The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-06
stearns County Ticket.

For County CoMsstss'oner, 4M Ussf. /"
SIT e'c..'J.. BooBAR. ."t .ps@'s q.
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THE QUESTION or TARIFr.sa It
tTaT abea: a'------}f ,h2yaw ats n 2;
The Republican party can afford to.
stand sausrsly upon : it, record on the
tariff question. '1tis worse than useless
to attempt An evasion Of the issue, =.
maDyti.s- serving organs Of the party
are ,oNdsi.g throughout the west.
The tariff nov imposed. BY this gov.
ernmsst i Republican measure, and
~ sush&s, aphold and sustain It. o,j. 4e
Frss tzads means low wages through
out evesy department Of labor, iu The
land. More thar 751 per cant. of the
cost ofasy nanaiaetursd aytiek is ,nthe
wager Of labor, strike Of the duties on
these articles, and the 100000, pso-
pie in;this ooaatsy Who are now earn
ing good wssss in their production
must soaleee With the pauper labor Of
Essefs 4, sAa. j. to:sy they: must leave
the tsaaes to which they have devoted
their live, and - to some Other pursuit,
for hbdris9 men, thank God, will not
Live; here; on 80 ets. . day. What shall
o. eaa tthsy dol Agriculture i the
only .oesnpat;oa left open to- them.
You vosh then cripple or crash al the
msdafistsri.g interests Of the country,
sndnaks thisa onsides nation, wholly
dsvsteda!a to agricultural Epursuits.
WhGs ~saA you then find 3our mar.
kst, with fEselaad and France 3 die.
eliminating ssiiust your products BY
their high 'ta.ifa iiIasa'j5 Vi Isl ii .asj
Butws ars told that protective tariff
msass saasaeson.oa Taxation ofwhom, &
not certainly #of' any one in: America.
It 'sa'ss xationa of the foreigner who
il obligSdato pay Dur government such
. Pr VINTAGE in gold for Ill protected
goods that he may import. aea:3 IL. TX
The tarif fayord by Mr.. .Donnelly
andshb ilk, is the one that means taxa
ton, whenever you impose duties, for
thssols purpose Of raising revenue, upon
artieles,that are not Or cannot be manu.
fsetartd ia Ansriea, you do tax the
eoaSamsr just the amount Of duty that
10 paid, but this IL not the tariff that
vssfasor;1s would place upon tho free
istsevs,y article not manufactured in
our own country, and then protect by
wise legislation what We Gun manuf.c-
turs, tosuoh an extent as would fully
develope Ill the latent resources Of our
country and enable our manufacturers
70 pay, Z. they now do, living wages for
the poor mans labor. This will Incl.
dentally furnish all the revenue that il
required without imposing duties ex-
pressly for revenue purposes. .:4 7ss !
II is sheer quackerv and charlatan.
ism 10 argue as Mr. s Donnelly does,
thlt protection TO American. industry
Expresses the farmer, it suits Mr.. Don.
nelly's purposes just now to advocate a
theory. neither sustained By aualegy nor
coasss:ent With logic. I So true it il, as
Archbishop Wbatsly says: sThere arc
two objects which lie WHO seeks is al
mot surs to fld, the one il the knowl-
sdgs u what Dc ought to do, the other
al ezcsie for' what he is inclined t.
do."' III. Donnslly's position is utterly
uutsllabs, need my school boy who
haS bsen baptized and breechsd b
told that when you foster aud u ultiply
home enterprises, you ada just 70 much
- thss national wealth 7 and prosperity
. Of tie Who'll. country that you Civ,
employment 70 millions Who wolld els.