TBE flllET LETTER Strong Stand on Sound Money, Protection and Reci procity. , FORMAL NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE. Mills Should be Opened to Labor— Free Coinage Would Set No Wheels Turning. Canton, O.. Aug. 26—Following la tbe formal letter of acceptance written by MaJ McKinley, Republican nominee for president, and made public to-night: "Tbo Hon. John M. Thurston and Others, Members of tbe Notification Committee of tte Republican National Convention— Gen tlemen: In pursuance of a promise made to your committee when notified of my nomination aa the Republican candidate for president, I beg to atibmlt tbla formal ac ceptance of that blgb honor, and to con elder In detail question* at Issue In tbe pending campaign. Perhaps tbla might bo considered unnecessary In view of my rc uiniks on tlmt occasion, nnd lliose I linvo made to deiegatlona that have visited me aince the St. Louis convention, but iu view of the momentoua Importance of the proper settlement of tbe lesue* presented on our future prosperity, and standing aa a nation, and considering only tbe welfare and hap piness of our people, I would not be content to omit again railing attention to tbe ques tions which In my opinion vitally affect our strength and position among the gov crijmohU of tho world and our morality, Integrity and patriotism as citizens of tlist I republic which for n century past has been the best hope of the world and tho Insplra ril to the credit and business of tho _juntry, a peril so grave that conservative men everywhere are breaking away from tbe old party associations and uniting with other patriotic citizens In emphatic protest against tho platform of tho Demo cratic National convention as an assault upon the faith and honor of the govern ment and the welfare of the people. We liars had few questions in the lifetime of tho republic more serious than tbe one ( which Is thus presented. J "The character of the money which inhail measure our values and exchangee . * nod with tbe nation* of the world, is of such primary importance and so far reach ing In Its consequences an to call for the most painstaking Investigation, and In the •end, a Bober and unprejudiced Judgment at the polls. We must not be misled by phrases, nor deluded by false tbeorle*. Free silver would not mean that silver dollavn were to be freely had without cost or labor. It would mean the free use of the mints of the United states for -tbe owners of silver bullion, but would jnake tdlver coin no freer to the many wbo engaged In other enterprises. It V ,'would not make labor easier, the hours of labor shorter or the pay better. It would not make farming less laborious or more •profitable. It would not start a factory or make a demand for an additional day’s labor. It would create no new occupa tions. It would add nothing to the com fort of the masses, ihc capital of the peo ple or the wealth of tho nation. It seeks to Introduce a new measure of value, but •would add no value to tbe thing measured It would not conserve values. On the contrary, It would derange all existing values. It would not restore business con fidence, but Its direct effect would be to destroy the little which yet remains. Venning of tlie Coinage Flank. "The meaning of tbe coinage plank adopt ed at Chicago le that anyone may take a quantity of silver bullion now worth 53 cents to the mints of tho United States have It rolued at tho expenso of the go. -eminent and uxo It far a stiver dollzi which rhall bo legal tender for the pay tnent of all debts, public and private. Tb. owner of tho sliver bullion would get tbi silver dollar. It would belong to him am to nobody else. Other people would ge It ouly by their labor, tbe products 01 their land, or something of value. Tht bullion owner, on tbe baste of present va ues. would receive tbe silver dollar f.o G3 cents' worth of silver end other peoph dollar In the payment of debta. Tha gov ernmet t would grt nothing [rout the trait* action, It would bear the etpcnae uf coin Ing the allver aud the community wouM •uffcr Irtea by Ita uae. "We have coined tinea It?