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Show H: LEAD PRICE B ONLY GLOOM bMJ '! HBe "Only one dark spot rests upon H mining Utah's horizon, and that Is BH tho drop In tho prlco of lead during BJH tho past two weeks from 4.45 to$4 1 per hundred pounds. This drop camo BB BBBkJBBBBBBBBw . ns n natural result of the agitation to reduce the existing tariff schedules upon tho metal. Hut this drop wfll likely stop where It has lodged, ami Is only logical thnt tho prlco advance, for the production of lead Is so nearly balanced by the consumption that anything llko tioublcsomo stocks of this metal nro an Impossibility.. It Is not within reason to believe that congress will permit the lead tariff to be cut down from what it now Is." The above from a recent number of the Salt Lake Tribune shows the effect of tho recent action of tho Democratic Ilouso of Representatives on the metal schedule In their campaign cam-paign for frco trade, and ought to bo nn object lesson to such sterling democrats ns Undo Jesso Knight, Jcsso William Knight, and Hon. John Dcrn, who shout and work for democratic success and then trust In tho republicans to tnko care of their interests and Industries. "It Is not within reason to believe that congress will permit tho lead tariff to bo cut down from what it Is now," says the Tribune. This Is no doubt true, nnd truo only from tho fact that wo have a Republican Sen-ato, Sen-ato, and a Republican President. Therein lies our hope, and for this Republican Scunte nnd Republican President tho democrats named above, as well as others, may bu thankful, Not only these domocrats, but republicans, re-publicans, and tho people generally may be thankful for this Republican President who Is bravely guarding the Interests or tho people. And ns to tho future tho people are feeling more encouraged, and hopeful for continued servlco from this Republican Republi-can President, on acouut of tho ,dlB-favor ,dlB-favor and alarm spread aboard, In the country, over the half baked and radical tariff measures that havo passed, pas-sed, nnd will pass the Ilouso of Representatives, Re-presentatives, From all sections or the country letters nro being written to members or Congress nnd forwarded forward-ed with special delivery stamps attached, at-tached, Indicating tho fear of tho laboring la-boring classes at tho prospect of losing los-ing their employment, If foreign products pro-ducts me allowed to be Imported at tho rates of duty proscribed by tho Democratic Ilouso. Tho Democratic Intent nnd purposo Is now clearly unmasked un-masked by the announcement or party par-ty leaders to tho crrcct thnt their object is to so lower tho duties as to glvo n considerable portion of the markets or this country, tho producers produ-cers or other lands. For tho work nnd services or this Republican Presldest, and his continued services lies iho safety and prosperity of tho laboring classes of the country. |