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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1892)
1 J t ! I : 1 r sufplemejyj PRESIDENT'S LETTER. CSJ I1IIM !I.I'EIOX ON TaClsSl'ES ur thj; hat. taction tsio" -F..r.-i'..l liiT--loB f t!ir Tarii' - l"irio. Jttrf';e. JisuDorjv II. C, Sept. 4. ISW Hon. JVtlliam .VcA'iniei', Jr.. an J (rJiem Committer, .re (Jentli:.i;x: I iw sailing out of New York for any European port. '1 his contract will result in the con .struct'ioo in American yards of four new passenger steamships o'f lu.oOU tons each custiui! about tMWU'JOW. and will add to meets my most beartv approval. The eon entiou did not adopt a schedule Out a nuclide that is to control all lanfl sched ii . a. There m a v be differences ot opin on anion; protectionists as to the ra-e upon mS -""'"I-"" - -,,..rr m affect an our naval reserve six sieaui!ips. me ia.-.t- pannuiai n .t s-- - -- -. ,. af t upon the sea. A special imeresl lias ejuanzanou oci mi !-.-. -"V"" r-" been uken bv me in the establishment of lines Ironi our South Atlantic ami gulf ports: and. tnou'-h my expectations have j not vet been realized, attention has been ! ealleu to the advantages pCbSesM-d by these home. In some not remote nauou.ii . pagnsthe issue has been -or more cor rectlv. has been made to apiear to be-be- . i,i.,h mi n low nroteclive rami. lK.ih laities express.ng solicitious regard avail raysslf of tie firs, period or rt-i ; po. icy by refusing to exjteud an apiropna ports, and when their people are more fully i fur the wages of our working i-eopie im aiive to their interests 1 do not doubt tout for the prosperity of our dotues.a induj thev will be able to secure the capital I tries. Uut, under a more courageous leaa nee'ded to enable them to profit by their 1 ership, the licmttcratic party has now prac great natural advantages. The IK mo- tically declared that if given Per. i w HI crat e party has lound no place in its plat- enact a tariff law w ithout any rt,. aid to form tor anv reference 10 tins suuieci ana liseucci u,ni "i " '.. has shown its hostility to me general from public du'..ej to respond to the noti.i cation which you urau!:l to w.e en june -) j j,urs cn thi aointdit'.on of riesiilunt of tn United States by the Kepujhcan Natl !."-! convection held tt Minneapolis. I accept the nomination sai ir. grateful for the approval expressed '--y the convention of the acts of the aswuiraticn. i have en ccavored without vavering, so far as the direction of public atiur.v wit, cmmit'ed to rce, to carry out Cit yl; lg-s v.r:de to the people In 1SS3. If the policies of the ad ministration have cot Wen dis!;ti Hvcly and progressively American r.ai r.' - u' Si , can policies, the fault has not been in tins purpose but In the e:-:ecutiua. 1 b'.i..il speaK frankly of the legislation of congress and the Tork of the executive depart ments, for the credit of ay successes that have becD attained is m suc'u measure due to others, senators and representatives and to the efficient heads of the several execu tive departments, that I may do so without impropiety. A vote of want of confi dence is asked by our adversaries, and this challenge to a review of what has been done we promptly and gladly accept. The great work of the l ifly-lirt con gress has been subjected to lie; revision of a Democratic house of representatives and the acta of the executive department to its scrutiny and investigation. A Democratic national administration was succeeded by a Kepublican administration and the fresh' ness of the events gives unusual facilities for fair comparison and judgment. There has seldom been a time, I think, when a chance from the declared policies of the Republican to the declared policies of the Democratic patty involved such s'.-rious re sults to the business interests of the coun try. A brief review of what has been done and of what the Democi actio party proposes to undo will justify this opinion. NATIONAL 1 Unr.KSCY. The Kepublican party, during the civil war, devised a national currency consist ing of United States notes, issued dnil re deemable by tho government, and of national bank notes based upon the se curity of United States bonds. A tax was levied upon the issues of state banks and the intended result that all such issues should he withdrawn was realized. There are men among us now who never saw a state bank note. The notes furnished di rectly or indirectly by the United States have been the only and the safe and accepta ble paper currency of the people. Dank failures have brought no fright, delay or loss to the Ijillhoiders. The note of an in solvent bank s is good and as current as a treasury note, for the credit of the United States is behind it Our money is all national money, 1 might almost say in ternational, for these bills are not only equally and indiscriminately accepted at par in all states but in some foreign coun tries. The Democratic party, if entrusted with the control of the government, is now pledged to repeal the tax on state bank is sues, with a view to putting into circula tion again, under such legislation as the state may adopt, a flood of local bank is sues. Only those who in the years before the war experienced the inconvenience and losses attendant upon the use of such money can appreciate what a return to that system involves. The denomination of a bill was then olten no indication of its value. The liauk Detector of yesterday was not a safe uide to day as to credit or values. Merchants deposied several times during the day lest the hour of bank closing should show a depreciation ot the money taken in the morning. The trav eler could not use in a journey to the, Kast the issues oi the most solvent banks of