* more than 400.000.IMt) allver doltara which are main tamed by the government at parity with gold and a lull legal trader for the pay treat uf all debt* pebtlr and private Hoe are the allver dullara »uw la uae different from ibeat which weuld he In uae uadet Tree coinage? They are to be of the aatut weight and daeaeea. They are to beat the a*me atarnp of the government. Whj would they act he uf tie aaate value' l aaawer. the allver deHart new to uae wen turned on tecewal of the government aid wet for private account ar gala and th< government ha* aoleaialy aareeu m them aa gu.d aa the heat dltav we hate The guverameut bought the Miter huMtui at Ha tnerhet value and c.eed it igt, allver deHart Hat ng eaeluaite onir I »i tha mimage It only eeiaa what It eat. but. at a perm n.lh gold. The progi repre wealing thv giffs rattan between the eom niervial value vf the allver built, a and I hi fare value af the allver d tier g ea tw lb< nt eminent fur the haaeg* ef tha people a g veramcat bought the allver buliu ee* tamed ta the allver dollar at vvrj much *♦»» than it* wiuage value It paid nut te .‘ta eredMotv and put it la virvuta tloa among the people at He face Vet", ef lid ceuta. «r a full dauar li reuuite the Mupl* ta a -pi It aa legal uudei tad to ihue awiraii* hirwad ta Mgtatgia n at a polity alih getd. »b h wee the*, a. «*«, lie te*~g»ieed ataadaid With *v and the weal au.tgklaoed bail ua ef tha net Id TPfaa gemameo* having teeu*4 and air ewiated the •’-!** ' •>*» ‘ “.o«i * h.«.. lvruteul the holder fte.w teen Thl* e*Hg> IMI I. b >a an la* wav.» i'v kept h«* »«() la thafe a W*Ml ebl.4*'' •- bur Havre ta < legal oi.Hggtdeag *vt««»v- i la puhtt* vial gta, tw meiutat* the ptHty •‘These dollar* In the particular* I havi named are not (he Fame a* the dollari which would be Isaucd under free coinage They would be the same In form, but Ulf ferent, in value. The government woub have no part in the transaction except tc coin the silver bullion Into dollar*. 1' would share In no part of the profit. Ii would take upon Itaelf no obligation. II would not put the dollar* Into circulation^ It could only get them a* any citizen woub. get them, hy glvlDg something for them It would deliver them to thooe who de_ posited the allver and Ita connection with the transaction there end. Sijch are tn« •liver dollar* which would be leaned under free colnago of allver at a ratio of 1C to 1 Who Won Id Maintain Ta'-lty. "Who would then maintain the P»rltjr1 Wbat would keep them at par UrlW’. gold! There would be no obligation reeling upon the government to do It. and If thore were. It would be powerle*a to do It. Tho elmplo truth la we would be driven to a *"r*r ba*fa—‘n allver monometallism. Tbeaa dol lara, therefore, would itand upon their real value, 17 the free and unlimited coin age of silver at a ratio of 1* ounce* of allver lo I ounce of gold would, a* some of It* advocates assert. mak* M cent* In allver worth 100 cent* *nd the *llver dollar equal to tho gold dollar, then we would have no cheaper money than now, and It would be no eaalcr to get. Hut that such would be th# result la agalnet reaaon and la contradicted by experience In all time* and In all lands. It meana tha debasement of our currency to the amount of the dif ference between the commercial and coin value of the silver dollar which la ever changing and the effect would be to reduce property value*, entail untold financial lo**, destroy confidence, Impair the obliga tion* of existing contract*, further Impov erl*h the laborer* and producer* of th* country, create a panic of unparalleled severity and Inlllot upon trade and com merce a deadly blow. Against any auch policy 1 am unalterably opposed. (•old Driven Oal of Mr*loo. "Bimetallism cannot be secured by In dopendint action on our part. It cannot be obtained by opening our mints to the unlimited coinage of the sliver of the world at a ratio of lfi ounces of sliver to 1 ounce of gold when the commercial ratio Is more than 30 ounces of sliver to 1 ounce of gold. Mexico and China have tried the experiment. Mexico has free colnago of silver end gold at a ratio slightly In ex ecus of lfj'/i ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold, and while her mints are freely open to both metals at that ratio, not a single dollar In gold bullion Is coined and cir culated as money. Gold has been driven out of circulation In these countries and they are on a silver basts alone. Until International agrerrnent I* had, It 1* the plain duty of the United Stale* to main tain the gold standard. It I* tho recog nized and ro’e standard of the great com mercial nations of the world with which we trade more largely than any other. Eighty-four per cent, of our foreign trade for the fiscal year 1895 was with gold standard countries, and our trade with other countries waa settled on a gold basis. More