The record-union., 1897-09-26
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THE TRUTH ABOUT 1T.
Yreka Journal: The Democrats say
the high price of wheat is due to the
scarcity in foreign countries. How about
wool, beef, and all other farm products,
including cotton. They also say that
the new tariff does not raise revenue like
the free trade Wilson tariff. because
foreigners do not supply US as largely to
pay duty in competition with American
goods. The foreign dealers flooded the
market in anticipation of repeating the
Wilson Act, but their stock on hand in
America will soon be out, and America
is their best market with increased duty
added. There has been no bond issue
yet, nor likely to be as under the Will
son Act, hence it is safe to say the
Democrats are mistaken about the rev
enue part Of the Dingley tariff not being
as renunerative to Uncle Sam as the
Wilson Act.
POSTAL CARDS SREJUVENATED.
Tacoma Ledger: An advertisement
has appeared in some Of the daily papers
In which a cash payment has been Of
fered for uncancelled printed postal
cards. 1t seems that many business
houses have occasion to have large
number of postal cards printed, to ad-
vertise some special line of goods or for
the use of some travelling man For
some reason or other the conditions may
change, so that perhaps only One-half
of the cards are used. Being printed,
they cannot be used in any other way,
and the result is that in nine cases out
of ten they are consigned to the waste
basket, as the Government does not re-
deem uncancelIed postal cards as it does
stamped envelopes.
A process has been discovered by
which all of the printed matter may be
removed from the card, leaving it in the
same condition as when bought at the
PostofTice. A charge of One-half cent
per card is made for this work, or, in
other words, a man sends 500 cards to
be ''made over" The man who does
the work charges 50 80 for his services
and the customer saves 81 90, as the
printed cards were of no use to him.
SUPPRESS ANARCHISTIC BLAB.
Los Angeles Times: The Chicago po-
lice authorities announce that infam-
matory speeches, wherein the use of
dynamite and the torch is advocated as
a means for the redress of grievances,
y
in public assemblages in that city. This
decision is eminently right. No man has
or can have a right to advocate i'm
cendiarism and murder in a public
semblage. He who advocates such
measures is guilty of a monstrous per-
version of the sacred rights of free
speech. He is guilty also Of treason to
his country and should be regarded and
m society. TO
civilization, and to mankind
Chicago has had some costly expert
ences with anarchy and anarchists.
The Haymarket tragedy was the direct
outgrowth of incendiary utterances too
long tolerated under the mistaken idea
that they were powerless for evil. The
lesson Of that tragedy is still potent,
ard the authorities of Chicago viii be
fully justified in suppressing all public
gatherings dominated by the hateful
spirit Of anarchy.
A dividing line must be drawn be-
tween freedom of speech and the
wanton abuse of that privilege. Every
man is free to advocate such peaceful
reforms as he sees fit to advocate, and
the widest possible latitude should be
and must be allowed in this respect.
But TO no man under the American flag
belongs. or can belong, the right to ad-
vccate murder and incendiarism. No
such right exists or can exist.
No wrongs can be righted by the
torch and the bomb. Those instru-
nents of the coward and the assassin
are productive only of evil. They are
outlawed, and properly so, in every land
on earth, whether civilized or otherwise.