The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-13
THE NEWS" TURN NOW.

The eyes OF the country are ON New York
and Ohio this fall.-Newport Observer.
What's the matter with Pawtucket? /?
Isn't she visiblef
The negro bolt from the Republican party
extends 20 the East, 90 the West, To the North
and TO the South. The black man means to be
Srec-Telegram.
But il the Southern element which con-
trols the Democratic party to-day had had
its way in 1915, how free would the
black man be today
There is growing disposition among the
consumers of tin plate 90 ask that either the
duties on IL be removed or that the domestic
manufacture of IL begin. This Is extremely
inconsiderate OF the feelings of the high tariff
advocates, butt is entirely natural.-Bulletin.
And as read this paragraph, had Just
gummed big label " AMERICAN TIN
PLATE" ON a sheet OF bright TX. plate
from Philadelphia, and set the sheet in
the window.
The editor OF tho Wine aud Spirit Gdzette has
the wholesale liquor dealers association and
the paper discontinued as the organ OF such
association, on account Of the issue of n
special edition rejecting upon the Democratic
candidate for governor brooklyn Eagle.
This is the issue which, according to the
Voice of New York, endorsed the Repub-
lican ticket. IL did nothing of the sort,
but in criticising Flower, IL seems TO have
mistaken its clientage
The cutting of wages all over the land en-
phasizes the beauty Of the Mckinley law
Meanwhile, In consequence OF that law, the
wage worker pays two prices for what he and
his wife and his babies have To use.-Cincinnai
Enquirer.
Excelsior applies TO prices under the oper-
ations Of the Mckinley law, but not TO wages
Atlanta Journal.
Ohio and Georgia are some distance apart,
but the same policy Is pursued by Demo
cratic papers In both states. OF these two
lies, the Northern specimen is the worst.
Does the wage worker pay two prices
for what he and his wife and his babies
have 10 use ~ If he does not, why isn't
this statement lie ? What else can call
its
Last year we imported s4s0,00o,0o0 worth of
taxable goods. Upon these articles of con-
sumption our merchants paid into the custom
house tax Of Sso0,Odc,coo This tax certainly
his profit on the goods was only ssO,Uogo,
and he certainly could not do business under
these conditions.-Boston Globe.
How did you know the tax did not come
out of the producer Can you tell The
most accurate statement on that subject
which / ever heard was this by Sir w. c.
Leng of the British Fair Trade League.
Sometimes" " said he sitting in his coy
office at Sheffield, the consumer pays the
duty, sometimes the producer pays 10 and
Sollcllulcs lucy ulNIut tue puyulcuI III
depends on circumstances.
In Northampton-where by the way,
j had 70 give the most solemn assurances
that j wasn't Yankee shoemaker, before
| could get into one of the shops-l found
workmen getting lower wages while work
ing on export shoes than while making
precisely similar shoes for the home mar
ket while the manufacturers contented
themselves with a smaller profit, or with
none, for the sake of getting foothold in
this country and keeping it. The system
of export discounts is familiar enough in
every country. Who pays the tax : And
if there were no tariff who would make
our shoes