the. West; and in consequence a money cliang cr.5 office was the tamiliar neighbor of thj ticket office and the lunch counter. The farmer and the laborer found the money received for the products of their labor de preciated when they came; to make their purchases, and the whole business of the country was hindered and burdened. Changes may become necessary, but a Na tional system of currency -safe and ac ceptable throughout tin; whole country, is the good fruit of bitter experiences, and I iui sure our people will not consent to the reactionary proposal uiade by the Demo cratic party. OCKAX COJLMIJKCr;. Few subjects have elicited more discus sion or excited more general interest than that of a recovery by the t ni ted Stales of its appropriate snare of the ocean carry ing irade. This subject touches not oniy our pockets but our national pride. Prac tically all charges for transporting to Kuroic tho enormous annual supplies of prjvitious furnished by this country and ior the largo return of manufactured pro ducts have for many years been paid to foreign shipowners. Thousands of im migrants annually, seeking homes under our flag, have been denied the sight of it until tney entered Sandy Hook, while in creasing thousand of American citizens, bent upon European travel, have each year x'epped into a foreign jurisdiction at the New VorK doeka, iho merchandise bal - ance Of trade which the treasury books show, to largely reduced by the annual irioutc wlucn we pay for freight and pas sage moneys. 'The great ships the fast est upon Uie sea w hich are now in peace piohting by our trade, arc in a secondary aensu wur ships of their respective govern ments and in time of war would, under ex isting contracts with those governments, Kpeedily take on the guns for which their Iccs are already prepared and enter with terrible efficiency uion the work of flc stioying our commerce. The undisputed taet is that the great steamship lines of Kuronu were buiit u'i and are now in part sustained by direct or indirect giverniuent niti, toe latter taking the form of liberal pay tor can) ma the mails or of : n annual io:uuf given in consideration ot agreements to construct ships to ax w adapt ihem for carrying an armament and to turn them over to il.c goverumeut on demand upon apecined lerms. on made during the U?t atlmiiiti-truiioa t ocean mail contracts w r.n American '1 he patriotic people, tUe workmen in our shops, the capital seeKing new en terprises, must decide whether the great ships owned by Americans v. 'in h have sought Americas regi.-try shall again hum bly'ii.sk a place in tne hugindi navai re serve : the great ships now on tii.- design ers" tables go to foreign suipya:is lor con struction and the United Mates lose the now bngliteiiir.g opportune;, of recovering a place coiiiiuciisui.ue w ith Us wealth, the sUi.l of its constructors and the courage of its sailors in the carrying trade ot the seas. i:i;f HT.ofiTV TULATirs. Another related measure, as furnishing an increased oeean tratiie for our ships, and of great and p-rn:a:ient beiielit to the fanners and manufacturers as well, is the recipio'ity policy declared by f.ectioa i ot the tarilt" uet of lsyj and now in prac tical operation with live ot the nations of Central and soma America, wen .-an Domingo, the Spanish and lirilisb West India Islands, and with Germany and Aus tria, under special trade arrangements Willi each. The removal of the duly on sugar and the continuance of coilee and tea upon the free list, while giving great relict to our own people by cheapening article used increasingly in every house hold, was also of such enormous advantage to the countries exporting the-; articles as to suggest that in consideration theieol re ciprocal favors should be shown in their tar ills to articles exported by us to ilu-ir mar kets. Great credit is due to Mr. blame tor the vicor with which he pressed lliis view upon toe country. We have only begun to , realize the benelit of those trade arrange- j incuts. The worit of treating new agen cies and of adapting our goods to new mar- kets has necessarily taken t'lne. but the ; results already attained are Mich. 1 am I sure, as to establish in popular favor Hie 1 polfev of reciprocal trade, based upon Hie , tree importation of such aitieles as do not ! injuriously compete with the products of our own farms, mines or factmies, in ex change for the fi ot! or favored introduction of our produce m other countries. Kl'hOl'E KEAUS 01 I! IiEl Il'llotn V. The obvious ellicacy of tins policy in in creasing the foreign trade or tne t lilted I Stales at once attracted the alarmed at tention of European trade journals and boards of trade. J im British board of trade has presented to that government a memorial asking tor the appointment ot a commission to consider the best means of counteracting what is called ".he coininer- Cial crusade of the I'nitcd Stales.'' At a meeting held in March last of the Asso- ' dated Chambers ot Commerce of Great Britain, the president reported that the exports from Great Britain to the i.atin incriean countries during the last year , had decieased KiiS.T.iO.UiM, and that litis , was not due to tern nor ry causes but di rectly to the reciprocity policy of tho Unit'.'d States, Germany and K ranee have also shown their startled appreciation of j the fact that a new and vigorous cont'-stant has appeared m the battle tor the markets and lias already secured important advan- tages. The most convincing evidence of i the tremendous commercial .strength of our position is found in the fact that GrvaS Britain and Spain have found it necessary : to make reciprocal trade agreements with j us tor their West lndi colonies and that plaroS. rutthemdo.0 to mr r . rt full ii?ni uiw-a- ? half av for a lew montns '""" - - ".i... ii And j le-iialion to any new conditions. irrrencTi; knn wesh!Mhc..be . , -ii. (a roa I Ills! OUf IIDaUCUtI i xv-n itlir IIHtrt'. imu . toreio prohts for the .!... ..ntsr .Y! 