The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-19
WE ARE NOT IN THE PRIVATE
TUTOR TRADE.

Our esteemed evening contemporary
asks us some questions about the tar
if that should be addressedto Mr. NILS,
the chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee. We are asked why certain
products of agriculture are put ON the
free list by the Mills bill, while on
other articles the tariff is only reduced.
The able and exhaustive speech OF
Chairman Mills, of the Ways and
Means Committee, made at the time
the so-called Mills bills was first report
ed to the House, contains a full and
exhaustive discussion of all the points
covered by u enquiring friend. The
speech is quite long, and We could not
afford to produce il in our columns
solely for the benefit of n person Ill
want of information. Onr newspaper
is printed solely for the ben
eft of the general pub
lie, and not for the
benefit of any one Individual, how
ever conspicuous, VINO fails to keep
abreast Win current eNelIs'
Our Republican cotemporary at
tempts to make a point by showing
that while wool, a northern product, is
placed on the free list, the tariff on SUI
gar, a southern product, is only reduced
This is argued as showing that Chair
man Mills and the Democratic party
favor the South and discriminate
against the North.
This point is not well taken. Texas
IS one of the greatest wool-groWlng
states, and Chairman Mills is from
Texas. We also understand, by refer
ence to our geography, that Texas is
in the south, and as Texas is one of
the great wool-producing states, and is
in the far south, we fail to see how put
ting wool ON the free list is any favor
itism to the South and against the
North. AS we understand, it is hot
down South, and quite cool il
Ohio, along in November, December,
January February and March. 1t Is
somewhat cooler up in Wisconsin, Iowa
and Minnesota.
Now these people who live down in
Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, wear
leans and cotton stutfs while all Jul
Northern people, including our bril-
liant contemporary editor, are compelled
to wear wooden, Ur 1reeze. Hence, put
ting wool on the free list is really a
movement in favor of our NorJheru
people, all of whom wear woolens, and
against the Texas constituents of chair
man Mills, who wear home made cotton
goods, but who are large growers OF
wool for the Northern market. Our es-
teemed contemporary may not be able to
see this, but we think most of our read
ers can. Hence we shall occupy no
further space in attempting to disturb
the density of our cotemporary's bliss
full delusion.
Again, we are referred to as the organ
of the Golden club. This charge rather
stuns us, but we shall try and survive
the shock We have-not the constitu-
ton or the bylaws of the Golden boys
at hand, but we are informed it is the
most famous combination of English
speaking talent on the other side of the
Atlantic. Hence you do us too proud
IN referring to us as the American or
gan of such a rare and colossal cOmbina-
ton. The fact that such a brilliant
American statesman Is the late Cen
eral Garfield wal a member of that
club, and the greatest Ohio Republican
Editor, Mr.. Murat Halstead, of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette aggre-
CATION, was also a member, leads US to
suspect our Democracy, in being classed
with such distinguished Republican
company.