Daily Republican., 1888-09-14

The New York Sun OF this morning
says: At New Haven Aw elk ago last
Saturday n Rht, the Hon. Roger Quarles
Mills delivered speech on the Tariff.
From the best evidence obtainable, 1t APP
pears that q respectable citizen OF New
Haven, engaged in the p irsuit OF infor-
nation concerning that vexgtious and
complicated subject, was the Innocent
csuse OF considerable annoyance TO the
eloquent, but iras.ible Statesman from
the wool district If Texas.
At the csc Of Mr.. Mllls's remarks a
gentleman In the audience arose and
politely as ed permission 10 submit a
question "If free iaW MATERIAL" be
said, "is going 10 be such blessing to
the county, and C ton goods are, ss you
have stated, manufactured cheaper IN
Rhode Island than in England, how Is It
thar We cannot food the worlds market
with those manufactured goodsl
The question was as pertinent as It Was
respectful for the citizen had b en- told
that our manufacturers only TCQu re free
raw materials, no ably In the case OF
woollen manufactures, 10 be enabled 10
compete succe sfully with England for
the markets OF TIE world. In Other
words he had been told over and over
again by Mr.. Mills, President Cleveland
ard other authorities on tarid revision,
that the certain extension OF the trade ia
American WOOL ms tr foreign markets
was an object important enough to justify
the ap aren't sacrifice OF our domesti
wool growing industry.
Now there is no Tariff burden on the
material used in America In the cotton
m Nf.F Nj 10
ders the cotton which we manufacture
1t was, therefore, b tn natural and pro
per for the New Haven man to inquire
why, II the Mills principle is going V
hold good in the case OF woollens wher
the tariff on the raw material is abolished
II DO not LOW apply 10 the case of cot
tons, where be raw material already 4
free from duty.
According TO the current version Of the
New Haven incident, Mr.. Mills reply wa
prom I but unsAtisfac DRY. Advancing
TO the front of the platfJfm rs remarked
to the inqurng citizen; "You 20 HON,
and soak lur head I" But that did no
help the gentleman at all. He nigh
have gone home and soaked his head unit
he became bydrocephaous without de
irving any ditlonal information on tn
subj ct that perplexed him. We hay
not believed, and do not now bel eve
that Mr.. Mills made any such illogica
and incoDclusive reply.
Another account. for which a CORE
fp0ndent Of the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette is responsible, represents Nh
Mills as very indignant that so vulgar
retort Ihould be attributed to him Thi
spondent aiiirms that Mr. Mills la
Written a denial Of the "Soak your head
story, pronouncing II slanderots cam
paign lie, AID declaring that what b
ally faId was, "0h, go home aud take
cold BATH %
We do not believe this either for tn
reason already stated. Mr.. Mills went t
Com ecticut TO instruct the voters in pC
liticRl economy, not TO insult or mislea
them The bath tub is not the fOuntAi
head Of Tariff doctrine. Nobody knoH
better than Mr.. Mills that Now Have
citizen might lie In his tub until he b.
came water logged without learning an,
thing new concerning the phi lobopby
trade
What the Hon. Roger Quarles Nil
probably replied was: II will go hon
and solve your question In my head"
, ~ will 20 home and plunge iu the co
facts Of the case" In the confusion
the meet Dg he was imperiectly Jude
stood, and was rep rted as returning
answer that does credit neither to his /
tellectual res urces nor TO his courtesy
a gentleman,