The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-27
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am convinced that America will make
iron and steel for mankind in the long
future; we have the iron, coal, capital,
skill and energy necessary to do 1t. That
is all that hinders us now-that foolish
tariff-but that is only temporary. An
other generation we'll see it removed. |
believe the American people will get tired
of stewing in their own fat after awhile
| believe every tub ought to stand on it's
own bottom, and that the United States
is abundantly able to do it, 1t has the
facilities for being the greatest exporting
country on the earth, and it ought to be.
The sooner duties are abolished the
sooner it will become So Now that food.
cotton and petroleum form the bulk of
our exports, We ought to export very
largely OF manufactured artic!es.-Ab ram
5. Hewitt.
There is no earthly reason why, at the
present time, We should place ourselves
in position of antagonism to Mexico.
Mexico is showing every disposition to
be one of our strongest friends. Her
President, one OF the most enlightened
his long administration Of Office to bring
the two countries closer together. and it
is pity TO note that the recent action OF
Secretary Window has tended 50 much to
defeat that beneticent idea The press of
Mexico, from one end to the other. is now
denounclng the gra>ping policy Of " Los
Gringos." \ few papers are cndeavoring
to show the Mexican people that the ac-
ton Of the Secretary Of the Treasury is
not directed against them personally, but
as fact, speak louder than words, 50 long
as the present order i not rescindcd bv
Secretary Wndom the good will bet wecii
the people Of Mexico and the Unitcd
States Will be more or less strainel.-
EXpor and Finance.
There are statements, campaign cries
and campaign lies II may he pardonDd
when small man indul2r~ in the tricks
OF a dcmago@Uc, but il was undgmticd
to say the least for Il candidate for the
Presidency to encourage ignorant labor
ers in the belief that they would vote for
" bcectsteak" by voting the Republican
ticket when he knew, or should have
known, that it was false General IIar
Tisph considered that the rXlgcnccS OF
the case demanded that statement from
him. Think Of such a statement as that
no matter what the exigencies of the
case-trom Abraham Lincoln IL that
the measure Of the difference between
"Honest Old Abe" and General Harri
son? The heat Of the campaign is over
now, and we all have an opportunity to
make a mental silhouette of General Har-
rlson. Is he as great a man as the Re-
publlcans said be was, or is he likely to
be even a smaller man than Hayes Does
this silhouette show his profile to advan-
tage or to disadvantage? 1t is taken
from life and absolutely true, though not
Observation-Disclosures Del) Journal.
1t is an age Of trusts and combines, Of
rapid accumulation by doubtful, or more
than doubtful, methods, which late expe-
rience shows that it is impossible, or next
to impossible, to be controlled by legal
measures; there are so many ways Of
evading the law, or escaping penalty by
placing some of the ill-gotten gains
"where they will do the most good" that
the risks of false trade are light when
compared with percentage Of profits.
But there Is one shameless crime of trade
and trusts which should meet with the
most rigid and relentless prosecution, and
for whose penalty there should be no pos.
sible communication. This is the adultera-
ton of food. The men who build up for
tunes by poisoning or depraving the nee
essary articles of food are Ishmaelites
and murderers; and yet there is no per-
nicious trade more common than this.
Reading the notes of scientists and spe-
cialists, it seems that there is scarcely sim
gle commercial article of food which is not
more or less adulterated. Flour, butter,
lard, coffee, tea and condiments of every
kind, have been laid under tribute to
produce quick and large profits, and chem
ically embalmed meats of all kinds are