Daily Republican., 1888-01-28
MASSEY ELuolDArr, TIE TARIFF.

CoNFEDRrT X ROADS (wich is In the
BtA,s Of Ksntuoky), December IL, 1887
-Yesisrday reseeved the follerin dis
patch;
WARRINGTON, Dscem Der IL, 1887 y
To Tho r. n. NJ the Cross Roads: In
the intarest nv Civil Service Reform the
appointeee nv the President are expt ot-
cd IN 500 that his utteranoea are In
dorsod. Bee to this p. d..
LAMONT.
A wink istx good az o nod W bnnd
hoss, and immsjttly called = neetin
nv the Dimoorisy at this old neetin
houke, and then eet TO work rtedln the
naetsAee Of hi. 4 yRtlency, and studyin
the pints which wanted 70 elaborate.
alluz like TO be prepared 20 en- 10 be
effective. ! hate goin OF half cooked.
Tho pint which struck mo with the
greatest force vuE the assershun that
the present inikitus tariff foret the op.
pest and sufIerln people TO pay for
goods above wat they shood, jist the
amount nv the tariff levied, wich levy
vent TO build up oppressive monopolies;
wich 10 10 say that on every dollsr'b
wuth Nv English goods wich we bot,
we paid. sdi,hpel to the dollar, 90 or
| wbsteNes per cont tho inikttis tariff
imposed. Ef II wux 30 per cent We
paid for the dollars wuth 81 20, and
ef 90 per cent o dollar and halI, and
| so ou.
Ez ! teach best by iilustrashen, the
| minit got this fact hxed In ny mind
preceded TO arrange my illustrasben.
bev bustid, afore now, by not beln'
fully prepared
CLOSED mp the ffioe and stepped out
to Bascom's TO get . nip 30 stiddy ny
mind which l TOOK, payin' him for it.
I am payi In cash half the time for my
drinks, and actilly pAyln' suthin (Cz
little ns possible), on old account
BtSppin out Into tue street, who should
l SEQ comia out nv Oppep heilne q
| olothin store tus Sim GAvitt, Q Niger
which belonged 10 Squire Gavitt nfore
he wtz robbed Of him by Llnkin, and
wioh hez the eineral cast nv the GAvitt
Teachers 80 much so ez to perduoe .
coolness betWiKt the old Squire and his
| wife yeers ago. Sim was drest from
| top TO toe In n entlIe moo BOOT nv oloze,
hevln his old ones done mp very peetly
In paper which he kerried In his
hand.
A ijee struck me to wunst.
"sim" said l, "wouia q dollar In
dooso you to cum to . meetin to night
| hnd wear tnem clo1tI
IL you to SpeAkr" he asked.
| "ssftin," said i.
~ dollars purity chesp-mAhe 1t q
dollar'n 'Rlf and it'sA CO."
And you will git up and come for-
| "Yes"
"It's 60. Be on hand early, and
ware them oloze."
"All lite. boss"
The evening come, the horn was
footed, and the dimocrlsy filed out nv
BaBcom's and hllei the house to over.
hoWin. L red the message to em, and
sefEin upon the central ijeer In IL that
the clnSoomer wuz taxed TO flll the
| poOk ets nv the blotid msnoofactoorer,
worked em up to y At NV desperaahen, !,
which wuI singler, tE the cloxe on the
entire seekshun nv the dimekratic
party In that meetln house woodent
bev invoioed at that mint Atty dollars.
However, have notist that the man,
whoce sole posseeshun Is q yAller dog
and whose wife takes in wAshin to aup
port him, 10 the heftiest oompiainer NV
the burd ems nv tAxAehen. l myse II
hey dun suthin toward settlln the nash.
me- debt
The time fur my illustrashen wich
wrs 10 olench thlnRs he'd come. "I Wish
to make . practtcle illustrashen, !" / sed /.
~ see Simeon GAvitt In the awjeDoe,
with . moo SCOT nv oloEs on. VIII
y neon stop forred?"
bim walked up, rather embarrassed
| at being the best drest man In the room.
"You motifs this suit nv olosa, my
hisnds. / ain't Just shoor wat the tariff
is on woolen goods, buttons, thread and
sch, but will prssoom that IL AverAaes
| 60 per cent. E,tlmAtin the home yAlyoo
Nv the gooos at cay $40. my friend
simeon wuE compelled 20 add TO that
Sl3. which he's run up the cost OF the
| olozs, maxim and all, 10 sutbin like $50,
the difftrenoe between the cost to him
under the pToi ent Infamous system and
wat II would be Of that SCOT had been
admitted free Of dooiy, bein-"
"Fraps dat's so, boss" spoke up the
oussid Niger, "de tariff, eE you onll it.
may hev cost me all dat, but the fAok
is | only paid 5000 fur the entire out
Au"
IVA I" ejAokilatid 1.
dot Is the cold fact in the case. "
pipod up 0ppenheimer, who wuE aittin
In the Awjenoe. ode droubles mit you
is, dot EOot don't happen TO be English
Roots. It's mostly Yank. De wool
wuz crowd In Ohio, the linins wus
made In Connections, the thread In
MAssy Shoosittg, the buttons in PhllA-
delphy, dose mAsheens on which dey
vos made vos made In Connecticut oof
sylvany steel, and the clOEs wux
made In Cinoinnau by niue brudder.
in.law and solt by me to Simeon. It's
YaDk all nv dc way from do sheep's
back TO the man wat hez en- on, aud de
goots Is better goods dan effer vas m ad Q
In England. 7 hey o store full Of en-,
at de same prloe-iur ohsh."
,'Wat!" l sbritked, "Aint them Eng
lish GOods2"
"Nod bid oof IL. We don't buy
English goots no more Com bed lshen
at home rs altogcdder too strong"
"Yoo kin sit down." 1 remarks TO
Simeon. "Ther seems to be suntbin
wrong In this someWher. Oppres by
tariff, and buyin SCOT nv clese for
1 bustid this time by beiu too we'll
prepared. But rose skAl to the emer-
senoy. IAlluE DO.
"My Dimooratio friends" 1 re-
marked, "the fault In this matter isn't
| with the President or me. The trouble
is that Simeon Gavitt wood 20 and buy
AmeEikin goods instead OF English, and
ther being no dooty at all on Amerikln
goods, IL appeArs they come oheeper.
IL hes the appearance, this tariff, nv
Q sort O. hArrin out nv furrin goods and
maxim etcb en- we yoose here 10 hum I
ooodent be expected to know that, ez 1
heveR't paid for any oloke senoe An
droo JoDeon's time, and oonsekeptly
Wuz never pertikeler a. 10 the price.