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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1892)
aouir tNTF.nr.urn must nor uk yeaLECTKD. President Harriaon Fcrmlly Ae c«pti the Tender of ths Miaae- , apolli Convention. facia i»4 FIf area I* flheir that tba Ifptklku Pal ley llu Oroafht Prosperity. DANGEROUS CRISIS AT HAND Democracy Pledged to Barden tlie Country With a Demoraliz ing Currency. * y'V :f .. i : Tull Test of Cho Document* WjUkHISGTOH# B#pi* S.—Tha following If Pwidfnt Harrison's letter accepting the republican nomination for the office of president of the United 8*u»t«e: W**m*orox. f^i4 «. tee/.—>Hoe, WHbam Mc Kinley, Jr.. and others, romrnitiee, etc. -ijeutn* wen; 1 tuw avail •/»> seif of the first period of relief fn/in Public duties to respond to the aotJ. fkatiou. which you l*r jught to me on June :0, of tnr nomiiutx/n for the uflkn of pmsi4»nt of the United tv the republican notional conven tion recently held at Minneapolis I accept tb« nomination. a/rd am grateful for th« approval expressed by tUo convention of the act* of (he . admin >Kt/*t mo. I bar* «nd*av<r#d without ^wavering or wrarinea*. so far a« the direction of fmbll# .iff air n *» a* c mimlii^l to to**, to carry out the pledge* in«4p> p> tint pconl* In j»m. If the policies of tbs administration bava not t>eeo distinctively and progressively American and republican odlcle*, tire lauit bar not been In th« fNtrrwM, biit in ttom execution. I ahaJl apeak frankly of the icphJaUon of congress ami of the work of the executive department/—for the credit of any succeaae* that hava Imn attain'd i» la such measure dun to others-*ci,aio;* and representatives, and to the efficient head* of the *e**rn\ wwullv«- depart mem* that | uiay do ao without Impropriety. A rota of want of coo lb daoca la o*k*d by our adversaries. and this cbaJ* Irnifa to a review of what ha* bran dona a a promptly and gladly accept. The great work of thn riftr-flrst contra* bai pc#n subjected to Ilia revision of a democrat>c warn of reprint at lvrs. and the m»rU of the ex ecutiva departtmmL to lU scrutiny and invest! ftum. A democratic national admluUtrstiou mi* succeeded by a republican admin *tration, an4 Jm fr« *hno»* of event* give* unusual facili 4Jm for fair comparison and Judgment. Thera **M seldom l>wu a lima. 1 think, whan a change front the declared policies of the republican In the declared i/oltcl** of the democratic party Involved such ecrious rs'ij'.t* to the business in |wre*t« of the co untry. A brief review of what lia* barm don# am) of what the democ-atte patty •repose* to undo will Justify tbs opinion. » He turn toHtato Hank loauim. Tha republican party, during the cfvfl war, da vised a national currency, coo Sintlng of United Ktates notes. Issued •on redeem able by tha government, and of national bank notes based upon the secur ity of tinted hisles bund* A tax was levied *UprHi the Issue* of slate hanks and the Intended as suit, that all such issues should he withdrawn, wa* realised. there are men among us now y ho never saw a state bank note The notes fumiabad directly or Indirectly by the United •tales have been the only and the safe an/1 ac* peptable paper currency of the peopla. Hank faHure* have brought no fright, delay or lose to the bill holder*. The note of no Insolvent bank ' Is a* good and ns current as a treasury note, for the credit of the United Mtates is behind It. Our nioney is alt nsttonal money—I might almost say •International—for these bills are not only equally aud indiscrimiuat ly accepted at par In all the <ttat*s, but in smne foreign countries. The dem* HKratlc party. If entrusted with the control of the government, |« now pledged to reie*ai die tax on •tale hank Iseues, with a view to putting into cir •etilation sgain, under such diverse legislation as «ih« staus may adopt, a flood of Leal hank Many Kvlta ot Thla Hyateni. Only those who in the years bafore the war ex* *perWsced the inconvenience and losses attendant upon the use of such money can appreciate what ~A return to thst system iuvolvea Thedenomb wation of a bill was then often no Indication of Its value. The bank detector of Iowa was Dot a •afe guide t'vday as to credit or values. Mer chant* deposited several times during the day, -lest the hour of bank closing should show a de* predation of the money taken in the morning, The traveller could uot use In a Journey to the the Issues ‘if the most solvrut banks or tha w**st, and In eoiowKitiHtum a money changer's 'Office was the familiar neighbor of the ticket office and the lunch counter The farmer aud laborer found the money received for their pro »4ucu or their labor depre«'l*ted when they canuw *tc» make their purchases, aud the whole business of the country was hindered and burdened. ■Changes may Iwcntue necessary, but anaih»oal -system of current y.safe and acvrep'able through out l be whole country, la the good fruit of bitter expel(ence. aud | am sum our fsmple will not consent to the reactionary proposal mads by ths dcim c. ailo pat ty. £ AM Kill CAN MERCHANT MARINE. 0 Tlio Tutted States Mint lie ns liberal t\H Otlier Groat Nat Iona. :■$} Few cubjcetn have rUHted more discussion or fj.~ •xcIUhJ more antral interest than that of a re* %y' corny by the United L’tates of Ua appropriate ’♦hare of the reran carrying trade. This subject ^touches net only our pockets. but our national yprlde. Practically all the freights for transport ing to Europe the enormous annual supplies of provis one fui utabed by this country, and for the large return of manufactured product», have for. $•;>- funny yearn been paid to foreign ahlp owoer*. Tbouaamlt of emigrants annually seeking homes V under cur Hag have been denied the tight of It ff ainUthey entered Sandy Hook, while Increasing thousands of American ciiu^ns, bent on Euro pean travel. havetach year stepped Into a for eign Jurisdiction at the New York docks The fnerchnrulUe balance of trade which the treasury v hooks, show i* largely reduced by the annual tribute which wo pay for freight and passage Muoneya. The great ahlps-the fastest upon the sea -which are now in peace profiting by our trade, 'Are in a secondary sense warships of the respec vv vtlve governments, ami in time of war would, «und?r existing contracts with those governments, speedily take on the guns for which their decks are already prepared and eater with terrible ‘efficiency upon the work of destroying our cont ainer?