Silver Tlmn Gold. "Chiefly by means of legislation durln < end slncu 1X78, there has been put in circulation more than $G1M,000,000 of sil ver or Its representative. This has been done In the honest effort to give to silver, If possible, the same bullion and coinage value and encourago the concurrent use of both gold and sliver as money. Prior to that time, there had been leas than 9,000, 000 of silver dollars coined in the entire history of the United States, a period of eighty-nine years. This legislation secures the largest use of silver consistent with financial safety and the pledge to main tain Its parity with gold. We have to day more allver than gold. This has been accomplished at time* wild grave peril to the public credit. The so-called Sherman law sought to uso all the silver product of the United States for money at its mar ket value. From 1890 to 1833, the gov ernment purchased (.500.000 ounces of slU ver a month, or 51,000,000 ounces a year. This was one-third the product of the world, and practically all of this country's product. It was believed by tbo»e who then and now favor free coinage that such use of silver would advance Its bullion value to It* coinage value, but this ex pectation waa not realized. In a few month*, notwithstanding the unprecedent ed market for the sliver product In th< United States, the price of silver went down very rapidly, reaching a point towel than ever before Then, upon the recom mendation of President Cleveland, both political parties united In tho repeal ol the purchasing clause of the Sherman law We cannot with safety engage In furtbei experiments In thli direction. "On the second of August, 1831, In ( public address, I raid: 'If we could havi an International ratio which all the lead Ing nations of tho world would adopt, am tho true relation be fixed between the tw: metals and all agree upon the quantit; of silver which should constitute a dollar then silver would be as free and unllm lied In It* privileges of coinage as gold i to-day. But that we have not been abb to secure, and with tho free and uullmltei colnigo cf silver sdopted In the Unit* States at tho present ratio, we would b still further removed from any Interna tlonal agreement. We may never be abb lo secure It if we enter upon the Isolate: coinage of silver. The double standar Implies equality at a ratio and that equal lty can only be established by the concur rent law of nation*. It was the enneurren law of nations tbst made the double stand iird; It will require the concurrent lat of nations to reinstate and sustain It.' I’nrlj Favors t'me ol Allver Money, “The Republican party has not been *n Is not opposed to the uee of silver mono is Its record abundantly show*. It ha done ell that could be done for Ita In creased use with safety and honor by th United States acting apart from other gov ertiments Thete are those who think tha It has already goa* beyond the limit o financial prudent*. Surely we can go n furtb r, and w* must nol permit tala lights to lura ua across th* danger line. Mean* Defeat of laleraalloaa Agreeasral. “We have much more stiver in use tha: any country in the w. rld except India » •Ht. Iliu.uW.IWW owra than franc*. Ituo Mb.pou wi *tn If alaatad traatdant, li will ba my doty I •tui-Wy alt pruyar a.aaua to yrt.m >• ti Tha Iraa *«lua«a af »Uv«r la ibla cuuatt a nit 14 4»ii| I wilt a. i t i> ’h»- , ■ • >• |l t ,1 i , «b»a a-* ** a “••• *'•' — •• b. • t a at* 4bP* a I b t paat t i attl and i-.ao 11 t„ y«t tbu «■ «*f»t •>» a «tl«»r >ttu «h •nbll l*»«IL' t < ula People’s party declaration Is that 'Our national money shall he Issued by the general gov ernment only without (he Intervortfon of bs.r.ks of Issue, be full legal tends? for tho [syment of all debt* public aid private,' sod be distributes] ‘direct to tho people and through lawful disbursements of the government,' Thus. In addition to th# free coinage of tbs world's sliver, ws are asked to enter upon an era of unlimited Irre deemable paper currency, The question which was fought out from l*flfi to IS79 In thus to be reopened with all Its cheap money experiments of every conceivable form foisted upon u*. This Indicates a most startling reactionary policy, strangely at variance with every requirement of sound finance: but the declaration shows tbo spirit and purpose of those who, by combined action, sre contending for the control of the government. Not satisfied with the debasement of our coin which In evitably follows tho