Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
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When the Mckinley tariff was drawn
the Sugar trust was not prominent at
Washington: it is now. The non-trust re-
timers We're prominent then; today there
are none. The Sugar trust now rehnes
all the 100000 tons melted. The plea
made by the non trust refners then was
that without protection they would be abb
sorbed by the trust. Their establish
ments We're smaller, their expenses larger
ana their margin narrower. The plea
had weight. The figures laid before the
House and Senate committees, not by
the trust but by its opponents, were con-
yInclng. They have proved deceptive.
aavins secured the duty on refined on the
plea that competition would be rendered
possible by It, these very refiners sold out
to the trust; The duty on refined was
secured by the pleas of non-trust retiners,
ana once secured its profit and advantage
went to the trust but not ut once.
AS the New York Times said May Is,
lo32, and the Times is no friendly critic.
when the Mckinley bill was passed the
trust could not take full advantage of
this duty because of the existence of
three competing rehneries in philadel-
phla Not long. however. after the adop--
ton OF the new tariff the trust obtained
possession OF these refineres, paying
more than $17.00O.O00 for property that
was not worth more than S7,O0o,000 at
a fair valuation" Today this competi-
ton has been over three years. The only
reason for which a duty was imposed in
1890 is gone. The duty should go too
Sugar should be free. both raw and re-
fined. 1t was Il mistake to impose q
duty III 1890. 1t was expected to ald
competition. 1t was used to improve >he
price at which competing re1ineries were
sold. Today there is practically no COM
petition. The trust stands alone. ANY
duty on refined sugar will flow into its
Golfers and yet the Democratic Senate
proposes in Il disguised form TO continue
when competition has ceased duty I'M
posed solely to promote competition ana
only on the plea of competing rehnerles.
Philadelphia Press.
How the Mighty Has Fallen.
Little did the public expect even after
the lamented death of George William
Curtis, that Harper's Weekly woulu
pected has happened; and the idol of that
journal of civilization has been broken
down.
The Chicago Tribune in commenting on
the change of heart in the Harpers,
quotes from that journal as follows:
1.-THE last number contained an edltorlal
headed A Shorn Samson in which the
political situation Of 1886 is cOntrasted
with that of 1894. Eight years ago 1.-The
President of the United States was
commanding factor in the situation and
now he can hardly be said to be factor
at all This loss of power, says Har-
per's Weekly. is because of a change in
Mr.. Clevelands own methods. lie was
reelected because known and trusted by
the masses not only of his own party but
by the people at large. Yet he is unable
now to impress upon the senator's OF his
own party the necessity of fulfilling the
pledges upon which that party obtained
power He is helpless because he has
abandoned the methods of his first term
and has become a Politician
THE Democratic politicians" says the
mugwump paper. may hate him as much
as ever. but they no longer fear him.
"They have come to despise him for hav-
ing become one of themselves lie has
deprived himself of the great power he
had-the confidence Of the people founded
on the very fact that he was not /; poll
tician himseif--by resOrting to the arts
of the politicians and using the patronage
in his gift to placate his Democratic OPP
ponents. And Harper's Weekly calls on
him to retrace his steps before it is too
late. assuring MIN that he must know
that up to date his fellow citizens look on
his second administration as a failure.
This is 4 very accurate statement OF the
change in pubiic sentiment since 1892.
There was Il great deal Of Cleveland Wor-
ship or idolatry then. 1t was so strong
in his own party that it's bosses who did
not want him renOminated were trampled
under foot. 1t was so strong in the Re
publican party that tens OF thousands or
hundreds of thousands of it's members yot-
ed for him. His personal popularity swept
the strongest Republican states from their
mOoringS foreign-bOrn and natlTe-bOrn
citizens went trooping after him. lie got
the votes Of Roman Catholics and also
those of LuthcranS.
He was so popular because the people
thought he was not professional poll
tician. They thought he would be true to
his convictions and defy the demands or
entreaiies of party leaders. They be.
lieyed he would cndeayCr, to the best OF
his ability, to be the President OF the
whole country and not the President or
party They have found out to their NOR
LITIGATION that they were mistaken. While
in one or two matters. especially as re-
CARDS the currency. he has come up to
their expectations. in other things they
have found him y mere politician; Ihey
have discovered that their idol has not
merely feet of clay, but that he is made
largely of putty.
What will the undeceived people do?
That which they usually do when they
find the man whom they have followed
and trusted is but an ordinary, weak.
erring mortal. The Republicans who
marched out of the Republican party
they thought he was more to be trusted
than any party will return whence they
came. They wandered off after an ideal
Cleveland. He has turned out to be a
plain politician of the patronage-distrib-
uting school. They will not remain in
the Democratic party, i'll which they never
had any faith. but they will go back
whence they came.
This dethronement of the Cleveland idol
or this collapse of the Cleveland myth
is the great opportunity Of the Repub-
lican party. 1t is such an opportunity as
is rarely offered to Il great political organ,
zation. Here are tens of thousands OF
voters detached from their mcorings,
houseless and homeless. The 1@pub-
lican party can have them if it makes an
effort to gain them. Attractive policies,
clean candidates and honest, able leaders
can bring over these old devotees Of
Cleveland to the Republican party and
secure for it those votes which enabled
the Democrats 20 sweep the country III
1892 The turn in the tide has come.
If the Republican leaders appreciate the
situation and avail themselves of the adj
vantages it offers the future is theirs.
Killing an Elephant.
When few years ago a Snowman in