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REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Tlio republicans (if the I'nitcd Slates, assem
bled ly tlieir dell(?ales hi iiatlimal eon venl Ion,
Iiaime on the t In echold of their proceed in-.' In
lonor the memory ot their first frieat leader
Hint liiiinorial champion of liberty and the
l ichts of t lie people, .Abraham Lincoln, and to
cover also with wreaths i I impel islialile re
membrance and Kiatilnde the heroic names of
our later leader who have been more recently
called away from our council, tJrant, tiaitield.
Arthur, Loan and ( onklnif;. M;iy I heir mein -ories
be faillifully cherished. We also rcall
with our greeting"' and prayer for bin recover)
tile name of one of our livint; heroin whose
mi miirv will lit; treasured in llie history both
of republican and of t he republic. '1 ho name
is that of llie noble xoblier and favorite cinld
of victory. 1'hilip II. Sheridan.
I u t he hpim if t hose ureal leaders and of our
devotion t human liberty, and with that hos
tility ti ad forms of despotinu aid oppression
which Is the f undaliieut ai idea of the republi
can party, we feud fraternal conuratulations
to our fellow American of I'.ra.il upon their
trreat act of emancipation w hich completed
t he abolition of slavery throuhout the two
American continents. We earnestly hope we
nmy pdoii connrat ulate our fellow citicii of
Irish birth upon the peaceful recovery of home
rule for Ireland.
WK Al'I'IIiM OtTIt llNSWFllVINii OKVOTION
to t he nat ional const itution ami to the indis
soluble union of state to t lie autoonmy re
served to the states under the constitution, to
the personal rights and liberties of citizens in
all mates and territories in the union and e-
peeially to the supreme and sovereign lijjlit (jf
every citizen, lien or poor, native or lore)
born, w bite or black, to cast one free ballot in
the public elections and to have that ballot
duly counted. We hold a free and honest pop
ular ballot and jiit and eipial representation
oi all people tu lie t lie loundaliou of our re-
iiiiiniCKn government and demand eitectivc
legislation to secure the inteiriitv and ptiriu
of elections which are the fountains of all pub-
lie .minority. e charge, that t lie present- ad
luiiustrat ion a::d the democratic majority in
conirress owe tlieir existence to t he suppression
of the ballot by the criminal nullification of Hie
constitui ion and laws of the I lilted Stales.
We are iiiicroniprolnisinl v in favor of the
American system of protection. We protest
Htfalii'rthe destruction proposed by the prel
denr ;rnd his fiarty. Miey serve tlie interests
i,l I'.urone
WK (I'lLI. Sl'I'I'llltT 1NTKKKSTS OF AMICRHW.
vve accept the issue, and confidently appeal to
the people for t heir judument. The piotectiv.
system must be maintained. Its abandonment
has always been followed by ueneral dis stc
to all interests except those of the uiituiei
a ml shei ill.
- Wo denounce the Mills" bill as destructive to
general liutuness, labor, and l lie farming inter
esfs of the country, and we heartily embus
t lie consistent and patriot ic action of the re
publican representatives in congress in oppos
ing its passage. We condemn ti:e propwsi Ho
of the democratic party to place wool on til
free list and insist that the duties t hereon
h:iT be adjusted and maintained so as to fur
nish lull and adequate protection to that in -iinstry.
The republican party would effect all needed
reduction of the national revenue by repealing
the taxes on tobacco, which are an arrogance
and burden to agriculture, and the tax upon
spirits used iu the arts and for mechanical pur
poses, and by Mich revision of the tanlf laws as
w ill tend to check imports oi such arlP-Ios sis
)i-e produced by our people, the proenction oi
which gives employment to our labor, and re
lease frni import duties these articles of for
Titrn production, except luxuries, the like ;l
w hich cannot bt produced at home, there hall
st nl remain a iarger revenue t ban is rcmusitt
for the wants of government, of internal taxfs
lather than surrender any part of our i roiec
tive system at the joint behest of the whisky
ring and agents of foreign manufacturers.
AGAINST 1'AlTFn AXtl I.AlIOIL TICUStS.
We declare hostility to the it. t reduction info
this country of foreign contract labor and f
Chinese labor alien to our civilization and out
constitution, and we demand the rigid enforce
ment of existing laws against it and favor such
immediate legislation as will exclude such la
bor from our shores.
