Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-08-07
JOHN BULL YIELDS A POINT.
Tariff Beats KIondike THE Mary
land Campaign.
From our regular Correspondent,)

close aILEUL1Ou W AhS NfOAfAhHo
Dingley tariff law, which he thinks
one OF the best the country has ever
had and one which will rapidly grow
in popularity as its manifold advant'
ages become generally known. The
actual administration of the tarit law
Is in the hands Of Assistant Secretary
Howell, who is an expert IN the
numerous complications which neces
sarilv arise when a change is made
in the tariff, but Secretary Gage is SO
much interested that he keeps in close
touch with ali tariff matters. Treas
urv officials say the new law IN I'M
usually free from the errors and con-
tradictions which have made so much
trouble for those who have been
charged with the administration OF
previous tariff laws.
There is one thing about Secretary
Shermau's recent very vigorous IN
structions to Ambassador Hay on the
seal fisheries question that cannot be
denied; they brought the government
of Great Britain to time. Up to the
publication of Mr.. Sherman plain
language Lord Salisbury had declined
several suggestions from this gov
eminent that a conference be held on
the subject. AS soon as Ambassador
HAYS instructions were made public
John Bull suddenly saw new light
and speedily accepted the last pro
position made by the United States
for an international conference on
pelagic sealing in Behring Sea, and
the conference will be held in Wash
ington this fall. No better proof
could be found that plain talk is
sometimes needed between nations
lust as much as it is between indivi-
duals.
Mr.. Samuel c. Durham, a mining
expert and statistician, connected
with the q. S. Bureau of Labor, is
now on his way to the Klondyke
gold fields for the purpose OF making
an official investigation OF the re-
sources and conditions of the gold
fields. He expects TO get to Dawson
City before cold weather stops travel
and will spend the winter there. Up
on Mr.. Duham' S report, which will
be made as early next year as he can
ascertain the necessary facts, much
will depend. If he finds gold as
plentiful as it has been reported to be
there will be the widest rush from the
United States and Canada in the
worlds history II, on the contrary,
he reports the finds of gold to have
peen greatly exaggerated, and tells
the other side of the story generally,
the Alaskan gold excitement will die
out as suddenly as it began.
Every Republican should be on
watch for the tariff beats, and he
should have no hesitation in expos
ing them wherever found. 1t is, OF
course, expected that the Democratic
free traders will duplicate the fight
they made against the Mckinley
tariff and endeaYor to make sentiment
against protection by pushing up the
prices on everything, but there is a
worse class of tariff beats. Those
traders who for no other reason than
greed attempt to raise the prices on
goods that will not be affected to any
marked extent by the tariff. If you
have any such in your vicinity ex-
pose him and refuse to patronize him,
and persuade your neighbor to follow
you in going to the dealer who is toe
honest to try to add to his profits by
putting up prices on everything and
charging it all to the tariff. 1t was
Just such men as they who brought
about the four years of hard times
from which the country has now
happily emerged. Watch them, and
show them up.
Neither the Republican National
Committee, nor the Congressional
Committee, will have anything to dc
with the management ofthe campaign
in Maryland this year, but both will
render aid in every possible way tc
the Republicans of that State. The
Maryland Republicans are not dis.
posed to boast, but having licked
Boss German out of his boots las
year they express confidence in they
ability to repeat the whipping thi'
wear and to elect a majority of thu