of Mr.. Harrison"
A POLITICAL PROPHECY.
"From a careful investigation of the
situation, I do not doubt but that New
York will go Democratic. Hill will be
reelected Governor, and New Jersey
and Connecticut will give increased ma
jorities in favor of the Democratic ticket.
Harrison has never carried Indiana, he
was beaten by 'Blueieans' Williams for
Governor, and Senator Turpie
made a winning fight against
him. The Tippecanoe cry amounts
simply to this, that he is the
grandson of his grandfather. This old
clothes proposition failed, however, to
elect young Grant, and will not be poten-
| tial in the case Of Harrison. He was
selected simply because the delegates
were unable to agree upon prominent
man, and he was looked upon as inof-