The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-04

drstriAl enterprises of great moment in
Missouri. and many Of Mr. Tzrsney .
constituents (or rather, those who were
his constiiaents) have large sums Of
money invested in !ead and zinc proper
ties. Such q small matter seems not to
trouble Mr.. T4rsnsy, if be even knew il.
as he appears on the ways and means
committee as one OF the svOWed cham
picns Of free lead as raw material"
OF course free lead will materially al
vance the iniefes.s of the Kansas City
smelling AMI Refining Company. the on
y local corporation or individual that
viii no; &c injured by the placing of
lead ores on the free list An intelligent
and vide awake Democrat, a worker in
the lead mines Of Southwestern Missouri,
said TO me yesterday: ~Our wages under
the Mckinley tariff were from $40 to
$3.50 per day. Should the Wilson bill
pass We shall have to compete with the
peon labor Of Mexico, and suppose re-
duee ourselves to their condition 1
am told Mr.. Tarsney IS about 10 20 10
Mexico. 1t would be well for him TO
visit the mines Of ZlcatecAs and Sonors,
and TO compare the laborsrs in the lead
and silver mines there and their condi-
ton with the class and conditions Of sim
liar workers in this country. II he can
look on the poor, bali starved, half cloth
ed, half fed, iliiteraie peon and not feel
any eompunctions Of conscience because
Of his effort 70 sednce the laborer in the
mines Of Missouri to an approximate
condition, it viii be because Mexican
mescAl and pulque viii blunt his senses.
as the Democratic doctrines and theories
Of this country seem to have done.
In his speech at the Auditorium Satur-
day night Mr.. Tsrsney admitted that the
Wilson tariff, while reducing the duties
now laid on certain articles; created
deficit" that would have to be made up
by taxation in other directions or deriv-
ed from increased Imports This means
that the American people mus. purchase
from S2OO,OOO,OOO TO 100000 600 Of for
eign manufactured articles and foreign
~raW material 70 meet the revenue re-
quirements Of the government If this
is true, and believe it is generally ad-
mitted, il might be suggested that Mr..
Tarsney's theory includes not only q tar
if for the creation Of revenue, but tar
ifffor the creation Of debt as we'll A
little inquiry into trade conditions might
inform him that it would be absolutely
impossible for the people Of this country
to absorb any greater amount Of foreign
articles than they are now
doing, and that the American people are
almost unit in their desire to eurtail in
stead Of increase the consumption Of im-
ported articles and imported raw mate
rial"
Mr.. Larry Neal, formerly Of Ohio, an
lOunced with much elstiOn and buster
n the Democratic convention of 1891,
he report Of the minority Of the COM
nittee on platform that denounced are
publican protection as a fraud Since
he ides Of November all knOvledge snd
race Of Mr.. Neal has been lost even
lis place Of residence is not now known.
,lr. Wilson, Mr.. Tarsney aad the support
rs Of Mr.. Wilson's debtcreating, labor
tariff theories are, fortunately
Or the welfare Of the country, about to
all into the abysm Of similar unknown
nd unmarked political grave.
EDwIS f. WILSON.