Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-20
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L-ok To The Senate.

s'This town is going to be ruined by
the sleCuOn vi cleveland and Hen
urlcks; not Il Single snOp now remains
al work" 30 runs - letter received
lasU week rom manufacturing town,
recently thriving, III which Industries
dey eIOped by Tie protective pOucJ e-u-
pluy u large pa o. the WOrhlug people.
before the eltGJIOn the Tribune earnest
~ warned THESE people that Demo
cIaLIc VICTORY would cause u disastrous
uncot L3.nLy as 10 The tuIIff 4or 81 least
"a wear To come, and that This sJaIe %
uncertainty would inevitably iAduce
many mauutac. urers TO stop WORK auu-
geJher, unless they could secure - lower
cost Of pIuduGUlon. Many persons de-
rlded these warnings. IA ne LuWu re-
I6rred 10, IA &c uumDer u VO}ers
chose 10 VOje Inc DtmOcrauG llchet.
Alter the eiecuOns they 0eug hlsd 10
lead IA their IuvOrlte DemOci at.c aud
dependent journals Lho ASSERTION that
J The Tribune had been lying ABOUT The
/ CUnse4ue4ces 10 be appreuendc q. AZ
( would give rs great sallsIacoI II q sea-
( son Oh ca. ana general pros yerIty Would
! prove that ali gloomy auuclpaLlOns "eIe
/ mIs,aA6u and grOuLdIess. BUt LLsrs
are thousands Oh working men I'D w.
men who AuuW today LbaJ Tie IrlbU4e
spoke but the naked trUJu. though PFlOI
" The election lhey made IIg ~ Oh Its
/ warnings.
The ruth is that hat the industries
or this country lave been developed Iur
! twenty TOUR %SNiB 10 reliance upon a
/ policy OF protection; that the party
( which has now prevailed has CONSTANT 3
opposed Lh2L pOucy; lhaL ~ least Jour
/ huns OF It's members sincerely believe
LnaJ al overthrow Ut " nat tueS Call the
mOuOpOly IarH" viii bcuuHL them
( greatly and Juey IhuIelOro expect thai
change as a result Oh Jheir success; Lnal
The leaders aud g&nS " thaJ par
u are already ciamUuug Tor Changes VI
duly this WIuuer; aud InaL no ono caU
know whether changes are 10 be made
Or now Violent or sweeping cuanzes
until the new Congress and the ue ~
geLher Tor some time next winter.
For al least - Year, there NUS
be unctrIai uJy. For a
least a year, Capital viii surely shrini
from enterprises winch change U
tariff may render disastrous. Jucsr
Ia.IJy viii inevitably render MANU- c
turers ulWiIIIug 10 run a any Pres6u
loss, II, by stop ing now, they can bus
; band Their Ies0urces for any chang
which au overthrow Of the prO-ecLV
system may bring upon them. Henc
5uS ers viii hOld on. aid munmactuie
, viii Gu tail Operations; nlauf men WI
b lU>e employ msut, aud many mo VI
accept lover wages rather Than stO
2 work ensirelyi AID thu, the cOhsum-n
. pU"er OF the peUpIe must Tor time q
. sensibIy dim nlshed. This must aIfeC
, nearly every bfaueh OF industry /
, / some degree. Lasting imprUVemeL
> cannot 10 expected unLH the uucerJaInt
= is removed.
g 1t IS true that there Is no chance
any change Of duties this winter
which "a ss.ds-t Arthur is not wiling
). assent BUT his message, aud espt el@l
his Endorsement Of the report IF M
1 McCuhOch, recently selected by him Z
e Secretary of the Treasury, stalrtie mai
people by seeming 10 show that Pres
= dent AR hur has not aItOgeIher The san
= idea OF the tarIn question The hepuDl
q can party has. That ne would asset
? TO any seriOus or sweeping change
: duties after the position taken by u
i Republican party in the campaign,
+. does not appear reasonable 10 Ue.iev'
> Yet there are manufacturers f" no do %
feel willing u take the risk i hts, b
8 stead g q certaiptY that 10 ehaui