*. The undisputed fact is that the great *tcamahlp lines of Europe were built up and nre »sow In part sustained by direct or Indirect gov ? -eramen 1 aid, the latter taking the form of liberal . 'pay for carrying the mails or of an annual bonus •given in consideration of agreements to con struct the ships so as to adapt them for carrying aa armament and to turn them over to the gov - amou nt on d-maucl, upon specified terms. Ctboral 1'ollcy Urged. It will oe pisiu to every intelligent American "that if the united Htates would have sue4 lines, A similar policy must be entered upon. The ’Fifty first congiess enacted such a law, and. un •derita beneficent influence. sixteen American ‘Steamships of nu aggregate tonnage of 57.400 tons, and coating I7,40o,iw, have been built or f%:' ^contracted to bo built in American shipyards. Is addition to thia, it la now practically certain that we shall soon have, under the American (flag, ooe of the flu**et steamship Hues sailing out •of New York for any European port. Ibis tnm tract will resuit in the construction in American yards of four uew pas**>ng*r ships of ]t» OjU tons |'v each, coating about $8,mJ0.0Cki, and will add to onr naval reserve six steamships, the fastest on A special Interest has been taken T>y me in the establishment of lines from our South Atlantic and gulf ports, and though my expectations have not yet been realised, attention has been 'Called to the advantages possessed by th**o port*, and, when their people are more fully .alive to their interests, 1 do not doubt that they will be abbs to secure Lhs capital,.needed to en able them to profit by their great natural adyan tagee. The democratic party has found no place ^ fta its platform for any reference to this suolect and baa shown lit hostility to the general policy by refusing to expend an appropriation made during the last admfca tarot km for ooenn mall •aoacracta vli^Auitffcag l,M^ **+ .^xriaiia ! fto* wonraaen m **ar «v*ps, thrHdjfi*Uam ■ s»*4t'f a»rw «enterpr%m. m o«t 4wt*d*> wtoeUwr i lb rn«l strips v»ww? tr An*»*kM mhk'b bare j A flagman regtocery stoA'i Ages*. bwatot* ; Mb a pdaw lo tto* tMK^mk tiMrtu rvaarr* Tbe ’ ffrii seeps Mur MB tu drainer's table* r*/ V> for j trija nbop* for coast mm* m*© a»d th* UsriWd S**1** j i'N« 1b* »' '<r prigtoheoing of rvoover lw t um« <wBtn*-t»mu*U: * U it* vm^Isl. tif •ilH 'V it* oonerructoo* and lb* courage erf it# AAlUsTA b lb* carrying liM.it erf aJi lias KM. LAEOK IJCt BEAMEIM TRADE. He ne fits of Reciprocity Made Apparent fn More W«j» 1 tom One. Another rr 1*4 measure. aa furnishing ao In' f>»Mfd <o«a traffic for oar and erf r«t* and (•nuu«f«i b* o*ft to Um fimm tirf nuuiofAd jrmM vt t. Ii tU reciprocity paltry declared If •* dire A erf IU Urfff Ml orf l!*). ni now is inrtrti * persbea *til> Cu orf tto* na tion* erf Oftlrftl Sen b AmericM Sea Ixxaio((r>, tb ftpaelsfc ud BrtUti) Wnlladit islands and srttto Germany and luatria, under trade im«rMMau wtti recto Tb removal of its doty on sugar and (toe eon UauMtog of colfae and lea uooa (toe free M. vtuto pfkif groat rdrf to oar owe people by cheapening art tries uwd oartMlftfij fa every • bouswhoid to tla> of such eno* moos advantage to j (toe countries *xpar«>©g ttoes* article* an to rug ! gest that So consider at ion ibertrfor reciprocal 1 farorv should l« shown !o tbcJr tariff* to articles I uiMtol by ua to (to Ir marxets. < (iteal credit to due Mr fi tter for the vigor J sr*tl» wtp-h toe pretsed this rice upon (be ooua try. Wf bare only begun to rrali**? the benefits «/ttoM tridf arrangements. Tbe work of cre ating oew sger.cn s and of adapting our goods | to (tv* markets baa u*oes*ariiy taken time; but tto« result* already attained are so "to. 1 am wore. j as to establish to popular far or tl»* policy of re ; i ciprocaJ trad" bsard upou the free tuip'/rUi^o ! of such art Ic e* as do tuA tajurioualy compete ! wit to (to* products of our farms, nines or facto- I r***, In exchange for tto* free or favored intro- , (tuctioo of oar products leto other countries. Forelgnrrs Itocome Aluriucd. The obvious *fll< aV of tils policy in Increasing I tine foreign trade of the l ilted Mates aitra/ted ! th« alarmed attention of European >/urr.a!s and j boards of trade. Tbe British board of trade has j presented to that government a memorial asking ; tor * toe appoJntme.it of a ccinnikMUo'i to coupler ! the beat mean* of counteracting what U caiied ] "the commercial crusade of the United States ” At a meeting, held In Mar<*to last, of the aaaocis ted ebamtorr a tof corururree of Great Britain, ttoe presldenta r«-|^orted that the exp*jrt* from Great Britain u> the 1 at In American ofvuutriea dui lug the last year ha/1 decrea*e<l 1f/),UtjQ and that this was not due to temporary caua>«. but difert Ir to the recipr«x ity policy or tlie UniU-l States O-rmany and Vt af ce bare also shown th*dr star Wr4 apprehension of tbe fact that a new and »ig <*rous coi.testaut toss aofieared in tbe battle for tbe market* and baa already secured import an: Mlvaotace*. T tie most con siccing evidence of tbe tremen drc*a commercial strength of our position i» found in tbe feet that Girat Britain and Spam ! bare found it necessary to make reciprocal trade agrernieuta with us for their West India colonies, and that fiermany and Austria have given us Im portant com-easto/OM in exchange for Ilia coni.a tied free importation of their beet sugar. xiKuri'H it* to uporu, A few deUili only a« to the Increase of our trade can ba t;iven here, Taking all tbe coup trlea with allIcii tilt'll arrangements have been made, our trade to June 30. IWX, bad Increased fl it per cent. With Until tba Increaao wan nearly It per cent. With t uba during tba flret ten mouth* our export* Inoreaaad ITi.7. Z.I'Jl, or M an per cent, and with I'orto Hlco or M per cent The liberal participation of our farmer! In the ta-nefUx of thU policy la shown l,y the following report from our consul-general at Havana, under data of July IK la*t: "During tha drat half year of IWJI Havana