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Show not alono i i) considered la formulating a policy. If a community pays a foreigner for-eigner liiu for a irvic;s and the recip-tit recip-tit coml a ijuurtcr of it away from tho country, a loss liasi been sustained; whereat if 110 bo paid for the ame service, to a mm who will expend ex-pend the prolit at home, thu community i3 bc!)i'liin(l. Jt ii esceuditigly dWiiuult to rrgula'e tho traiiB.iclioni of Individ-Hals Individ-Hals in harmony with this general rulo, but the action of public o Slice rs should easily bo brought into lino with it. Thu incident recalls a transaction of tho C.'i.LVi.r.ASK administration. The urmy t. ' ( U' 1 1 a lot of blankets and an advertisement was published inviting kidB for furnishing tho same. The ad-vertisniicnt ad-vertisniicnt was publi thod in Kngbind as well as in the United States. The Knglihlimcu were ullo to under bid the American manufacturer because of the lower rates of wages prevailing there. Tho government govern-ment does not pay duty on j;oods imported im-ported for itself, and thn democratic administration, to nave a paltry few cent3 on each blanket, actually gave the order to a foreign linn. If an individual in-dividual is able to purchase abroad at a less cost than at home we aeareelv expect him to lake any patriotic motive intj consideration in making his purchase, hut there was no excuse for audi action on tho part of the government. It wa an application of the "cheap" idea that is bo attiael'ne to democracy. It was universally condemned aud the administration admin-istration would have been glad to correct cor-rect thu mi.stt.ke. NOT MKUI CHEAPNESS. The Provo Kmpuirer criticises the city council of thai place because it let a contract to a Chinaman for the feeding feed-ing of city prisoners. The Chinaman's bill was a half cent below the bid above it, and he secured tho job. The iiu'piirur argues that tho ' contract should have been given to an American, Ameri-can, eveu though the oust should have been a little greater, and its position is pre-eminently sound. The Cbinamau is not a citizen of tho Uuited States. The money that ho makes is stored away to be carried back to his native land. Ho is simply a sojourner who cannot beeomo a factor of American prosperity, and when a public body votes to give him business over au American competitor il votes away public money, part of which will be carried out of the territory aud out of the country. The help employed by tho Chinaman aro storing up money to be carried away, und while they remain here their manner of life is such that the community is not benefited by their expenditures. If thecontract had been giveu to an American, the money would have found its w ay iulo American Ameri-can channels, and tho profits would have been retained and added to the grand aggregate of aelhe capital. The case was ono in which mere cheapness should not have been permitted per-mitted to rule, and it furnishes an illustration illus-tration of the correctness of the polhi-. polhi-. cal principal that cheapness should |