Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-27

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in fifth-rate restaurant, and by tn
time apronfuls of apples and oranges ar
distributed to the Cutpouring guests W,
are ready to drop with fatigue, bu
warmed to the heart with true and deel
thanksgiving that we have been able t.
shed little gleam of pleasure into live;
so barren and joyous as these.
This is not the only way of keeping tn,
day, and the circumstances and position
of each reader will suggest some othel
equally good, but there is one thine
quite ceriain-that no matter how desc,
late ones hearth or however lonely one:
heart, we all can and should keeT
Thanksgiving, if not for ourselves fol-
others, and in so doing we will find
happiness lying far, far deeper than the
gay laughter and thoughtless merry
making, only possible for those who
have passed but very few anniversaries
and who have seen but very little of life
FARMERS AND THE MILLS BILL
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
1t is among the farmers, particularly
those of the Northwest, that the Demo
Gratis claim to have made the most con-
verts to the doctrine of revenue re-
FORM" The West and the South, broad
ly speaking, are the sections to which
the free traders look for success in
1892. There is no longer any leading
Democrat who talks about "incidental
protection" since Mr.. Cleveland shook
that idea out of their heads in his bold
stroke for denomination in 1888. Incl
dental protection, as Democratic doc
trine, died with Samuel J. Randall.
The issue, as it now stands, is clearly
expressed as one not of detail but of
principle. The Mckinley act stands for
protection while the Mills bill repre-
sents free trade. As the pronounced
free trader, Henry Wattersou, expresses
1t: "The Mills bill is the first step in the
direction Of tariff for revenue only.
The Mckinley bill 1, step in the di-
rection of prohibitive tariff" Again:
THE Mills bill puts wool on the free
list and reduces the rates of taxation on
materials made of wool. The Mckinley
bill increases the duty on wool and ad-
vances the duties on all materials made
of WOOL"
Now all this is plain, and points to
the inevitable conclusion that the Fifty
second Congress will repeal the McKin
ley tariff if 1t can and substitute for it
something like the Mills bill. Not only
will wool be placed on the free list and
the duties on wooden goods reduced, but
all protective duties levied for the bene-
fit of the farmer Will either be reduced
or repealed. The new reform" tariff
will be shaped to produce revenue,
not to protect either the farmer or the
manufacturer. 1t follows, therefore,
that the duty on sugar will be restored,
because 1t has been almost wholly a
revenue-produclng tax. So, too, the du-
ty on tea and coffee can be restored for
the reason that those articles do not
come into competition with anything
produced in this country. They are
lust the commodities to tax ''for revenue
only"
Now is this the kind of tariff that will
catch the votes of the farmers? Will
the sheep-raisers, the fruit-growers, the
grain producers, the dealers in cattle
and hogs, sustain the party that enacts
such tariff? The Farmers Alliance
is certainly not committed to any such
policy. The State Convention of that
party, held at Lexington, KY, few
days ago, discussed this very question.
Mr. Terrell, the National lecturer of the
organization, deprecated the idea that
the farmers demand cheap prices for the
goods they buy, knowing that if they
bought cheap they would have to sell
cheap; but what the farmer wanted was
high prices." His summing up of the
whole matter was In these words: "What
the farmer and the country need is
and plenty of it. Give the coun-
try this and make the tariff as high as
possible, and this will be a prosperous
and happy Nation"
This declaration, following closely on
the heels of the election, is notice to the
Democrats that they cannot rely too
on the Farmers Alliance
when they come to pass their free trade
or revenue only" tariff. The Alliance
members are more likely to support the
Mckinley act than the Mills bill.
GOOD NEws-We want every mother
to know that Group can be prevented.