re. cel vat 14.I.UT-C tiaga of dour from Spain and other porta of tiie I ‘land about an equal amount, or approxlma-eiy an.IK bag* During the aame Period Havana reeelred I1.S79 baga of American Hour and oilier porta approxiinateyl an equal amount, making about liS.000 baga. Hut for the drat half of thla year Spain baa lent lean than 1,(100 baga to the whole (eland and the United State* ban aent to Hnvnnn alone ItH.dW lag* and about an equal nmount to other port a of the lei and, making approximately 347,000 for the drat haUf of IMU." Partly by re anon of tba reciprocal trade agree, ment, but more largely by reoaon of the removal of tba aanltary reatrtetiona upon American pork, our export of pork prodneta to Germany In maned during Iba ten rnontba ending Juno HU laat $9.0X3.074. or about 94 per cent Tba llrltiah Trade Journal of loodon. In a re cent Issue, apeak log of tbe Increase of American coal exporta ami of the falling olt of the English coal export! to Cut*. aaya: "It la auotber can; of American competition Tbe United Slates now auppllea Cuba with about lAJ.OdO tona of coal annually. and tbera la ovary prospect of tbla trade Increasing an the foreata of tbe Inland be coina exhausted and tbe use of ateam machinery on tbe sugar plantations la developed. Alabama coal napsclally la securing a reputation in the Hpaniah W'est Indira, and the river nail rail Im provementa of tbe aouthera ataten will undoubt, ndly create a strong gulf trade. The new reci procity policy, by which tbe United States is enabled to Import Cuban augar, will, of course, assist the American coal exporter even more ef fectively than tbe Unas of railway." DEFENSE OF PHOTECTIOX. Democrats Mast Not Be atvca Power to Enforce Their Views The democratic platform prom 1ms a repeal of the tariff law containing this provision anil es pecially denounces as a "sham reciprocity" that section of the law under which these trade ar rangements base been made. If no other Issue were Insulted In the campaign, this alon* would gise It momentous Importance. Aro the farm ers of the great grain growing statue willing to surrender these now, large and increasing mar kets for their surplus! Are we to base nothing In ssccantre for the free Importation of sugar and coffee, and at the same tlmo destroy the sugar planters of the south and the beet sugar Industry of the northwest and of the Pacific coast, or are we to have the tnxed sugar an I coffee which a "tariff for revenue" only necessarily Involves, with the ndded loss of the ns\s markets which base been opened! As I have shown, our commercial rolatlou* in Europe do not regard this reciprocity policy as a "sham." but as a serious tbresl to a trade aupreinacy they have long enjoyed. They would rejoice and. If prudence did not restralu, would Illuminate their depressed manufacturing cities, over the news that Uncle Ham had atiandoued his system of protection and reciprocity. They see very clearly that a restriction of American production and trade and a corresponding Increase of European production and it ado would follow. And 1 will not believe that what is so plain to them can be hidden from our own people. TurllTaml Wages and Capital. The declaration of the republican platform In favor of "The American Doctrine of Protection" meets my most hearty approval. Tha convention did not adopt a echedule, buta principle that Is to control all the tariff schedules. There may ho differences of upmlou among protectionists as to tha rate upon particular articles necessary to effect an equalisation between wages abroad and at home. In some not remote campaigns the Issue has been, or, more correctly, has been made to appear to be. between a high and a low 1 protective tariff, both |»rtlet expressing some solicitous regard for the wages of our working people and for the prosperity of our domestfo industries. But under a more courageous leader ship tha democratic party has now practically declared that. If given power. It will enact a tariff law without any regard to Its effect upon wages or upon the capita) invested In our great industries. The malorlty report of the com mittee on platform at the democratic national convention at Chicago contained this clause. "That when custom house taxatiou la levied upon articles of any klud produced in this country, tha difference between tha cost of labor here and abroad, when such a difference exists, fully measures any possibly benefits to tha laborer, and the enormous a tdltlonal Impo sition of the existing tariff falls with crushing force upon our farmers and workingmen." Here wa have a distinct admission of the re publican contention that Amerlcau workingmen are advantaged by a tariff rate equal to the dif ference between home aud foreign wages, and a declaration only agalns, the alleged "additional impositions" of the existing tariff law. j Democratic TurlfT Doolaratlons. ' .. *Kaln' *■>*• majority report further declared: But. in making a reduction la taxes. It Is not proposed to Injure any domestic Industries, but , rather to prdtuotr their healthy growth. More over. many Industries have come to rely U|k>o legislation for successful continuance, so that nny change of low must be at every step regard ful of I he labor and oapltal thus involved." i w® baTts an t'.iinliwion that mmv of nor t Industries depend upon protective duties for their successful continuance, and a declaration I that tariff changes should be regardful of the I workmen lu such industries aud of the invested capital. | The overwhelming rejection of these proposi tions. which had before received the aanctioa of i democratic national conventions, was not more i Indicative of the new and more courageous lead I ership to which the party has now committed it self than tha substitute which was adopted. This | substitute declares that protective duties are wa CgaslhvtiOMi, high prqtecjlqa, >9* protf$U*a. faoMfcg tAJs »r» omaoe met, star a d—iocf pmid«wt approve. «er tariff Kbt^ck, tft» . poas of wfcJcti it to adma fcc&pteiJbiJMis or to gpnm aey rn.trtut*z* to as Aiarrra workman or prrv duosr A bounty 1 jadn. U f}t«t, to tU j uopofler tls »Jr» of (M occtt'lvtaut. to wr«r i* itutria ispir^Uoi. sad so tbs rev r»u* fr-«u ~iariff fee trtrew oaiy ** is tbo M»At tivo. IXfevotilt* of crorse folio uwder this desaaef - si '--,-3. for Am ol j*~vt sod HTrrt «n not revenue, tn» i toe pro*wAnm o-f rwlp<riM?