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Day
2
Month
July
Year
1890
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Public Domain
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To increase the army of trampa adopt fice trade. It lias been only 71 years since tlie first steamship crossed tlie Atlantic Occan. It is noticeable that Speaker Reed remains in big saddle all righl. Southern wind and southern mouth have not blown hini out yet. The meeting of the State press association at Saginaw July 16 to 18, it is expected will be one of the most Important n the histury of the society. I f the laboring men ever have to be tax ed for free trade, they will find out wliut a fraud the free trnde poll parrot is that constantly yells " the tariff is a tax." How will it benefit a man to have ererything cheap, if the means of earning raoney to buy It with are cut ofl? Introduce tree trade and see how quick thi will be the case. The past warm, open winter made it very liard upon clothing mercTiants and dealers in woolen goods. The demand was very light and factories are yet overstocked with cloth. Which is accountable for the slow movement in wool. Is there any of the laborlng classes in this country who came from foreign lumia who are desirous of returaing to their native country again ? If not why will tbey favor a pollcy that secks to deetroy the prosperity of this country? With free coinago the way Is open for all the world to dump their silver upon the United State and take away her j;old. Had that bilí becoine a law gold would lmve disappeared in this country as (juickly as coin did at the comtnenceni e ut of the war of the rebel lion. Last year this country paid Kngland $21,726,207 for tin plate. Supposing that amount went into the hands of Americana. Would not this country be that much more proaperous? Over two-thirds of the nbove amount it is estimated was paid for labor. Why not glve it to the American laborer as protection would do ? The laboriDg men in tbia country are the most prosperous of any in the world. '1'lns ia an admitted lact. And th9 prosperlty is the direct restilt of the American policy of protection to home industry and home product8. Any chance frora that policy can notlielp butbring disaster to the homes and ti resides of the laboring classes. The Ann Arbor Courler, calis for 200 cross walkH, aud thluks the city shonlil not IichMhIk lo iurnlsu theinoney. Kul tho Courlcr Is a in-rsiiii whodoes not belleve the tui i tl Is a taz.- Adrián Press. And the Press does believe that the tariff is a tax, and it would t.ix the wisdom of the wisest men in the country to underftand someofthe Press's arguments trying to prove it so. The article in it's last issue on the tin plate industry for instance. Congfi'ssman Allen, of the second district, made a sensible speech in the national house a few days since In opposition to the system proposed of f&rming out the ncw post oflice buildings, so as to give the republlcans two and the democrats one. Hefavored the plan of fjivinc; the buildings to the places where the receipts demanded thera, without any reference whatever lo the politics of the place or district. - Adrián Messcnger.

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