The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-27

irliOuS lcJOeT Oh ldSC week WOulu say
that he must be very badly Gin the
soup" Remembering the advice of
that old lawyer to student of
Blackstone, "when YOU have a bad
case abuse the opposing attorney
-"More Anon" must have con-
cluded his to be a bad one but all
of his abuse amounts to nothing
and every intelligent man knows
that up to date he has failed to
break down a single fact produced
by me while his articles in reply to
Farmer" and myself have been of
the true Democratic stripe, "only
this and nothing more"
l am not surprised that he wants
to drop the question as to the re-
duction of the price Of paper since
the passage of the Mckinley bill.
He knows it is true, if not claim
the thousand dollars.
His time seems to be getting
more valuable than a few weeks ago
when he could write more than a
column fine PRINT in answer to
"nothing" and such productions.
The intelligent people of Garrett
are well able to decide upon their
merits, especially when they re-
member the fact that they are writ
ten by such truthful man as him
self.
He asserted IN his last, on &C.
count of a typographical error
which made me say 1890 instead of
1860 that l had "lied." In his let
tef of Aug. 26th he jumped on to
GARNER" for taking, as he claimed,
advantage of typographical error
one that was great deal harder
to make than the one which oc-
Cured in my article yet he says of
GARNER. "Of course he was
obliged to do something" Was
that his case? Was he "obliged to
do something's" The point made
by me was plain to every intelligent
man land that includes him) that
the Democrats and not the Repub-
hcans were responsible for the in
PRODUCTION of shoddy. | said your
own figures taken from the census
gives 80 shoddy mills in 1860 yet
you blame the Republicans for It's
introduction" and because the nrin-
ter put 8 instead of a you charge
me with Intentionally and deliber-
ately" lying. Thank you, you are
a gentleman and fully understand
how to conduct controversy from
a Democratic standpoint.
Now as to shoddy, he gives 80
shoddy mills in 1860, "a In 1890;
he talks about this as something
awful vet when we consider the in
crease in population and manufac-
turing industry in the period named
| fail to see how the increase is so
great after all. In his last article
he speaks of how if it had not been
for the tariff forcing the wooden
mills into shoddy the wool produc-
ers Of the country would be receiv.
ing an enormous amount for their
wool. In his letter of Oct. 9TH,
speaking Of shoddy he says of the
Republicans "you raise the duty on
shoddy from 10 to 80 cents on this
that you may drive this industry
from the market Also" He is very
consistent but man who can so
arrange that the wool grower can
get a big price for his wool and the
manufacturer cheap wool is q won
derful man, but his party has been
straddling the issues of the day for
years and he could not be as good
q Democrat as he Is unless he could
do a little of the business also.
He "c!aimed that because of the
tariff of 1867 the shoddy industry
began to take root" yet he says
elsewhere "there were 80 mills in
the country in $780," The Demo-
Gratis introduced the industry and
are in faYer of it to-day and we'll he
knows it. l repeat, 1.-THE McKln-
ley bill increased the duty from 10
to 80 cents per ID. The Springer
bill reduced it from 80 to 2 cents
per ID. yet he has the brazen effront-
cry to try to make the wool growers
believe that the shoddy industry is
the cause of the low price of wool
and that the Republicans are re-
sponsible for its introduction. II he
refers TO my article Of Sept. 30th