*i exchanges, Ltoa profits of riiierfc go wboJy to oor pnxl«oin II»t® Ktrsjed From Korly TMcblafk Tbs destructive as A merino doctrine v« not Lad or tsurhl br Us felstcre democratic BLsm tore vioM fame at Americas patriot* hM reached this genera* >oo, certainly ut ty Jrffar •os or Jackass. Tbh mrd crusade acaaaat AcrrVms shops. the Unar tfsiArta applied to America* IL* penitleu disbelief ef *»«T report of tht opttttf of a tla pfta&v mill or of so tncraaa# a our fvrtict Usds tor redpro dty. an at wrpntst as they are dh»rmd<t*\4*. Ttarv Is no U/^rbUtl butfieti mao la tits emtMrr rbo dost sc* *uo» that tits eaactmvwt Isto It* of fLs declaration of the Chicago oos* rejjUuo upon <Le subject of tariff would at oacs fAung* la* country /kUj s buttona cotrultloB •orb as tf bat acre* sera. And there Is act a tbougteful workingman wfco does not ksov tbs* it would at once taorraoutlj reducw the amount of work to be dose tu tbit country by Ut* lacretis of importations that would follow sad n~ r issitsti a redo -ton of Lis trace* to tbs European lutf «rd. It anyone suggests that tLA radical policy will not be esecuTsd if tbs democrat c party at tain# power, what shall bs ttouch* of a party that is capable of thus tri/lice with crest inter ests? The threat of such JejpsialK.fi would be otify Seas hurtful than tbs feet A dlstinrutsoed democrat rightly described this moremrat u a ehaJlruge to tlis protected iofui tries to a tight of extermination. and aouttur sueb rightly ex - preamed tbs lv^lc of the situation rhei be inter preted tbs l bfcago platform to be an nsrttat*oo to ali democrats boldine even tfcs most moderate protection views to go mto tbs republican party M’S ISLEY TAHIFF UW, Indl»pntiU« Proofs of tbo Benefits Coufcrred—Tin I'lnte Industry. Aod row a few words !a r.carJ to the exiting tariff law. We are fortunately al;Ie to jirixa of iu inSueore upon production and prices br mar ket report# Tba day of the prophet of calamity has been succeeded by that of the trade re porter An examination into the effect of the law upon the price# of protected product#, and of the com of aoch articles as enter into the Ut htg of people of email means, has been made by a aczate committee composed of leading senators of both parties, with tbs ski of lbs best statisti cians. and the report, signed by ali tbs members of the committee, has been given to the public. I*o such wide and careful inquiry has ever before been made. These facts appear from the repo; t: rlrrt-TLe oat of ftelv* entering Into tbs use of those earning less than $1,000 per annum has decreased up to May. im, 8.4 per cent, while in farm products there has been an m crease in prices, owing in part to au increased foreign demand and the opening of new markets. In England during the same period, the cost of living increased 1.9 per cent. Tested by their power to purchase articles of necessity, the earn ings of our work loir people have never been as great os they are now. Second—There hss been an average advance in the rate of wages of .7 of 1 per cent. Third—1There has b.»en an advance In the price of all farmers* products of lb.87 per cent and of all cereals. 88.59 per cert. The ninth annual report of the chief of the la bor bureau of statistics of the state of Near York, a democratic officer, very recently issued, strongly corroborates, as to that state, the facts found by the senate committee. His report shows that la the year following the passage of the tariff act of JKrt) the aggregate sum paid in wages in that stale was $6,877.11*3 In excess, and the aggregate production $4!,323.18U in excess of the preceding year, in view of this nhowing of an Increase in wegee, of a reduction in the cost of articles of common necessity, and of a marked advance in prices of agricultural products, it is plain that this tariff law has not imposed bur den, but has conferred benefits upon the farmer and the workingman. urowtn or the Tin Plate Industry. Borne special effects or the act should be no ticed. It teas a courageous attempt to rid our people of a Ionic maintained foreign monopoly In the production of tin plate, pearl buttons, silt Slush, linens, lace, etc. Once or twice in our Istory the production of tin plate had been at tempted and tba prices obtained by tbe Wt lab makers would have enabled our makers to pro duce it et a profit, hut the Weleb makers at once cut prlcce to a point that drove the Ameri can beginners out of tbe businees, and, when this was accomplished, again made their own prices. A correspondent of tbe Industrial World, tbe official organ of the Welsh tin plate workers, published at Swansea, in tbe issue of June 10, 1894, advises • nsw trial of these methods He says: "Do not bo de ceived. The victory of the republlenns at tha polls means the retention of the McKinley bill and ’ means the rapidly accruing loss of 8) per eenk of the American export trade. Had there been no democratic victory in 1884 the manu facture of tin plate In the United states would have been more rapid. It Is uot yet too late to do something to reduce the price of plates. Put them down to 11 shillings per box of 10,14x40. full weight basis. Let the workman take half pay for a few months and then turn out more. Then 1st tbe masters forego profits for the same time.” And again that paper eaya: “It is clearly tbe Interest of both employer and workmen to pro duce tin plates, tariff or no tariff, at rates that will drive all competitors from the field.” la Here to stay. But In spite of tbe doubts raised hr the elec tions of 1800, and the machinations of foreign producers to maintain their monoply, the tin plate industry has been established In the United States ami the alliance between tbe Welsh pro ducers aud the democratic party for lie desi ruc tion will not succeed. The official returns to tba treasury department of tbe production of tin and tin plates In the United StAtes during the last fiscal year show a total production of iav-io.