Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
SOME CURRENT COMMENT.

Squaring the circle and perpetual motion
| are simple problems compared with the
| complex scheme of levying duties on for
| elgn articles in order that the consumer
may get them at cheaper rate than if the
duties were not imposed Boston Tran
| script, Rep.
The strongest argument against Mr.
Mills candidacy for the sEeakership is fur
| nished by eX-Speaker Needs support of
him. AS Mr.. Mills himself described the
car as man destitute Of all sense of
| honor, his support is no compliment to the
Iexan.--lSt. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Republicans of Massachusetts, not
only in their platform, but also in their Sc
lection Of Henry Cabot Lodge Gnstead of
their own opposing nominee) to meet Gov
ernor Russell in debate. show their pur-
pose to make the force bill 4 prominent is
sue in the canvass. Mr.. Lodge was the au-
thor of the force bill. This is no time for
divided South Atlanta Journal.
1t is announced that Jay Gould contem-
plates DETECTING the grain and provisions of
the West from Chicago to New Orleans.
This would give to Mr.. Gould's roads an
immense traffic. in addition to that they
have and as it is to his interest to make
New Orleans a great grain market it is al
together probable that he will make the
venture. -ILouisville Times, Dem.
The Mckinley law greatly increased the
tariff on cotton ties, with the result that no
ties are now imported. In the seven
months ending July 81, 1880, we imported
we imported none whatever The tariff
lords have had the market rugged for them
completely.-lM Montgomery Advertiser.
The sentiment against the lottery in this
city is daily growing stronger and stronger.
With every meeting that the ants hold
fresh converts are made. If the campaign
is kept up as vigorously as it has been going
on for the last few weeks there is every
probability that majority Of the delegation
Democratic convention will be anti-lottery
men.-[New Orleans New Delta.
When Chicago wanted to erect a monu-
ment to Gen. Grant she put up her 100000,
built her monument and dedicated it. When
New York wanted a monument, even
though she possesses the ashes of the great
hero as an inspiration, she talked about it
and appealed to the country to help her
and resorted to various catch-penny devices
to raise the money, and, although six years
have passed, there is not so much as
foundation. Indianapolis News.
In the death of Parnell, the sympathy of
widow, but to the ever loyal and forever
broken-hearted old mother at Bordentown,
N. j., whose gray hairs will quickly be
brought to the grave by this last great sor-
row. Better for that noble mother and
gifted son had they gone hand in hand to
the grave one or many years ago Louis
vile Times.
Georgia, as well as Tennessee, has been
blessed with the more than doubtful benefit |
-, -
Sun under the heading of "Georgia's Big !
Tax Levy" says that the Georgia legisla- |
ture, which is largely composed of Alliance |
men, has not made much of record for |
economy, as the state tax levy order, which |
was signed by Governor Northen Friday |
last, forcibly attests. The levy is $500 of |
per cent. The comptroller general SAYS |
this is the highest tax in the history of the |
state except one year. That was 1864 when
the rate was even cent. Considering the
value of Confederate money then, this rate
is really higher than that. Except in 1864,
the highest rate of which there is any rec
ord in the comptroller generals office is |
the rate for 10, &c, ~ and rs. NASHVILLE
American.
Baby McKee's nose is out of joint at last.
For months the youthful car of the White
House has absorbed public attention. The
newspapers have been full Of his antics of
his precocious remarks, and of the CANA
raderie existing between himself and his
famous grandfather, Benjamin Harrison.
Any person who did not know better would
have been led to believe that young Mr..
Mckee was the only baby in America
Now all is changed. An infantile star of
the first magnitude has risen above the !
horizon. Mrs. Cleveland is to-day the most
popular woman in America and her baby
is the most popular baby. If that child
ever finds itself tumbling about the halls of
the White House its very breath will be a
news item of the greatest interest and i'm
portance. On the whole there seems to be
some prospect that the great American
baby will at last become an issue in our ma
tional politics.-[Chicago Herald.
Tin is no, plentiful mineral in any part
Of the world. The new mines in the Black
Hills, though great effort has been made to
put the ores upon the market, are not yet
productive. The work at the California
mines has been suspended by the English
owners after the production Of few tons.
The mine from which SO much has been |
anticipated in the Straits region in Asia,
has only produced seven tons, although it is
IN the neighborhood of the most prolific ore
IF over thirty-fve thousand tons per year.
Pig tin, like tinplate, is thing much |
,alked of in the United States, and some
hing that may possibly be proftably pro-
iuced hereafter; but there is no present
Indication Of it. The bride of SIS, 0OO, 900
ser annum held out to spectators desiring
o go into the tinplate business has been so
eebly responded to as to bring ridicule
Upon the senators and representatives who |
thought it would be matter of thirty or
ixty days when their homemade steel
,late should be put upon the market, and | {
in dipping should give occupation to thou
ands Of laborers. A year has nearly
Elapsed, and there is not enough tinplate {
made in the country to supply per cent of
he annual consumption, though doubled ;
'rices should be obtained for it-LPhiladel-
,hia Record. {