'It IS tlr 8". r... of Imtoiempiovcr and workmen , interest of W . or D0 Ianfl. ill iiu it: i ,, tr.nn 1 erne that wdl urnf ai: it is i)-. ti t fieUf But in si'ib' o j . " ,c.,cideiat..a l l.v 1(1 ewiincs oi i '- It is clearly tue n,v..iei iii iinrereal industries. 1 he mat oritv reiirt of tne ( omiuittee on I'iatform totiie Dciiiot ntic National Convention at C hicago, contained this clause: "l hat when custom house taxation is levied upon articles ot any kind produced in t'os coun try the difference between the Cos! of laoor here and abroad, when such a dillercncc evisii. f ii i ) v measures any possible beneiits to iaiKir and the enormous additional im positions of the existing tantt tall with iTU-liing force usxui ouriarmersatid work-ii.giucn.-' Here we have a dist net admis sion of the l;e;mb.iean contention that American workuigmcn are advantaged bv a tanll rate eipial to thediilerem e between home and foreign w ages, and a declaration onlv agaiiet the alleged -additional lin poi:ious'' of the existing tan If law. Again, this majority report luriher de clared : -Uut in making a reduction in taxes it is not proposed to injure any do mestic industries,' bin ratlu-r to promote Ilu-ir health v growth. .Moreover, many industries have come to rely upon legisla tion for successful continuance, so that anv change ol law must be at every step regardiul of the labor and capital in volved.'' Here we have an admission that many of our industries depend upon pro tective diaies "for their success) ill con tinuance" and a declaration that the tarilf changes should be reganllul of such indus tries and ot the invested capital. Tne ovcrw hediiing rcicclion of these proposi tions, which bad before received the sanc tum of Democratic Naiional conventions was not more indicative ot the new and more courageous leadership to which the party has now committed itself than the substitute winch was adopted. This sub stitute declares that protective duties are iiiiciiiistilutional high protection, low pro tection, all unconstitutional. A Democra tic congress holding this view cannot enact, nor a Democratic preside nt approve, any tariff schedule, the purpose or effect of which is to limit importations or to give anv advantage to an American workman or pr Mincer. A bounty might, I judge, be given to the importer under this view of the constitution, in order to increase im portant imiiortatioiis, and so the revenue lot -revenue only" is the limitation. !!'. II'KOCITV WOt Ml CO TOO. Ileciprocity of course falls under this de nunciation, ior its ob ject and eilect are not revenue nut t lie promotion of commercial exchanges the prolitsoi which go vvlmllv to our producers. Tin doctrine was not held or taught by the historic Democratic statesmen whose fame as American pa triots has reached this generation -certainly not hy Jefferson or Jackson'. This mad crusade against American shops, the bitter epithets applied to American lmuiuiacturcrs. the persistent disbelief of every report ot the opening of a tin plate mill or of an increase ot our foreign trade by reciprocity are as surprising as they are discr.'d table. There is not a thoughtful business man in the country who docs not know that the enactment into law of Hie declaration of the Chicago convention on the subject of the tarilf would at once plunge the country into a business convul sion such as it has' never seen; and there is not a thoughtful working man who does not Know that it would at once enormously reduce the amount of work to be done in this country by the increase of importa tions that would follow and necessitate a led action of wages to the European stand ard. If any one suggests that this radical policy will not be executed if Uie Demo cratic party attains power, what shall be Germany and Austria have given us im portant concessions in exchange 'or t,iu tlionght of'a narty that is' capable of thus cumiuiieu ii uiiiwii.uvu ....v.. v,w tniinig with gr?at interests ? I no '.ureal SUgi'I. A few details only as to the increase of our trade can be given here. Taking all the countries with which arrangements have lieen made, our trade, to June M, lv.tj, had increased 1H.T8 per cent. With Brazil the inciea.se was nearly 11 per cent; with Cuba, during the nrst ten months, our ex ports increased jf5, itClWl or MM per cent, and with Porto Itico $5'!.,V.',J or U jier cent Thclilieral participation of ourtar mers in the beneiits of this jiolicy is shown by the lollowing report from our consul general at Havana under date of July 20 last : "During the lirst half year of ".'1 Havana received 140,O5; bags of Hour from Spain and other ports of the island about an eanal amount, or approximately 211.112 bags. During the same period Havana re ceived 13.U76 bags of American Hour and other ports approximately an equal ' ,.f ......1, li,i.l..iII.n u-ill li.-i ftnl,' lie, linr. 1JI .Tin II ir.i;i,,iuiirLl nil, uiii; inn,- fill than the fact. A distinguished Demo crat rightly described the movement as a challenge to the protected industries lo a light of extermination; and another such rightly expressed the logic of the situation when he interpreted the Chicago platform to lie an invitation to all Democrats hold ing even the most moderate protection views to go into the Itepublican party. THE I'JIKSEST TAIIIFF LAW. And now a few words in regard lo the existing tariff law. We are fortunately able to judge of its influence upon produc tion anil prices by the market reports. The day of the prophet of calamity has been succeeded by that of the trade riv porter. An examination into the effect of fi, l,iv nnnn tlin lirices nf nrnri'liid nm. ' Hiw.lu nnH f( Iho niKt fif ulicli a rl amount, making about IMJKW hags. But for i enter into the living of people ot small the first half of this year Spain has sent means has been made by a senate commit- less thn l.i Oil bags to tne vvnoiei.siami anil , tee compo.seo m leaning senators oi ootn it wis main to every intelligent Amer ican that if th ll'iiteil States would have -such lion, a .milurKli'y must be entered 1'iru. 