The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-24

Of business" on the part OF these traders,
Says one paper. "bu; It was thoroughly
characteristic And so II was-but II was
not characteristic OF the Havana merchants
alone!
The basis OF this opposition was tho de-
sire to continue to sell goods at high fig
ure and TO use the government tariff TO
exact big profit. In this country great
lpolttical party. not few merchants alone,
hls fastened this same policy. from ex-
actly the same motives, upon the Nation.
There is only this dlfference-the goods ex
,cluded al Havana were largely to be given
away, while the goods excluded from
American ports were 10 be sold to the poor,
but at a less figure than was being asked
by the home merchants. In both cases the
protected trade was to make the poor as
well as the rich pay an unfair price for the
articles needed. II matters not that our
people are not starving, or that our poor
have more money to pay for the goods-it Is
difference In degree and not In Kind of
cxtortion and is based on the same princl-
| pie Of government protected greed.
The shoe manufacturer in Massachusetts,
who inyokes the governments assistance TO
enable him to make citizen nay 81 or So
for a pair OF shoes that without this inter-
ference of the government could be bought
for half that money, is engaged in just
as Contemplate a piece OF business as
the Havana butcher who seeks the aid of
mis- government to enable him TO charge %
cents for a pound OF meat when otherwise
the citizen might obtain 1t as a GIT.
| II is the occasional happening OF such
! illustrations az that at Havana OF the beau
ties oil government matntdined eXtortion
that bring home to us the iniqulties of
protective tariff But our protectionists
| only see the mote In the other fellows eye!
| There will be very little accomplished In
the way of a "comprc mise Of the differences
| between Canada and the United States II
our commissioners listen to the representa-
tves OF American protected interests. These
latter would prefer an eternal wrangle with
our ncghbor to any concessions whatever that
would COS, them dollar.
| Mr.. Mckinley isn't half as smart a politician
as he has been reputed to be--Ager IA still
In his cabinet
| Old Grosyenor. Mr.. McKlnieys man Friday.
| compares the conduct Of tho Santiago cam
palGn to the best strategy over found 10 VA
poccn's brain or campaigns! Criticism OF tho
| conduct OF the war has driven the war depart.
ment's apologists TO make monkeys Of them
selyes-from Texas to Ohio
Py the time the wranglc over thr sire I
bond issue Is settled In the courts the council
ought to have everything ready to begin w0rN
on tho repaying OF Main street.
! II may not strike the war department, that
Houston would make an ideal winter camping
ground for a large part of the army. but that
VIII not change the fact that better place
could not be found In the United States for
such purpose.
General Woodford will not return to Madrid
as minister to Spain. The fellow who takes
thR. Job viii be hard up for an offico--but the
woods are full Of willn' Barkises.
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The larger tho navy the less the neccessiw
for u large army N this country. Tho one We
must have the other W. can do without AS
rich rs We are we ran not support bis navy
and big army and carry million pensioners
~, p"' ''''' ~"' '""'"' must po"'e
trRpce may yet find it necessary to give
a.. -. -
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| The members OF the Mckinley ndminlstrn-
ton continue TO take all the glory Tor the war.
! ~ 80
| '"' '""pH lneS VIII not DC hble to gran
all the bouquets IN this way without coming
In contact with some of tho tborns
-
| Leading popullsts In tho West WIN do nor
dos,re IN zoo IN. han, -, ,,,,. - ~"
| W. "'V Wv o""" ""ho" pass over the
hui ana leave them standing hopelessly In the
middle Of the road. are hustlinr ia 20, into
aon,,, ,,t,, .,,,,.., n.,,,,.... a,
'"''' '""'"nS' ,op"''sm Is rapidly be-
coming political "Reminiscences.
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Chile and Argentina can u they Will nut
M n right stiff llttlc t,sh, rho,, 300, 49,.
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