Show THE 8 after a great newspaper that has baa for a given period persisted in bead ing its coneset course right across the current of 0 human opinion stumbling blindly against everybody and everything not happening to be as b blizil 1 I nil and ob as itself to see beo it turn quietly about and float peacefully with the rest of mankind must be extremely gratifying to its readers and to all concerned the tha salt bait lake ile ra id has tor for nearly a year been hammering away at tho the oleomargarine law and in nil fill that ba baa been said eaid on the subject save avo alone its ita editorial of yesterday there has not t to a our knowl edge appeared a solitary example of logical argument either for or against the law but trial inai k now the following passage 1 see sea how clearly and forcibly nearly every important element of the question is exhibited tho the congressional law putting a tax on oleomargarine is ot of doubtful propriety arid and certainly does bloos not cull call forth popular approval the tha measure lit id an air extreme one and dr docs acs ics not meet inert the alio requirements quire ments ef tho the case tito tho desire is not to prohibit the manufacture or the salo sale of the imitation butter butler tho the industry is legitimate arid and neither con cong gross roea nor state have tile the right to interfere inter fera with it b beyond eye d providing aldin regulations for its ita I 1 and ad disposal assuredly no one will claim that the government is under the necessity casity of 0 taxing the th product pro durt as n hill been dono done instead of in increasing creaming its revenue by placing placing heavier burdens upon lipon the poop people e the national policy is professedly in tire tho d direction I 1 of lowering it alie ie taxes and increasing ln crenin the surplus which tho government id is aiding lio in ili the treasury trea aury vaults all t the lie public asks is protection against fraud people do not want to bo be deprived of 0 tile light ight I 1 to purchase and eat cat oleomargarine they merely went to know whether they are aie buying genuine dairy product or tile bogus article and legislation which extends ten ito to that point as tar for its as law should go BO the herald does not arid and probably will not avow its change of heart with respect to this law but the chadjo is so obvious and thoroughly comprehensive that a formal confession is not in the tha slightest degree necessary that the oleomargarine measure was ivas a job through and through designed by at tow few unscrupulous dairymen of new york and I 1 pennsylvania and passed by an unscrupulous congress in opposition to any fair interpretation oft of the he conati aution arid and to their own con confessed fesse d sense of right and with a most corrupt and dastardly motive has haa been so BO painfully apparel apparent it throughout the whole proceeding edi that we can express only the most utter as astonishment ton ashment that the herau has not before this perceived its ita false fake position there is just one other great question on which we wa and the herald most moat seri aeri bously disagree i we wa refer to the question of civil service bervice reform re foria it if that paper go about and reform its opinion on civil service a na AS effectually as it has haa in regard to oleomargarine wo wa shall ile be moat happy to extend the hand of complete fellowship I 1 |