The sun., 1891-04-09
Tariff Reform ana the stufred Prophets
Washing.

Tariff Reform ana the Stuned Prophets
Washing.
For the benefit Of students OF Stuffed
Prophecy we publish two Of this years crop
Of epistles from the replete letter writer OF
Broad street. Ono bears the date OF March
~, and is addressed to citizen OF Bloom.
ington, Illinois:
"DaAa s,a. Ihavs read the pamphlet yeu sent ne -.
titled "A Fools Questions aaA Answsra' ana like II
vsrv much think the thing need 10 the sirnplsst
statement possible Of the opsraou OF the tssh lava
snd believe Gfsss deal Of time 10 wasted In lsarnsd
and psrp,sxius INK and statstisa wAich over pso.
pis1 heads coufuss them Our psspls are the most
Intelligent In the world but tier are busy and setivs
and IN the race OF shsy have net had ths
oppsr.uai,y TO study Political ausaess sor will they
take the ns solve fer themselves proosma
They are entitled 10 plais. simple talk.
"Yeurs very truly,
"usovsa cLsvsLAsA"
All people, whether they are engaged
In the trace OF maintenance" or not, are en-
titled to plain. simpls talk. but they don't
always get it; and there IL nobody In the
United States who IL more given to ram
bling, inconseQuential, and vague verboeity
than the writer Of the above letter. It 10,
therefore, with surprise and satisfaction that
We find in tho advertising columns OF our
esteemed contemporary, the Indianapolis
Sentixel . letter from tho same fat hand
that 10 plain and simple In y praiseworthy
degree. Both from tho unusually interest
ing nature Of its subject and It's wide devia-
ton from the ordinary style OF its author.
this letter deserves attention:
"Nsw YoaE, Jan. IS, 1891.
.casitel Laundry. 2e ~ XinssipDiM:
ma hav fuat don for m n far
superior to asy have had done elsewhere. Prom this
time you can regard ne A. . regular customer
Yours truly.
"asovsa cLrvlLlSp."
This Is plain simple and satisfactory.
Without seeing this letter who would have
believed that the Stuffed Prophet was ca
pable OF 90 much clearness OF thought and
felicity Of expresslonP Here are two ideas
which he has xrasped distinctly and made
intelligible. The work from the Capitol
Laundry Is much the best laundry work he
has ever had done; and he will have
his washing done III that shrine Of
fiatirons henceiorth. How admirable is this
lucidity. and how different from the In
Vulnerable tariff reform letters by the samo
author. In those eirusions there seems to
be no complete perception. no intellectual
gushes out OF cloudy apprehension. The
laundry letter is infinitely superior. What
tho stuffed Prophet doesn't know about the
tariff would Ill libraries; but when hs talks
about collars and cuffs. washing and starch-
ing and ironing. he speaks from informa-
ton. He has fair understanding Of the
subject. II there 10 too much indigo in his
shirt bosoms. II careless rubbing has frsyed
or torn the edges or the buttonholes. he can
SEQ It for himself. We have no doubt that
bis judgment of laundry work is fair. When
he comes to talk about tariff reform. or the
silver question. he is not master Of the
theme. and he dares not be plain and sim.
pie. He is like the man who cultivated an
illeRible handwriting for the purpose of con.
oealing his deficiencies Of orthography.
The Stuffed Prophet should write moro on
laundry questions and less on tariff reform.