The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-17

, sophistry can misconstrue this
r measure into anything but a
direct bounty paid manufactur
, ers for selling goods in foreign
| markets.
, Secondly: That the time has
come when the American agri.
culturist must sell his products in
, the markets of the world in COM
, petition with the low-priced labor
of foreign countries. The only
remedy or advice he offered the
the farmers was to take great care
of and preserve the home market,
for they would certainly be driven
from the foreign ones. ...
He was followed by Mr.. Mills
who, said that this was the first
tariff bill that had ever come be-
fore the people with its mask torn
of, like a highwayman demanding
their purses. To check irnporta-
tion is to check expectation. No
man could show how we could buy
if we could not sell. When we re
fused the product of nations that
refusal was an Introduction against
our exports. Protection. boiled
down meant more work and less
result. What did the bill do for
agriculture? 1t put sugar on the
free list. Why wasn't sugar dealt
with in the same way as was wool
en-, cotton and iron goods? Why
not put a prohibitive tariff on cof-
fee and develop the coffee in.
dustry? Why did not the COM
mittee put prohibitory duty ON
raw silk instead of dodging it and
giving bounty? On farmers pro-
ducts the tariff was laid to deceive.
The bill increased the tariff on
wheat so per cent. sc, 1000, 1000 bu. a
year were exported and last year
there were imported 1946 bu. The
tariff was raised on corn and rye.
Last year 1888 bu. of corn and 16
bu. of rye were imported. The re-
publicans had to do more than this
to deceive the farmers. They
needed markets for their products.
They were told that home market
was best. But they knew that both
home and foreign markets were
best.
Senator John F. Wilson, of Iowa
who is regarded as one of the best
lawyers in the Senate has prepar-
ed for publication long article
concerning the recent "liquor pack
age" of the Supreme Court, and the
effect of that decision on the liquor
traffic in the prohibition states. He
says that the police powers of a
state permit it to prohibit or regu-
late the sale, within its borders of
intoxicating liquors, That if the
prohibition of the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors in original packages
was violation of interstate COM
merce law the license system
would also fail. The saloons of
New York City would have
liquors sent from Jersey City in
packages, containing from drink
to gallon, and avoid paying any
license. He does not approve ii
common suggestion that Congress
gives the states permission to make
laws prohibiting and regulating the
liquor traffic, as he thinks that
right shouldn't be questioned, but
suggests that u bill entitled "a bill
to protect the states in the exer-
else of their police powers, al
ready on the calendar of the SEN
ate, will grant the permission sug-
gested by the Supreme Court tp1
the States for the effective enforce
ment of their liquor laws. Il
A special law recently enacted
prohibits the arrest of any deserterI
from the army within two years
after the time Of his enlistment
would have expired. Senator
Plumb has been endeavoring to
have amnesty extended to all de-
,erters through aPresidential proc (
He failed in this but g
through his efforts an amendm ent i
has been made to the army ap-
bill prohibiting the use a
If any portion of the annual allow ?
lnce for the capture of any man v
Who deserted prior to January l, ii
1856.
Mr.. Hill has introduced a bill in II
he House granting pension Of !.
$50 per month to the mother Of
Jhos 8. Parnell. He explained
hat the pension was asked, not for .
he reason that she was mother of |
Mr.. Parnell, but as the daughter Of
Stewart. ia
The bill classifying worsted
oods as woolen cloths has pass