The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-03-31
ELL AND HoKn ON RRVRNuR.

ELI AND HOKB ON REVENUE.
The Sun, (which shines from New
York for all" has this article. Ca
the principle that
"a little nonsense, now and then,
Ia relished by the wisest men,
il finds place in our columns:
YHE VIEWS OF STATESMEN WHO DO
NOT RULE THE TREASURY.
They were talking about the low
balance i'm the Treasury the other day
M the Colonial Cub when Eli Perkins,
the great American truth teller, was
asked what caused IL.
SIT was caused, " said Eli, "by the Re.
publicaus foolishly paying out S3S,0oO,-
300 to reimburse the states for the equip.
ment of troops ia 1861. This had
been due the states for 30 years.
Cleveland wouldn't pay his debt, but
Zoe first thing Harrison did was to
pay &C.. How foolish! He ought to
have let it danzle along aud let the
next Administration pay it. That's
what Grover did"
"But how shall we raise sufficient
revenue uow?' was asked.
"Wny, lower the Tariff, import
more goods, and collect the revenue on
chem"
"But can we import these things
And still make hem at homer"
"Why, Of course, any one can see
shat. HDke Smith says sou
What would you put a Tariff on?"
Choke and 1 would have a Tariff for
revenue, not for protection. we'd
adopt English Tariff. The English
have a Tariff Of 3 cents on tea, 5 cents
ON coffee, A cents on cocoa, Sl.2O on TO-
bacco, $3.50 on whiskey, and 1 CEN on
sugar. sugar, coffee, tea and tobacco
are free il America"
"And tin, what would you do with
that? We have Gfty-siX factories now,
making about one-tenth of the tin
used. 4"
"On, let it come free from Wales
The more we import the more we'd
manufacture here, Can't you seq"
"And the ninety -four pearl button
iactorie- now in this country, what of
}hgn. Would you take che Tariff of
AnG let our workmen work for Ger
man wages or go back homer"
why, yes. With Ia low Tariff
they'd I' be imported from Austria,
and, at the sumo time, our factories
would be running here. Hoke Smith
says So"
"Aud what will we do with sugar?
Weare paying out now SlOO, coo, 900 for
sugar. All our surplus wheat goes for
sugar. Miles square are going into
neet sugar in Nebraska and California.
Sugar cane is moving up into Texas
aud Louisiana. It's going up the
Brazos. A half million bales of cot
ton came out last year to give place
10 sugar and rice. Shall we take the
bounty off and buy our sugar in
Germany, France and Cuba, or keep
on the bounty as Germany did, and
by and by make all our own sugar?
Shall we choke Off the splendid sugar
factories at Grand Island, Norfolk
and Aberdeen, Dakota"
"Why, yes; import it and get the
revenue. What's 500, 900, 900 worth
Of homemade sugar to Us? What's
$50, 600, coo worth of homemade tin to
us2 What do we care for $50. 900, coo
worth of homemade plate glass, and
500, 900, 900 worth of iron? Let the
shifting factories go back to Chem.
nitz let the sugar factories go back to
Germany, let tin plate go back to
Wales, let pearl buttons go back to
Vienna, and plate glass and pottery
and velvet go back to England and
France. We want to get the revenue
On them. We are in for revenue.
The boys voted for a change, and we
are going to have it. They got SO per
cent. protection and 300 per cent. big
ger wages than any other workmen
On earth, and now they are going to
get 30 per cent. protection and the
things are all going TO be made in Eu-
rope. You hear me-and Hoke!"
Then the old truth teller wiped his
glasses with his red baudanna hand
Eerchief and went on reading the
presidents inaugural.
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