The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-31

men, of which order the deceased
were members.
Where do all the hareesters go! is
a question frequently asked. The
large number sent out by agents every
year indicates that a good deal of ma
chinery is discarded every year, or else
that large number of new farms are
being opened.
mems Opinions Vary with their In
terests" is the headline of the Lamber-
ton Leader by way of comment on
certain editorial expressions quoted
from the GAZETTE and Reveille.:: Now
that is too bad of you, Mr.. Leader.
Why make it known to the public that
the editors of the Reveille and GA
zErrE always weigh their expressions
of opinion to see whether they will
win or loose a subscriber or q dollar
or two, by turning them loose7 For
the dignity of the "perfesh'' you
shouldn't have given this thing away.
If you hadn't exposed us, both editors
might still pose as free, fearless and
unshackled, and when they laid them
selves too much open to imputations
of self-interest, they might easily at
tribute the offending expression to the
foreman or the "deyil." Speaking for
the GAZETTE, the foreman is author
lied to publish to the world that it's
editor would rather be right than
justice of the peace-or even census
enumeration. ~~..,
1t has ceased to be heresy in Re-
publicans to criticise the Mckinley
bill. Here is editor Heatwole, who
has just been made chairman of the
Republican State central committee,
and is therefore presumably pretty
good Republican, who explains the
difference between criticising certain
features of the Mckinley bill and a.
hardening the Republican idea of
projections:
The News is for the protection of
American interests. What we object
to is the taxing of the producing
States in the interests of the manu-
featuring States. Even the manu-
featuring States cannot prosper long
under any system of protection, how
ever high, if the producing States,-
which are the consumers-are bank
rupted. The farmer can stand good
deal, because in sense he is independ-
ent or self-supporting, but he can't
stand long after his means of self-sup-
port have been hopelessly sunk under
mortgage:
In fact, it will be found that all the
contention between the Republicans
of the east and the west, and between
the supporters of Reed and Mckinley
and of Blaine and Allison arise largely
from local self-interest. Congress can
be depended upon in the end, to frame
bill that will approximately secure the
greatest good to the greatest number,
even though few individual inter-
ests suffer. No such disaster to indi-
vidual interests can follow the pass
age of any reasonable bill for tariff
revision as would ensue, were con-
gress to recklessly tear down our tar
iff system, or even refuse altogether
to enact any tariff reform bill, in viola
ton of the pledges of all party plat
forms before the last election. In vot-
ing for the Mckinley bill on the as
sumption that it would be amended
in the Senate our Minnesota Congress-
men acted conscientiously, as they al,
SO did in protesting against certain
features of the bill that we're detrt.
mental to the interests of their institu-
tons. Half loaf is better than nc
bread, and any tariff bill that can be
devised will necessarily be secured by
compromises of sectional interests.