The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-27

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GOSHEN N. Y, July 26.-A year ago last
spring Col. Tom Bradley Of Walden, Republican
boss of this part Of Orange county, startled his
constituents and the district at large by COM
ing out 1at-footed for Mckinley as his choice
for President. He startled them because Boss
Ben odell Of Newburg and Boss Plat Of all
that country lying between Montauk Point and
tho shores OF Lake Erie were booming Gov.
Morton, and Boss Bradley had always been q
faithful follower Of those larger bosses, and no
questions asked. Ho was rebuked for his indie
pendence. He was warned, and even threat
oned, but he remained contumacious. and chung
to Mckinley, and rejoiced vociferously over
the victory;of his ~favorite.
Boss Bradley is a knife maker on q large scale
at Walden. He knew Major Mckinley per-
sonally. When Mckinley was framing his
Tariff bill, Boss Bradley saw to 1t that Ameri-
can cutlery had such protection as, In the esti.
TO-. The IDEAS Of Prof., Wilson q west Viz.
drouf. thing, a tariff for revenue only that pro.
duced q deficit, not coinclding with those OF
n Boss Bradley a,1ds f%. the S,o subject : Of e ,Sd cyD,m he nat IT
Mckinley. into the direction Of affairs; hence
his bold defiance Of his superior, bosses in tho
.!T6e tartf s the main question: au he declared.
What we want is q tariff that is a tariff. That's
and that's what I am for
When the. tariff that Congress has been
struggling, with for five months came, It suited
Boss Bradley Cutlery was all right In 1t, and
1t was q tariff that was a tariff.
It'll help us all out" declared Boss Bradley.
But he hadn't taken into consideration tho
fact that the dauntless hunter Of the trust
monster was abroad. Even IL he had paused
q moment and thought 1t over, he wouldn't
have been able to discover:how a shot fired at
any trust could glance of the monster and
pepper him. But such was tho fact. In regu-
lating the schedule on tobacco. ono section
Of the Tariff bill prohibits the Offering by manu-
facturers OF any prize to purchasers Of their
packages as an inducement to increase tho
sales of such goods. Boss Bradley became
aware that he was being hit by this shot at the
Tobacco Trust when, two or three days ago, he
began to receive telegrams from its managers
Al over the country, cancelling their orders for
factories. The Walden knife factories have
been making $50, 600 worth Of knives a year
for the tobacco companies. which give them
out among their coupon prizes to purchasers Of
tobacco and cigarettes. In fact, that has been
the bulk of their business, as under the Wilson
tariff foreign cutlery has been able tc compete
successfully with the home product. SO Boss
Bradley tariff that is a tariff isn't just ox-
actiy the thing he wants, after all, and there a re
constituents. of his who are Inclined to jeer and
gibe him, while others talk loosely about pro-
lection and the beauties OF the tariff he was
longing for. But Boss Bradley Is steadfast.
The tariff Is all right he says, and protec-
hon Is all right, only what we want now is a
tariff that will protect us from the man who Is
out hunting for ~trusts!'