Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-09


the extraordinary power accorded to
Russell's father to suspend q lao when
he deemed "the concentrated extract
of protectionism' a failure.
The JOURNAL would like to carry
this along further, but other matters
press. Before it concludes, however,
it wants to answer several questions
by asking some:
By the way, will the great paper please tell
us for which of the necessaries of life the
people have had to pay more money, in the
long run, on account Of the tariff? Is it
steel rails? Is it watches? Is it such cloth
ing as the ordinary citizen wants to wear?
Is it cutlery? Doesn't the JOURNAL know
that all these things have been lowered in
price through the operations of the tariff?
No. the JOURNAL does not know
that, because some other elements
enter into the matter besides high
tariff.
But granting all the Echo suggests
as true, will it tell us how or when the
tariff has increased wages9
If it has cheapened the prices of
why has it not carried out
its prime object in corresponding in
creasing the ability of people to buy?
For there is not wage worker to-
day more able on account of the Nc
Kinley tariff to buy the necessaries of
life than he was four years ago.
If there is, the JOURNAL challenges
HIM to come forward with the proof.
Correct.
ga second Daniel has come to Judg-
ment" in far-away Oregon. He said
on the bench recently:
Whenever a newspaper finds case of
fragrant public wrong.doing and evil. it is its
duty and privilege to expose it and give it the
widest circulation.
But the average newspaper is gener-
ally too poor to take the risk.
Libel suits are costly, even though
the newspaper wins.
And so long as courts incline to hold
that the sanctity Of private character
is paramount to the community's ex
from public wrong, the news
papers Office as a reformer is meek,
lowly and ineffective.
Inconsistencies.
The JOURNAL denies that it has ever class
ed coal as raw material, and explains how it
intended to put the expression, "of all raw
material coal is the rawest," in the mouth of
the protectonist. But the Maryland courts
do not coincide with the JOURNAL. They
hold that coal is raw MATERIAL and as it is
a raw product which plays a most important
part in every description of manufacture we
are inclined to accept the view of the courts,
even though it conflicts with the habitual
Difference we usually pay to the opinions of
the great paper.-Cumberland .News.
The JOURNAL will never cease to
believe that "the Maryland courts"
erred in classing' coal as a raw
1t trembles as it writes this, because
courts are intolerant of laic dissent.
Hence, we showed fully, we believe
conclusively, last week that coal is not
and cannot be, except in the manu-
facture of coke, or gas, a raw material
in the sense that wool, ore or lumber,
ls-showed this, not to controvert the
opinion of maryland courts" but to
overthrow the Cumberland Neaos' state
ment that the JOURNAL had spoken of
coal as the 'freest of all raw materials"
The first question propounded by the great
paper has double edge, which we are sur
prised the JOURNAL failed to see. It says:
In all candor, how can high protectionists
want free trade in anything?
We might reply; In all candor, how can
the advocates of free trade want tariff on
anything?
Yes, but "the advocates of free
trade" do not want a tariff on any,
thing" If they do, they are not free
traders.
In consequence, high protection
people and papers have always weak
ened their pleas by false nomenclature.
They haye exaggerated incidental pro-
lection into free trade, everybody
knowing the latter to be al impossible
Or, we might bring the query even closer
home to the political friends of the JOURNAL
by asking it to explain how Mr.. Carlisle, Mr..
VOORHEES,, Mr.. Crisp and other democratic
leaders of the hour, in the light of all their
past records IN the face of all their innumer-
able speeches and votes upon the question,
can now turn around and advocate the
ofsilyer as money metalP
That is easily explained.
These gentlemen are not advocating
"the characterization of silver as a
money metal" They are favoring the
unconditional repeal of compulsory
purchase law, the climax of high pro-
lection, and a prooen mistake. "Silver,
as money metal" or not, is not an
issue and not likely to be.
Hence. these gentlemen are not
working for a measure to correct
mistake they never committed by
voice or vote.
How unlike Congressman Walker,
of Massachusetts, who on June 6, 1890,
got so warm in his efforts to enact that
law that he indecoronslY took off his