'Jhu r'lftv-firnt congress enacted tiM'ii a Hw, ami under Ui heocfktnl in-ri-i nee sixteen American steamships of an aggreinue tonnage of HAW font and cost ialcwMfcahiive bevn built or eontracMd l 11 kii t in Anea sfclpyaids. lu ad .tiuau lu ikia it U aow uracitcallv certain t j t sJmnI soob hava, Awert- the I nitefl States has sent lo Havana alone ItW.lM bags and about an equal amount to other ports of the island, making approxi mately oJ7,0U0 tor the lirst half ot AMEKIfAX rOI'K. Partiv by reason of the reciprocal trade, agreement hut more largely by reason of the removal of the sanitary restrictions up on American pork, oar export of fiork pro ducts to Germany iucreasud during the ten nionliis ending June :0 last S2.uii.il7i or about :2 per cent. Tne British Trade Jour nal of London, in a recent issue, speaking of the increase of the American coal ex IKirts and of the falling off of the Englisn coal exports, says : it is another case of American competition. The Culled States now supplies Cuba with about 150,00;' tons of coal annually, and there is every prospect of this trade increasing as l ha forests of the island become exhausted an.l the use of steam machinery on the sugar estates is developed. Alabama coal espe cially is securing a reputation in the Span ish West Indies and the river and rail im provements of the Southern states will un doubtedly make an important gulf trade. The new reciprocity policy by which the United Stales is enabled to import Cuban sugar will, of course, assist the American coal exporters even more eflectiveiy thau the new lines of railway." ' IlEMOCtlATS I'KOMISE XO PROTECTION. The Democratic platfom promises a repeal of the tariff law containing this pro vision and especially denounce as a sham reciprocity that section of the law under which these trade arrangements hve been made. If no other issue were involved in the campaign, this alone would give it momentous imnortance. Are the tanners of the great grain growing states willing to surrender these new, large and increasing markets for their surplus 1 Are we to have nothing In exchange for the free importa tion ot sugar and coffee and at the same time to destroy tho sugar planters ot the South and the oeet sugar Industry of the Northwest and of the Pacific coast ; or are we to have the taxed sugar and coffee, which a "tariff for revenue oniy" neces sarily involves, with the added loss ct the new "markets which have been opened? As I have shown, our commercial rivals In Ktrope donot regard this reciprocity policy as a sham, but as a serious threat to a trade supremacy they have long enjoyed. They would rejoice, and if prudence did not re mrmn would iiinminate their depressed manufacturing cities over the news that the United States had abandoned sys tem ot protection and reciprocity. They see very clearly that If American products nt iriri. h rMtrtrtrd. a corretDOnding increase of EuropeM proaacuon na parties, with the aid ot the best statisti cians, and the report 8'gned by all tae members of the committee, has been given to the public. No such wide and carcnil inquiry has ev er before been made. These facts appear from the report: Kn st The cost of articles entering into the use of those earning less than .sl.oji) per annum, has decreased to .May. Isk, percent., while m farm Product's tlicte lias been tin increase in prices, owing in part to an increased foreign demand and the opening of new markets. In England during the same period the cost ot living Increased 1.9 per cent. Tested by tneir power to purchase articles of necessity tiic earnings ot our working people have never Ijeen as great as tney are now. Second -There has been an average ad vance in the rate of wages of .70 of 1 per cent. Third - There has been an advance in the price of all farm products of 1H.H7 p:y cent, and of all cereals JI5.5SI per cent. The ninth annual report of the chief ot the bureau of lalKir statistics of the stale of New Vork. a Democratic officer, very recently issued, corroborates as to thai state the facts found by the senate com mittee. His extended inquiry shows that in the year immediately following the passage of the tarilf act of 8'.I0 the aggre gate sum paid in wages in that slate vv as S,:iT7.t25 in excess of the aggregate pro duction. Sftl,SI5. l:J0 in excess of the pre ceding year. In view ot this showing of an increase in wages, of a reduction in tne cost of articles, of common necessity and of a marked advance in the prices of a"ri eultiiral products, it is plain that this tariff law has not imposed burdens but has con ferred benefits upon the farmer and the workiugman. special t.rrKCT or the tahiff act. Some special effccti of the act should lie noticed. It was a courageous attempt to rid our people of a long main tained foreign monopoly in the proilvcimn of tin plate, pearl buttons, silk phrh linens, lace, etc. Once or twice in our his tory the production of tin plate had been attempted and the prices obtained by the Welsh makers would have enabled our makers to produce it at a prolit. But the welsh makers at once cut prices to a point TIIK .l.r.BTMASIEH to v r last annual message to coneresi I " ". . . t ut..rtii-n Hie tnurf liiat sai i ii -" ' umw 3 - , , :.lc t, weiirt? a ra in. iim. of smli corstitutioiial "r me aeirmiimrni or oiner. w. ndently submit to the inu-i;,, Hf u.d judgment of the Auhtj-iL'4 theiher in any eorresiK.mii,,. , I niu. b has ln-en dune ui orn,... .?. ets and whether in a conti!il:aili( llliOII Of CieM ItletlHMlh tl,....' . i. r iireiiKi t of food tti turn ,i H invitation of ihe Democrat!,- -v'r oil, lioui ii fct-i tu iureigu rnln: .. o bgiipW rstomain- i: , Z r ,nnoi..:v. the t u plate indi.strv La.'n. . . k lisfedin the Clilted Mates, t ie a nance ii"" the Welsh pr.e tor i s . i -,t f.