The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-02

answer the charge that this Increase IN rates
will bear hard upon the people in general,
bv explaining that IL is only intended TO
Keep out foreign made goods of superior
.haractcr and enable them TO get grip on
he "silk- stocking crowd that now turn up
heir noses at American-made goods. They
propose 60 compel this new kind of Ameri- |
AN aristocracy either TO wear homemade |
,oods, or 10 have the fat fried out OF them IN |
inc style. in the way of excessive duties. II |
III goes 10 show still more plainly what n
man Hancock was. TIL. tariff is. |
rdeed, a ''local ISSUE and how II affects |
very man depends on just the way he looks |
II il, and the kind Of business lac is engaged |
n.
The Eagle and the Lion.
Augusta News
During the Presidential campaign of lseS,
Mr.. John {. New. who is the consul general
10 London, had prepared and distributed
thousands Of cards, on one side which was
printed a British flag. and on the other a
forgery from the London Times. all of which
was to show that vote for Cleveland was a
vote for England. At that time tine oily
New posed a. a man who would give his
right ear for an opportunity TO pull the tail
Of the British lion out by the roots, bat
now We hear Of him making a.
speech Ut ulllUtl III l1'bN'h ~
which he declared that if England ever be-
came involved IN trouble with other Euro
pean powers. the United States would
ily TO the defense of the mother country.
Now this speech should be printed on card
and distributed during the next prcsiden-
tial campaign. II will have a very happy
effect on the lrish-Amcrican voters who
were told that if the Ben Harrison admins
tratiOn were elected il would be English
hating from the jump. and the Eagle would
make the Lion chirp very low.
HOW Duluth Grows.
Duluth Herald
How Duluth grows is shown in manner
which nobody can deny or sheer away IN
the exhibit made in our columns in to-days
issue of the larger manufacturing cstab-
Iishments of the city. II is really superb
record Of growth and industry IN the COM
pass Of mere handful Of years. And it
should be noted furthermore that the list does
not embrace the stirring works not strictly
such as the McDOugail
and Grign0n shipyards, employing together
some three hundred men. or the many
thriving and pushing works that viii soon
be classcd with the leaders. But the re-
cord. az it stands, is one Of which any city
in the country OF the size Of Duluth may
well feel proud. 1t is a solid filling Of Du-
luth's lusty craw.
Straddling.
Lynn (Niass.) Bee.l
What queer set these high protection
ISIS are. First they tell YOU that the tax
must be put on to protect the wages Of the
worlingmcn. But now comes Mayor Fit
Ter. Of Philadelphia, and declares tina: IF
the duty is not taken oil of hemp. il VIII be
impossible for lis TO compete with the cheap
labor Of England. Ireland, and Germany,
and pay the duty" It's pertinent 10 ask
Mayor Filter where the projection to Ameri-
can labor comes in, in this case. Your pro
tcctionist wants both ends Of the bargain
every time. It's my pocket" and 'my in
tcrests' with them.
Can Criminals,be Reformed.
New Haven Palladium
Effort TO diminish the criminal classes
should he chiefly preventive; for. rs with
druukards. the reformed are individuals
and not great numbers. II is distressing
thought that il is practically hopeless 10 at
tempt to turn hardened criminals. from the
error and hurt Of their ways-and the prison
reform movement is and will do much in
this line-but il is in interesting. and cdu-
eating and uplifting the young ''t0ughs" Of
the city slums that the supply of criminals
j. best checked; and in this direction should
bee bent the effort.
Fighting the Tiger.
Philadelphia start
There is not a nation on the earth 80 ready
20 take hazardous risks rs the American.
one of the distinguishing traits in that
direction is the eagerncss with which so
many rush into stock gambHle, giving en-
couragemcnt 10 bucket shops, where the
chances against them are almost as many
as in lighting the tiger" But if there j.
only one chance Of winning in a thousand
there are those to be found who will take
the odds. and hence 50 many well-inicn-
toned and otherwise sensible people 20 To
ruin financially, and not infrequently NOR
ally also.
4 iiarrisonian Shudder.
Nashville Americana
President Harrison is developing into
quite "a lightning change artist. His latest
performance il the sudden shit rom a pro-
nounced spokesman to atrcasury watch dog.
He has all ai once concluded that there
must bc a check put upon the reckless en-
penditure of public money. The contem-
plated appropriation Of S20,OoO,OoO for pub
lie buildings has especially elevated his bile
and intensified his cholcr. II il too much,
and tine President, peering out from under
meath his ancestral hat. has said so.
Russian Policy.
New York sun
Russia has said no very decidedly to the
petition of the Amer of BOkhara that all
European goods be admitted 10 his country
free Of duty. Before the railroad connected
BOkhara with Western civilization Eng
lish manufactures were imported by cara
van i'm considerable quantities. This trade
Is now stopped, and Russia does not pro
pose TO have her railroad used 10 promote
the business interests Of other nations. Cen
trail Asia for the Russians j. the policy OF
the Cars government.
Tanner A. an Economizer.
New York STAR
Corporal Tanner as a promoter Of exact
ness and prudence in appropriations and
expenditures is refreshing novelty. The
extension Commissioner alleges that Con-
grcss is cheating the country by appropra-
ting for pensions S2O.OO0.pOO less than'Wlll
be needed 10 meet the requirements of cN-
listing laws, which really amount to nearly
$l2O,OOO.OO0. This is an oldtnme trick
played Just now for effect on the Congress
siOnal elections.
Foolhardy Reed.
New York Telegram
The American people is greater than
Speaker Reed and the desperate gang OF
politicians he leads. IL will be an instruc-
tive sight TO see when the wave OF its indig-
nation rolls over this wOuld-be tyrant and
shows him and his clique for the petty crea-
lures they are.
The southern States cannot be treated
again as conquered provinces without dis
ruptng and destroying the Republican
party of the North.
should Not BE Busy Bodies.
Washington Post.l
Instead Of busying themselves about the
choice Of the Democrats for Mr.. Randalfs
successor ia the Third Congress district,
the Republicans had better be looking
around for an opposition candidate who
would indorse the Mckinley bill. No man
will be selected by the Democrats who does
not favor tariff reform, and who would not
vote against the mOnstrOsity now under
consideration in the House.
MIX in the CocOanut.
New orleans States
1t is now stated, on what appears to be
good authority, that Secretary Blaine has
abandoned all idea Of seeking the Republi-
can nomination for President in 1872. and
that he will work for the reelection Of Mr..
Harrison. Blaine evidently understands