The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-17
TUESDAY. AUGUST II, 1897.
This paper is Democratic ia principles
and is Independent in its rsesss on all local
questions.


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The state Gazette" took up. yester-
day, the challenge of The News ana
crowed over the splendid results of the
Dingiey tariff 1t crowed with all the
courage n yigor that might awe been
expected. and far more modesty. 1t gave
a list of some twenty-five industries which
were resuming op-erations-after the regu-
iar summer shut-down-and showed that
they provide occupation for about s,Wo
men. women and children-about one In
ten thousand of the population of the
country, we may remark in passing.
These "splendid results it shouts and
howfs about in true campaign style, and
we cannot but feel that 1t is a pity Its
jubilation should be too previous for any
practical purpose.
The modesty of the Gazette" is re-
markable. however. It does not claim
that the wheat crop is directly due to the
passage OF the Dingley bill; nor does It
hint that President Mckinley is 10 re alone
thanked for short crops in Europe. These
remarkable omissions show that its tin
whistle is not yet fully TUNED to the
growing pitch. We also observe that it
fails to speak of the Klondike discoveries
as a wise product of Republican legis-
lation. This is a negligence which is
positively amazing. 1t would seem to in
dictate that the G. o. P. mouthpfeces had
at last recognized that the people have
some sense. Perhaps, however, as the
tide rises. and the Gazette" grows in
toxicated with Aabbergast, it will once
again claim everything in the good old
style of 1876.
There Is also another sort of omission
in the "Gazette's' crow which is remark
able. 1t does not say a word about the
deficit. Perhaps today's splendid boom
for tina grand result of Dingleyism may.
stimulate it to eloquent e~xuitation. A
leap of a million and a half in one day
is indeed something to warm the cookies
of the Dingieyite heart.
No doubt. the first efforts of the Ca
zette'' will be directed to proving that
the deficit is totally unimportant. The
country is rich and prosperous. There is
a good balance in the Treasury. and Dear
bless you, we can float bonds. at any time.
at a premium, with the aid of Mr.. J. P.
Morgan. So what need is there to worry
about a defcit7 1t will all come right in
a while. OF course a deficit was a fear
full thing when produced by a Democratic
tarif bin, but when it results from a Re-
publican one. it is quite different.
Then, besides, the Gazette" will tell
us tina the deficit in only temporary. be-
ing caused by the recent heavy importa-
tons under the Wilson law. To this
argument we have only to reply that il
these iraportations are the cause Of the
deficit. it is altogether reasonable to
credit them with other contemperaneous
conditions. Why are they not RESPONSE
BILE for much Of the Industrial boom over
which the "Gazette'' crows with such
veciferous assurance? Why, for instance,
Is not the heavy importation of free wool
In the last months of the Wilson regime
the true cause of Nhe resumption Of in
dustry in the .Beall Worsted Mills, the
Fitchburg Worsted Mills and the Leo
minister worsted Mills of Fitchburg.
Massachusetts ct ID gems omnes This
is a view of the case at which. we pre-
sumo, the Gazette" will sniff contempt
uously-because it is practically unan-
swerable-but which is, nevertheless,
suficiently obvious to plain common sense
people.
The State Gazette kindly promises
to crow It frequent intervals over the
tarin. We respectfully venture to hope
that It's next crow win BE- over the swell
ing deficit.