The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-06
REPUBLICAN TICKET,
GEN. JOHN r. AvERILL.

For County Commissioner, 4th Dit:
G. J. BOOBAR.
6ih District,
4. SUTTON.
THE QUESTION OF tariffs.
The Republican party can afford to
stand squ.eely upon its record on the
tariff question. It's worse than useless
to attempt an evasion Of the issue, a.
many tine-aerving organs Of the party
are now doing throughout the west.
The tariff nov imposed By this gov
eminent il . Republican measure, and
~ such ~ uphold and sustain it.
Frss tzsds means low wages through
out every department Of labor. in The
land. More than IS per cent. Of the
cost Of any Manufactured article is ,nthe
wages Of labor, strike of the duties on
these articles, and tho 100000, pso-
pie in this country Who ne now earn
ing good wages in their production
must compete with the paper labor Of
Europe j.; that ID to ny they must leave
the trades to which they have devoted
their litss, and 80 to some other pursuit,
for hboring men, thank God, will not
live here on 30 ets. . day. What shall
Or can they do! Agriculture is the
only occupation left open to them.
You woald then cripple or crush al the
manufacturing interests of tho country,
,nd'make this . one.idea nation, wholly
devoted. to agricultural pursuits.
Whore would you then find your mar
kst, With England and France dr.
eliminating sgaiust your products by
thesr high 'tarlfs
But We are told that protective tariff
mesns tazution. Taxation of whom !?
not certainly Of any one in America.
1t Il tsxation Of the foreigner who
is obliged to pay our government such
a pr osnt.ge in gold for al protected
goods that he may import. '
The tariff favord by Mr.. DonnelIy
and his ilk, is the one that means taxa.
ton, whenever you impose duties, for
the sole purpose Of raising revenue, upon
articles: that ate not or cannot be manu.
faotursd in America, you do tax the
consumer just tho amount of duty that
is paid, but this il not the tariff that
W. favor; 1e would place upon tho free
list every article not manufactured in
our own country, aud then protect by
wise legislation what We Gun manufac-
turs, 70 such an extent as would fully
develope all the latent resources Of our
country and enable our manufacturers
to pay, as they now do, living wages for
the poor mans labor. This will Incl.
dentally furnish all the revenue that is
required without imposing duties OK.
pressly for revenue purposes.
It is sheer quackerv aud charlatan.
ism to argue as Mr.. Donnelly does,
that protection to American industry
Expresses the farmer, it suits Mr.. Don
neily's purposes just now to advocate \
theory, neither sustained by analogy nor
consistent With logic. So true it is, as
Archbishop Whately says "There are
two objects which he who seeks is A.
most sure to fad, the one is the knowl-
edge Of what be ought to do, the other
an excuse for what he is inclined to
do" Ar. Donnelly's position is utterly
unten,ble, need any school boy who
has been baptized and breeched be
told that when you foster and multiply
homo .nterprise',' you add just 80 much
to the national wealth and prosperity
Of the Who'll. country that You Civ,
employment to millions who would else
be turned leoss to produce instead Of
consume our lArnP products; that you
thereby furnish ! market tor the
n.jor pat Of ths s,urplu. you raise, 10
stead Of being obliged to send it Il
Europe, aud depend upon tho capr,e.
aud rapasity Of strangers for the pric.
you astl -" ~ u ''
L l. anasiee 70 10 the position nov
oseupiea.by the Democratic. party Of
this question. They used to advoeat,
absolute lss-t.ads. Within tho nemor,
ofsven % youthful : man Is tho edito1
d Tar JouRxAt, il was their rallyiul
ery:: Nov, thej ' ars % far advanced II
70 stand upon tho platform Of Mr.. Don
nelly, which If 70 understand it, .dvo
Gates : low - protective and Greve.u,
t.titE: I| Verify, The world moves; Vi
h,ve! sao,mnesttiin i thought that the Re
publican, aud Democratic parties, hav'
been for Tie. lat ton Or o. twelve years &C
eupyiog tho relation Of head and tail o
the great body polite, We have all "a
vanced 10 knowledge aud experience
The tail is now o., !. where the head vas tel
yeass ago, but The head and tail: still
tsep their distance.' "A Democrat Q
today i: ~ y: wise as !. Republican Q
1860, but there is still Is wide i differ
eaee - evsr between Republicans an,
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