-irlf to! uueers aitu V Ii ri.V..n-cid tl, stractmn win no. returns to the Treasury Deparriucnt ol , ro.lucti.m.d tin and t.-rue piates n ti e n ted Mates dli..I,g the W M.w a toial i.HKliiciion of -'''-y' 1i,.ls.ai,dac,iu,;.ar..:1.dthelirM.ii- ,.r vv..,- p.uicls. with the la-l K ,,,,'." jKcimls. s!:os the rapid dc-veiu-meit of tie- industry. Over a.oU- luring the last qua -i Viacrn-aii fi.iiu f.ii.i.'u piat's. .,,r. m in c narge. cjw- aud to alauilon the re i r.city 'i ,, .i maiut.irv changes as may ue iif.-r-iai wim ii. t.i.u mo radical -,1 8,alu.1 'k., . ,.f il.e mnccrs ol ihe gov- methods ot reiicr proo,....! J cnmciit to the jple I') fair a.Krn- .artis l"cb are a-diciting Ui , llOIIS. I i:--v ..... .. . s 11 A II AO I, A I I COIlSUlUil- e..ii....... I . . mi incnts and In-ecie. would le possible CliAI. sioii. n iu-p irusaii m i , .,i victin 111' M. Kiuiey lull is tae l.u t..;;s. few ariic.es i re so distun i- si.u v jiii! wages. i'ail I lie ni:lueneeor the It has tr.Hisidanted sev on ..iuii(l made ti.uii i in remainder . . ,- it... tr.Ti-.llf V 1,. ...... " ,. .,:if , :tc as tll T. sll "I ai. "'''""'.. .- , lections ti.e-,car.".iir i r c.i!- :i":' wi:l t ! rdW ol ''i.mM.in,ri.oi;n.s !-r aiiuuin. Vim'.licr md i.-trv in.i! ' c.'ll v cieate.l nv 111 a .ting o.' pe.ni iinug to us ir.iiu a I . ihe proiiucl oi Till HA IK CAN! UK Tol.b IX o K I I I II II. tin without un !'i!v exteii iiugthi.- icllcr. J cannot oio in it ,i ..... ,a K'rii "" ""' ' . .: . .....i ....... i.i,U!,..,i ral iniportain linius iies i.j.u e.-iu. tht-ltl llcic and has rev IV en in i n. .ii .. .. .... otiieis. I nc act mini-. .n- lection against I-ueign ncr oeaimv: i-a ores, the Irce mtroihict.-.n ot winch tlircal-en.-d Hie great mining ludiistrics ol the ;o, kv Moiintairi stales; and o uie wooi rowers protection for their fleece and jlo, l:s. winch nave savco iie iu n.-iu luriher disastrous decline, i ne iiuhm: oi representatives at its last session passed bills placing these ores and wools upon the. free list. The (M-opIc of the U'est will know how destructive to their prosperity these measures would lie. Tins tariff law has giwu employment to many thousands of American men and women, ami win eaeii vear give cuiplov inent to increasing thousands. Its rep ai would throw thous ands out of employment and give work to others only at reduced vvaces. The ap- oea.s ol I he irec raucr 10 in-- woi Kinsmen . i.. nt.i. ii Hie colisideratioii ol oiit-.-ii..uof tiie evils connected with our election systems an 1 methods mi-.-hl le commilod with a uhkI pr-.0p-ct ot it -tiring unanimity m some plan tor removing or mitigating Iho,- cv,U 1 ne con-litu-lion would ) riilit the selection of the colli ..... . i... i ...iid iii me Mii.icioe com I Illi?S..l - often i x res.sed n,y sp' of the value of ti e the e in-. a view ami mi- an I a Ii mat lue'.l vvoni.i g i ... unty of :Qartan;y. 1 bis c, iiioa.-i-.n sho'md be cuarged With the du!) ol imiuir into die wiiop- seojeei tn no- " r,-l;ite.l lo ll. c t ir.e e ..i i-iai goveriiiii-ni. urim' to c.i ele tor a i: c ...'........i .... ,.-i,i- ..! i he su-.rig- near an approach to c ,u.i,i!y of va o in each badot east as is aita n il-lc. 1 h demaiel that tl.e liiu.tatioiis oi ut.;a.'- vt.-tli I e io i-nl in tae law all I mil ."lucre 1 a iust demand, and no us! man should r 'ni o: iist it. It se -ins to me thai an appeal to our l-oi-l-W coiisid.-r Hie iles tieu o; ictdaistiiig oir legislation upon absolul-'iv fair non-1 -ar.isaii lm-'.' might hnd some ctle.-ti'.e r -sponv. IM llll i:i.la II-iN mi Tiion-. m ,.., 1 1 . e. i s I have had o-casl'-Ii I i say thai lav,.- and ele. Coii methods ! I,, en-., iiuiair advauta-.elo the I at ing Ii fin would sonic nine b- .is iieinale in poiver a la I on ol ii-ain-t the will of the ontvoi a people, (it llns we seem to h .'.e an llluslr t'lon m Hie receiu state election in Alaoaui.i. There was no Kepiibbcan held. The conn-a. v. as t Democrats. The K-'ln part; relu.scil the repr-'scnl;i iavv upon the election ' -.. (. I I, - 'd ' 1-1,1 O .-ll -, ' li-.i! -"i J il'.U, i-.i-n-tl V Inak- i lo r a parly ct in tile vv hit I are largely addressed to Ins pieitiilici-s or to iiis passions, and not niirc-iuently are pronouncedly communistic. Ihe new Democratic leadership rages at the eui plover and seeks to communicate bis rag" to tne einplove,. I greatly regret that all emploiers of labor are not just and coii sideraie and that capital sometimes takes too large a share of the proiils. lint I do not see that these evils will bo ameliorated by a tanll policy the lir.-f necessary effect of which is a severe wage cut and the sec ond a large diminution ot Hie agcregat amount ol work to be done in this conn rv . It the injustice of hisemplover tempts the workman to strike ha -k he should be very sure that bis blow does not fall upon his li-au or upon his wife and children. Wor.KMKX WILL SLTTl.t IT IVTn.LI-(11- XI I V. The workmen in our great industries are asa body remarkably intelligent ami arc lovers of home and coiinlry. I'll -v may lH' roused by injustice, or what seeius to them to be such: or to be led by the others into a "Is of passion; but tlu-y vtill settle the tarilt ouestion in lliecalin light of their lircsiile.s and with sole reference, to the prosperity of the country ol which tli-j are citizens and of the hciin ? tney have founded for their wives and children. No intelligent advocate of a pro:--live tariff claims thai it is able of Used to maintain a uniform rate of wages-, without r.