not care to attend are not reprimanded by the holy man for absence. I thoroughly dislike a man who is forever protesting because others do not accept his notions, or admire whatever he happens to admire. Always remember that what you regard as the greatest thing in the world may be regarded as the most useless by many worthy and intelligent people.
Friday, February 21.—On this ship are eighteen
thousand frozen sheep carcasses, en route from Australia
to London. In order to keep this meat properly,
great refrigerators are necessary. This frozen-meat
trade is the source of Australia's prosperity; before
it was inaugurated, Australian sheep were not
worth much except for their wool and tallow; old-timers
in Australia remember when a sheep carcass
might be bought for a shilling. This frozen-meat trade
is also carried on between South America and England,
and the result is that the English have cheap
meat. The people of the United States might have
cheap meat, also, were it not for the tariff. Our admiration
for the farmer is so great that we pay a third
or half more for meat than is necessary, in order that
the farmer may receive high prices for his live-stock.
When an American goes to a meat market, would he
cheerfully pay thirty cents instead of twenty for a piece
of meat were it not for his Statesmen? I have always
doubted that the people see the advantage of a high
tariff; it is the Statesmen who are able to figure it out. . . .
The men who thought of the frozen-meat