-MO pounds, and a comparison of tbe first quarter, tkM.OJ; pounds, with the last 8.000.000 pounds, shows the rapid development of the industry. Cver n.ouo.ooo pounds during tbe Inst quarter were made from American block plates, the re mainder from foreign plate*. Mr. Ayer, the treasury agent in charge, estimates, os the re sult of careful luqiilry, that the production ot the current year will be UW.COC.ikW pounds, and that by the end of the year our production will be at the rate of WO.OOO.wxi pounds per annum Another Industry that has been practically created by the McKinley bill la the making of pearl buttons. Few articles coming to us from abroad were so distinctly tbe product of starva tion wage*. But without unduly extending this letter. 1 cannot follow In detail the Infiuences of tlie tariff law of leOO. It has transplanted sev ers 1 important Industrie! and established them here and has revived or enlarged all others. Tba act gives to the miner* protection against for eign sliver bearing lead ores, free introduction ot which threatened the great mining Industries of the Rocky rootin'ain states, and to the wool growers protection for their fleeces and flocks, which baa saved them from a further and more disastrous decline. Tbe bouse ot representatives at Its last session passed bills placing these ores and wool upon the free list. The people of tbe west will know how destructive to their pros perity these measures would be. 'londs to Illffhor Wages. This tariff law has Riven employment to many thousand* of Americsu men and women and will each year give employment to increasing thou sands. It* repeal would throw thousands out of employment and give work to others only at ; reduced wages. The appeals of the free trader to the workingmen aro largely addressed to ills prejudices or to hie passions, and not infrequent ly are pronouncedly communistic. The new democratic leadership rages at the employer and seeks to communicate this rage to the employe. I I regret that all employers of labor ore not just i and considerate, and that capital sometime# takes too large a share of the proceeds or profits. 1 But l do not see that these evils would be ameli orated by a tariff policy the first necessary effect of which is a severe wage cut, and the second a large diminution of the aggregate j amount of work to be done in this country. | If the injustice of his employer tempts the workman to strike back, be should be very sure 1 that his blow does not fall upon his own head, or upon his wife and children. The workmen in our great industries are as a body remarkably intelligent, and are lovers of home and couutrv. j They may be roused by injustice, or wlmt st ems 1 to them to be such, or be led for the moment by others into acts of passion, but they will settle tael tariff contest In the calm light of their No- i ▼ember firesides and with sober reference to the prosperity of the country of which they are citi sens and for the homes they have founded for their wives and children. No Intelligent advocate of a protective tariff ctatms that it is able of itself to maintain a uni form rate of wages without regard to iluctua- ' tlcos in the supply of and demand for the prod ucts of labor. But it is confident'y claimed that protective duties'strougty tend to hold up wages and are the only barrier against a reduction to the European scale. Every Citizen In tbe Land Benefited. The southern states have hod a liberal partioU potion in the benefits of the tariff law, I Am sure, though their representatives have generally opposed the protection policy. I rejoice that their sugar, rice, coal, ores, iron, fruits, cotton cloths and other products have net been left to tbs fats which ths vt tss of their representatives Would hare brought upon them. Ia the con struction of ths Nicauisgua canal. Ia the new mmA CKeSnl umw, la tbm «at*Ltiahm*s« of Amitoas ntn—tl tp lme» them •takes L*t« aJwc especial isfttrmta* ar«d &11 ?fee»s 0 koevwt* vJJ ac4 *'way* r >u»at to I* viik<ul ; ■ mrmtuty» at Vai^ctoa. feirrwdiy. bat » t ^Ei» fairly. oor »t!rtr»rt* •peak crJtr of lb* dutie* iTEjsreed on Imetx. pvwl U>Uo>» a nod <4brf ait*?'** tj tbe Xc iuakt U-l aa*U uc-u Uf ref ere®o» V> roe peit «■! e; AT'enrot of tbe fw IwC Dvrifi* rh* but (bni yt*f OC.Tzt worth of merrktftndise. or Xfe par eezti of ear import* ciar it frw < (Itw br^ta! pfTOftli^ in oar Limorj», vhb in 1 J«W> the percentage of laporttlioitt was oeiy ! tttZyer amt Tb* placing of i»w up a tb* fw* Lot bM ttrrd to th* consumer us dutie* In , llfu»2 Biocti*. tfur paring tb* bctmtia pro- , tiied for. f^7.«*Ci,9aBL lb* retirf bn* been sub lUauI-j feX us rrm bca**t,oid upoa every B*turl*r pircintt of tk vorkla^ man. On* of u« f*rOran trn&«u against n pro- . tort ire tar/fT n that it UuU a» out from partici pation is veal is csiied. withpwefiiog emphasis, j **tta nutria* of ti»* worH." if ths* vie* it not a false w.be* does it Uf^mUtS our atancrcitl com pH/tort an* tot atb to Pear wub more ! terrotf our supposed surrender to them ; of tin roarfcec* of the world.** as 1 how does it tappets ihu tbs partial Ion of ; ctsr market .loans foreign uo pair mills and Bik plash fact ones that viii save all other market*? , Our naTurmi advantages. oar protective tariff and the reciprc-cnj policy, make it poae/oUr for us to bare a large parried pat ion ic the * markets of ths world” without opening our own to a competi tion that would destroy the comfort and inde pendence of our people. THE COINAGE QUESTION. Good Re-salts Expected From the Monetary Conference*. The re'joltjtioo of the convection In favor of binoftabisra declares, I thick. the true and acces sary conditions of a movement ttat has, upon f these line*. my cordial odh.recoe aoi tuf pert, 4 1 ctr. ihsroufhly convinced that the free ©oin 4 ago c4 mixer at such a ratio to . gold t» will fr^icts:3 the equally in the ccirmrrcial t*?s of the two Coined ! doi'ars would conduce to the prosperity of all the grf at producing: and comraer.-ial nation* of the world. Tb*.