-L-anl to fluctuations in the simply of and demand of the pro I nets of labor but il is con lid-in ly claimed that productive duties strongly tend to hold up wages, and are the only barrier against a reduction to the Kiiroieai) scale. 'Ihe Southern States have had a lib eral participation In the benefits of the tariff law, and though theirreprcseutatives have generally opposed the prole-lion policy, they rejoice thai their sugar, rice, coal. ores. iron, fruits, cotton cloths and other products have not hen Jet t to the fate which ihe votes of their representa tives would have brought upon them. In the question of ilie Nicaragua canal, in the new trade with the Soul h and Cen tral America, in the establishment of American steamship lines, these states have also special interests, and all these interes ; will not always co i.seut to be Without representation at Washington. Shrewdly, but not ipiitc fairly, our ad versaries speak only of Ihe increased duties imposed upon tin. pearl buttons and other articles, by the JIcKinley lull, and omit altogether any ri'lerence to the great, ami bcnelicial enlargement of the free lis. During the last lineal year S I.Vi.OO ',772 worth of merchandise. or'SVIS percent of our total liupoilatiim.s came in free i the largest percentage in our hist n y i. while in 1K the percentage of free importations was only .11.42. The placing of sugar upon the free list lias saved lo Uie consumer in duties in lifteeu months, alter paying the bounties provided for. ss7,0ii.0 l().' This re lict has been substantially fed ill every household, upon every Saturday's purchase of the vvorkingnian. line of the favorite argument against a protective tariff is that it shuts us out from a position in what is called with swelling emphasis "Ihe markets of the world." If tins view is not a false one, how does it happen that our commercial competitors are not able to bear Willi more serenity our suppased surrender to them ot the "markets of the world'" and how docs it happen Ihat Ihe partial loss of our market closes foreign tin plate mills and plush faelories that still hay- ail oilier inarnets. Our natural ailvatita-es our proteclive tat ill and the reciprocity IKilicv. mai-e it iiossibic for us to have a tariff participation in t ic market ot the world" without opening our own to a com pel moil thai would destroy (lie comfort and independence of our people. IIIMKTALI.ISVI. The resolution of the convention in favor of bimetallism de-dares. 1 think, the true and necessary conditions of a movement Ihat has, upon these lin-s, my cordial ad herence and support. 1 am thoroughly confident that the free coinage or silver at such a ratio lo gold as will maintain the equality In their commercial uses of the two coined dollars, would conduce to the prosperity ol all the great producing ami commercial nalionnof the world. The one essential condition is that those dollars shall nave and retain an equal acceptability and value is all commercial transaction-: They are not only medium of cxchau"e but a measure of values; and. when un equal measures are called in law by the same nume. commerce is unsettled and contused ami tho unwary and ignorant are cheated. Dollars ot unequal commercial vaiuu win not circulate together. The better dollar is withdrawn and becomes merchandise. The true interest of all our people, and especially of the farmers and working people, who cannot closely ob- .u Mi'm-jr niniKct, in mat every uoi that drove the American beginners out of the governmcntil ai i a )Z" and the business; and when this was nceoin- its uses lie the exact ,.,,V.it-J 7 ?. trTXZnr,,Au ' L" Purchasing, ;;'o, v. i.l oriran of the Welsh l Vdnfo .' ' H,P. 'Iire Hat If we puhlUfied at Swansea. In thiTisVue'of Ju m entry' "of SnTl , Z'Z , dgrcaHv lOL 1892, advised a new trial ot ih. nmmmm .. .' . 11,1 r' -y nietnoas. lie says: "Do n The victory of the Republic ..J."-,."." a0t V- P,romo, -heir Interests and in lure our own - . ton .1... i. two v . ira unite I flil ni, .. means me retention or mi a icu ..i.. i.,n ..u z,.:. . . '"i -nin f ItenmMii pf.JMW and means the rapidly accruini .i A V .:.?n,,'P5"t vor from our own peopto. , , - - ' mo. the spread of the Un nlii. RTJM "?n""'V h was much cordiality. wnich the low, ior iBrrjuu oi me un diui tnim-i.. inun,.. "iiuii w.ii nnrrm aw PWUtUetWII. i tun in thai United sutm. .. " "l.:. 1!." Boverninent for an Inter. Ts-i.tJ- rftk adntteni m tevor Ku nnld and ta Mi p "."7" Z'S"'S& this snbiect wss I '.VCI'Il sav tlie were ru ir.mt- e l t board-: and v. lica the courts bv iiiaunamus alt uipi-' i f right tins wrong, an a;-.cil that could n : be heard uulii aller lb- eleclioii tiiade tie' writs ineffectual. ballot l-ovc vntc thrown out tor allege I .rn-.-ai niu- -r oesl roved, and it is a-- rie i on 1- li.ili ot one nail, at least, el tne wlub- voietiof Alabama, that the o ! .- . lo w bom c.