Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-19
POLITICAL POINTS.

There are two terms which Will not
appear in the next democratic ma
tional platform. They are: I'VE view
with ALARM and I'VE point with
pride" The devil himself could not
alarm them and they have nothing
this side Of the resolution Of '9S" to
point to with pride"
The wooden industry Of the United
States employees, under normally pros
porous conditions, about 225,00O oper-
atives, and furnishes means Of live
lihood for at least three-quarters of a
million Of American citizens. But
what do the free wool sugar reformers
care about that The wool-grOwers
don't live in ''the protection belt"
Milwaukee Sentinel: Pension Com
missioner Lochren has recently given
out the statement that this administra-
ton will "save" S2O,0O0,0OO at least
this year on pensions, and that it will
"save" a still larger sum next year
In the matter of Mexican war pen
sions, nearly all Of which go to ex-
cOnfederates, the pension commits
SiOner announces an increase in the
expenditures of $1,3OO,O0O. What bet
ter proof could one want Of the hypo-
critical cant on retrenchment in pen
sion expenditure?
Worcester Telegram: It makes lit
tile difference what the democratic
press declares. The people will have
protective tariff just as soon as
Cleveland is out Of the white house.
They recall that there was no idleness,
no hard times, no depression, no re-
duction in wages and no CoXey armies
while the republicans were framing
the Mckinley bill. And they can rest
assured that there will be no hard
times when they restore the protective
tariff, revised to suit the times, early
in the year 1896, unless they are so
strong in congress before that time
that they can pass tariff act over
Cleveland's veto. 1t isn't certain but
that a year of the Wilson bill will
compel every democrat in congress
to vote for a protective tariff.
Since the election Of the democrats
on a free wool platform in 1892, the
value of sheep in this country has
declined S25,666,013. The loss was
shared by every state and territory.
In New England alone it was $685.
S25. The loss on wool during the
same time was not less than $50 $780,
900. If Harrison and Cleveland were
running again this year, one million
/ republican farmers would not be
! likely to neglect vote.
/ The New York Herald also deplores
what it is pleased to call the "pro-
/ tective senate tariff rate Of duty on
cotton goods" These rates will not
burden the people with needlessly
! l.sh prices OF cotton goods" because
the American PEOPLE will buy the
American cotton goods which have
been cheaper under the Mckinley pro
tective tariff than ever before in the
/ cOuntry'S history. 1t may be a hard
ship upon the Herald's editorial staff
to have to pay a little more for the
luxury Of wearing foreign cotton
goods, but the bulk of the people are
not ashamed of the cotton pants that
are made in this country. A protective
tariff may ''crippIe commerce. which
means, from the Herald's point OF
view, that it may reduce the freight
earnings of the French, English and
German transatlantic steamship lines
but on this side of the water we Sc
no reason to support these foreign
subsidized monopolies. Looking al
the case from a Partisan point OF
view, it is of course desirable that we
should not cripple commerce.