The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-10-24
PRFss ~COMMENTs.

Denve CT Republican The old forces are fac
iag each other again and there should be an
Appomattox at every polling place north Of
Mason and Diyon's line on Noy. G.
Boston T-lurola: senator Barnum is
not buying mules this campaign. He finds
the assessment Of The ofaceholders a much
shorter, safer and mere lucrative method Of
raising funds FOR party purposes.
New York Pres. 4 thousand tons Of
muck bar iron were sold al the metal ex-
change the other day for November delivery
at S235oh Cleveland is elected and $3.50 if
Harrison is elected. A difference Of 5.77 per
cent n value viii carry with it a difference
u wages that viii affect the workingman
rather worse than anybody else. How does
the w%orkingman ike il?
Judge: We hear less about bis grand
ather's hat. Evidently the fall style Of
~head-coyering adopted by Maine and Yer
mont is going TO be quite popular.
Ptisuurg Commercial Gasafe: Every day
il becomes more apparent thar ii is slack the
Democratic parry has been given it while in
power that s hanging it.
Toledo Bladc The English salt trust,
just formed. has a capital OF cs,oo0,00o lSl5,-
J0e,0Jl), aud is on the plan Of an other trusts
with arrangements Tor closing a part Of the
works controlled by the combine redue-
ing protection and increasing prices. But
this is in free trade England. How can the
tariTbe The cause oftru-ts9
Ohio St.e Joiualai: General Grant laid
down the proposition that every American
citizen has the lawful right to cast one ballot
at every election, and 10 have that ballot
fairly counted" Let it rot be forgotten that
General Grants proposition. backed up by
G. neral sherman, is a vital issue in the pre-
sent Presidential aud Congressional canvass.
st. Louis Globe Democrat; Sugar is almost
as much OF a household necessity As bread,
and should therefore be made as cheap as
possible. The Mills bill provides for a re-
duction Of Is per cent. Of The duty on that
article, and the Senate substitute provides for
a reduction of 50 per cent. No intelligent
voter can fail to see At a glance, therefore
which Of the two parties are not desirous to
lessen the burdens of the people aud lower
the prices Of fooG. Tie effect Of the Mills
bin in this respect would be to lesislate S.
100000 yer year into the treasury Of the su-
gar trust. while the Republicans aim to give
that amount to the people in the form OF a
saving on their purchases ON sugar.
Atlanta Csutau on We have great faith
in indiana, les hith in Connecticut, and
sin less IN Michigan. The Democrats have
immense advantage in this. They need only
one ofthe tbne doubtful States, while the
Republicans need them ell. The Democrats
can concentrate on either OF the three and
win mthey capture that one. The Republi-
cans must fight for all three Of the States,
and will lose unless they capture all three.
We rely confidently on the Soath, New York
and New jersey, which viii give Cleveland
IgS votes. We feel reasonably sure he will
get enough TO carry him over the river from
Indiana. The probabilities are that lie will
carry Connecticut also, and it is not iniprob-
able he viii carry Michigan.
~Spring6eld) Mass trioa We have free
trade within lhe limits ofthe United States.
Locality aud rasourcss determine the move
meut Of our industries. We have all the
competition among ourselves tina; We care
70 submit TO-. Il We ever had any coal and
iron mifingia New England worth men
tionine. il was natural that We should aban-
don itin the face Of the cheaper coal and iron
Of Pennsylvania, just as we have abandoned
wheat raising in competition with tie West.
But our skilled labor siiIl holds lis own, and
SO we can buy S56.O00,0o0 worth OF coal, iron
and steel per year and make It into more
valuable produces, in competition with the
rest of the country. This skilled labor is
well employed and well paid, and demands
protection, not against cheap Pennsylvania
coal and iron and cheap Western cereals
but against cheap foreign labor. This is the
only competition which can overthrow our
industries.