-i u licates have been given were not iioiies.iv cieeled. There is no sceiirit v for personal or oliti--al rights. In- power oi ihe slates over the cpie-ii -n ol Hie quali!, ca tion Ot electors is ai.lj.le to plolee, Ill- ill against the danger ot an ignorant . r de praved suffrage, and I in- demand that cv. ry man found lo b- qiiablicd under the law shall be made secure in thi' rigid to c isl a tree ballot ami to have Ihat I. allot lioio-sll; counted cannot I abated. nr old lo publican ba'tle cry. "a tree ballot and a fair count." mines ba-k Pius, not only Ironi Alabama but troiu oiher .st-it sanu lien who differ with us widely in opinion Have come to sec I hit parlies and poiili"; debate arc but a m-ekeri, it .vlc n the d bat" is "tide), judgment ol honest i:::iori tcs is ti be reversed by ballot bov frauds and tally sheet manipulation-! in the .lller-e-l ot the party or parly fa-tioti in iiower. These new p'llilli-al lnoveinenls in the state-, and the action of some ot the state court- against unfair apportionment laws encourage the hope that Ibe arbitrary and parlisau election laws and practices which have prevail-d may lie corrected by the states, the law made equal and iion-parii-s.i-i and til- elections Irce and boinst The l.'cpe.lilican party would rejo.ee at such a solution, asa luallliy and patriotic Im al seniimciit is the best assuraie e ot tree and h uicst clcctauis. I shall again urge upon congress Ihat provision be made for the appoiiitni' nl oi a lion partisan com mission to consider the subject of apwir tioinneiits and elections in their relation to the eh-iice ol a fcdei al officer. TIIK CIVIL stltVK t. The civil service svslem has been ex tended and the law enforced with vigor and impartiality. Tin-re has been no partisan juggling W ith tin la A in any of lilt- departments or bureaus a.s had betore haoii. ncil. but ai iMiiutinenls lo the classi fied service have been made iuniarliallv Ironi the eligible lists. The si st.-m now in force in all the departments hai lor the lirst tune iiaced (iroiiiolions strictly upon the oasis oi merit as ascertained by a daily record and the efficiency of t tjt- force is thereby greatly increased. tiik i-tni.n si iiooi.s. Approv al was !i-artiy given bv the run vcniiou In all vvbiec agencies winch con tribute to the ediicalioii ol the children of Ihe land, and 1 is my hcirty approval, as docs also the declaration' a.s lu the lili-riy of Ui in 'nl and conscience and separator! ol clmr di an I state. Tin- salety oi 1 ic r. J.iili.i.- p. in iniclligenteiii.f(iship. aim the ui.-re.iscd ml res! maniiesied in tin slates in education, -jh- ch-erlulness Willi vv hieii (he ne-essa- y (acs are paid by all classes and the ien-wed interest ti.auif-sted by the ciii, r---i in me national ...... .o. " -."-ui iicaiious niai inn co.- mg general inn will dire;-t imblie aifurs wiin iii-'reaseii prudence and patriotism. nur mt. :-st in tree pul-l c schools oen to .in i i,i,iii:-;i oi suiiaiiic age is siiiremc and oui eaie ior iiieui win ne. jealous and con slant The public scho il svslem. however. "-is not inieiuie-i to iesliaiu the natural right of the pan-nt. after contributing n liie plIOIIC SCilOOl llltlll. to c llilisi- .!,,. r bin: catiil to our roiiiuicr ' navv. 1 be project is not few. I it nc-, but of in cessity. It , bit-, 1 believe. If the I IHl, , ' nrt Ho riitcr'-ri.se, to -..-. i;r-. conipb tioii of ihe canal the ireasiiry lor any oire. ( ,.h ' inl at Ii'-; same l ine ., ' t mteil Mates i:ia-. Jiii.ucf,,.,. ln ,. luel.t v. bit h is i in I Ci a:i e. l oti lo ri.j ., Il has l il the idiriHiM- --'e. t iraiiun r mate hj ;.-r i: ' laatier ot ."ilian i i . . . ! ism kiM iiali'-dai honor :rea! i aninu'io-i in b ;. ill.lt ti e I icllrn-ratie I. i nl lee of loreigri A -is ; ii-, ie American spir.t. I n, I toeO.'IMlIt fre-IV With the;; j i",ii -l--nt lal ai d . !. :.,. luiiklv confess ley oidi -; ' ( i ipeiatloii. 'l i.ey did j pati-nt but nrin I. if 'si; ! rigln and upon iiiiiini:;!; , j in urv f.-r our i;.::- n , : a ' c n iM.rta as a po ir , ,, 1 , ,. l..r - 'I I,,.,- ... I .... olli. r.s sectll t fi.'lle.e. It:i p)' t i.i! i -ie ton t take the o.r .' I 1 : 1 1 ruational quest;. ,n. if a"J.Jj a-iniiiiisiraliiiii Is cond-n img t'.J ! I -i not b ..Ve (ii at a-,3 I mission to insult aini oiitr.ig,. i,j18 : I HI .ii to' ii ou.s ji iiny o. I to: iii ine oasis oi ii lasting trem ii- ess.u v clement oi lauiidi ' M.l 'I . II,..,.. "' .... v .00,01 .n-WH1. so lian-i'y an. i nonoiau.t au:n..( I no !C'i iioii-o. io,i: e ui);- j-, la. ! that brave pe-d'te upon a um. I oasis i-iaii .ei oeior . j aj. ' I ear- ID til- agreelilenl .-me,. ,', vir. l.g:iu tor tne sett -'li.- nt ny j -I--I1 I" HO' IVIli; 1111 -; , J. , ;h-- two t'lvcrni- c; t ' .'.-.ill has Iiccii hl-'hi ! I mt.'d Mates. I !;,' j reused i.i vviihdr.r,. i a'oilida.ill) iiistilied. Hi our relations t tie gr-M! E-V -i"'"'- ..,w, - I ll,ei of our --itieiis have ii - n m.a with l ruricss. 'i h- Hieiig.h ot avl not Die Mrengi.i , oi.i a-lttrsd t .venioiie io our ciiries..,iMi . ine-..o ...'.sii.oi ii;,. i,-!,f;7 i,.iesii-.n. whl-ii came over ir..a; -jj e i-i-ig a-i lit i ii 1st ra i io i, li.n e l.,.n 1 s-iiicit ami me otiu r M,bii,il'i'it b i .on upon a lair na-.i ;. Ncmi i .; ik. in ii in.c pcrio-i, i.mc .w t. l-i.tanl treaiies and eouini.'ii' x , i..-iits l.c-ri coii 'lud' d. and m- ii: sun; have lie- nonor uiiil i .,--.-:al and coai-..eiei.il. of ii- M,,ies l.erll held in lugii.-r est; li .lli hemispheres. vt.Titnws or thi; w.u '1 lie I'liiou soldiers and sailor veterans or time a.s v.. 1 as of Jin- 1 1'- adv 4h!.i;-ij4 iiini- n-c iJ I' 'ill lUIfl lu Ml - ii educational agencies for his children. I tilth At VII) TO rlCIIOOt.s. i lamr inn ny u:e general government puoii scnoois. with a special view ucccssili.