We declare our opposition to all combina
tions o! capital organized in trusts or otiiei
wie to control arbitrarily the condition o:
trade among our citizens and we recommend
to congress and the state legislatures in thei-
respective jurisdictions such legislation as will
Tu yent the execution of ail schemes to opprc
the people by undue charges on tlieir supplies
orbyXinjust rates for the transportation of
tlieir products to market.
we approve legislation by congress to pre
vent alike unjust burdens and unfair discrim
ination betweon states.
rUHLIO LAND I.EOISI.ATIOX.
We reaffirm the policy of appropriating th-
public lands of the tliited States to be home
steads for American citizens an-.i settlers no?
aliens, which the republican party established
in I8t"2 against the persiste.it opposition or
the democrats m congress, wliich has Plough:
our great western domain into magnificent de
velopement. 'llie restoration of unearned Und
grants to the public domain for the use of ac
tual settlers, which was begun under the ad
ministration of l'resldent Arthur should be
continued. We deny that the democratic pain
has ever restored one acre to the people, bin
declare that by the joint action of lepublicahs
and democrats about fifty million acres of un
earned lands, originally granted for the con
struction of railroads, have been restored to
the public domain in pursuance of conditions
inserieu py tne leuuoncan partv in the oiigin
al grants. We charge fe democratic adminis
tration with lailure to execute laws securing tt
settlers title to theii homesteads ami wim in.
ing appropriations made for that, purpose to
lianas inmrutriil seiners Willi spies aiUl pTOSe-
cutions under the false pretense of exposing
fr:Llirl Jiml vinrlifiitintT Hi.. 1-nt-
admission of territories.
The government by congress of the territor
ies is based upon necessity only to the end that
they may become states in the union : t here
fore, w henever the conditions of population
material resource, public intelligence and'
. morality are such as to insure stable local gov
ernment therein the people of such territories
should be permitted, a right inherent in them
to form for themselves constitutions and state'
governments and be ad nitted into the union
J'ending preparation for statehood all officer
thereof should be selected from bona fide
residents and citizens of the territory wherein
they are to serve. South Dakota should of
right be immediately admitted as a state in
the union under the constitution framed and
adopted by her people, and we heartily en
dorse the action of the republican senate in
twice passing hi!! for her admission. The re
fusal of the democratic house of representa
tives, tor partisan purposes, to favorably con
sider these bills is a willful violation of the
sacred American principle of local self-government,
and merits the condemnation of all just
men. The pending bills iu the senate for acts
to enable the people of Washington, North
lakot;tand Montana territories to form con
stitutions and establish state governments
should be passed without unnecessary delay.
The republican party pledges inself to do all fa
its power to facilitate the admission of the ter
ritories of IS'ew Mexico. Wyoming. Idaho and
Arizona to the enjoyment of self-government
as states. Such of them as are now qualified
as soon as possible. and others as soon as they
may become so.
THE MORM05T QlESTION.
The political power of the Mormon church in
the territories as exercised In the past is a
inenance to free institutions loo aanterous to
1ms Ion suffered. Therefore e pledge the re
publican party to appropriate lee iMation.
asserting the sovereignty vl the nation in all ,
i'LATTSMOUTii WEEk:
" TfT -rnir-n' in -irnnr i rnwami wiat iwi
r j iTifirif m i
the territories where the no inn In questioned,
and in I uitlicraiKO of that md to place
upon the statute book legislation drlhgeiit
enough to divorce polit leal from ecc IcnlafcUcai
power, mill thus stamp out the attendant
wickedness of polygamy.
'I he republican party Is Iu favor of the use
of bnlh gold and silver its money, and con
demn the policy of the democratic adminis
tration in it eltorts to demonetize silver.
We demand the reduction of Idler pontage
to I c nt per ounce.
In a republic like ours, w 1imo the citizens Is
the sovereign and the olticl'-l the servant,
where no power Is exercised except by llie will
of the people. It I important that the sover
eign people should possess Intelligence. The
free school Is the promoter of Ihat Intelligence
which is to preserve us a free nation. '1 here
fore, t lie state or nation, or both coiiblned.
should support free institution of learning
sullicieiit to Hllord to every child growing up
In the land the opportunity of a good comuion
scl.ool education.
