Show TARIFF A LOCAL QUESTION FROM an exchange we clip the following brief article and on reading it were reminded that general hancock when a candidate for president astonished his friends and admirers by asserting that the question of tariff was a local one when the democratic party as first organized it explicitly falc fed and ever since has favored a tariff for revenue so adjusted as to incidentally protect infant industries als and such is the doctrine of that party today inasmuch as the expenses of government have increased so greatly of late in consequence of the growth of disbo dishonesty nesty on the part of government officials and of the extravagance of the people who apparently parent ly close their eyes tn the masco misconduct of those who rule it has become necessary to raise more money than comes in from the protection to infant industries and as the doctrine of direct taxation though never resorted to by this government seems to be unpopular and as man is a very jealous being it has come to pass that th at nearly every evera state has found out that it ba has within its boundaries one or more industries that might receive benefits from protection whereupon it becomes clamorous for aid either through absolute bonuses or through a tariff ii if pennsylvania desires and asks the government to put iron on the free list in order to protect and enable her to compete successfully with the south why may not this intermountain inter mountain region with equal propriety ask for a protective tariff on lead and wool which it is presumed w 11 probably happen verily men are often very selfish and inconsistent however what are we going to do about it A |