-s ot S'iiii of (In- .southern um it is giailiynig lo notice that stales are. with commend. to 111 toll! slate many ol these aou- ll'H iaill), developing their seho ,1 systems ami increasing their school rVV,'! J" " Kreal advantage ol the children of both races. WOIIK Kill TIIE I'AIIVIH-4. I he considerate attention of n. r,.r of tin- whole country is invited lo the work done throug i the Male and Agricultural departments in the Interest ot agriculture. ..o mi pnmuci.s nan ior ten years been nearly excluded by the great continental nations of l-.urope. All efforts to s-cur,. the removal of those restrictions had fau,.a butthewi.se legislation of the r'Hty-lirst congress, providing for the lnsieeliou and official ccrtihca'ion of our meals and giy. big lo the president power to forbi-i Hie iiilroduction into litis country of s.-ii-ctcd priKlucts of such countries as should eon tin lie to refuse our ius.ct'd meats en abled us toopeu all the markets of Kiiioim to our products. The result lias b,cn not only to sustain prices by providing n-vv V" " ''" "ur 1'irpimt, hut ui add 50 . I 1 . . """" IKiunus to Ihe market talus oiiue inspected meats. I'ndcr the rwiproclty agreements, spei-ml favors have . parallels oi age nave appro icn-i'l i tie c tadels of lile an.- tha critj.'i oi a niave and iionoi.iianic Mrn:d ' rein-it--, lncrcasiii'; i.'ii.ruiy ai.ili"l the minor I'lin-s of .sa-nn-ss nnd m I tu- mighty appeal u, .crvi--c an I lie car that does im: ii.-ieii with m '. and the heart thai uw-s no; rcsn ( generosity, arc the ear mid it-art i alien, ami not an Aiii-T.cau. o I again I he surv ; . um v eieraiis arc lo i ii.. on Hie great av- uu-ol Hi- indium, tal ami every tribute of lu-ii-ir ltd should attend th- iiiar.-ti. A com. Hie column of th--victors' parade ml I am not less a comrade mm. Miiis Miorr.u hi: st I'l'iiF.'siU 1 have used every snita'ii---utaif urge upon the people of all scdi-d consideration thai no g n 1 an jiioinoted Upon Ihe lines ol lavvsl Mobs lo not iliscriiiiiiialc. and hV 1...1.......1 .... .1...... I. .... n,.r.wl t I leiits ill lieveu in lie 111 ..'" .-".-i or a ii. trv muiicin e. .-n m- I thev Kegel ri-vepg- and i-Tii-'tiuti His csiicciallv i ne only o: Hit and influential to see that Hies ignorant, when accused of crime li.,.,l li.'lore lawrill iri iuiuls. 14 sentiment of the country nlmuld and brought to l-c.tr lor tin- aiir ihesi) offenses against the la at order. I ( Allf. 1 AtlMITTlSfi IVIVIKiBil The bccesjiity for a careful m lion among ihe emigrants ruia shores b dues every buy inert w Wcd'i not want and Mioiuii nj tliost-wiio bv reason ol oad A'Jt habit are not wanted ai home i I nous an I wit resieeting, tne law ami liberty oa-mid i- JsC trom the paupitr, Hie ermnti;! anarchist, who come only w-' uisluroour comui unii i- s. I-ur! 1 Ih-i-ii made to enlorce the la"'1' convictions have been M-rund M contract labor law, lMlOsPLUITV Of Tlti ' -"':a The general comiiton f om fin., of ..r,i) ,.r, I TllC 0 ..... , !..'. ',..s. i i ... -- . (.oil has reeled no..:, our lici'bM our iieoiile. The uiiiiii.il vaiiu-'l el"ll eoitiiiier.'ii 1,'iu I 'i.TCilM-U liter It v..r...... III." I'e-t-W veurs ami uiornliian -lo.ibbi'1' the last year linatl'-cle-i bj ' Our e 'torts in IHH2 cvci-etl-'-l I.W lie I....I-.. 1 1... ttl7; no i II .a anil 'l Jivel.-l-fi. for t..n .en-j liv "gtl.') ll 1 eyoons of breadf.luffs iim-p ,,r IK-.. i ,....r ..... wii! ii i it Q sions over Ki.omj.lWO : and tit M1 over ;h.(Xii,oU). The iter- li's" of irade m our favor in lis'-"1 L No other nation can n. un rcial progress which thw lose. Our cotnnassioii ill a those whose party nuccssita'J I II,,.,.. 1 exiKirts oi such producU have of a further and raiiid increase. . ..K,'." "" rca-icd withasuro oroioet t department has main lurincr ami rai I'he Airricultiiriil t-illieu ill r.llrfirifi nri n,,nnt l.... ...i i . , . , ' ' " ',M HIIIAD BllVIJIIil uiit it is to introduce various preparations of corn as an article of food, and tils work .in. iiw-n very successful The d.-part-went hss also sent skilled vet-rliiarian lo i Ii . " "amine in coune-tiou with the l.ntijti veterinarian, the live came J a .L -" umc landed atthat port ann ine result, in connection with the sin! h . m flopu'd st home, has been tnst we hear no more about our cattle he being interim with .,.... - ; . " i...,.i oil fi iiiiitiiiiu. I he judicious system of quarantine lines has i prevented the Infection of Nortbem i. . ""T? I!ette l-foleetfcm to farm pro duct, subject w foreiv competition than thev ever had iiefom ..j .i.r L " if kets i for men products have been anluved hytheestablishtnentof new inansMMtM i i 1 1 com Di'l 1 belli to uc iconic are (tpiiresscd ami ' tricted by n protective tanll. l- KI-IK-T Uf A ( HAX'iK or It Is not possible for me lo n- the briefest way, lo many ? prcsenuMi in too """;, ;j,it II. 1 o.ll si -uc i .iioriiii.'ii. t-!" i.,,r,' ,l.....,...u...l I llMV. in-.:n iiiiH usnt-u i. ........... .M . i,.U.. A 1 uel 1 m ". . I odium luirni.niiol r n'lTlllll.Ll i " iwiiiii i ui as in-' ol compariiuvely livue, exercising public inn" " '" "su uiiigeni aon um-' . m all these iiualitiwi may H - !-ti their places. Hut Chan!-' u ViJ in administrative poii'f.'.Ji moment. When puoii 0;,,'a Blveti a direction and ' 7-t I uie 1 1 iu iiiifv.: iii. i v Involves a stoppage VlnHU l"-,ul I ne B-f.M o ed itself lo Ihose lines, aril . in,.i.. - 1,0 auo :.i adluxtmenU. it lh- cU ,i Is so radical as to hrni-t Hint laoie into uj - ,eu A involved are not rea Jj'"' pr I'-' l .lr....ll,.... Tk. Ill-lllOf'' Vlll'l D I, .'..,., C IIV " tiriMrainm nff ftl.inolltr-.ncit. r- IMlwjjr-tn which sll usi'd j the importer, is now ,rfliJ rm-itw itfthAw thM nc" ,it t are all lo he demoll". f mil I a ken down but U nroirainni of (Ii'''" ' . the VA of the Republican v-- hand. dUnliyi-... I'i-ikibiiiuio ui "',rt, ls n one coiistruc,Me feat , c. 'j iui-iiI nf niu hank'0' ,., u. tr,.",d,.cnt-(. gresstm and oe e - i sublost kmsUMSS V ' "nni)f11 but otew aUraT.T, 'n tjavji V"l ,"lK 1 a 'i 'it , i i w mi -Is;,:
