The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-05
THE NEWS" TURN NOW.

This disingenuous claim that "the
foreigner pays the tariff !" Is unworthy the
leader OF q great party. 1t Is refuted by
the everyday history Of the Custom
House. 1t is contradicted by the invoices
of our importers. 1t Is disproved by the
pp nsspps sis fsy Y smP %orId. goods BY our
The claim is not heterogeneous, but it
is the truth, in certainly a majority OF
instances. Take the case of the
work at lower wages on Sex
shoes. Take the British merchants
and manufacturers who sell goods for
export below the home price, to break
down opposition and relieve the ever
threatening glut ct home.
The best rule for the incidence OF Q
tariff tax was given by Sir William
Leng, Shefield's eminent fair trader, to
the writer in 1888: Sometimes it falls
on the consumer, sometimes Oh the pro-
Queer, and sometimes they divide it. 1t
depends on circumstances" and circum-
stances differ.
To be a clean family paper as IL the
Providence NEWS Is our desire.-Pascoag
Herald.
We feel highly honored by the compli-
ment. The Herald starts out well with
an abundance of local news, crisp conf
ment, unanswerable. tariff arguments
and a clean, attractive dress of type.
Long may 1T prosper!
We cannot take of the prohibitory du-
ties from what you consum all at once,
the shock would be too great to
and industry, but we will continue to
a k them of as long rs we are intrusted
with your confidence n in a conserva-
tive and. gradual. way.-Newport Her
aid.
Conservative and gradual" for in
stance, as the Morrison 10 per cent. re-
duction or the more drastic Mills bill
The eyes of the whole country are upon
Rhode Island. IL is Presidential year,
and as this election will DO an indication
as to whether or not the the Republican
party Is to be sustained IN November, the
Importance of the contest cannot be over
estimated. Let every Republican and
well-wisher of good government go to
the polls and the result will be satisfac-
tory to the city, State and nation.-New-
port Observer.
And vote the whole ticket from top to
bottom, and work for it with a will.
The local Democrats take the proper
stand In refusing to support, as a dele.
gate to the Chicago Convention, any man
who is opposed to the nomination OF
Grover Cleveland. 1t Is Cleveland or GER
tain defeat. And the local Democrats
know it.-New Bedford Journal.
The logic Of the situation points to Mr..
Cleveland al the proper nominee for the
Democracy, but there is a bald-headed
man in New York who kicks vigorously
at it, logic or no logic.
There is a good deal of SCOT in the May
nard calcimine Mt Albany.-N. Y. Sun.
How SO? It's the regulation II am a
Democrat mixture long in use and
highly recommended.
Concerning the disaster of 1883 the
Stuffed Prophet has always been rs
dumb as he was while the Democracy
stood pale in the hadow OF the Force
bill during the campaign of 1S90.-N. \.
Sun. !.
Come, Mr.. Sun, be a trife more just
to the greatest of living Democrats.
Mr.. Cleveland wasn't in q position to
say much about legislation in 1890, and
you can't expect him to brag much about
1883, can you?
The forged testimonial to Bristol Bill
is still advertised In the country papers,
Woonsocket Reporter.
And a more shameless " It impu-
dence was never perp atrstod. Peter
McCleur's affidavit in the NEWS said that
he never authorized his signature to the
Bristol papers, and that he told Ward
wells touter plainly that he /" had
worked for 81, $1.25 and $3.50 a day."
Peter McClure's name, and with the
*" is still signed to that precious
document in the papers which swear by
the Bristol man. =
The rum power of Rhode Island mus
have issued its orders. How else can any
one explain the sudden tumble of the
Providence Journal In order
hat those homes may be happy and pros
porous, they need to be protected from the
devastations of q robber a thousand-fold
more dangerous han would be any sys-
TEN of tariff, high or low. That robber
is the American saloon.-Westerly Tri-
bune.
The American saloon Is something
against which each individual man can
protect himself if he has common sense.
But the individual man would he power
less before u free trade bill passed by
Southern Democrats with the acquies-
cence of Northern "doughfaces," rs
they used to be called.