Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-03-25

IT FELL FLAT.
From the Chicago Inter- Ocean.
y Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. w atterson and, |
10 fur as we remember, every other
Democratic chieftain has declared
that the cry Of tariff reform must Be-
pealed to inspire the hosts IN the CONF
ing battle Of the ballots.
Recent events lead Us to doubt that
it will inspire them.
The opening Of the tariff debate in
the House Of Representatives was q
fat failure, q dead failure, >the dead
est kind Of a dead failure. The
people did not read the report which
the Associated Press furnished, half
the Democratic newspapers did not
think it worth while to make editori-
al comment upon them, the galleries
were empty and the body Of theI
House not half filled when Mr.: Me-
Millin sounded the key-notes Of the
coming campaign. The keynote was
not heard, much less responded to BY
the people. There is not . sc,ntilla
Of enthusiasm for repetition Of the
farce which was successfully enacted
by the Democrats in 1890 under the
misleading title Of Tariff Reform"
All this is in aocords with the eter-
nal fitness Of things Il is a very long
time since very shrewd politician re-
marked that one falsehocd might
serve to deceive the people once, but
that it was ridiculous.to suppose that
one falsehood could fool them twice
Mr.. McMillin's keynote was pitched
in>the octave Of the falsehood Of 1890,
and this is 1892. What is worse for
the Democrats, no tariff reform"
keynote can be pitched in any other
octave. ->,@.s
The octave of 1890 had these notes:
A. Mckinley tariff is the highest
ever enacted. -- - At~, 3
But the fact is now proven that it
is the lowest ever enacted.
B. It will increase our already too
great revenue. .
But it is proven that it has reduced
our revenue by something like $780,
100000.
G. This is a tax which the foreign
maker or American importer adds to
price. "
But it is proven that foreign
makers have lowered their prices on
most of the articles on which the
tariff was increased.
/ D. Tariff is tax which American
manufacturers add to price.
But it is proven that it is not.
E. Higher prices on account of
tariff.
But it is proven that average prices
of manufactured goods, both foreign
and domestic, never were lower than
since the passage of the Mckinley
bill.
F. Tariff breeds trusts.
But it is notorious that trusts never
found so hard road to travel as that
over which they are now journeying.
G. Tariff checks exports.
But our exports are just booming.
And, lastly, tariff prevents imports.
But the fact is that we are import
ing more than ever, but we are im-
porting things that NE oans not make
4 - = g
or produce for ourselves, and are i'm
porting them duty free. Whereas,
'tariff reform" means paying duty
on imports of things that we can not
make or produce, and admitting free
of duty those things which we can
make or produce.
There is not q note in the old
Democratic free trade octave that
longer can inspire the enthusiasm IF
the people. ,.> '".4.
The tariff reform dodge won't
work; the free silver trick won't win.
Better|revive the old fashioned war
whoop of Il don't want my daughter
to marry. a Niger" That fetches the
antediluvian Democrat out of his
coffin every time. AS for creating a
new issue, it can't be done.> The
Democratic party never was Gre
alive force; never will be; it is rem,
iniscent merely. .o.@.s,s ...l