The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-08-23

l..
| nay are manufactured and sold at 81 % a par
| The next quality, in 1850, Were sold an e. 50 a
pair' anu they can now be bought for 81 50 a
pali, anu so on TO the very highest grades
| whlch are manufactured and sold These
| are tne wholesale prices, and you must remem-
t per elat TINS is under tarif which protects
| from i0 TO 60 per cent. In other words we ma
| To pay from 80 to 60 per cent higher for the
same class and quality Of blankets than we al
III lSo4 under protective law; and what was
| went INTO the pockets of foreign manufacturers
ana was not distributed among the laborers OF
| our own country. But under tariff there "a n
be no bounty distributed to maDnfact1rsrs
| me trades unions and woFkmen's organizations
| Keep the price oflabor to its highest limit which
Is Ilsht, and gives to the manufacturer but A
| shlali margin ana competition among our own
people brings the price down so low that we Oh
laln the article at less rate than we could mn
Der d system OF free trade. 1t is not confined IN
| the article of blankets alone Carnets shotv ia
same ratio IN favor of American industry So
Win our uelalnes, cotton fabrics. gnghams: and
an tnat IL necessary for any TO do to become
| thoroughly informed on this subject is To taLre
| time to investigate A greater disparity EXISTS
| III the values OF iron and steel, although we are
constantly told that the iron interests of Penn
| sylVanla are protected beyond the bounds nf
reason. If the free trader Will take occcas ip "a
| NUM- up the prices OF best refined bar rail iron
| ia fhliadeIpila from 1855 to 1860 and from 1850
TO 1881, he VIII ind IA large balance in our favor
as AGAINST the price during the free trade wears
| desire to illustrate the theory OF an omen
| market Tor all commerce by referring TO Chinese
! cheap labor. As principle, / believe the doors
| OF TINS country should he opened to the settle
Alent OF all persons III the world, provided they
make their home among us for the burmese Of
| becoming pait OF our citizens and are willing
| 10 assllnliate With and become absorbed by our
| CIVILIZATION This Was the theory of the fathers
| or the republic. But the exception which, DrgA
| Is against d species of slave labor / need NOT
| argue with any intelligent man that the Chinese
| coolies, by many centuries of brutal Treatment
nave become Injured to coarse and che4D living
| While his power of endurance to perform phys-
| lcal labor Is not reduced below one fourth of
"a lie dict,
quent cost of living is disproportionately re-
duced below his power TO perform labor But
the greater objection against this kind of Iaborer
! II Jhat ne does not seek home IN this country,
| except Tor temporary purpDses-comes here
under a contract, and, having accumulated
Il lew thousand dollars, Immediately returns
| TO his native land lie takes no interest i'm our
affairs, refuses the offers of Christianity or civ
lZatlon, brings his idols with him. institutes in
our midst court of idolatry, and refuses to
yletd assent IN any manner TO the teachings of
our missionaries The great fact remains that
| II IheY oVerspread and oveTrun this country
their labor VIII eiiectualy and materially lessen
that OF our own wage classes, and reduce them
by competition to the verge of starvation for no
| laborer in this country can live upon what the
Chinese ldborer Will live upon and grow rich II,
therefore, the doctrine OF free trade is right the
Chinese coolies should not be prohibited from
entering our country, because they would tur-
hlsl 10 the manufacturing establishments cheap
| labor, TO the farmers the SINE, and would S, on
take the place of our dOmestics and
crowd out the busy hands Of labor in the thou
sand vacations which our people now nil. IL is
| true this would cheaper living and productions
of ali kinds, but it would deprive our own
| laborers of the means of earning a livelihood.
More than half century ago the Monroe doc
| trine was explicitly announced as the policy of
! this nation 1t has been revered and respected
by all parties and classes of men from that day
to this While it is true that Great Britain
promised to refrain from the colonization of
| BRUSH Honduras, yet it Is nevertheless true
That, negatively, she agreed in the Bulwer- Clay
ton treaty not to possess herself of further ter
ritoy on this continent. That she has violated
| this treaty from time to time is also true En-
gland mas never reiralned from violating Y
treaty where her commercial interests were at
stake The situation of our Government in ref
erence to these matters is to outward appear
anCcs, in state OF quetude AMI unconccrn:
but assure you that such is not the actual con-
dition OF affairs. The construction OF the Pan
anna Canal, and the contemplated Nicaraeuan
Canal is viewed by our Government with anX-
ious solicitude. The construction OF one or
both OF these canals will unite the two oceans by
seVerlng the continent. and viii bring our At
lant1c seaboard nearer TO the Orient than England
or any of the other foreign commercial Gnuu-
tries. 1t Will also shorten the distance for our
navy between our two coasts 6OoU miles The
! building OF these canals Is destined to pay an
! important part in the transportation OF com
merce across our continent by rail The ques-
| uon therefore which we, as nation, must ask
ourselves is shall the hand of Europe Conat ruct
and control these two great water ways or shall
the United States, by a TeasScrtiCn of the Mon
roe doctrine notify the world that as to his
continent, the republic must he the controlling
| factor. These are delicate questions: questions
WHICH AFFECT every CltlLtl OF tLls republic. which
Affect our material progress, our present and
future industries, our farm products, and our
manufacturing classes. The trade OF the Span
ISM American republics belongs OF right to us.