OL'U MKItf HAXT .MAltINK,
We earnestly recommend that prompt action
be taken in concress In llie ei actmeiit of such
legislation as will best secure the rehabilita
tion of our American merchant niaiiiie, and
we protest against the passage by congress of
a free ship bill as calculated to work injustice
to labor by lessening the wages of thorn; en
gaged m preparing materials as well as those
directly employed in our shipyards. v e de
mand appropriations for the e irly rebuilding
of our navy, for the construction of coast
fortifications and modern ordinance and other
approved modern luea"S of defense for the
protection of our defenseless harbors and
cities, for the payment of jm-t Pensions toj our
soldiers, for necessary work of national im
portance iu the improvement of the harbors
and channels of internal, coastwiser and
foreign commerce, for the encouragement of
the shipping interests of the Atlantic, Ciilf
and I'acillc states as well as for the payment
of the maturing public debt. This policy will
give employment toour labor, activity to our
various industries, increased security to our
country, promote trade, ofien new and direct
markets for our products and cheapen the cost
id transportation. We iilllrm this to be far
better for our country than tne democratic
policy of loaning the government's money
without interest to "pet banks."
roUKION it e cat ions.
The conduct of foreign affairs bv the present
administration lias been (listingiii'slicd by inef
ficiency and cowardice. Having withdrawn
from the smale all pending trea'ies effected
by republican admiuistratioi s for the removal
of foreign burdens and restrictions upon our
coimneice and for its extension into a better
market, U has neither affected nor proposed
any others in their stead. Professing adher
ence to the Mouroe doclrire. it has seen with
idle complacency the extension of foreign in
fluence in Central America and of foreign trade
everywhere among our neighbors. It lias re
fused to charter, sanction or encourage any
American oiganizyt ion for constructing the
Nicaragua canal, a work of vtal importance to
the maintenance of the Mouroe doctrine and
of our national inlluencc in Central and South
America, and necessary fo the development
of trade with our Pacific territory, with South
America, and with the further coasts of the
Pacific Ocean.
FISHERIES QUESTION.
We arraign the present democratic adminis
tration for its weak and unpatriotic treatment
of the fisheries question, and its pusillanimous
surrenderof all privileg-s to which our ftsherv
vsssels are entitled in Canadian poits under
the treaty of lsls, the reciprocate mariii
tiue legislation of i$4M and comity of nations,
and which Canadian fish ing vessels receive in
the ports of the t'nited Statt s. V e cou Jcnii;
theielicyof the present administration and
the democratic majority in congress towards
our lisdieries as unfriendly and couspiciously
unpatriotic and as tending to destroy a valuable
national industry and an nidispensible resource
of defense against foreign enemy.
The name of A mericaii applies alike to all
eilizens of the repabli-. and imposes upon men
alike the same oMigat iou of obedience to the
aws. At tlie'sanic nmeci'izeiiship is and must
lie the panoply and safeguard of him who wears
it, should shield and protect him whether high
or low. rich or poor. 1:1 all his civil rights. It
should and must ullord htm protection at home
and follow and protect him abroad in whatevei
land he may be on a lawful errand.
fIVII. SFJCVICK KKPORM.
The men who abandoned the republican par
ly in 18S4 and continue to adhere to the demo
cratic party have deserted not only the cause
of honest government-, but of sound finance, ol
freedom ;and purity of tiie ballot, but espec
ially have deserted thf caipe of reform in the
civil service. We will not fail to keep our
pledges because t! ey have broken theirs, or
because their candidate lias broken his. We
t herefore repea- our declaration ot issi, tow it :
The reform of civil service auspiciously begun
under republican administration should be
completed by a further extension of th reform
system already established by law to all grades
of the service to which it is applied. The spir
it and purpose of reform should be observed in
all executive appointments, and all laws at
varience with the object of existing reform lfg
islatiou should lie repealed, and that the dan
gers to free institutions which lurk in the pow
er of official patronage, may be wisely and ef
fectively avoided.
The gratitude of the nation to the defenders
of the union cannot be assured except by laws.
The legislation of congress should conform to
the pledges made by a loval people, and be so
enlarged and extended as to provMe against
the possibility that any man who honorably
wore the tecierat imiioim shall become au In
mate of an almshouse or dependent on private
charity, in the presence ol an overiiowinj
treasury it would ba a public scandal to do les:
for those whose valorous service preserved t lie
government, we denounce the hostile spirit
show n by President Cleveland in his numerous
vetoes of measures for pension relief, and the
action oi tne democratic house ot representa
tives in refusing even consideration of general
pension legislation.
In support of the principles herewith enun
elated, we invite the co-operation of patriotic
iicu oi an panics, especially oi ail working
men whose prosperity is seriously threatened
oyine iree iraue policy of tne present aannu
isiraiion.
The last clinche for free trade is by Mr.
O'Morrisey, of the Omaha World. Sir,
O'Morrisey is running emptions ou the
tariff question by comparing English am
German wages, and if we can judge of
the symptoms of his mania, lie is down
on the Dutch. A three hundred yard
hoss can't run in the Derbv. You had
better side track, Mr. O'Merrisey.