free coinage of sliver at 18 to 1, they would still further degrade otir currency and threaten the public honor bf the unlimited Issue of an irre deemable paper currency. A grsver menace to our financial standing and credit could hardly be conceived, and every patriotic citizen should be aroused to promptly meet and effectually defeat It. Dividing the People Into t'tnneen. "It Is a cause for painful regret and so licitude that an effort f* being mad" by tho;'o high In the council* of the allied partlos to divide the people of this coun try into classes end create distinction# among us which In fact do not exist and are repugnant to our form of government. These appeal* to the passion and prejudice are beneath ths spirit and Intelligence of a free people, and should be met with stern rebuke by those they arc sought to influence, and I believe they will be. Ev ery attempt to array class against class, 'the classes against tbe masses.' section against section, labor against capital, ‘tbe poor against the rich,’ or interest against Interest. In tho I'nlted States Is In tbe high est degree reprehensible. It 1* opposed to the national Instinct and Interest and should be resisted by every citizen. We arc not a nation of classes, but of sturdy, free. In dependent and honorable people, decpislng the demagogue and never capitulating to dishonor. This ever recurring effort en dangers popular government and l» a menace to our liberties. It I* not a new campaign device or party appeal. It is as old a* government among men, but was never more untimely and unfortunate than now. Washington warned us against ’’Washington, In bis farewell address, Sept. 17, 1796. 100 years ago. aald: ‘Aa a > very Important source of strength and ae I curity, cherish public credit. One method I of preserving It I* to use It as sparingly aa . possible; avoiding the accumulation of debt . not only by shunning occasions of expense l but by vigorous exertion* In time of peace . to discharge tbe debts which unavoidable r wars may have occasioned, not ungeuer. ously throwing up m posterity tbe burder which we ourselves ought to bear.’ Tt facilitate the enforcement of the maxlnn I which he announced, te declared : ’ft ti , es»* title I that you should practically beai , In mind that toward the payment of debt) there mint re revenue: that to have race t nue there must be taxes; that no taxes ear be devised which ere not more or less It! ' convenient rr unpleasant; that tbe in | trlnslc embarrassment Inseparable fruit ‘ the selection of proper objects (which li always * choice of difficulties) ought to bt 1 t decisive in rive for a construction of lbe conduct of th* government In making It I and f >r * spirit of acquiescence in th< measure* fir obtaining revenue whb h tb< public exigencies may at any Urn* dictate 1 Preaiyl Protective l.ewtelisllwa l>*. Maided. "Animated by Ilk* sentiments the pc .;«h 1 of the country must now fare the coadi i Uuna which beset them ‘The public mi I geacy’ demand* prompt pr<>teet|v* tegiela IMS which will Isold the an utnulatlutt u > further dehl hy presiding adequate revs guee for Ihe expense* of the government > This I* loaatfsc’iy the r-qutr«m at >.| duty ■ If elected pteel4»at of the I ailed gtetws. t • I wilt he my atm to tiger uslj promote lht, i ’ «o|* t ge l give that ample eu> ouragwsut n | to the or* upeinme of the American ne**ph »I tt bit h above all else i» *■* Impavgllvvty de I I sot lid at thl* Jin..tur* »l our nation* * I affair* 1 | Happy t tendinosis ta IPr* to Ice r, laud ; "fa UweaMt It'd hie >teet lltmoM , I teat hi# tael m-ss»g» • s eongrees It »• , j aw able and sehnusM*# review of the son , J in ton gad r timitst ef tha euttatry, | * | #1*1*4 ear ••swell- n a* t- ■ittisii that , | * at sure It will not ha amis* to recite he ,i dbql an! vtrtuaMff lesitmeay fher ) I sever has b*#*» a Has* la mat h story,' hi, I he 'when a rh wee aa abundant er whet j *agw* »#r* a* high, whether measured hj tftha stnits l ta which they ere paid, m ■ g , . . th f $ Id #4* i'- ? I |jtf r 1*.v t | + .Jrieftdji ► * ref IM« Yu# tlMtl ttr #J(, 37,283. During the first six months of thi present calendar year. 135 new- factories were built, of which 40 were cotton mills 48 knitting mills. 36 woolen mills, 15 sill mills, 4 plush mills, and 2 linen mills, o the forty cotton mills, twenty-one havi been built In the Southern states.’ Thi: fairly describes the happy condition of tb' country In December, 1892. What has I been since, and wbat 1* It now? IHalil Months Inter. "The message* of President Cleveland from the beginning of his second admin latratlon to the present time abound wltl descriptions of the deplorable Industrie and financial altuatlon of the country While no roaort to history or official state merit la required to advise us of the presenl condition and that which has prevailed during the past three years, I venture tt quite from President Cleveland’s firs! message, Aug. 8, 1693, addressed to tht Fifty-third congress, which be had called together In extraordinary session. ’Tht existence of an alarming and extraordlnarj buslneas situation,' aald be, ‘Involving tht welfare and prosperity of all our people, has constrained me to call together In extra session the people’! representative! In congress, to the end that through th! wise and patriotic exercise of the legisla tive duties with wblcb they solely are charged, the present evils may be miti gated and dangers threatening the future may be averted. Our unfortunate financial plight la not the result of untoward events, nor of conditions related to our natural re sources. Nor Is It traceable to aoy of tbs afflictions which frequently check national growth and prosperity. With plenteous crops, with abundant promise of remun erative production and manufacture, with unusual levitation to aafs Investment, and with satlafactory assurances to business enterprises, suddenly financial distrust and fear have sprung up on every side. Numer ous moneyed Institutions have suspended, because abundant assets were not Imme diately available to meet the demands of frightened depositors. Surviving corpora tions and Individuals are content to keep In hand the money they are usually anxious to loan, and thoso engaged in legitimate business are surprised to find that the securities they offer for loan*, • hough heretofore satisfactory, are no longer accepted. Values supposed to be fixed are fast bccomlug conjectural anl mwn an i lanure nave mvaucu every urauiu Ct busiue/*.' Htartlliifs unit Sailtlrn ChP.tige. "Whit • startling and suddc-i change within the abort period of eight months, from December, 1892, to Auguer, 1893! What bad occurred? A chauge of ad ministration; all branches of the govern ment had been entrusted to the Democratic party which was committed against the protective policy that bad prevailed unin terruptedly for more than thirty-two year* and brought unexampled prosperity to the country and firmly pledged to it* complete overthrow and the substitution of a tariff for revenue only. The change having been decreed by tbe election* in November, Its effect* were at once anticipated and felt. We cannot close our eye* to these alter ed conditions, nor would It be wise to exclude from contemplation and Investiga tion the causes which produced them. They are facts which we cannot, as a people, disregard, and we can only hope to im prove our present condition by a etudy of their cause*. Jn December, 1892, we had the same currency and practically tbe sem* volume of currency that we have now-. It aggregated in 1832 $2,372,309,301; In 1»7 *2,323,000,000; In 1894 *2.323,442.392, and In December, 1893, *2,194,000,230. The per capita of money has been practically the same during this whole period. The quality of tbe money has been Identical all kept equal to gold. There I* nothing connected with our money, therefore, to account for this sudden and aggravated industrial change. Whatever is to be deprecated in our financial ryetem. It I must everywhere be admitted that our ! money has been absolutely sound and has j brought neither loss nor inconvenience to Its holders. A depreciated currency has ! not existed to further vex the troubled business situation. Good Money Sever Made Times Hard. “It Is a rr.cre pretense* to attribute the hard times to tbe fact that all our cur rency 1* on a gold basis. Good money never male time* hard, l’nose win assert that our present Industrial and financial depression ie the result of the gold stand ard have not read American history aright, cr been careful student* of the events of recent years. We never had greater pros perity In this country, in every field of employment and industry, than In the bu*y | years from 1880 to 1892, during all of which time this country was on a gold basis and employed more gold money in its fiscal and business operations tnan ever before. We had, too, a protective tariff under ; which ample revenue* were collected for