The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-05-01
TARIFF RUN MAD.


> protection lt> - ~ nat - trcnnLcAlli
known a = political racSet~ In.
vel, known fact j. that thsexistin- a.
p-e~>ian l. nos peculiar tn the wooier
Industry. cut prevails equally in IN.
/ cotton trade - mnch the worse
J. the exslznation Of The tariff luna
tics. IL the cotton manufacturers ar
suffering also. they neri more pr0tec
ton too Bn. how DO you know that.
The Dry Goods Economist which Ia.
good facilities for knowing the trath,
reminds this pair ~ calamity bowler.
that the present tariff on cotton goods
was framed b. the New Enylald
mar afactrrers themselves and has al
WAYS been REGARDED a. SATISFACTORY by
them The same pa er takes mp some
particular cases Of failures spec fled
bv these r.Pe->, and looking into their
assets Inns abundant reason FOR their
er-sr.Er2~srnen. outside OF the tariff
THIS. in the case Of one ~ them
which appeared in = -scare-head-'
szviu<- Three FIRMS fail for
sfIn- 0O3-iu-o-1 m.lis are shr.
down and 500 operatives on, Of
work-the new tari- was the cause. r
il was fornt that the principal rropri-
es0- hal male an unfortunate srecula-
ton II unp-oirctlre real estate and
th2s sAis was the cause OF the failure
Another had been iaiO-siny paper 10
enable third party 10 carry on build
iug operations. and this had brought
Inn ari his operations 10 grief The
DRY Goods Economist thinks that
while the depression II business Is no
doubt serio1s. il Is made much worse
by these newspapers and their scare
heads This : the view also Of the
Wool and Cotton Reporter Even the
Tri5uue. which generally howis with
the wolves when anybody mentions
the tariff. says that the present trouble
Is due 20 misrepresentation. especially in
the wooden Industry. The traders
i SAYS almost all overloaded last
fall. IN the notion rha. q demand,
which suddenly appeared. was no.
only going 20 last. but 20 increase. and
nothing that the soberest men in vari-
o-s branches Of business could saT SUI
feed - check the excess OF purchases
sni production
We regret 70 notice senisnc- 20
.a-i1 mania in the Philadelphia Ledger
also Tnis se1ate newspaper. com
nsnts1- on the recent meeting Of the
-epub .ic1a silver senator's and certain
Pennsylvania manufacturer. speaks
OF the former as Eel who --bv voting
during -l- present session OF congress
= accom- 1.i~h The defeat OF the house
reTe-uc bill be--ayei no. ONLY the
principles u the party which elected
them Lr- the country whose interests
a. p-hiic servants theT were soler1nIv
sworn 70 surserre The Ledger also .
al-1se~ 20 taera n the same article as
the --Ro1l Agents az the Rockies
meaning that they hare held up re-
publican stage coach full os innocent
passengers for the purpose OF going
throa-h their pockets This kind OF \
talk passes the bounds of fair discus A
sion IL tie rvo Presses. whose Joint K
howiiD- dssturhs the public ear. should \
say that Senator Teller and his coll 4
leagues -haye b~traye1 the principles
Of the party which elected them
al the extremists would probably
agree with them They would
no. remember that the renu blicar
party has been N power most OF the
time daring - years. has made - tar
if and never passed one as high a.
the existing tarst- till Mckinley took
hcit- Therefore il lFpuid be perfectly
fair for Mr. Teller AMI l..s + ..1Gs 70
replv that II they have BETRAYED he
principles of tla party. then every
c''a-rsss that sat before the NcKiulev
bill -z> passed betrayef them also
4 hose principles were betrayed bv
senator Sherman. who always held
tAst members ~ tie party were az
liherty 20 Gi+e- OF the subject 3.
and rates ~ drtv. -. too.
y l-.-n. te sail thar Senator Morrill,
some Tea-s a-o betrayed tie principles
~ -ls Ea-tT because be voted ar1ins.
2 protective tAri= pn tI- plate. SsIII
-a7re j. Senator Nelson. * Minnesota.
ev-0sli - src1 charge because he
s-r zr e-I voted a-ains. the Mckinney
sarsf .r~eit
ars Gle Let-er rnes much further
len Is SAYS that thnse --roai agents
~ the rockies have h~rrayei ..ths
country Trnl~e Interests a. plb.le serv-
-uts tne- werc .s0ler1nir sworn II sur-
srsr--- Taat means that ANYBODY who
.cics against the DinvI@v bsll i
traitor - Ms count-v. All the demo-
rrz.s and plpu-iS-s are ia 4 uarlous
State tT This derinit42a- Thev are not
.1rluteG in the trst count Ok tn-. I.e..v-
ELS Indictment teca1se they have
-evs- sworn alley a1-e ID The rernh-
.ic1n PARTY. hut they have SWORN ai.e-
: Zane. 20 the cozntrv ani have for