St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
GLOBE TOWER SHOTS.

Now they have formed a tack trust. II the
tariff is not a tax how is it that the taeks have
tariff? And if the tacks have tariff how
can it be successfully asserted that the tariff
has no tax?
The treasury's latest purchase of silver was
at 97A cents an ounce; that means 75-cent
dollar. How much cheaper" does Donnelly
ct al. want ii to be?
While women are everywhere invading the
vocations of the sterner sex it is refreshing
to witness the turning Of the tables indicated
in the meeting of the American Association
Of '.Nurserymen.'
ingalls,. associates himself editoriallY with
Truth. 1t would have been to the advantage
of the Kansan had he heretofore habituaily
associated himself with her.
The Chicago Herald has fitted out an expe-
dition to find the exact spot where Columbus
landed when he found the first dry ground
of this hemisphere When found the spot
will be carefully taken up and carried to Chi
eago, and be one Of the attractions OF the
worlds greatest, etc.
On three consecutive days has the Asso-
ciated Press agent in London flashed across
the sea the fact that each day Sir William
Gordon Cumming FLASHED glanees of scorn
from his steel-gray eyes at his enemies"
Rats, man; in fact, baccarats.
If Governor-Senator Dave Hill thinks that
he is making anything but display Of the
diminutive size of his makeup in these filings
at Mr.. Cleveland in which he INDUCES him
self in his speeches. he is Understanding
tho intpIliOQnon M rr1hlip n assuring
the actors whom he addressed the other day
that the world would move along just the
same whether they paid any attention to
economic questions or not he was at his best
of lttleness.
Sir Charles Tuppers statements of his in
terview with Secretary Blaine would be more
interesting had he felt himself permitted to
tell as fully what the secretary said as he
does of what he said But what the secretary
said in April may be inferred from what the
secretary authorized Representative Baker to
say last February. Mr. Baker had written
the secretary to ascertain the truth of
the reports that he was negotiating
for reciprocal trade with Canada and re-
ceived a reply saying: Il authorize you to
contradict the rumors you refer to. There
are no negotiations whatever on foot for
reciprocity treaty with Canada. and you may
be assured that no scheme for reciprocity
with the dominion, confined to natural prod
ucts, will be entertained by this govern
ment"
Senator Voorhees, says that Cleveland is not
in it because he opposes Daniels notions
about silver, and because he kept silence
when Dan was fighting the force bill. There
is a well-founded opinion though, that had
Mr. Cleveland, when president, been more
complaisant to the demands of the Voorhees,,
pele and fils for official patronage, he might
hold any views of silver coinage he wished,
or on the force bill have been as loquacious
as Dan himself or as reticent as Gortchakoff,
who ''could be silent in seven languages,
without the slightest impairment of his avail
ability as a candidate.
The president of the American Screw COM
pany says that his company are going to send
portions of their idle machinery to England
and France and start shops there, assigning
as reason that the Mckinley tariff has so
increased the cost of material that they can
no longer do an export business. The rebate
of duties is hedged about with SO much red
tape that 1t is worth as much to get it as
amounts to when obtained. 1t is ominous
when one of tue chief beneficiaries of
protection kicks thus vigorously against the
unadulterated article. But it is impossible
to repress a feeling of satisfaction that this
company has got an overdose of its own
medicine. 1t was this same company
which Joseph Chamberlain said made
an arrangement with his company in
England to keep out of this market with its
screws in consideration OF the payment of an
agreed annual stipend. Later Mr.. Chamber
lain said the company discovered an easier
way of keeping the pauper-made screws of
his factory out of the market, and procured
the increase of the tariff on screws from 40
per cent ad valorem to a specific tax of from
to II cents a pound which has been
changed by the Mckinley act to range from
cents on the larger to IA cents pound on
the smallest sizes. On the passage of this
act, Mr.. Chamberlain says the American
Screw company discontinued the payment of
the annual stipend, there being no need of
it, as the tariff was effectual to shut out the
screws made by Mr.. C.'s company, or any
other.
A fortune awaits the genius who will con-
trive a silent motor for street cars. The sat
isfaction of the rapid transit of the present
is marred by the rattle of the gear, which
browns the ordinary conversational tone in
roar resembling nothing SO nearly as that OF
the cylinder of a threshing machine running
at full speed. OF course, the genius will
come some day, and the cars will glide along
with no more noise than carriage, except
for the changing of the warning bell; but it
is to be hoped that he will not delay his COM
ing until the hearing of those who have to
ride in the electrics is permanently impaired.
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