the government and an accumulating sur ■ plus which was conatantly applied to tbe payment of tbe public debt. Let us hold ! fa at to that which we know it good. It j is not more money we want; what we , want is to put tbe money we already have at work. When money is employed, men are employed and both have always been steadily and remuneratively engaged during all the years of protective tariff legislation. When those who have money lack- confidence In the stability of values and Investments, they will not part with their money. Business is stagnated—the lift Mood of trade is checked and congested. We cannot restore public confidence by an act which would revolutionize all val ues, or an act which entail* a deficit in the public revenues. We cannot Inspire confidence by advocating repudiation oi practicing dishonesty. We cannot nstort confidence, either to the treasury or tc yhe people without a change in our present tariff legislation. Hell of tbe Democratic Tariff. “Tb.* only measure of a general naturt that affected tbe treasury and the employ ment of our people passed by the Kifty third congress was the General Tariff act, which did uol receive the approval of tbt president Whatever virtues may bt claimed for that act. there le confessed!} one which It dose not poises# It larki tks essential virtue of lit creation—tbt raising of revenue sufficient to supply th< nee Is of the government. It has at a< ' on-la. I>ui il baa rauaad a oannant deg eloaty la tha irtatury and a ateady da pinion ia lha aarnliida af labor aad land II baa eoairtbutad to aaall our nalloaa 1 dtbi Mora than ffdZ.MM «M, a k« noarl) aa great aa iba dabt of iba guraramni' from Waablngtaa lo ».ia >ln. turludtag al nur foreign ware from Iba raaoluliag I* Iba rabaljloa. Htn1*4 ItM IH.Iil or a deg. leaer * |«f WlaU Th* d*«r»*## la aur »u»ni i at kta« «• prod Met* aad attuor* ior*t . during iba grtl gli*a» amolbt of iba prat i *ni tana at < >aira*t>d *>ib iba ttpnrgi i af Iba gnl »»li*n aiualba *4 lb* lan* * !»*». aa» 1.’.^ I lid tba meei of aa liim ***r imp. ru dartag iba g»»i 8fw* i arabibt at ib* U'l* at 1*9*. »ai U*l , *Jf.W4, but only »>*.?** **» uader Iba fir* ; gf. *n « «> *>e at iba lairtf al I tat a tom aai<> iba uiiar af fiil llUW Tb* «* i uaa la tv* trad* t . • ■ r ■ i . * \ gtamt ba> b*«a |M »M dot dot.ag iba Rr» |!’f»4 i. ml lit' oporalle* t Iba UHl »| i * a a aa i .itvarad «*ib tba gr#« rue** M>*the of iba l»»|(f af H9* fir l«*t ba i inn ferg # aatgul ant a*e*4y, at ib t rat* of $13,130.000 a month, or $300,000 for every business day of the year. Lmlng In llutli Direction*. "Wo La*e either been rending too much ■ money out of the country or getting too little in, or both. We have lost steadily In both directions. Our foreign trade has been diminished, and our domestic trade hsa auffered incalculable loss. Does not till* ruggest the rauso of our present depres sion. and Indicate It* remedy? Confidence In home enterprise* has almost wholly dis appeared. Our shops are closed, or run ning on half time at reduced wage* and ■mall profit, If not actual loss. Our men at home aro Idle, and while they are idle, men abroad are occupied In supplying us with good*. Our unrivaled borne market for the farmer ha* *l»o greatly iiiffercd, because those who constitute It—the great army of American wage earner*—are with out tho work and wage* they formerly had. If they cannot earn wage* they cannot buy product*. They cannot earn If they ha vs no employment, and when they do not earn the farmer's home market Is lessened end Impaired and the loaa la felt by both producer and consumer. The loss of earn ing power alons In this country In the past three year* Is sufficient to have produced our unfortunate business situation. If our labor waa well employed, and employed at as remunerative wages ** In 1881, In a few month* every farmer In tbs lend would feel the glad change to Increased demand for his product* and In tbs better prices which he would receive. Not Open Mints, bat Open Mills, "It le not an Increase In the volume of money which I* the need for the time, but ■n Increase In the volume of business. Not an Increase of coin, but an Increase of confidence. Not more coinage, but ■ more active uso of the money coined. Not open mint* for the unlimited coinage it the ■liver of tho world, but open mills for the full and unrestricted labor of American workingmen. The employment of our mint* for the coinage of the allver of the world would not bring tho