West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-04-21
THE TARIFF.-ARTICLE V.

be seen with that Bill Snodgrass
any more"
"Why not, Lucy %
Because" Said Lucy, che is a
CornlShman, and you Know very
well that father don't want You to
keep his company"
"Wel, lucy, hes as good as the
old man anyhow. You know dads
mother was a half.breed Cherokee.
Cornishman s as good as Cherok &C;
50, shut up"
The above ~ds an actual conyer-
satlon between two sisters in a Cali.
fornia mining region. As it sug-
gests somcthIng, it is reproduced
here.
Protection is an American girl,
or goddess, rather. She inherits
the Cherokee instinct Of scalping
one set of industries to cmbellish
and enrich another set. Just new
this american beauty is lavishing
her affections upon the Cornishman.
That is to say, there Is an imbecile
industry in this State that the gov
ernment of the United States has
adopted. It Is the tin mine from
which Representative Bowers got
those glittoring bars he carried into
the Capitol at Washington. Pro.
lection smiles upon the Cornishman.
The tin mine and large tract OF
land around it is owned by an Eng
fish syndicate; and this II The much
talked Of home industry now in
! process Of development. In what
respect will such Cornish institu.
ton benefit this county, either so.
c.ally or financially.
Every working mln who carries
his dinner in tn pail and every
! h5Eschold that uses tlnwarc mnst
be made poorer in order that this
Cornish concern may be built up
under the assumed name OF mn
American home industry.
1t is worse than -Americm To
tax Go,00o,00O of people to set up
in business one in plant with its
Cornish environments on United
Stltcs soIl. Is il nat hiyh time 10
! Pr0iect He ImericaN M60rcI fr0n,
| py0iecijcr,2
hnoti.cr Protected factory in Cal.
ifornia is tiic WOODEN milf. Ohio
wool is kept out 10y high freight
rates and Australia wool by hig,,
protection duties, and rs u matter
Of course the WOODEN mills are closed
down While Australia wool could
be bad the woolcn manufacturers
mixed it vita California wool, and
could afford to pay wool growers
here llvc-and.lct-liyc prices. PRO.
feciioA to the wool interests Of The
central and eastern States is dsxkruc.
tim to tho wool interests Of the Pa.
cfic States. That is the underlying
principle, however, of protection;
namely, tie building MP Of one in
! tdustry at tfc expense of another.
Though the WOODEN mills are not
running, CaIformans arc woolcn-
wearing people. They pay the tailor
full protection prices, the tailor
pays the manufacturers protection
prices, and the manufacturer pays
the lasorcr in the factory just as
little as possible
] repeat, California is riot IN
Eit2" and in concluding this article
wish to submit three questions for
debate in rural districts, where con-
science often votes and justice some
6 emos elects
Rcso1red-fst. That California is
one Of the United States.
2nd. That the continent Of Aus.
traIia IS benefited more by the pres.
cnt American system than Califor-
MA, or, IN other words, Australia
suffers less from tho United States
tariff LAYS than California.
3rd. That "something is rotten
in the State OF Denmark"
A. w FREDERICK.
LoUGE, CAL, April ,, 1892.