The Journal flies the track and leayes
us with the Premier on the wage ques
tion. "We have not Mr. Blaine's so-called
report but venture to say when it is ex
amined it gives no argument in favor of
English wage workers, on the contrary
Mr. Blaine is authority with us on the
tariff question and we have and will
quote, not garble, him right along to the
entire satisfaction of the Journal.
An interesting fact to whoever admires
the work of Emerson is that his family
have at length broken through their rule
to have no anthology made from the
writings of the sage. They have allowed
the Rev. William C. Gannct, who as the
sou of the late Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannet
has been the life-long friend of the fami
ly, and who as a philosopher, a poet, and
a man of musical taste and wisdom, is
especially fitted for the task, to compile
a little pamphlet of about thirty pages
for the series of tracts called the Unity
Mission, and published at the office of
Unity, Chicago. The pamphlet is sucli
a perfect little casket of gems that it is
conferring a favor on the readers of The
BookBuyei to call attention to it. It was
compiled as a worK of love, and as it is
sold for five cents, it cannot be published
irom rooties of anything but philanthro
py, since this would not cover the cost
of printing. The Book Buyer, New
York.
Republican State Convention!
The republican electors of the state of
NtHTaska are requested to bcik! delegates
from their seveial counties to meet in
convention at the city of Lincoln Thurs
day, August 23, lbas, at 2 o'clock p. in.,
for the purpose of placing in nomination
candidates for the following state offices.
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of .State.
State Treasurer.
Auditor of Public Accounts.
Attorney General.
Commissioner of Public Lands and
Buildings.
And the transaction of such other busi
ness ns may come before the convention.
THE APPORTIONMENT.
The several counties are entitled to re
presentation as follows, being based upon
the vote cast for lion. Samuel Maxwell,
judge, in 1887, giving one delegate at
large to each counfy, and for each 150
votes, and major fraction thereof:
COUNTIES.
VOTES
l-OLNTIKS.
VOTES
Adams
Antelope
Arthur... .
I'.laine
lloone
liox Putte..
lirown ,
Huffalo ...
Hutler
Hurt
("a
Cedar
I'll use
Cherry
Cheyenne. .
'lay
Colfax
Cuming....
Custer
I :ikola
Iawe
Dawson
Dixoi
Dodire
Douglass. . .
Dundy . ..
Fillmore
Franklin...
Frontier
Furnas
tiage
Carlield...
tiosper
Crant
(irceley ....
Mall
Hamilton ..
Marian
Mayes
Hitchcock .
Holt
Howard
Jefferson ..
..11
. . !)
.. I
Johnson
Kearney
Kevlia Paha
Keith
Knox
Lancaster
Lincoln
.. 4
I H
Logan
Loup
Madison
Mcpherson
Merrick
Nance
Nemaha
Nuckolls
( Poe
Pawnee
Perkics
Pierce
...ll
..11
. . ;
..V
.. s
.. 5
.. 4
.. 6
..1(1
.. 7
..12
. . 7
. 13
.. S
..u
..111
.. 7
. . 7
.. 2
.. 4
..11
1
5 Polk
7l'!atte
Hi t'helps
. ; Kichardson
12;Ked Willow
. .. 27 .Saline
4 Sarpy
... . .10 Saunders
7!Seward ,
10 Slieiidan
! Sherman
, lu Moiix
3 "tan ton
5 Thayer
1 Thomas
.... 4 Valley
11 Washington
10 Wayne
s Webster
4; Wheeler
r.jYork .,
14: Unorganized Ter.
Total
C7i
It is recommended that no proxies be
admitted to the convention except sticli as
are held by persons residing in the coun
ties from which the proxies are iriven.
To Chairmen County Central Commit
tees:
"Wiiekkar, At the republican state con
vention held at Lincoln October 5, 1887,
the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the state central com
mittee be instructed to embrace in its call
for the next state convention the snbmi
sion of the prohibition question to there
publican voters at the republican pri
manes,
therefore, in accordance with the
above resolution, the several conntv ren
tral committees are hereby instructed to
include in their call for their next county
convention the submission of the prohi
bition question to the hepcih.icax voters
at the republican primaries.
Geo. D. Meikt.ejoiix, Chairman
Walt. M. Seei.ev, Secretary.
