Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-25

THE BUSINESS MEMS AND THE WORKINGIAN'S FIGHT.
 The campaign document issued by the h. dustrial League, representing the great in
 dustries of the United States, is an import
 ant and weighty one This paper declares
 that the ''great battle to decide whether the
 prosperity which all now enjoy shall con-
 tinue" is to be fought out at the polls on
 the 2d of November. It says:
 During the hard times from which the
 country has happily emerged the tariff was
 the defence of our industries. Our market
 was poor, but such as it was we had the
 whole of 1t, for in many lines importations
 almost ceased. Prices and wages were low,
 but not so low as abroad, for, owing to the
 tariff, our country could not be made a dumping ground for the relief of the glutted markets of other nations.
 The business situation is now hopeful: trade is good wages have advanced; there IS employment for everybody; the currency is sound the burden of public and private debt has been greatly alleviated; the balance of trade with foreign countries is steadily in our favor, and Government and people alike appear to be entering upon an era of pros perity. Whoever would disturb this whole some state of things ought to be regarded as public enemy; the mere possibility of such change now impairs business confidence and causes anxious forebodings for the fu- ture, yet we find that the official declaration of great party, many of whom are among the most respected members of our League, di- rectly assails this prosperity and all the in dustries we represent by asserting that it favors 'tarif for revenue only"
 Reluctant as the Industrial League may be to enter the political arena, it cannot allow this attack to pass unchallenged An appa- rent endorsement of that declaration by the country in the coming election would be an irreparable disaster, and opposition to it in this campaign is not political in the ordinary sense of the term. This is a business mans and workingman's fight. We call upon our friends of both parties to see that their districts are represented in the next Congress by protectionists. *
 Amendments when needed should be made in the same spirit, and only after full notice to and consultation with the interests which may be helped or hurt by change The League prefers to trust the adoption of such measures to Congress controlled by the avowed friends of American labor, and to President who is a trained statesman, tlons of public policy are well known, who has rendered valuable services to the country in perfecting and defending our existing laws, and in whose hands the business inter ests of the country will be safe. We know that James A. Garfield can be trusted, and uo Ano" Unt'C nlS oPpoHen1, WudteVer HIS Ill., dividual opinions may be, can take no other course than that dictated by his party whose policy is, most unfortunately, controlled by those who are hostile to our free and intelli- gent industries.
 This is no "howling." If the doctrine of the Democratic platform should prevail man. ufacturers must shut up their shops or re- duce wages to point where they can suc- cessfully compete with the foreign manufac- turer. Do manufacturers and workingmen | want to give the party of free trade chance to carry out it's ideas :? l