Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1894-08-17

faux pas, attempted to steer clear of it,
you promptly followed suit and said it
is no longer an issue. Cuckoo, did you
say? Please complete the bill by endOrs.
ing Schilling's assertion, that your mon.
strous, blood letting, boodling tariff steal
fake, amounts to but 50 81 per capita.
And so when you say nails, you mean
screw nails. Eh! Well, we will take
your word for it, only reminding you
that according to Webster you
might just as we'll say you meant bolts,
rivets or clips. They are just as
synonomous. Further, \ carpenter of
forty years experience says that screw
nails are very uncommon, and seldom
found IN the market, aud we can assure
you that cottins are never fastened with
them. but are screwed down with
screws. Or did yeu mean screws:
Well we care not what you meant.
Our contention was that screws or
nails are not taxed 80 per cent, as YOU
would have seen had you read the
article honestly. And if you can prove
that they are taxed one fourth Of 50 per
cent, we will furnish you the best ham
mer the market affords, and nails
(screws) for your political coffin free of
charge.
Again. If your sugar item referred
to ~, why did you use the present
tense all the way through in your illus
trations, instead of past. The farmer
who "can meets" the man from India
in 81 is something Of q contortionist.
That you deceived your ne'ghbor is evi-
dent, and what we told him was that if
you say sugar is now taxed 50 per cent,
you are either lying or don't know
what yeu are talking about. And if
our going backin the history of nails is
no argument, how about your using Il
bygone tariff?
What kind of Mckinley William
have yon got anyway, and where did
you get it? We know Mckinley is a
smart man, but we did not suppose that
when he was framing his bill in 'S9 and
80, he incorporated in il table of i'm.
ports for '93. Yet you say on page 1870
OF the Mckinley laws, we will find
imports for 93, and further on "Knit
fabrics 323 so per cent" Now If you
knew anything about the Mckinley bill
you would know that specific and not
advalorem rates are used III most cases,
and If you will turn to true copy of
the bill. you will will find "Knit goods,
valued at not more that 3Octs pr. TO-"
duty '33cts. u Id. plus 40 per cent"
which at present is equal to 1872 per
cent.
Thanks for the information, but we
knew long ago that the cheaper the
goods the higher the duty. And if you
will not faint, we will further add that
it is just AS right to have it that way, as
to have raw sugar on the free list. BE.
cause we can make the cheaper grades
in abundance, and wages considered
as cheap rs any country in the world
and while it IS true that 15 years age
you could buy clothing cheaper in Can
ada than here, yet today anything bu
the finer gi ATE; can be bought rs cheap
ly here as in Canada, which We car
prove.
We would like to say quite q little
about Wisconsin merchants. and Other
items, but space forbids, only saying
that as you have kindly had the mer
chants, Walk and Lombard streets, fur
Aish us with bl a;:::::s. which are admit
edly of the schrewdest kind in the
! world, tive hope yeu will take no
offence" at our suggestion that in tha,
respect we should be better off than
you, who have no Wall and Lambaro
street.
You say, "When he attempts to de-
celve you in one thing, will he not ir
all?" Thanks. You could not have
put better weapon in our hands
With Grationo we can say,
"A Daniel, still say l, second Daniel
thank thee Jew, for that wsrd."
You admit that we have deceived NO
one. We have proven one instance
(sugar) on you, and can a number more
but will be content with one. We heard
you on the streets of Coeperstown the
4th OF July, tell one of your converts
that the bankers were the cause of the
hard times, and that they brought them
on deliberately, and with an object.
You illustrated as follows A business
man had a note of $4,000. 90 to meet ut a
certain date. He went TO the banker
who had usually accommodated him,
but no matter If hls assets were five
times his liabilities, the banker refused
to help him. He had an OBJECT in view
and the man had to fail, etc, etc., etc.
Now my friend, your are old enough
ohu h"VO iONu CuOuSu w huOW UcILcI
than to make such breaks. You ought
to know that 80 per cent of the business
of this country is done on credit; that
one of the first signs of the panic was a
run on the banks, which forced hun.
dreds of them to close their doors; that
the banker, like the business man,
conld not realize on his securities, and
that the money he usually loaned, was
withdrawn from his vaults. That In.
the months of May and June '93 over
$500, 600, 100000 was withdrawn from.
National banks alone by depositors,
and from state and private banks nearly
as much more, Did the German.Amer.
ican with its S2,0O0.o 900 capital have an
object in closing its doors: And what
object did the bankers have? Two
years ago they we bidding for deposits.
Today they will not pay cent. and the
reserve in New York and Chicago has
increased SO per cent, which they would
gladly loan at 2 to 4 per cent on good
security.
We would like to have try for the
plug hat, and notice other points, but
will "mind our own business for the
present, and close. In doing so let me
thank you for your advice. We will
reciprocate by advising you to pack your
fevered brain in ice. Learn that
auuse is not argument That while
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