- one easeutiai con Uiiou m mat tfaeoe dollars bbal1. Lave and rttaiu an equal su v -pi ability and va.ue lo all commercial transactions. They are not oc!y a medium , of exchange, but a measure of values, and when two unequal measur-M are called in *aw by the same name commerce is unjy-Jtitd and confused and the unwary and ig norant are cheated. Dollars of unequal com mercial value will not circulate togetoer. Tfco 1 bether dollar ta withdraw u and becomes mer cL&ndise. The true Interest of all our people, and espe cially of the farmers and working people, wno cannot closely observe the money market, u that ex err dollar, paper or coin, issued or author zed by the government shall at all times and in a 1 its uses t« the exact equivalent, not only in debt paying, but In purchasing power, of any * other dollar. I am quite sure that if we should now-act upon this subject, ind*-pendett!y of other ua .ujua, we would greatly promote their interests and injure our own. .MoLctary con dition* In Europe within the last two years have, I : I think, tended very much to develop a sent!- j tnent in favor of a larger use of silver, and 1 was much pleased and ; encouraged by the cordiality, piomptm-sa and unanim ty with which tbe invitation of this government for an international conference upon this subject was accepted by all the pow ers. We may not only hope for, but expect highly beneficial results from this conference, now soon to assemble. When the result of tbe conference is known we then shall be able intel ligently to adjust our financial basis to any new conditions. j FltEE BALLOT AND HONEST COUNT. Political Jugglery Demonstrates the Need of New Laws. In ray lost annual message to congress I said and I must yet entertain the idea that it U possi ble to secure a calm, patriotic consideration of constitutional or statutory changes, as may be necessary, to secure the choice of the officers of the goverment Ur the people by fair apportionments and free elections. I belleye it would be possible to constitute a commission. Don-partisan in its membership and composed of patriotic, wise and Impartial men, to whom the consideration of the questious of the evils connected with our election system and methods might tie committed with a good prospect of securing unanimity in some plan for removing or mitigating those evils. The con stitution would permit the selection of a com mission to be vested in the supreme court if that method would give the best guaranty of impar tiality. This comniitteo should be charged with the duty of Inquiring into the whole subject of the law of elections as related to the choice of the of ficers of the national government, with a view to securing to every elector a free and unmolested esercise of the suffrage and as near an approach to equality of value In each ballot cast as is at tainable. The demand that the limita tions of suffrage shall be found in the law and there only. Is a just demand, and no just man should resent or resist It. It seemed to me that an appeal to our people to consider the question of readjusting our legislation on abso lutely fair and impartial lines might find some effective response. Equal Representation Necessary. Many times I have had occasion to say that JawA and election methods designated to eive unfair advantages to the party making them wou.d some time be used to perpetuate in power a faction or a party against the will of the majority of people. Of this !*•. se4,,n* a. to , havo an illustration in the recent Btate election In Alabama. There was no republican ticket in the field. The cen test was between woite democrats. The Kolb party say they were refused the representation guaranteed by law upon the election boatds, and that when the courts by mandamus attempted to right this wrong an appeal wa* taken that could not be heard until after the election made the write ineffectual. Ba lot boxes were thrown out f<r alleged irregu larities or dest my ed and, it is assarted, on behalf of one-half, at least, of the white voters of Ala bama, that the officers to whom certificates have been given were not honestly elected rcurity for lhe Personal or po litical rights of any man in any community where any e ther man in deprived of his per»onal or t o litlcal rights The power of states over the qut-stlon of the qualifications of electors is ample to protect tnem against the dangers ot . .?n a iKnor,ttntv cr depraved suffrage, * .H?0./a*,l‘and f*>nt every man found to be qualified under the laws shall bo made secure in the right to cast a free ballot and to have that ballot honestly counted cannot be abridged Our old republican battle cry,"A free ballot and'a fair count, comes back to us.not only from Alabama, but from other states and from men who,differing with us widely in opinion, have coins to s.*» that parties and political debate are but a mockery if when the debate is ended, the judgment of bon eat majorities is to be reversed by ballot box frauds and tally sheet manipulation In the inter Mt of the party or party faction in power. Unfair Apportionments. Those new political movements in the states and the recent decisions of some of the state courts agaiust unfair apportionment laws en courage the hope that the arbitr.™ and partisan election laws and practices which ‘YTa ,e‘i Inay, bB corrected by the thi9Jfws ,mide e*l',al »nd bqn-rartisaa and the elections free and honest. The republi c»b,I«r'y would rejoice at such a solution ns a healthy and patriotic local sentiment is the best assurance of free end honest elections !'*£*)ln,£T** “I*>n congress that provision ne made for the appointment of a non-partisan ■ commission to consider the subject of apoorUtfn ">*”*• an<l elections in theif relation to the choice of federal officers. The civil se vice system has been extended ar the law enforced with vigor and to™ tfali ty. There has been no partisan jugefin wito the law in any of tbe de^rtmems < bureaus as baa before happened but mente to tlie classified rerviee^have beea^niad ‘D>P»r'la‘ly the eligible lists. The syTte. “i a", th“ departments has Ic « “fne1r^ya d“Si S;rnDcdrel^mCit^ 01 force^thereb * * oi conscience. sSffiSSSSffiSSw5 Uy bestowed «bd mr beartr does also the declaration„TJ»PProval. aa thought and cook We and lll*«y of of church and tT,„ he, ^Paratloa republic lies In intellicem citizensh^man^Fe.