It appears to us that no enthusiastic
angler can think that he has paid proper
homage to his favorite sport, unless he
has read the excellent article, "A Rare
Fish." in Outinn. for August. It deals
with the wonderful salmon fishimr of the
Sarrnonnr i-iv-or Ti, !ntnKctin ,.vt ic
ably supplemented by the beautiful illus-
tr:iHnns
l in. -i.
veiling iui miotic ar-
gument that a tariff for protection is a
manifest injury to the country, wo wit-
ness the democratic press and politicians
denying that the party is for free trade
and claiming that they favor a tariff
.cuulhoii, omv. u ny uoiu you lie man-
ij mc- umucr; ,vny persistant
lie auout it It tanlf for protection is
ruinous to the country why are you not
squarely against it and for its utter abol-
ishment? If it is such an inquitious affair
how does it come that our country has
prospered so wonderfully under the
wrong? You are not honest about the
matter else your press and leaders would
be square out for free trade before the
people as you are in fact among" your
selves The people understand. Yoi
and your leaders might just as well an
nounce their out and out free trade pro
gram.
The democratic party of Xew York is
already in a "hot box" over the mug
wump press. Having been received into
full communion, that delightful andlove-
able minority is kicking up a dust at the
c i. ir-i? -i , . . ,
first JI ill it is asked to pull the democrat-
ic load up; and, imagining it is the bir j
end of the party. It at once demands
that no one be run for office that does
not have the letter "M" branded on the
left hip. The idea of the dog wagging
the tail, is a thought no well regulated
double-geared, back-action, mugwump
will entertain for a moment. Oh no! the
prehensile appendage must be allowed
to swing the big dog at will, else it will
lash the air with feline ferocity. Gover-
nor Uill must step down and out. he is
not nice enough, nor brave enough, for
the mugwump who is careful of his asso-
nations. About the time theeifted muo--
wump gets his breath, after the first crash,
in the setting down act, in a wellreo-ulat-
ed democratic convention he will exclaim
in the languaqe of Mr. George William
Curtis prayer book: "From all such
trials and afflictions good Lord deliver
...... ?
us. ur, in tne words ot tne statesman
Flannagin, "What arc we here for ?'' I
iifichv., 'itlUJ JAY, JULY 20, !SiS.
"RE VIS SUE REFORM" "TARIFF
FOR REVENUE OXLY" OR
"FREE TRADE," WHICH:
.Every time the democratic shufllcrs on
the tariff attempt to adjust themselves to
the locality they put their foot through
the free trade net. The trouble with the
party is its double dealing with the ques
tion at issue. Mr. Cleveland, who is un
questionably for free trade, and whose
"Surplus message deals entirely in free
trade sophistries, cased, unfoitunately for
his party, his demand for a reduction of
protective duties financially, upon the
necessity of reducing the revenue of the
government; incedent to this necesity lie
argues that the duties, as now scheduled,
are oppressive to the consumer, xtc.
Iu consequence of this peculiar position
of the president we find one section of
the patty for "tariff reform" another for
"tariff for revenue only," that is they
would impose enough duties on the for
eigner seeking to trade in American mar
kets and on foreign goods, to barely
meet the receiving expenses of the gov
ernment; while another section, of the
party, are for free trade out and out and
each one of these divisions claim that
they are the true exponents of the St.
Louis platform which takes up and makes
Mr. Cleveland's surplus message its tariff
plank. Now, while the democratic party
as a party is unquestionably the enemy
of a protective tariff, it will claim, iu the
eastern states, to be for reduction of
duties ouly; in the northwest for revenue
only, and at the south largely for free
trade; and hence, will have to be nut
upon all and each of these pretended is
sues. If for "revenue only," the effect
of such a policy would be to reduce or
lower, a little, the duty on articles manu
factured in this country; that would
stimulate foreign trade and build up the
import, so that the result would be very
much larger amounts of imported goods
and the reduction would simply increase,
instead of diminish our revenue and in-
stead of wiping out the surplus, which
UiiS offended Mr. Cleveland so much, it
would be filed up still higher. A child
in finance cm sec that this would be the
result of a "tariff for revenue only;" so
that the "revenue reformers" and "tariff
for revenue only" statesmen would, so
far as the surplus question is concerned,
simply "step out of the frying pan intu
the fire." This leaves "free trade" as the
only logical ground upon which a demo
crat can maintain himself in this Indus
trial controvers? and the democratic par
ty dare not be honest with the country
and bravely occupy that ground, which
it unquestionably would occupy, if ii
was only brave enough to face the cer
tainty of stepping down and out for
principle ceitaiul it is not an enviable
position to occupy for a great political
party.
