Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-04-08

8uIA xnw u very WELL ~ ID .
)ntnntisl continuance Of the practice OF
D1tseuy Fnirchild, and b, in fact, the
~ eourso that the secretary can pursue;
1oet e - buys bonds st any figure
ho1, - will very certainly be asked
~ e1t1avasant ones.
-, q ws remember Alright, It was this
1onsury policy that was denounced in the
& ~ pceoideotial canvass, and that tho
clos wsrs given 10 understand that
qsEisna would put . stop to. Mr..
u kline Was very abusive Of the Democrs-
= Naturalization that gave the govern.
cnt mopey to the banks instead Of
uing bonds with II; and Harrison was
s ~ free with his declarations in favor
x 4 tedeeming the bonds. We had reason
= txpect that they would be gathered in
SNtsy rapidly when the new secretary OF
- tssasury received the bids; and the
loders have been prompt in advancing
lolpss upon him. The situation illus
I9sates once more the great difference be-
tNeen theory and practice, promise and
1rformance.
HArrison's administration bids fair to
& Illustrate this 10 divers directions. Civil
service reform, which was another of his
oampAisn devotions, does not teen to be
64ring % well after his Inauguration into
~ once which makes him its master.
Judging from the removal Of the New
d XoEk Republican postmaster, who was
/ psoained by the Democratic president, In
kobedience to the civil service theory that
> good officer in difficult post should be
eept there, but who has now to give
(. place to Republican partisan, civil
4 6osgvice reform under Harrison is going to
1ave b sickly existence as might be
& expscted Of president put into Office by
Qaay methods and who distinguished the
y boodls gatherer with cabinet office.
Bat the disappointment OF the civil
o1rvice reformers with the results OF the
\ Republican triumph are as nothing COM
poted with the disgust Of the manufac.
3orsrs whose money made 1t, and who
coO6dently expected the issue Of the
election to send the prices OF their COM
m0ditieB sailing up into the air, bringing
\ hask into their pockets, with hundred
y 3Sd increase, the cash that they gave 10
( 20 causc.
q But the election came and went, ard
Prices went down. The Inauguration
oAms and went, and prices went dowL.
And they are continuing their downward
eonrse, to the great distress and confusion
q the manufacturers; who are compelled
I 20 put down wages and demand decreased
freight rates, to keep their mills going.
That such should be the result Of the
Berublicau national triumph Ii very
Unnoying to the men who gave their gold
/ - get Il. Andrew Carnegie represents
! the condition Of the great steel interest,
- his frantic appeal to the people-and
to-night to the Leeislature-for relic.
nom the railroad policy which takes
chsap Pennsylvania fuel to Chicago, and
brings dear iron ores to PittAburR.
He understands now that it is not q
low tariff, or the threat Of it, that has
Frustrated Pennsylvania's great iron In.
dustry. He looks abroad and sees the pr Ca
OF iron and steel manufac lures steadily
rising, while here they steadily fall.
He sees that there Is tariff wall
around our land aud thst no iron manufac.
tares can come In or 60 out of it. The
worlds current In the iron trade Is not
1olt here. The home manufacturers have
t1e country all to themselves, ,as they have
oald they wanted to have it aud would
p content when they got it. They
elected Republican president to secure
- They have it, and yet are not happy.
Something else is wrong. They see
now that home competition has arisen,
3ecN which the tariff will not protect
eAsm; and that the knife is being thrust
Into the side Of the Philadelphia iron
master by his own railroads, which carry
9hr distant customers cheaper than they
- for him.
HIS cry has now new direction. It
Uoes up against the railroads, and he sees
~ only salvation IN the regulation of
their charges by the law. He asks for
protection such as the interstate com.
merce law, The work Of Democratic
national administration, gives him
ond which the Republican state
administration has steadily refused to
give. although persistently demanded by
ehe Democratic minority at every session
q the Legislature since 1874, when the
'oonstitution was established that mads
= the duty Of The Legislature to pass laws
p prevent aud punish railroad discrimi.
|1nation
Now that the iron of Southern furnaces
comes into the market of the Pennsylva.
Ma furnaces, at rate of charge for car
rage that is much lower than the Penn.
eyivsnia furnaces enjoy; when coke
and coal, aud petroleum are taken
ont Of Pennsylvania soil and car.
rcd into Other states at less charges
Than are made to manufacturers who
Sould consume them at home and when
the products of the factories OF other
ntstes are taken through Pennsyl-
ysnis, and into composition with
those OF her own factories, at bet.
~ carriage rates than her factories
1pofatn, 1t seems that the Pennsylvania
onanufscturer may realizs that it is not
- tariff that bites him, nor the Demo.
Nneic party tha. is his foe. He has cause
- reflect as to his wisdom in spend.
- his money to elect an admin.
eRatlon that leaves him 20 deep