Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-03-25


medicines.
In Europe, free-tradc England gives wage.
to workmen upon an average from one-third
to one-half higher than are paid in any of the
countries which maintain protective tariffs,
such as France and Germany, and twice or
three times as high a. are paid in that para
disc Of protection, Russia.-The Nec Age.
1t is known 50 well by everybody that
the Irish who come to our country are the
. most destitute class OF immigrants we
have that it needs no evidence to prove it..
Yet Ireland is governed by free-trade Eng
land, and free trade and landlordism have
been the principal agents for reducing Ire
land to her poverty stricken and unhappy
condition. This much for laboring
people under free-trade England. An
intelligent American who has Wis
tied nearly all parts of Europe says
"Go into the homes of the British work
ing people in manufacturing or CONNER
cial towns; 90 to them in Scotland, in
Wales. in England, and then compare the
homes of our people working in the same
branches of trade, and ask whether ours
are not protected. Where they have floors
in England they have no carpets on them ;
where they have plastered walls they have
no cheap chromos or engravings, copies
of works of high art. such as you find in
our American manufacturing towns hung
up on the walls in the homes of our arti-
sans. The life of the British laborer is
to-day at as low an ebb as il has ever been.
In 1879 looked through the industrial
establishments of France, Germany, Aus
tra. and Belgium, and, as far as | could.
those Of England. And found much
higher degree of comfort in protective
France-anciently protected-protected
without interruption for more than CEN
tury-than found in any of the other
countries. But no American can make
the journeys that | made, and not. when
he sees in the bright light of the setting
sun of one of our autumnal days as he
approaches his home. thank God that his
is the country where n wise government
tains an army to protect its frontiers and
navy to protect its commerce,
Senator Hale objected to the admission
of Dakota rs a State because she repudi-
ated bonds given in aid of the building of
the Southern Dakota Railroad. Among
those who suffered by this reputation
were parties in Maine The Tribune in re-
gard to this matter SAYS: Mr.. Hale's
statement of facts makes out prima facie
case against admission. He states that
in 1872 Yankton county issued bonds,
under an authorizing act of the Legisla-
tire, to the amount of 5000. 900. in aid of
the Southern Dakota railroad. that the
road was built. and the bonds repudiated.
and that the Territorial Legislature at once
passed an act virtually legalizing resig-
nations of county officers upon whom a
writ of mandamus was served to compel
payment. Mr.. Hale proposed to have the
admission of Dakota deferred until this
matter be cleared up. Mr. Mcmillan.
in reply. is reported rs saying that East
ern financiers, accustomed 10 charge usurl-
Gus rates for their investments. were prone
to charge localities of the West with repu-
diation whenever the prompt collection of
their incomes was retarded The issue
of fact must of course be met by Mr.. Hale,
and any who may dispute his statement.
But If his account is correct. Dakota ough,
to wait outside the Union until it has
learned to deal honestly.
1t is quite time for the republican party
to consider whether honest payment OF
debts should not be insisted upon rs a
condition of membership of the Union.
We have in the Union already several re-
pudiating States. The only question is as
to the power of the Union in the matter.
One thing. at least. the Union has
power to do beyond all dispute. 1t has
power to refuse admission as a State to
any community that does not come with
absolutely clean hands financially. Adj
mission to the family of States is favor
That favor ought in future to be rigidly
refused to any community. whether
Northern or Southern. republican or dem.
ocratic. that has upon it the faint Of re-
pudiation.- If Dakota is open to this cen.
sure, let Dakota waitfor = century, it need
be. until its people are ready to pay their
debts.''