As we have been giving our democrat
ic neighbor some figures on European and
American wages, wlncli Have, so lar
a?
we arc atlvised, been "kindly" received,
we cannot retrain from again returning
to the subject and here give the following
extract irom tne Chicago liner wean
I a i C . i 1 n l -r t -
which wns evidently called out by the
over zealous and uninformed swasher of
some free trader at A frusta. Illinois. Tt i
'
, f t, f t .i,.,,.:. tn
allow tlie workin uWs attention to be
challenged to the prices naid for nv
kiiul of iw in inland. Trcr ia t, "
xtrart ,vllirh sn,Jflks th;in tlinna
nnd blasts from the free trade trumpets
nf thfi rni,(1pn r1llL
Augusta, 111 , July 17. To the Edi
tor. The Inter Ocean will please state
the wages, per diem, paid Carnegie s em
1,10JCS oonge many readers.
D. G. Bkadfohd.
Carnegie pays the standard scale of
wages recognized by the Amalgamated
Association of American Iron and Steel
"Workers; it compares thus with Englisl
ana ijeigian rar.es: me rate per day is
1 - 1 A it 1
given:
Carnecie and
all U. H. makers. England. Belgium
Machinists.
S2
?i 12
3 uo
Vilacksmithe 3 00
l is
fo
1 15
1 15
1 10
1 '25
2 CO
i'45
1 15
1 20
1 GO
2 50
1 35
C2
X7
lUacksmith helpers. 1 jh)
6:;
95
t'arpenters 2 50
Uriek-layers 4 00
8
t'oal miners 2 25
90
80
80
70
Iron ore miners 2 2T
Blast Furnace keeners3 25
lilast Furnace helpers 2 go
Converter men ? t
08
75
ritmeU 4 00
Unit mill ho.itpr ft ;n
80
Hollers 5 75
Hail Straijjhteners.. 10 00
Common labor 150
1 0.'
1 1)5
1 00
40
The Journal refers with pride to the
so-called caricatures which appear at Mr.
White's political headquarters, and says
tne pictures of Messrs. Cleveland and
Harrison are true as life or words to that
effect. We can see very little in the free
trade point the distinguished (?) artist
imagines he is making, and if his object
13 to 6,10w tliat tbe P"'ce of the shoes
13 a tariff price he will perhaps show
now much cheaper the same goods can
be purchased in free trade England. It
13 wonderful how these English fellows
come over to tins country to work for
Pauper wages and pay high prices, when
tue are such a soft snap under the be-
n'on influences of free trade at home.
The J0UnS man should now touch up-
the $7 a "av mua" S1"3 who are laying
ln our, 1 tattsmoutU sewers, and
demonstrate how protection is ruininr
them. Perhaps he will leave this for the
Journal.
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"FENNY WMR AND JHWND
FOOLISH r
When the democratic party succeeded
in IS 12 i repealing the tariff, Knglaud
seized upon that opportunity to flood this
country with her goods. To control the
American market in railroad iron was a
great object for her iron manufacturers.
At that time railroad iron could not be
manufactured in the I'nited St;i!e- for
less than .-,() p( r ton, and the Enlih
manufacturer at once placed his railroad
iron in the hands of our builders at if 10
per ton, and the difference of $ 1 0 per ton
gave the Englishman the control of our
markets. The result was our iron mills
were ruined and tlie thousands of work
men engaged in the business were thrown
out of employment and driven to other
pur.-uits. This accomplished, the English
prices at once ran up to $?."" per ton.
From 1H."0 to lHo-l the Englismau con-
trolled our markets completely, and at lege of doing it. It makes the conipet
advancing prices sold us some N()(),()0 ing foreign uiticle carry tins burden, draw
tons and upwards of railroad iron at 7.") tl,t; load, supply the revenue; ami in pi r-
per ton. This lit'le itvm footed up the
neat sum of $((), 000. 000 paid to the
British railroad iron monopoly, and was
taken right out of the pockets of Ami ri-
can manufacturers and American work-
ingmcn. .Now attempt to compute the 1 ncie is a i-onmci 01 inu rests ikiwccii
loss to all other branches of American the several classes of producers and con
industry occassioned by this one blunder SU'(,'"S ' the I'niUd States. That which
of the free traders, and the reader can benefits one benefits all. The farmer, t In
form some estimate of the loss to the
American working man. Some 00,000,-
000 was directly taken from the country !
