Show THE TARIFF ON CM ART WORKS just now the shoddy press 0 of the east cfall parties are joining with the iho dc democracy and denouncing the clause in the dingier bill which lays it a carife upon bobki literature and works of 0 art there Is no occasion to be wrought up over a thing thin of 0 that kind there Is no occasion for a sentimental dissertation A little common sense would fix tho the matter in a moment books should bo be imported absolutely free because every man the rich and the poor poop alike sometimes buys books and as they are food tor for the mind restrictions should be talen taken away from them but when ahen it comes to valuable paintings there is 13 no moro more sense in letting them in freo free than there would bo be in letting fine doeskin in free because only the rich buy them and 03 a rule only the left ilch ever see sec them tho the argument that the tha e aies es of the people would w be instructed by looking upon masterpieces ig a a good argument rot for the rich td use but it lias has no ito application to the question forr for instance ft a or a huntington or of a morgan or ft a berkes sends a connol beur to E europe drope to to buy for him a gallery of pictures lic he Is instructed to not consider money but to buy elhat w hat m will III make tho the gallery a little iner finer than the gallery of 0 the other fellow across the street mrs vanderbilt mrs huntington mrs morgan or mrs yerkes concludes to send to europe tor for a full wardrobe now what reason Is there that the husbands pictures should come in free 0 of duty and the nurry should hould S be tremendously taxed it it Is 13 to educate the public then the wife ire has the better of 0 the argument just as soon as she gets eels on her site she 19 going to lo the church or tho the theater or the dopcia or some other place where sho she can dazzle tile eyes of 0 those present while the old man would not think of taking along alon with him an oil oft painting to show how much money he has bas or how he can alcord to buy luxuries that the common herd heard must do without it may be said that rich men frequently after keeping their works of 0 art until their of possession Is satisfied give them away to educational institutions or to churches church suppose they do they are arc remembered ro not for what they give away an ay but tor for th the amount of 0 their bequest tho the money value because that la Is the way character and fame are arc ehll it mated in tho the east and tor for that m matter it all over the world to soy say that an oil painting worth shall riot not be taxed while a woolen blanket shall be Is ridiculous and that eliot great journals will ii approve the latter and denounce the first shows how demoralized the country has become through to tho the mony money power it if wo ave had our way wo we would take live td x collected front from the of rai raie e pictures and works of at ait t and build with w ith it a national art arl school sri in some center like washington ind and offer prizes for the best production that could he made in our country in that instead of having ME our would be artists go BO to europe we e would mould brins bring the finest artists in europe over here and do alth art the same as 03 lias has already been done with aln plate not only cease to be importers Import cry but go to |