The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-09-20
Mr.. Tucker at Bunkinpha m.

MIR. L tucker at BuckIngh m.
A letter published in the Dispatch OF
the 18th, dated at buckingham &. H.,
Sept. 10th. gives synopsis of Mr.. II. S.
Geo. Tucker S speech at that place. At
ter repeating the false charges against
Gen. Harrison. as to the Chinese and the
laboring classes, which have been effect
lively reiuted time and again, he is re-
ported to have paid his respt cts TO Mr..
Yost," anG showed how be had voted
against the repeal of the tobacco tax and
the lowering of the duty Oil tin and wool !,
which would save The pour man hundreds
of dollars.
The idea of Mr.. Tucker having any
sympathy with the 'poor man, except TO
get his vote, is amusing to those who
know him, and especially of his attempt
ing to sustain charge SO utterly ground
less as the one here cited. 1t is entirely
possible that Mr.. Tucker does not know
that there is no duty on tin. and conse
quently there could not be a lowering OF
tax on it. He confOunds tin with tin
there is as much ference between them,
so far as the question of tariff is con-
cerned. as there is between pig iron and
lumber. We show in another article the
effect of the reduction of the tariff On t5s
plate on the iron and steel industry, and TO
that we direct attention as fully exposing
Mr.. fuckers assumptions. AS to wool,
we haye simply to call attention to the
prices of wooden goods, such as the poor
man" uses. now under the protective pol
icy, and before the war when the revenue
policy only" was in operation. There ia
not an article that Ia not reduced in price
from SO to so per cent, and all resulting
| from the effect of protection in creating
competition in the manufacture of wooden
goods in our own country employing our
own labor and capital, and consuming our
own raw materials. If Mr.. Tucker ex
poets to make friends and votes by at
lacking the important farming industry
of sheep and wool'growing. he will be
sadly mistaken. The farmers and stock
raisers are not the men who can be mlsled
or deceived on such false appeals as he is
making. We gan leave that matter with
the farmers themselves.
| If Mr.. Tucker had desired to be far in
stating Mr. Yost's position on the tobacco
| tax he would have told his audience that
he voted against the Mills bill as a phole
because lis enactment into law wouid bring
ruin upon the country, and that Mr.. Yost
introduced bill or resolution, as express
sive of his views, to repeal the entire IN
ternal revenue tap on tobacco. 1t is dema-
goguism in Mr., Tucker to seek to create a
false impression as to Mr., y ost or any one
else. 1t is not the way to win the favor
of the people of the 10th district and will
have just the contrary effect to that he
designed.
But it is natural Mr.. Tucker should de
sire to draw attention away from himself
and his party's record. He supports Mr.
Cleveland for President and NJ. Cleveland
has in two notable papers announced his
opposition to the repeal of the tariff on
tobacco. In his December message he
distinctly declared for the internal tax on
tobacco and whisky-a tax On our OWL
people-and for the repeal of the duty or
imported raw materials, including wool iron
ore, coal, lumber, sc. 1t is presumed That
Mr.. Cleveland, as the head of the party
and a candidate for the highest office
in the country, knows what he wants and
what his policy would be, should he be re-
elected. The Mills bill, as originally
framed under the eyes and with the
sanction of the President, WAS in accord
with the views of his message and letter
of acceptance. But such a storm of OPP
position was raised to its free list, that ii
had to be modified to suit the emergen
cies in Virginia and other Southern States
and coal, iron ore, and other articles were
J stricken from it. This. however, did not
modify the ultimate purpose of the De
mocracy. The President practically tells
} them so in his letter of acceptance. He
resurrects his free raw material policy
and in supporting him Mr.. Tucker places
himself upon that platform,
The device of Mr.. Tucker, in misstating
Mr.. Ost s views in order to draw attention
tion from his own. will not win. MIR. Tucker
is in theory for free trade, and is by reason
Of this the enemy of the whole industria
system of the country, which has enriched
the nation, given employment to labor an(
established the credit of the government
He opposes the Blair Educational Bill
in supporting Mr.. Cleveland ana the plat
form on which he was nominated and
by reason of this opposition is not i
friend of an improved and liberal system
of education or of the public schools
themselves.
But we presume Mr.. Tucker will have
the candor to repeat his charges against
Mr.. YOst in the face of that gentleman
when they meet face to face with the PEG
pie. That he will get satisfactory an
swer we have not the least doubt, and tina
hereafter he will be less reckless in his al
legations and more respectful to the i'll
tellIgence and common sense of the PEG
pie is reasonable to suppose.