The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-20

party which dares to go to the country
on declaration against it will be beaten
badly, and will richly deserve the casti-
gation.-Atlanta journal, Dem.
The man who told the teachers that
the public school system should be ad-
justed to the needs of the masses rather
than to fitting individuals for higher in
situations of learning deserves credit for
announcing his discovery. He should
not copyright his discovery since ii
would be II great thing for the state if it
could be adopted annapolis Joufna,
Rep.
1t is beginning to be generally recog-
nized by leading manufacturers that.
broad as our country is. our people have
not sufficient consuming capacity to keep
pace with the production We must look
abroad for purchasers for our surplus.
and make our place in the worlds mar
kets. The interests of the shops and of
the farms are really not diverse, but
IDENTICAL Philadelphia Record. Dem.
Why all this pother and diplomacy and
arbitration and all the rest of it, with an
underlying threat of war, about seals:
Only one rich company. which las a mo-
dalous monopoly at that, is interested ill
the preservation of the seal herds. Tho
rest of the people are wrongfully expect
ed to pay taxes for indcmnitieS. and pos
sibly for a war, merely to enrich few
| millionaire onopolists.-New York
World, Dem.
BY no stretch of the doctrine of graft.
tude can it be claimed that the govern
ment owes clerks and other civil en-
ployes anything beyond the remunera-
| ton which is paid with certainty and
a regularity that can not he depended on
| in any commercial or other business pur-
suit 1t is, therefore. not only unameri-
can in principle to establish a civil pen
son-and that is n logical outgrowth of
| the INERT system"-but it is an outrage
upon the taXpayers.-St. Louis Republic,
Dem.
| The tendency of high tariffs to pro-
mote trusts was also faithfully pointed
out at the time the Dingley bill was I'M
! der discussion, but no one could have
| foreseen that the rush in this direction
| would reach such formidable proportions
| as it has assumed during the few months
| that the new law has been in operation.
| There has been such open and indecent
| haste, and the effect upon articles of ne
cessity is so obvious that the cutlery
against the trusts has lost all semblance
of craftsmanship On. H.
Union. Dem.
The fun which English newspapers are
| making of the new code of social Ell
auette recently issued from the White
House mt Washington is not without
ground. Unfortunately the present secre-
tary to the president is oppressed with Il
sense of his responsibility as the regu-
lator of Washington society, and it is he
who furnishes foreign papers with just
ground for ridicule. After the president
| has found time to amend the civil SER
vice rules he should revoke his secre-
tary's new code of etiquette.
lis Journal, Rep.
| If prosperity means hugh fortunes for a
few. hard struggles for worthy business
men, and reduced pittances for the work
ing men, then it is unquestionable that
the administration is giving that sort
of prosperity. But if prosperity means
the general welfare. fair chance for
brain and capital to earn steady profits
and fair remuneration for honest labor
then we demand that the McHanna Jug
glers explain the situation in New
England and harmonic the misery there
with their pretenses of having made
good times.-Kansas City Times, Dem.