Great industries were destroyed and with
them the home market they afforded,
Thousands of well-paid workiiiirnicn
were thrown out of employment and
compelled to enter other branches of in-
dust ry, competing with fellow laborers,
pulling down wages, destroying the ca
pacity of all to purchase, cither at home
or abroad, and all this loss was entailed
upon the country in this single industry at
the demand of a slave-driving, free-trade
oligarchy, under the guidance and name
. ... . .
01 me; uciiiocrauc parry; wnieii is arain
demanding that the voters of this country
place it in the power of that party to des
troy our home markets.
Out prohibition friends are solicited
to view tne remains ot the prohibition
party in Mississippi. Youknow the re
publican temperance people have been
soundly berated by your apostles Finch
and St. John for not leaving a temper
ance party to throw (as the republican
temperance vote calls it) their votes awa
and thus indefinitely keep the democratic
l 41 i t -1
party and the saloon, in oflice; and you
further know, that these republican tem
perance men have charged that the pro
hibition party was managed by leaders-
who were in poiut of fact, more interest
ed in the welfare of the democratic part
than than of the prohibition cause; and
also, that the claim that a strong inde
pendent temperance movement existed in
the solid south was not supported by tin
facts. It appears now that tlie stutc oi
Mississippi has held its prohibition con-
vention and, as was expected, tlie said
proinintion convention "went democrat
ic," refusing to put an electoral ticket in
the field and refusing to endorse the in
ternal revenue plank of the national pro
hibition party. Iu other words the zeal
ous (?) prohibitionist of Mississippi does
not propose to do anything which iu,
even, a remote degree would jeapordize
the success of Grover Cleveland and the
democratic patty. The prohibitionist of
Mississippe was willing to send delegates
and urge on the divided north to Mil
101 me imru parry, out ne is not ready
C . ll .1 . A 1 Jl -.
to jeopordize the success of the national
democratic party, of which he is a mem
ber, by any such foolishness in the south
An instructive lesson, it seems to us, can
be gathered from "The Mississippi plan"
by cur prohibition friends, if they Mill
iook at tne matter m a practical light.
We gave our demecratic friends the
views of Mr. Hare of Texas on the Mill I
bill the other evening. That loyeable
free trader, true to southern democratic
instincts, did'nt seem to have a yerv I
high opinion of the American ("Mud
bill") workingman. If he could live t
and clothe himself on ten cents a day Mr.
Hare thought that was enough. "N'ow
hear Mr. Heny-hill a prominent free
trader from South Carolina "2'believe in
"hiirin. ; r-. .lirt.rtr.- . ii .1 - .r I
"you please I belieye in buying labor in
"the cheapest market." These are the
fellows sent to congress by the aid of
stuffed ballot boxes to make laws for the
working men of this country. Democra-
uy is a very nice ming yet it cannot hide
its ears. I
The temperature of the dog-davs has
had nn flciirKimr pffwt nn tl.o r-A,,
ft -----" wu - ' -V- w v U
ui o iUuywiKc. me urn-
ber for August is as fresh and visorous
. 1
as juay or early June. Most of the staff
of well-known contributors are represent-
ed in its pages, with here and there a
i.v., iio.nt.. i i w. au ainsin; point ot l
view, there is no chance for fault-finding j
Abbey, Parsons, and Thulstrup furiusb
some of their best work. In fiction many
strong chapters are offered, while the
snnnlr nf ni:,l rAr, s :
. . JU I1U
diminished. Th frnnfisnio.-n la i,
1- , , . . . 1--" n 1
making scene by Abbey, drawn to illus-
trate the old rlivmn nl.rmt "T. t.i I
Bottel." I
- 'TiiTir - n imrrTMi
WHAT IS A I'RorForiVE TAR
IFF. It is a tariff upon fnf'-ign imports so
adjusted as to (-retire the nccc-s.iry reve
nue and judiciously imposed upon tl.o-'O
foreign products the like of which :n!
M'odiiccd at home. It impo; 1 s tin; duty
upon the competing foivion product; it
makes it bear tlie burden or duty, and, as
far as pos-ible, luxuries only excepted,
P' i mi's (In: non-conipi ting foreign pro
duct to come iu fee of duty. Arlicb s of
common use, comfort and 11 cessity.
I which we cannot produce, it ends to the?
people free from ciidom house-exactions.
