Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-28

frotectioniats have long since de-
tached themselves from actual condi-
tons aud are floating away in bliss
on thoory--a battered and broken
theory at that. The editor of the
Chester, Pa, Times took to his intel
lectual raft on Friday evening and thus
fioated away from the actual condl-
tions surrounding him, in tho follow
ing editorial;
Is il good sense for a workingman to
support any political party which ad
vooates II policy which sends work, he
ought to have, to foreign countries,
while he remains idle? OF course not,
but that is exactly what some working
men do. Protection keeps that work
at home.
Now that sounds as IL the work
which ought to be coming TO the work
ingmen of Chester and vicinity was
being driven away to foreign countries.
The editor writes as If the Democratic
tariff had ruined the industries of his
city. IIo writes that way, because his
eyes are shut and he is floating off on
his pet theory. In the same issue of the
same paper we find in the news col
umns evidence that work is coming to
Chester just now instead of being
driven abroad by the policy of the
Democratic party. The evil effects of
the Democratic tariff are all in tho
EDITORS dreamy eye, while the keen
eyes of the news reporters find evidence
of a very different situation. Ono of
the news items which runs full! against
the editor's utterance appears under
very cheerful display head about a
prospective plant for Chester II says {:
Mccain & Co. of Philadelphia, manu-.
facturers of patent pipe covering,
have been negotiating for the purchase
of mill in either Chester or South
Chester. They prefer South Chester
and want to locate near the Keystone
Plaster Co. g works, the reason being
that they use a great amount Of the
plaster made by the Keystone and by
having it near at hand, they would
save shipping charges. They have been
negotiating for the strip of land at
Front and Morton streets, and have
also been looking at the piece Of land
owned by the borough of South Ches
ter along the river at the foot of Engle
street.
Another piece Of news showing that
the EDITORS theory is all fancy and no
past fact, concerns additional orders re-
ceived by II Chester manufacturing com
pany. Tho item appears in this shape !:
The Penn Steel Casting CO., has re-
ceived another order from the Baldwin
locomotive works similar to the one
shipped several weeks ago. The work
ut that time was completed so promptly
and tho castings stood such very
high test, that it led to this last order,
without competition. 1t will consist of
lGO driving wheel centres, 100 driving
wheel boxes, 100 pedestal wedges, 100
| gibn, 40 engine truck boxes, 80 piston
heads and 40 cross heads. This order
| with the other work on hand, will com
pei tho company to run on double turn,
for several weeks.
The Penn steel works have now more
men employed and are buster than
| they have been since the organization
There is serious talk Of enlarglng the
plant, for it is argued that il they can
Keep running in such times as those.
they will not be in condition TO take
advantage of rush when business re.
| sumos.
We have taken up this marked incon-
slstency between the editorial aud
news utterances of our Chester con
temporary, because it is fair illustra-
ton of the calamity howls with which
protectionlsts fill the air. without the
least foundation in fact the protection.
lists are steadily preaching to work
ingmen that the Democratic policy has
robbed them Of work to give it ia
foreigners.