The struggle of Great Britain is to maintain her
hold upon them, and France has entered the
field in competition with both England and
America. L do not hesitate to say that the Re-
publican party, if continuedin power, viii assert
and enforce the Monroe doctrine.
The reasons are obvious why Gov Cleve-
land should not be. elected to the high
office OF President. As a public man, he
was absolutely unknown until elected
to his present position two years ago.
lie was so obscure that l notice Judge
Thurman in 2 recent speech in Ohio said: Il do
not know Gov Cleveland" lie represents
principles and practices which / believe to be at
war with The best interests of this country He
( SHOULD not be supported for other reasons He
vetoed important bills passed by the last Legis-
lature OF New York. among which were those TO
protect children OF tender age from excessive
labor in charitable and reform Institutions. lie
vetoed the bill reducing the fare on elevated
railways, thereby depressing the working
classes, who desired to live in the suburbs, away
from tenement-hOuses. He vetoed a bill
dUcing the hours OF labor of car drivers. He
vetoed law g1Y1 mechanics an equal lien
upon real estate for the labor and material
which they furnished to enhance its value.
I hese public acts OF his show conciusively that
his mind does not run in proper channel to
bring the greatest good TO the greatest number.
There many reasons why the "plumed
Knight" from the State OF Maine should be elected
President of the United States. For twenty
years he has been prominent character in all
INTO laws 10y the legislative depal tment of the
United States. Fourteen Years N the lower
house OF Congress, six OF which he served as
Speaker, two years IN the Senate OF the United
States, where he was the peer of the greatest
among them. As Secretary of State under Gen.
Garfield 5 brief administration, he did more to
work out vigorous and healthy American
policy in our dealings with other nations than
any which had preceded it. That he has been
maligned and traduCed is true but who in pub-
lie sta ions have escaped the calumnias and
shafts OF bitter and vfndictive OppOnentsy
That he has been successful in business affairs
may be true, but that any dishonest act stains
his character, either in private or public life,
deny. When the character of James G. Blaine
is weighed in the balance, it viii be found that
he Is fully up to the high standard OF America
best statesmen.
Mr. Hendricks ought not to be elected to the
Office of Vice President of the United States be
cause his position on public questions in the
past gives promise of hope in the future. In
1868 he denounced Mr. Lincoln for waging the
abolition war. One word or sentence from hlm
in favor of the vigorous support of that war
would have saved hundreds Of lives and thou
sands of dollars. Yet he did not speak IT, but
on the contrary gave his voice and his influence
in the opposite direction. Later on, when he
was called on in official life to secure the results
of the war by constitutional amendments, he
bitterly opposed all OF them. lie yielded his
support to Mr.. CIrec.ey in the campaign IN 1872
His position upon the resumption OF specie ay-
ments and the restoration of the currency of
the Union to a coin basis VAS questionable and
insiucCre y It'll the question he re~orted
to what Mr. Tildcn calls futile dalliance, and
underwent tilt l2dililul OItIilbA Vi HttiN4 VIC
country resume specie payments without his
aid and AGAINST his protest. He stumped the
state OF Ohio for Gov Allen upon platform OF
reputation. tie was one of three Senators who
voted for proposition that no colored man
should vote unless he was worth $3.50. lie Is op-
po-cd to Civil-serviCe reform and has ever sat
upon the fence until every public question has
swept past him before announcing his own
opinion thereon. For these and many reasons,
Hendricks should not be, in my Judgment, cleo
cd Vice President of the United States. Mr..
Hendricks private life is uneNcap ioHable, and
personally he is perfect gent eman. 1t Is to
his public utterances and public history that |
object, and he has given, of late years, no sign
OF repentance for the political sins which he has
committed,
Gen. John A. LOGAN, of Illinois, should be
elected Vice President because he loved his
country better than he did mis- party He sew
cred his connection with Iarty alliances and
bucklcd on his sword for the defense of the
Union in 1861 He is one of the soldiers
who in the field, never surrendered TO the enemy
nor was yauquisheI in a fight. His whole
career as a soldier and as a statesman sine the
war began has been without fault or blemish.
He IS a statesman and soldier who can be
trusted on all important questions, and whose
thought and mind travel in the right direction.
The mission of the Republican party cannot
0 1,,A+ to tn