The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-17
AN OLD AnsuRprrY REVIVED.

uon OF the monopollst, the manufacturer,
the capitalist men representing organized
bodies, powerful corporations and conven-
ton singularly free from obscure or poor
citizens of the Republic. Another is soon
to assemble in New York to represent, it is
boosted, fabulous sum of the money of
this country and to he presided over by Mr..
Miller, lately elected to the United States
Senate from New York. But we desire here
to simply call attention to some of the pro-
ceedings of this Chicago convention. The
agitation of late OF the old, but what has
now become the livest question and about
the only one left in our politics, of the tariff
and the growing disposition to remodel it or
shake it OIL, has evidently aroused these
gentry who have been heretofore so unin-
terruptedly enriching themselves at the
masses expense. Hence these tariff
conventions by which they are seeking to
more closely cement the union of capital
ISIS IN the different sections and more
thoroughly organize for the coming strug.
S'e' IL these gatherings do not mean this
tney mean nothing. Now these men in
charge OF the bulk of the finances of this
country are shrewd and specious and the
o"or' VIII be to lay especial stress upon
''oSc subjects about which there may be
inc least difference. Every American
wants 10 see the commercial greatness of
this country, and when his actiye sympathy
anu support of measure is desired it is
only necessary to outline to him plausi-
Die measure looking to that end. 1t is a
ia'hehtaDle fact indeed that our merchant
marine has sunk so low, that the carrying
.laue once ours has passed from some cause
INTO other hands, and when the facts are
uWelt upon and elaborated, true citizen is
apt TO adopt most any measure suggested
'""t seems to have tendency to
restore that lost commerce and
again dot the water with our ships
90 when the Chicago convention assembled
day or two since, one of the first measures
was a resolution introduced by Mr.. Adams,
oil Cleveland, favoring the building up
again OF the merchant marine of the coun-
try This is all well so tar and good citi-
zens so with Mr.. Adams in this respect
ana IN firthorance of this object. This
much Is the rattle to tickle the public ear,
nut then comes the business part of the
proposition, the real matter of interest in
this item to Mr. Adams and the Chicago
convention, and that is that this great aim
can only be accomplished by giving some
inducements to our merchants to become
ship-owners and ship-bulders, and such in
ducement, says Mr.. Adams, can only exist
IN such policy as has built up our other
industries. We all know the policy that
has built up "our other industries" a
policy that kept back the country at large,
made 1t possible for one man, or at most II
halt-dozen, to.control two or three States,
and these latter to control the Union, and
to control it for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of
the few. This is all very plausible
and it refers to what would,be, and in fact is,
n popular measure, but after all ithas the
asp concealed within the basket. 1t is idle to
TALK to such men as compose the Chicago
convention, for they are struggling for the
pcrpetuation of the methods by which they
have grown rich, but such fallacics must be
met and refuted as they come, and the
voting and toiling masses must be appraised
ofthc organization aud art now developing
to prevent what is evidently growing de-
termination of the day, viz the revision
and partial abolition of protection laws.
This convention and this resolution offered
in relation to the most popular and impor-
tant matter that could he discussed there
are merely cited us illustrations of the in.
tcntion and methods that are being de-
tcrmined upon by the powerful moneyed
class of the United States to thwart the will
of the majority. We endorse the Courier
Journal and the other influential journals
which are guarding so continuously
and zealously the rights of the
great body of the people
and freedom of trade. Who does not know
now that that same class by misreprcscnt-
ing the platform and views of the Demo-
cratic party in the campaign last year and
the free use of their great wealth prevented
an honest expression of opinion and pro-
cured the defeat of the only organization
that could give relief? And misreprcsenta.
ton was only possible because the real in
tcntions of those advocating tariff for rev.
cnue were not understood, had not been
sufficiently elaborated and kept before the
public. Now the proper policy to pursue,
il seems to us, is to organize as the manu-
facturers, or protectionists, more properly,
are doing, and give form and shape to these
vital principles. If such conventions as
these two referred to above, conventions
with distinct aims and elaborated prin-
ciples, were called Of those opposed
to the continuation of the present
system and the representative men
of this idea gathered together for the
purpose of clearly defining and disseminate
ing what is needed, and the methods pro-
posed for accomplishing the end, great good
would certainly result. Counter conven.
tons must be held, organization must be
reached and agitation kept up. No con.
ventions held in this country yet have such
Importance attached to them, affecting, as
they propose to do, the whole commercial,
industrial and financial interests of the
country, and at no time within the past
quarter of n century has this ycxcd uues.