The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-11

fne fsrss Az xceG o. yesterday
Prosecuting Astarney 1Eoual9 declares
that he did rsos SAT n bis recent sfeeesi
Il snolomlsh cry. Fsissw eitizsas,
there L even duty on poker cards
He lssasse that be said. The Espns-
isesn party. IN 1856. responded y ihs
eall o. The people Tor Fe'iaetinn u 81
recalling the iusefnsl rsssuss las On
poker cards and rastsnya S4pef esist.
tax On The Bible.
A nunsher Of gentlemen whf seAssi
Mr.. RonaIa's speeeh deeiara that be
ruaaa use az the fornser expression
lie saIglss have done 70 wiih absolute
truth. Tor there Il tsfis on poker
earsis--a tariff % 100 PER sessi. and
HE eject Of that tariff hae been 70 give
employment 70 many thousand A'saef.
lean wortEngmen. However. af
Ronali Is entitled to the s,eneiii q the
doubt, and IS he seems % be pzriien-
lar on thls point. We vii take 4 for
rranfesi that he DID not make the very
ordinary statement which be d.
claims
LEI a. consider what Mr. Ronald
did say. however According = bis
own statement this wAs ~The Re-
publican party In isss responded 70
The call 81 the people for reduction BY
Repeating the internal revenue tax oa
poker cards and putting 70 per eeflt.
lar on TIE riisie And right here We
and the source OF much n Mr. Ro-
naldss nsl*lnforraasion "a FegaFd 20 the
farlH. Ills ideas sre drawn from that
arch free trader. Roger z Nils.
Turning 70 the speech With whielt Mr.
Mills introduced the hs.i which hears
hls name, W find The sentence Ia
1919 they lthe Isepnbsicaasl finished
this magnificent shaft, which they bad
been for years erecting. and cfoseed
il with tae last staBu BY repeating The
Internal fcrcnae TAX on playing cards
and putting O - per cent. tas Oh the
Billie" Mr.. Ronald might almost he
accused Of pIaglsFIsn. lie has uot
only made Mr. Mills the soufee % his
Information. bat he has adopted bis
ideas and even his words. He shopid
have remembered. however, that NILS
Ii notoriousiy unsonni on all qnea.
fions OF fact and that Information
drawn from one OF hla speeeher should
be thoroughly tested before being
handed down % the ptibllc
We have discovered tie spufee Of
Mr. Ronald's Ideas. Nos for the facts
In 1883 the internal revenue tax on
playing cards vas abolished. Thia
Was done IN pursuance OF the
policy Of ahollshing all o. tie taxes
With had been placed on ordinary
articles Of commerce because Of ihe
Necessity for raising money with which
TO desfay the expenses d the war.
With the exception OF she tax on
liquors aud tohaeep This was the last
Of the internal revenue taxes 20 60
The taxes on malehes, on patent meai-
<sssss, on toilet preparations, on com
mertlal paper, or hundred and one
other articles, had gone before. The
tax on playing cafds was az last re.
peaied, though the duty Of loo per
cent was very wisely retained
And now for the Bibles Bibles sre
not expressly mentioned IA the pres
ent tarigf law. bat, In common with
ether bonks, they are subjected 10 a
duty 81 3 per cant not OF - per
cent. as the Millz. Ronald argument
would have IL is this tariff Tar ?
Does Il increase the cost Of Bibles 10
the people. as Mr.. Ronald would
have rs belieye7 Not al ALL There
are more nihlcs manufactured in
the United States than IN any
other country or To all other
countries. More than this. the Bstles
offered TO the AIaeslssn people are
better printed and het,es bound than
those wlthiu the reach Of tAo pceple
Of any other county. More tn they
are cheaper than any ether Bibles.
Any American citizen 5aa procure a
Bible for Herely uasainsl sum. and
II be - too rser q hus one. he can
psoeaFe enc Tor nothing IN asy elty 8a
the Unilea States II Ar. Ronald
Vii inquire ~ aay haak store be wia
find these sssgem sats % be true. The
American people havs better and
cheaper libles. ana noreof tAega thsu
amy other people On esrsA wAv.
thea. AR Reuaka, shaala shav cpag
rlala because these Bibles arr printed
AMI bound b. .ae.r oNa eaptrymea
and not by The Cheaper labor * eeHaa
ether eeansgye
Nj, Raeail's hand faev enc
lie sho1ld ,hrev Il down. The peagls
Of Snehemi b. stasil and Waaieem
eaaatiee arr more injerr tsd in lans-
her than they gre IN sFd Nj Eons
ali should devote 81 tIs slaae g. saa-
pressing upon them slse hsasgits ei she
Democratic seaelas iaf gres trade ia