nece»sarl*» and comforts of life bark to our people. This will only come with the employment of the masses and such employment I* cer tain to follow the reestablishment of a wise protective policy which shall encourage manufacturing at home, protection has lost cone of Its virtues and importance. Ncsv Turin I.a*v Promised, “The first duty of the Republican party, If restored to power In the country, will Im me vuiiaioeux or a isrm mw wu^-u 'in raise all tne money necessary to conduct the government economically and honestly administered, and so adjusted as to give preference to home manufactures and ade quate protection to borne labor and tho home market. We are not committed to any special schedules or rates of duty. They are and should be always subject to change to meet new conditions, Hut tho principle upon which the rates of duty t re imposed remains the same. Our ouiles should always be high enough to measure the difference between the wages paid labor at borne and In competing countries, and to adequately protect American invest ments anl American enterprises. Our Farmer* and fire Tariff. 'Our farmer* have been hurt by ths changes in our tariff legislation as scvjrel.v as our laborers and manufacturer;, j»ilj as they have suffered. The Republican plat form wisely declares in favor of nitrii en couragement to our sugar interests as will lead to the production on American sol! o' all the sugar which the American peo ple use. It promises to cur wool and wcoltn Interests 'the m-'st ample protec tion,' a guaranty that ought to commend Itself to every patriotic citizen. Never was a mo/e grlevons wrong done the farmers of our country than that so un justly Indicted during the past three years upon tho wool growers of America. Al though among our most industrious and useful citizens, tbelr Interests have been practically destroyed and our woolen manufacturers Involved In similar disaster. At no time within tha past thirty-six years, and perhaps never during any previous period, have so many cf our woolen fac tories been suspended as now. The Repub lican party can be relied upon to correct these great wrongs, if again entrusted with the control of congress. Advantages of Iledprocltr "Another declaration of the Republican platform that has my most cordial support Is that which favors reciprocity. The splen did results of tne reciprocity arrangements that were made under authority of the tariff law of 1*90 aro striking and sug gestive. The brief period they were In force, In most cases only three years, was not long enough to thoroughly test tbelr great value, but sufficient was shown by the trial to conclusively demonstrate tho Importance and the wisdom of their adop tion. Jn 1892. the export trade of the Unit ed States attained the higheat point In our history. Tho aggregate of our exports that year reached the Immense sum of $1,030, 278,H8, a sum greater by $109,000,000 than the exports of any previous year. In 1893, owing to the threat of unfriendly tariff leg islation, the total dropped to $347,065,194. Our exports of domestic merchandise de creased $189,000,000, but reciprocity still secured us a large trade in Central and South America, and a larger trade with the West Indies than we had ever before enjoyed. The increase of trade with tho countries with which we had reciprocity agreements was $3,560,515 over our trade In 1892 and $16,440,721 over our trade In 1891. The only countries with which the United State* traded that showed Increased exports In 1393 were practically those with which we had reciprocity arrangement*. The reciprocity treaty between this coun try and Spain, touching the markets of Tuba and Puerto Rico, was announced Sept. 1, 1891. The growth of our trade with Tuba was pbrnomensl. In 1891, we s< Id that country but 114.441 barrels of flour; In 1*92. 366.175; In 1(93. 616.406. and In 1894. 662.248. Here waa a growth of nearly 500 per cent., while our exportations of flour to Cuba fur the year ending June 30. 