It s lys to our foreign competitor, if you
want to bring your merchandise hejc,
your farm products, your' coal und iron
ore, your wool, your salt, your pot-
tery, your glas, your cottons or woolens,
iU,'l " along side of our producers, wo
W'H make your -product pay for the privi-
foriningthise.ssctialofTice.it encourages
at the same time our own industries and
protects our own people in their chosen
employments. I Ins is what the republi
c;m l':tl,y lighting for.
manufacturer, tin; laborer, the tradesman,
tlic producer and the cwiisumer, all havo
common interest in the maintainaiicc of a
protective tariff. The establishment of 11
furnace or factory or mill in any neigh-
boi liood has t he effect at once to enhance)
t,,c value ot all property for miles sur-
rounding it. I lie farmer has a better and
nearer market for his produce. The mer
chant, the butcher, the grocer, have an
ncreased trade. The carpenter is in
greater dene. ml; he is called upon to
build more houses. Every branch of
trade, every avenue of labor will feel in
stantly the energizing inlluencc of n new
industry. llepublican.
Wk have been giving figures showing
wages paid in this country as compatod
with wages paid in England in the man-
ufacture of cotton goods and here give a
table showing the diffci
ronee in watres bc.-
twecn a woolen mill in A bonier n, Scot
laud, and one in Xew York State, as
nhown by the books of the mills. Tho
Aberdeen mill represents English prices:
3HKW WiICK HCOTI.AJIIi
Wool sorters Overseers
Six 00 .i 7 r,(t
12 ('0 r, r,
' eo :t 75
2o C 11; ,v
4 0 (X
I (Ml 7 flf
i 00
4 00 1 r,o
1M (l( 7 .';(,
. 10 fo women 4 rt
:s fo to ,vi. 1 m
'M 1:1) ill :',(
i-i r,i) 7 !
In 00 ()(
' i)
- .vi :: 75
8 CO 75
7 M :; 7j
from the con
-Men
Dyers Mu
V.nliiig Overseers
I ain leiMirs ,jrss
Spinin o verse- is
-M'-!l
l!ov
Warpiiifr Overseers... .
lreser Teiide s - Men ..
hPilr. 11 .
Wt avers Overseers
Section ham.s
Weavers
Fiuirthiiitf Overseers
Shei vers. ...
I'ressmen
Oilers so;i fullers.
These figures are ic
sular reports which were submitted to
our government upon requst "upon tho
sbite of labor iu Europe" and represent
weekly wages. The same tables show
labor in all classes in Gn at Iiritain to bo
from one third to one half less than that
paid in the United States, viz: Farm
labor in that country only averaged 5a
1878, and it is about the same today,
?o.40 to S?4.2.j per week. Printers aver-
iged 7.2 and in Chicago at same timn
I lM- -blacksmiths $7.0-1 to 8.12, in
t,ns counrty si 0.1 4. Painters 8. 10 nnd
,,iis country 10.10. Does any one dis-
j lnite that cheap labor is a national cursu'f
iet those who would venture on tho
II 1
aemocratic plan must be in favor of
J cheaper labor in America.
England grew rich under a gigantic
system of protection for 509 yaars; until
she had established the manufacturing
I interests which her statesmen proudlv be-
1 "even wouut rule tne commerce of tho
world. Mr. Blaine says, commenting on
I rue tarm 01 u,!lt country: "When by
loaS experiment and persistent effort
England has carried her fabrics to per
action ! When by the long accumulation
of weaJ,h and the force of reserved caoi
ta slie could command facilities which
Poorer natisns could not rival ! When bv
the talent ot her inventors, developed un
"er thG stimulus of large rewards she had.
surpassed all other countries in the ma
nitule and effectiveness of her machinery
slip nrnr-Inimpfl frt.n f-iln
urged it upon all lands with -which she
Ijad commercial intercourse. Maintanin'
tne most arbitrary and most complicated
system of prelection, so long as her states-
rneu considered that policy advantageous,
-uu llsune,i o iree tracte only when she
felt able to invade the domestle mi-(
. T V . uu"Sfc l"e fa
. 1 -'. wuc.lillg aril.sian
ana oy less advanced skill So Ion. r n
there was danger that her own 111-1
,:i. 1. i t ..
Uli,n- ue "'vaueci ana the products of
1 ' ? , VI,dersol t home,
b ic an lhM 1,7, ZX?FaK
1 " .. ii uiai&ciK JOT lif-r
o u wares. is it wise in tho f., . ,
these historical truths to take the advice
, ' inf r en Sful or hdd we nt
Z ?
nlatfnrm m : V,-" ,. J-!",e 1 Rn,ke
" . "i'''"-n party and it
win receive tne sanction of the Ann ric-m
. jxmi r'c.m
nam in .voren oer next. 1 ft no i,,,,...
that vote squrely and Iionestlv counted
1 1 ... "y'y tounteii.
"y . o iiuiu mis snouiit satisfy th