Telegram-herald., 1891-07-26

WHY We CROW.
there should be more Joy among Repue-
leans hereabouts over the manufacture
ofoneAmeriean tin plate than over nine
~ and nine tia plates made in Wales
Immediately after the enactment Of the
Mckinley law with its increased tariff
on tin plates. no pot-houss politicians
in the country were more blatant than
those OF Grand Rapids over what they
called the outrageous tar upon the
poor mans dinner pail. The Democrat.
under It's Old editorial management
and no one has yet seen any particular
POLITICAL mprovement-took up the
howl and devoted 10 il what space 1t
could spare from 'grAndpa's hat" and
equally wise and witty allunons- The
Democratic candidate for Congress IN
this district declared in his speech 70
the nominating convention that "tln
plates cannot be made in the United
States, and that is all there Is about i"
and business firms raised the cry OF IN
creased price,. Republicans knew that
there Was not even the coloring of
truth in oil these shameless attacks
upon = statesman-like attempt TO de-
veIope another important industry in
this country, bat howl always attracts
more attention at first than reason and
argument. The Mckinley law came
too lsss to be understood by tho people
before election. Although il Was
printed and issued as supplements by
all the Republican papers before cleo
ton, not one Democratic sheet had the
decency and honesty to do the same
and let tho law stand upon Its merits.
On the contrary, column after column
Was filed with Misrepresentation, ridi-
culs and downright falsehocds about
the provisions Of the law. The TELE-
oRAx-HERALp came out boldly for the
Law, its reciprocity provisions and its
tin tariff, for it has implicit faith in
them. and it proposes to nigh: it out on
this line, and be in At the victory.
re TELEoRAa-H HERALD does know of
. man in this city, as the Democrat
says. "who has for sale articles made of
American tin plate" The TELEGRAM
HERALD has prominently mentioned
his mare. and If the Democrat had one
half the skill In finding out what is
going on around it that it has in shut
ting its eyes to political truths it would
BE- just IS we'll informed as tho TELE-
eRAx-HERALp, IL is, by the way, q
slight sign of improvement on the part
Of the Democrat that il did not bragenly
declare the TELEGRAx-HERALD's An
nouncement ~ lie. 1t even goes o
little farther and makes q half-con-
cession of the possibility of the manu-
facturc of tin plates IN America. 1t
says: ssNow. il is not at all unlikely
that, IL gcJ<s tin can be mined in this
country, the time viii come when the
plate can be made at profit,
provided the rate of duty be sufi-
GENTLY high" But 1t canno. drop
its idea that "the tariff is a
tar" and IL adds immediately after
ward: "And, il such shall be the case,
this whole country will pay tribute and
cash for the benefit Of The few manu-
facturers." The Democrat is possessed
of thu usual fippsncy of its party in
the making OF assertions, and the usual
eoynsss IN sdducing proofs Why
doesn't the Democrat show how this
will be the case with tin plates when IT
bssn't been the case with any other
manufacture IN the country We once
paid England sl66 per tor for steel
rails but put . big tariff on them. be-
ran their manufacture and brought
the price down IS low ~ SIS. Velvet
carpets. . few years ago. before they
were made in this country, cost 1875 .
yard. A tariff Was laid and now velvet
carpets are made in New York, and
cell for sl.25 per yard. American cali
COS are cold for less than the tara rate
on them. But Why multiply inssaaces'
"False in one thing. false in all" If
Cleveland's dietum. repeated parrot
like by the Democrat and its ilk. that
she tariff 10 always added TO the cost,
proves false IN one instance, IL may
prove false in another. Tbs same kind
Of howl went up when . tariff was
put on steel rails, and on other articles,
yet no disaster followed. bat instead .
great national blessing. Then why
isn't 10 the part of wise statesmen 10
make the unse experiments with TIM
IL certainly would be wise 10 DO 50,
even n ID were but an experiment, but
it Is net an experiment. American TN
hss come 10 stay, IN spite Of shs De-
mocrsey and its fslsshoods.
Tar removal Of the serscless rrchihi-
Gen Of American pork in France. Il Is
said. ais due 10 the persstens pressure
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