Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-22
Republican Victory.


had gone Republican by 10000 ma
iority. That would have been very
great victory. The Republican ma
lority is about 11,000, that is great
victory, for, in 1882, the Democrats
carried the State, and in 1888 they
carried the State by 12,40O, if you
add the eleven thousand Republican
majority this year to the Democratic
majority it makes gain over the
Democratic vote of 1888 of %, 400
votes. If there is any comfort Tor
the erring brethren in that let them
smoke it to their hearts content
Again. if the Republican Congress
sional majority is taken, they score
not less than 1900 majority. Can
the Democracy see a johicstion
boom in that! No, they see in 1t an
unmistakable evidence OF defeat IN
November. Again, the late Con
gressional delegation from Ohio, con-
tanned IL Democrats and 7 Republi-
cans. By the election on the 18th
the Republicans have 10 Congress
men. 4 gain of 3 over the outgoing
Congress. While the Republicanvic
tory in WestVirginia snot sosweeping
as that in Ohio, it is still pointer
that the State viii in all probability
go Republican in November. Last
wear the State, on the election OF
Governor went over $4,000 Demo
cratic the latest advice from there
declares the State to have gone Dem
ocratic by less than 1000.
The North American, of October
II. says:
From 1885 to 1S6l-a quarter OF
. centurv-the country had reye-
nue. tariff, excepting out four years
for the tariff of 1872 During that
period We purchased merchandise
abroad in excess of all cur exports
OF merchandise to the enormous as
grcgate of s5I3,57O,733.
From 1861 to 1SS3-tUenty-two
years-lhe country had tariff laid
for protection, though the present
s7stsm was not in full operation un-
til 1868. During that period OF
twenty or twenty-five years, we sold
abroad merchandise, in excess Of
what We purchased to the amount Of
/ S233, ,417,6S6.
The question that we put to free
traders is this Which OF these state
ments of fact denotes the greatest
measure of prosperity?
OF the revenue tariff period there
were only seven years III which the
exports exceeded the imports, and
three Of those years we're under tie
tariff of 1912.
OF the protective tariff period
there were ten years in which the s1
ports exceeded the imports. So the
account stands thus: OF twenty
one years OF a revenue tariff. only
three showed en- excess Of exports
over imports. While Of twenty years
of protective tariff tenor one-half
OF the ter1n-showed the enormous
excess Of S1,329,4l9,9 ,99S Sezports over
imports. And again we ask, which
statement of fact denotes the great
est measure Of prosperity?
OF the revenue tariff period the
year 1860 showed the greatest for
eign trade, the aggregate of exports
being s6S7, ,1O2,276. Of the prOtec-
tive period the year 1888 showed the
greatest foreign trade, the aggre-
gate being s1,547,O2O,316. In 1860
the balance of trade against us was
! $20.O40,062. In 1888 the balance
of trade in our favor was 500, $685.
4SS.
And in face of these facts a news
paper is found with the supurb au
dacity to say that the country pros
pered more under the tariff of 1916
than it has prospered under the
tariff of 1868, We Isavs it to quar-
rel with the figures, which are off
cial.