The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-18

New York, Oct. 2i.-Everybody is talking
about the election. One starts out for a
mouthful of fresh air, stumbles over a
large crowd, a brass band, braying forth,
Just Tell Her That You Saw Me" (and
not mentioning the awful sounds that you
are forced to hear. with spellblnder at
the back. Sometimes we stand still and
llsten-sometimes we are spellbound-more
frequently we are not. But It starts does a
political campaign. a certain amount of
questioning, to which the feminine voice,
unless it be given over to the upholding of
missions, finds pleasure in answering.
Says the masculine inquirer: What do
you know about protection?"
Says l, representing the feminine voice:
"Well, not very much; but this is what /
believe: 1 think there should be a high
tariff, very high tariff Several years
ago had an opportunity to compare our
manufactures with those of England and
France, and when I say our manufacture
ers, l mean our cloths especially. Now,
my friend, half of the cheviots, broad
cloths, rough or smooth goods in wool.
that you buy stamped with the English
or French hall mark are made In this
country. We can make as good q piece
of cloth as ever was designed. or made
across the water, consequently, there
ought to be a high tariff on wool mater
ials Americans ought to buy the home
made stuffs, keep the mills going, and by
putting an enormous tariff, an outrage
ously big one, on all woods, force the inn
ported article out OF the market. When
we have a good thing we ought to recog-
| nize it, In the finest of silks and velvets
we cannot compare with France, but for
that reason fabrics should be introduced
at a high tariff, kept at high price, so
| that the American manufacturer Will grow
ambitious be eager to make his silks as
fine as the imported ones, and, in time,
| achieve what he desires, so that no further
importations will be necessary.
A Japanese importer told me that more
than one-half of the printed silks sold as
coming from China or Japan were made IN
| Paterson N. j. We've got the men
| who can work well and who have the
| brains; we've got the money TO pay tne
men, and we want to introduce a niue
| 1Inpoism which is after all, the slang
word for recognizing the possibilities OF
| ones own country. Why can't the man
| who sells American silks hang piece OF
| the American silk beside piece or the
| Japanese silk and let the customer take
| her choice, having to pay for the chinese
| silk an extravagant price, and for the
| American a lust pricA 14et the tariff be
low on pictures, on books, on anything
| that will educate the people. Let the
| tariff be high on Jewels, on anything That
Is bought by the rich people simply as
| luxury. -,
I want II restricted II / were the person
| I'm power / should have each voter twenty
| Eve years of age, free, and added to TINS
freedom there should be the knowledge OF
| reading and writing and the OWNING OF u
| home. Then a vote would be worth some
| thing 1t would represent somethihS.
Men would strive for 1t, and dollars would
be saved to buy the home for the women
and children that would in addition, make
the father a voter What does Antonio,
| or Francois, or Heinrich, or Patrick, or
Tommy Atkins know Of this country az
ter living here a few years? whether ne
is from Italy, or Germany, France, or Ire
land. Russia, or England Sweden, or
scotland. how can he realize in one. five,
| ten or fifteen years, the needs or those
men and women who have made this
country? Let American birth be the very
first necessity of the right to claim vote,
| Then let all the rest FOLLOW.
And by-the-bye, II / made the laws for
this country, the business world should
not be in a state of excitement that was
bad for It every four years, but good
man. once found, he should stay where he
was placed by the vote of an intelligent
nation for at least eight years.
And the schools. ! would have my say
about them II were ruling. These public
schools should give a good, thorough ed
| cd as Tom.
is going to be a business man. needs, and
| such an education as Dick, who Is going
to be a carpenter, will require, and such
an education as would be benefit to Mol
", whether she Is going to be the wife or
an honest man, or whether she VIII De
forced into the workaday world. There
| should be scholarships for higher eduea-
ton. but children who do not need 1t. who
gain no good by II, who are helped in no
way at all through it, should not be given
a so-callod education formed OF scraps OF
this "ology," tatters OF that ism ana
vague suggestions Of some other os-
| ouhy." There should be less examining
given and more knowledge gained. Then
| the average girl Of Is would write a bet
! ter letter than she does to-day; she would
smell better; say what she had TO IN
clear way, and her handwriting would be
an honor to her class. She shouldn't take
the wrong change In a shop, because she
sbouIdn't lose her interest In strange
country because she knew nothing about
It geographically.
More OF spelling and less Of chemistry;
more OF plain arithmetic and less OF alge-
bra; more of geography and less OF liter
aulre:and more grammar and less or ge-
ometry, would be my idea OF public
school education. Fewer books and great"
er ability on the side Of the teacher make
a better scholar. The teacher who has 70
study from night TO night to keep up with
her class Is entirely too common. Then,
/ / do believe II the proper education were
/ given there would be healthier children,
\ fewer children wearing spectacles, and
/ fewer children burdened with books when
| they are forced 10 study at home. Now
/ adays, the mother is Obliged TO teach;
| that Is, IL she Is a loving mother; and the
/ average child, ambitious and hopeful,
| gives all her day and the greater part or
her evening to her school books And this
is wrong Then, too, do not believe that
/ Mary Robinson, whose father makes
large income, has any right to be at the
/ public school, and SO assist In crowds 8
out children who can AFFORD 20 go 10 no
i place else. The teachers say, naturally
1--WE give the preference to those Children