1895. the year following the repeal of the reciprocity treaty, fell to 379,856 bar rels. a loss of nearly half nur trad* with that country The value of our total ex port* of msrrhandise from lb* United amiTi iu * uim» in iwr j**nw pnur iu (he negotiation of Ihe reciprocity treaty - • a. Ul.l2l.aaa: In till lU.Ml.ITtl In |M1, l24.U7.Wt; la IIM. I20.11S.1J1. but la IMS. after tha annulment of the reciprocity iireeiuent. It fell to only tll.U7.MI. Many almtlar eaamplea ratabi be given of our laerenaed trndn under reciprocity altb other rountrlea. bul enough baa been ibuaa of the elbcacy nf ibe leglelallon of UIO to Jietlfy the epeady reetorellufi of lit reciprocity wnllMI In my Judgment rongreee eh ul I Immediately reetore the reciprocity re-turn of me old la* with euch amendmenla. If any. aa time and e«. per ten re eentiwn ee alee and proper The underlying principle of Ihle leglelallon t» mi. baeever. be atrlctly oKeened It It le aSurd nee marbete for our turplne agricultural and manufactured prodoc la «ltb ul Wen la ibe Avarkae laborer ef a • ingle day a *ufh that be might ulberelae preeutt ferelta l*Mlirallea. "The de* latatnn *f the platform taueb> tag foreign iiaie gtali a it ane el peculiar 11 pettye e at ibu lime, abea ear ena Ini* rirg t-eepie are la ««rb grant d tel rare I in In hearty tymptthy aim ibe preaeat byte Ilium lectiaiblNg f 'feign ln.uogrni|«u UP I Inner b e*t«a*M»n tf Ibe l«et ae • II e> -lie Ibe I Kited lietee from ntit’tw by lb* debaee • tad erimieial cluaeee . I Ibe , ePi aortd While *e adhere la the p .Hi pallet under a at * > eor c >ee'ty but re c«t •«n!tu 1 ne:-UM*ee •*d pccaer *1 Ibe eounlff. and • Ida *e neb I* cur abwiea Ibe well Jtageecd and ' •* *clr- tea Iwr.'t ' lot obi . c.ilVutei by I * t- .«y eel tn»• il g««e♦ to tbs cause of free government, *t want no Immigrant! who do net seek our shorn* to become citizens. We should permit none to participate In tbo advantages of our civilization who do not sympathies with our alma and form of government*. , We should receive none who come to maks war upon our Institutions and profit hr public disquiet and turmoil. Against all such our gates must be tightly closed. Justice In Old Nolillrr* and Nations. “Tbo soldiers and sailors of the Union should neither bo neglected nor forgotten. The government which they served so well must not make their lives or condition* harder by treating them as suppliants for relief In old ago or distress, nor regard with disdain or contempt the earnest In terest one comrade naturally manifests la the welfare of another. Doubtless, tber* has been abuses and frauds In the numer ous claims allowed by the government, but the policy governing the administration of tbo Tension bureau must always b* fair SDd liberal. No deserving applicant should ever suffer because of a wrong per petrated by or for another. Our soldier* and eallors gave (be government the beet they had. They freely offered healtb. strength, limb and Ilfs to save the country In the time of Its greatest peril, and tb« government must honor them In their need as In their service with the respeet and gratitude due to brave, noble and self ■arrlflclng men who are Justly entitled t» generous aid In their Increasing nccessltle*. Our Merchant Murine and Mary. “The declaration of the Republics* platform In favor of the up-bulldiog of our merchant marine has my hearty ap proval. The policy of discriminating duties In favor of our shipping which prevails* in the early years of our history sboul* be again promptly adopted by congress and vigorously supported until our prestlg* and supremacy on the seas Is fully attained. We should no longer contribute directly or indirectly to the maintenance of the colo*. sal marine of foreign countries, but pro vide an efficient and complete marine of our own. Now that the American navy is assuming a position commensurate with our Importance as a nation, a policy f am glad to observe the Republican platform strongly endorses, we must supplement It with a merchant marine that will glv* uv Iho advantages In both our ccaetwls* and foreign trade that wc ought naturally oncn a matter of public policy and national prido to r«po»»e*» tula Immense and pros perous trade. Civil Service Reform. "The pledge of the Republican National convention that our civil service laws ‘shall be sustained and thoroughly and bonostly enforced, and extended wherever practicable,' is In keeping with the poel lion of the parly for the past twenty-four yeara, and will be faithfully observed, one opponents decry the reforms. They ap pear willing to abandon all tbe advantages gained, after so many years’ agitation and effort. They encourage a return to methods of party favoritism which both parties have often denounced, that ex perience has condemned, and that tbs people repeatedly disapproved. The Re publican party earnestly opposes this re action and entirely unjustifiable policy. 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