Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-26

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wool clip OF California amounted to
nearly 60, ,00O, ,0C0 of pounds. Now it
it is not much more than half that.
The reason is that with the recent
growth of population, the land
has been subdivided into small
holdings and put to other
uses. I remember myself when
this mesa lying around the Raymond
was sheepwalk. 1t was sold for IS
per acre as being all the land was
worth. The buyers put it into fruit,
and for this new industry our lands
are worth from $3.50 to $1,000 per acre.
That is what has cut down the wool
product. Sheep have been driven
into the mountains, where men like
General Beale own immense areas Of
rough lands. The sheep industry of
California is now in the hands of a
few men, who employ one herder to
several Thousand sheep feeding on
twice, three or four times as many
thousand acres of land"
"Well," said the man who owns the
World, "then the wool tariff will not
make so great difference in your
politics as we thought it would"
The reporter said: "Those directly
interested are very few. But Of
course the Republican press has got
out on campaign whose keynote is
protection. They will make great
cry about removing the tariff on wool,
in hope Of influencing the votes of
those to whom wool growing is no
concern. And now this brings up the
other side of the political situation.
Mr.. Pulitzer, how will the issue as
raised by Mr. Cleveland affect the cam
paign? mean, are we made stronger
or weaker by it?"
At once the Gotham editor warmed
up to the subject, which he evidently
felt deeply. He said: "It has made
us amazing ely stronger. The Democracy
supports Mr.. Cleveland directly on
the tariff issue. 1t is just this-we
are raising more revenue than we
need for the legitimate expenses of
the Government. Of course we have
great country here and 1t costs
something to govern it. But after
all proper expenses are provided for
there is d surplus which Mr.. Man
ming estimated at $40, 900, 900
per annum. That is more
than $.0,0O0,0O0 per month.
Whatever the surplus is, enough
imposts should be removed to stop
this accumulation. The Democratic
party does not believe in tariff for
the primary purpose of protection.
After all is said that is class legisla-
ton. The fact can not be explained
away that such tax is legislation for
the benefit OF one class at the expense
of another. The protection tax goes
to the enriching of those engaged in
the protected industries. 1t comes
out of the pockets of those not en-
gagged in such enterprises. But do
believe in SO arranging the tariff,
that it will help our producers and
particularly help labor as much
as possible. That is l would put the tax
on such commodities as we import
and produce so as to lend the inci-
dental protection to our own indus
tries. That is where the present issue
will help us. 1t will draw to us a great
deal of strength in the West and South
where protective tariff is the least
beneficial and the most burthensome.
In the East it will not effect us so favor
ably for the reason that there the pro
tective principle does the people the
greatest benefit, at the same time i'm
posing the least hardship.
SUMMING UP.
| THE outlook for the campaign next
fall-do you consider it bright? Is
there any way to figure up the out
come with reasonable certainty ?"
ooh, in some respects there is, and
in others there is always uncertainty.
If things were certain there would be
no use to hold any election. Let us
assume that it is to be the old tickets
over again. l think then it is very
nearly the same situation as in 1884.
The South is about as certain as any
thing can be. Most of the Northern
States will probably go as they have
gone since 1860. So it hinges on the
same few States which formed the
pivot in the last election. 1t is a
fact that We won then. / think we
are stronger now. There is all one
can say upon that proposition"
| Mr.. Pulitzer is suffering from some
affliction of the eyes, which renders it
impossible for him to read line. He
made inquiries touching journalism
on the coast, said he would be glad
some other time to interview the in
terviewer, taking California as the
theme, and then being called away
adieus were in order, and with hopes
of meeting the distinguished orator
soon again the HERALD man de-
parted.
Mr.. Pulitzer is tall, well-preserved
man, looking probably much younger
than he really is. He impresses one
as shrewd, intelligent and very
thoughtful man. His manner is very
affable, and his methods of discussion
most engaging. He goes from here to
Monterey.