The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-25
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SKINNED FROM PALS OF RICHEST
THOUGHT.

TIE SECTIonal CRy.--Tte Republican
charge that the Mills Bill discriminates
against Northern industries ana 10 favor
OF Southern products is thoroughly dis
hOnest
]. j. said . atfhe heaviesi eat ia in wool
"a Northern product. The Southern
Sts,es contained in 1887 over 10000 900
shcep-nearly one-qul ter of the whcl-
number in he country. Texas a.. ..
lhe home Of Mr Wills, bed ls' 'ear
a SPA, 90 sheep-Gl9, 900 more than all ihr
New England States, with New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania added.
Sugar is exclusively Southern pro
duct. The Mills Bill reduces The duty
on refined sugar 20 per cent, aud on raw
sugar 80 per cent, This is a saving to
the people Of seven mills pound, 0T
1913, 900 900 on the total consumption.
and "a. on the Southern production OF
81 400, O00-N. Y World.
INSULTING THE PEoPLE.-The Repub-
can Senators must have had some in
stinciiye knowledge If The rebukc j.
conveyed, bar it is surprising that the'
should have wilifully and wantonly IN
suited the people OF ihe UGiled States
treating the message with such indigniiy
| Il came not from the Democratic cardi-
date. but from The President cf the Uai-
/ ted Siatcs, and The insult was 10 The pee
pie of the United States, - The nation
which NJ Sherman insists shall be spei
( with "a big N."-Baltimore Sun.
Tn SHIELD BEAT 1t d, bad enough
| for able-bolied Americans 10 "cry baby
/ for Themselves wl en- they speak of ',TeiIn
competition three thousand miles away
But when they undertake - make The
sheep bleat for protection. and in>i>. that
all the focks wiil be bu;chered unless
every man, woman and child in tut
country consents 20 be taxed on cio'hi0e
it is playing IL quite too low down 1u
he dumb cleliurcs.
Il Is absurd O. sag hat the sheep IN
dusiry will be destroyed by .ree wool.
No other manufacturing country take
wool, ana yet all have hooks OF sheep
fully propOftiOnate to 0'ber stock Free
Trade Great Britain hll la. year 5000,
600 sheep, or more than twD-thirds a.
many as the Uui.ed Stats And this
although her area Of improved land s
only 47.S74.G00 acres, against 2S4,s1l coo
acres Of cultivated lard in :Ais county,
not To mention the immense ranges IN
the West-N y World
BLAME As A DEu0.RATM CANfA ,.R.
If the betting, which has iateiy been il
favor of Clegeiand, should row chan
about in favor OF Harrison, no one need
attach any serious importance 10 The
change. II appears that while outsiders
were Ia, Ing odds on Cleveland. Chairman
Calvin :. Brice thought ihar ihcy really
should have been in favor Of The Rrp.J
leans " Up 20 the time Mr. Balm
arrived" said Mr.. Brice the other day i.
tie Hcraid, things 10 ked rosy for The
Republicans. Since then there has been
n big reaction in favor Of tie Democ.
racy."-N. \. sun.
A BOLD, PATRIOTIC DHNAND.-in'
temperate but emphatic message sent t.
Congress by President Cleveland yesler-
day on the fish ~ dispute, will awaken
universal interest in the question, and
the full, concise and dispassipnate PEE
senta,iou of the issue by the EXecu
tive will dwarf partisanship in poqu. A
discussion and summon The ns!lon 10 the
standard Ct craftsmanship in treating
great international controversies. l. l.
call upon Congress that no patriot
will wish 10 disregard, and that no driv-
cling partisan will dare TO eyaie.-Phila
Times.
THE REsPONsIBIITY.-I the treaty was
rejected by Republican Senator's. by a
strict party vote, which had little refer
erce TO the merits of the case, bat vas
intended - be blow at Democratic
Administration. In close campaign
| like this il was not considered good poll
tics to allow the Democrats the honor
of settling any matter OF ih'erhationa!
dispute. The Republicans could not
afford 10 give their opponents mat al
vantage They therefore chose 10 run
| the risks which may accrue from con-
tinuarcc of the Quarrel between This
country and the Dominion OF Canada,
and having the power TO quash proceed
ings they used i, thereby assuming She
responsibility for whatever may result
n. l. Herald
A CoRKER -Nine-teuths Of the Ike
pub lean orators cannot s,rec upon .le
tariff question, but all are ~ The opinion
that the Democracy ought 10 be hanged
and quartered for wanting TO Lighter
taxation by less lhan haif lie amount
suggested by The Republican tariff com
mission Of 1882 -Phila Herald.
A FAR SrECiue MIR. Daniel P!d-
geon, who has studied manufacturing in
| England and America, with the advan
tase of a previous practical training, says
in his interesting little book, "Old World
Questions aud New World Answers y
But sooner or later the day will come
when American enterprise shall enter
unshackled the markets Of the world,
and, plume ourselves as we may on the
fact that in spite of the hostile tariffs We
send yearly twenty-five millions OF manu-
featured goods into the States, while
they only return Us three millions, that
will be black or bright day for Eng
land as we ourselves shall make ii. If
when America adopts free trade we have
not gained that greater personal intelli-
gence in work which it is one OF the OBJ
| :ec;s of this book TO show that she al ready