The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-13
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

Republican platforms are de-
voted principally To the abuse of demo.
cratic principals Well. the democrats
can stand it 50 long as nothing better
then republican jo5bery i offered
substitute kansas City Times.
1t is by no means "A sure thing
that Harrison. Reed and Mckinley will
divide the national republican eonvcn-
ton between them. While they are
interfering and joclcying some we'll
managed dark horse i. very liable 70
rallop around the whole rreeions trio
or leaders. Detroit Free Press.
Unfortunately for those who toll
and for the nation al large. the system
OF protection established in this coun-
try has not extended 10 labor. The
fruits OF the high tariff have gone 10
the favored bcneticiaries who have
amasscd millions at the expense of the
ma sses Labor has been imported free
Of duty and without let or hindrance-
|, is the undesirable element thus in
troiuccl that is largely responsible
fer the outbreaks which disgrace the
country and work harm to the cause
Of those who are struggling towards
the more favored position which IL
theirs by every consideration of right
and Justice. Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio republicans in their
platform demand such protection for
sheep husbanary as Will secure fair
prices for WOOL The Ohio repub-
iicans should be more specific. What
Is such protection for sheep hus-
bandry a. win secure fair prices for
wool?' Where i il found and how is
II got? Under the protection which
the Mckinley act gives sheep hus-
banGry. as under all protection given
BY the republicans t. sheep hus-
handry. the prices for wool haze been
getting lower and lower. until they
haze reached their present beauti-
fully fair figures -Louisvillc cou-
ricr-JourAal.
The facts about the sugar trust
which are coming 10 light constitute
the truth about all trusts and corpora
tons which ask for protection En-
boldcned by the success OF SO many
years. thi, system 0. robbery Of the
| American people boldly ilaunts its
shame in open day and stalks into the
public places and the high councils OF
the nation with startling cifrontery.
80 hardened has protection" become
by what il has fed upon that IL is en-
tirely bercft of moral sense and en-
tiers the United States senate bearing
brides with hardly any sense or CON
sclousness of improperly -inlianap-
oils News.
We do not recall IN human his
tory an experiment more completely
tried. and of which the results are
palmer. than our protection expert
ment, except that Of absolute mon
arehy in France. and i; has produced
almost rs great moral chaos. The
country il fun Of the anti-srciai. an
archical and crazy ideas Of tho power
of government which preceded the
\ French revolution. and they have
grown out az the thirty years of pro-
lection as plainly - the French ones
grew ont ~ the fifty years Of liccn-
iious dcspoiisrn- Not the least divert
in,- part Of the prevailing folly is the
high-tarin attempt 10 fasten the re-
sponsibility 81 IL all on tho free
traders. rs IL il was not the function
If n tariff ~ silence and ruut free
traders by display ~ it, own bench.
c.ncc The number ~ theories which
IN practice would make the world
happy II the wicked would only cease
from troubling is immense. But how
"a mnSzle the wicked j. chief part OF
the problem Of rcforn.--N. Y. Post