^l In tbe states In education the cheeFfiiin*11 featie»? ssssiisP se-ary ar&sarf hOTMteg ttrir Ktoa rfwiawL to tn |»trt >» watamge at tb» cbaidm of tacit neat. A TTOBD TO THE FARMER. Immense Markets Opened for Ills Pro ducts In a Short Time. Tte coeiiderftte tl!es.tioa of tbe farmers of the wboie country Is Invited to the wert do©# Strength the Elate and agricultural department* la U4 taler#** of *rrteul:are„ Our pork prodcc** had for tea part brea uearij'exclttdad by tba great continental nations of Europe, but their vatoa discredited by the reasooa given for this ndunoa. Ail prews efforts to •rcure the w osorai of Usm restr cuooi had fuhd. Bat tba «n»»krshuos cf the Fifty-first coogress pro* riding for the inspection and official oertifica tios of cur meat, and giring to the president power to forbid the m'.rodocti&a into this country of selected products of such ooua; tries as should oout.aue to refuse our inspected meats, eoaole as to open all ibe market* of Europe to our bog products. The result has besn net only to sustain price* by providing new markets for our surplus, but to add V9 cents per hundre I founds to the market value cf the inspected na'-nis. Coder the reciprocity agreements specal favors have been secured for agricultural pro ducts and our export* of such products hare been greatly increased. wAh a prospect of a further and rapid increases The agricultural department has maintained in Europe an agent w borne special duty it is to intro duce there Use various prepare! i >»s of corn as articles of fev-i. and bis work baa been very successful. Ibe department has aS3 sent skilled vete. inajians to Liverpool to exam ins in et anectloc with Biiush veter.nariajis. the i:v* cattle ?fom U*e United States landed at that port and the result, ia connection with sanitary meth ods td -pted at borne, hare been tba; we hear do ir»o— * v*gjt ot^r brif»? infected with piuro pm.-uu.ouTa. A Jtiu c.vg-sysU ia cf quaraourj© lines ban prevented the i-jfe £*03 of northern cat tle with the i'txaa f.-rer The tariff b? 1 of :$>J gives better protection Id farm prod j.ts rebject to foreign competition than they had befofs and the horn * markets for fuff* products have been enlarged bv tbe estal* 1‘shmcnt of new iniustrirs and the developm-rai Of others. Weinay cotfi lently Bubralt to the iatJS g- ct ao J caudsl judgment cf the America:: iarrn-r ; whether iu any corrcspocllog period so much has leen done to promote his interests, i and whether in a cooticuasce an«l exteadoa of these methods there is not a better prospect offered to him than in tU invit-at on of the demo cratic party to give our home market to foreign manufacturers and to abandon the reciprocity poiiejr. aad better also than the radh-al and un tried methods of r-lk-f proposed by other parties which are node t;ng his support. l ire pr« sident tironzly urges tbe necessity to the United tittles of the Nicaragua shin can'll and pays a high tribal- to the democratic mem bers of the foreign affairs corumiviee of the I**: bouse, confes-.ng his obligation* for needed co operation. He «onlinu.-s: Tbe Chilean Trouble. I do not b-Heve that tame submission to insu'f iag outrage by any nat.<>a at the bands of an other cau ever form tue ba-is of a laj-i.nr friend ship. The necessary element of friendship is wanting 11s Chilean incident. cow so hap pily and honorably adjusted, will, I do not doubt, place our relations with that bravo people upon a mere friendly ba*;s than ev.-r before. This already appears in the agreement since negotiated by Mr. Egan for the settlement of a commission of tbe long un settled claims between the two governments. 'Ibe work of Mr. Egan has teen highly advan tageous to lhe United ctaua Tbe confice.-i.-e wnich I refused to withdraw from him has been abundantly jus died. I a our relations with the great European pow ers the nghis of tbe United S ates and of our citizens have been insisted upon with firinr.e**. Tbe strength of our cause, and not the strength of our adversary, has given tone to our correM>ondem-e. The Samoan qu*-s lion and the Bering sea question, which caino over from the preceding administration, have been, the one settled and the other submitted to arbitration upon a fair basi\ Sever before. I think, in a luce Period have so many important trea’.iei and commercial agreements been concluded, end never before, 1 am sure, have the honor and in fluence. national and commercial, of the United States been held iu higher estimation ia fcotb hemisphere*. a j-rxona or ttie Soldier. Tb® anion soMi-rs and sailors are now vete'ans of time as weii as of war. The parallels of age have approached close to the cicadels of life and the end for each of a brave and honorable strug gle is not remote. Increasing infirmity and years give the minor tones or 8adnem and pathos to the mighty appeal of service and suffering. The ear that coes no*, listen with sympathy and the heart that does not respond with generosity are the ear and heart of an alien and not of an American. Mow soon again the surviving veterans are to parade upon the great avenue of tbe national capital and every ! ribute of honor end love should attend the inarch A comrade in the column of the victor*’ parade in lhfiS. 1 am not less a comrade now. I have us* d every suitable occasion to urge upon tbe people of all sections tba consideration that no ip>od cause can be promoted upon the lines of fawiessnew. Mobs do not discriminate and the punishments inflicted by them have DO representative or salutary in fluence. On tne contrary, they beget revenges andperpetuate feuds. It is especially the duty of the educated and influential to see that the weak and ignorant, when accused of crime, are fairly tried before lawful tribunes. The moral sentiment of the country should be aroused and --- VUUUH/ MUUUIU oe ____ brought to bear for the suppression of these of fenses against the law and social nrd -order. Restrict Emigration. The necessity of careful discrimination among the emigrant, seekiug our shores becomes every day more apparent. We do not want and should hSu r*‘?lve those who by reason of bad character or habits are not wonted at home The industrious and self-respecting, the lovers of law and liberty shou d be dlscr inmated from the pauper the criminal and the anarchist who come only to disturb our communities. Every effort has been wen,orcet?e laws, and some convictions have been secured under the contract law. An Era of Prosperity. The general condition of ourcouniry is one of great prosperity. The blessings of God hive ■ iwted upon our Helds and upon our people. Tne annual value of ourP foreteS commerce has increased more than «IOOH),‘u,o over the average for the preceding ten years and niore than S^'lO.Wo.OOO over lb90 the last year unaffected by the new tariff. Our eiuorts iu>lfeat h""“ of 1'00 by more than $71. . aD<o_ the animal average for tea vears by Our exports of breadstuff'? increased oyer those of iROii 0)0 and1 of *,4',’u<4| t:0p.'of provisions over 81,000, OJOandof manufactures .over I'S.OOO.OOu. The WM**r!!caj<M?<‘[S'e of,.trade ln out favor in 1HU was I-.V'J.y-)-).!.’, ,.o other nation can match the commercial progress. • which these figures dis h>dge. Our compassion may well go out to those rhcm'i?nriolleof'8l;““) and habits still coinp?i them to declare that our people are euimresxful an.f ?“f Vl5lcik?trlct*<l by a Protective tariff hiiil “ ' po',!"b!e for me to refer even in the tbh^S"'uy'0,5“nyo,the toP‘cs presented in adopted by the c’onvention Upon SI.kk0? iave not f^®11 discussed, I have before Sol*!,11 w expressed my views. The democratic party offers a programme of demolition The prou-enve policy to which all buitaSS even that of the importer, is now adjusted, the reciprocity ^ n,eJetlant marine,are all ttfbe de inoll.hed; not gradually tBken down, but blown aSiied^° lb‘» programme of destruction it has gsih,.s^entTrUs?r hafnVTci oothe other hand. d^tlnctreeiy‘“'Jroli?? safe progression and development of new facmS.. dch markets and Dew shinn it i ®i,^riBS, ness to no perilous chants subject busi [Signed.] BENJ. IIAKRISON. Sot a Chlneie \V<-r«l. ••Joss,” so far from being, as I among others always imagined, a Chi. nese word, is merely a mispronuncia tion of the Spanish dios, God, says a writer in Blackwood's. The discovery of this fell heavily upon me. It re. duced my knowledge of Chinese from two words to one. I have learned several since, but will not write them here, as I do not know what they mean. A. and the writer both started with the determination of studying Chinese, and tne writer let A. buy a grammar; but on discovering that the single letter 1 had 145 ways of being pronounced, and that each uronuncia uon had an entirely different meanin we sam that there was no poetry about the Cnmese language, that it was not worth llarning. and A.’s grammar was Era*—*?4 to the mud by being dropped overboard. I ‘August Flower” “lam ready to testify under oat] that if it had not been for Angus | Flower I should have died befori > this. Eight years ago I was tnVot ; sick, and suffered as no one bu: a dyspeptic can. I employed thret of our best doctors and received no benefit They told me that I had heart, kidney, and liver trouble. Everything I ate distressed me so that I had to throw it up. Angus; Flower cured me. There is no med icine equal to it" Lokehzo F. Sleeper, Appleton, Maine. <g n :=a 3eU«. C.-sgfc-. SL-f !b Vsxj'j? Crej*. BraiiSi ul t :srj;2a to fat toga, u nisi ng». tsia:#. Tn •!wt atn siKsg Lis Sew toi Largs b-stfa S3 cerj as Sit. CTtCp. Kbi. Aeriuiiea* lira reads at. «E us tis ecsart DR. C. GEM WO i rears roecessfallj *11 chronic ca?*j fire* up by othei doctor*. Call and Mf him or writs for question blank. Do uof think tout case hopeless' be i cao^e jonr doctor | tel;# you so, but try the Chinese doe [ tor with his new | and wonderful rem edies, and receive new benefit# and a pei manent cure what oti^er doctorj ■ cannot ^ive. Herbs, B--»ots and Plan;?— nature'* remedies —his medicine*. The world hi* -.rit r.ess. One thous and testimonial- ir three year’# prac tice. No injur, ou* deeociions, no car cotics, no pc:# a Rational treatmen. _ ana perm a neir pure. Enclose 4 cents in stamps for :«plr. Office oi>ei daily. 9 a. m. to 9 p. n.. Cor. lGtfc and California Sts. Oat ho If Block, Omaha, Neb. O WORE HO* . SHOULDERS. " KNICKERBOCKER BRACE. —M'.Td hj VU- . KnMrrbofkrrRraNC* 3 KASTOS, r». f SOLD BY DBl'GUlSTl. FARMERS’ ALLIANCES! School Boards or Clubs will find It to their Interest to purchase their car l°a<3 of J. j. THOMAS Vfc CO., 161 j Curtis st., Denver. Col. Write for prices. BOSS HUSKERS£™mS - Jn»table to glove or .bare hand. Best in tb* worid. Buy of dealer Send 80r for sample by Co.. 2Ky.Sl.IUwu if ff FAT FOLKS REDUCED i its is,, i , ,—i vcaitmuf d ft, for S‘rictly confidential. • aw «— nnd ’fntlmonlal*. rv. TEXAS WHEAT REafQrl. * 1w>ji r or folder and gtn —*•-»»» ■ i——■uMj * <-<» loiut'rana trt n n*m®uaa p^toaco ^ e.s. lilt AM AM, lira ham, Texas. YiEX?&*;rsu'ion"nd,,,ir° s*»i X iioiim, *S00. T, ^.and 'years time. Imnorted maria cheap, Hiram C Wheeler. Odebolt.Sac Ca.Ia OMAHA BUSINESS HOUSES. S,A.ORCHARD,F—' Nctnt for ILl.l'.’ritt mu ciTuotaiii. CURTAINS. OMAHA STiJVE REPAIR WORKS for 40,000 Pigcreat Stoves, ia ii Louniaa, Omaha. ‘ Repairs ROOFING k"nd,of Ro"n*-°r,en ,h.‘ • materials. G*,t our prices', F. J. Lewii Roofing Co., 101M017 Joue* street. WAGONS,CARRIAGES; w. r. shaman maha's larg est Variety. THE CROSS filiii C0.a>,n8 Ammunit!on Field and Athletic Sporting Goods. \N rite forcutalogue, 1512 Douglas Sc., Omaha. I Light Supplieo. Door Bella, Annuncia* rrT^Yvu'Xr*’*0' 8cnd for P'-icca. WoLFK > KLEirUC CO.. 1614 Capltoi Avenue, Omaha. Ywrvef SCn-M\an'n?« ^T,fr"r Rnrt Srmpn, Jellies, Can Munufac’ii^‘c0 cLll,t'er,tfrc- ProP*- 0m'*ha -* Oo.,Caaia aud Decorated Tinware. [1 YjwIIpy* t MUr>j-'E.Y’ Frotl w* Oasmnnn. Wm. H ll l i-rtiL C ommission .Room 115 Exchange Bl>1 dm*» SowthOmaha. Xeb. Telephone MIL LUyjiE*' Wholesale and Retail. Hard wood lumber pine A oak fence lath, white cedar posts, split oak A cedar posts, piling, lime,etc. C. R. Lee, tth&Dougla* P?«foHiquor,Mon>hln*&Tobacco Habits the CASTLE CURST COMPANY has no ?aual. Hum ik.> v. __._ _ . ...._...i vantL.fi CURE COMPANY has no quai. Hundreds that have been cured of long stand VYaSSa^SS**- CaU or »«WreM the CASTLE CURE tfebraska^' N°' Nortii Sixteenth Street, Omaha WM. SNYDER, manufacturer Fine, High Grade Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons and Road Wagons. i4°* and Harney 8U.t Omaha, Nebratko* MEy-Reference: Any buatneaa man In Omaba. S Thompiea’s Eye Watar.