New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-19

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olmost canal in extent TO the whole continent OF
Tnnono IFS nroGts are enjoyed to-day by htty'slX
.,,u,ars 30 American frcemen and from this enjoy
mani no monopoly Is created. According To A'eh'
anaer Hamilton when he discussed the same SUD
,oct in 1880 "the internal competition when taxes
Mace docs away with everything like mohopolE'
and nv degrees reduces the prices OF articles 'o o
minimum of a reasonable profit on the o"Pita' cur
Moved" IL is impossible to point TO s,"b"
monopoly in the United States that mas "V',
created or fou,".d by tho industrial Sys'''" "'''''
is upheld by IT, Republican party ,,o
Comnorcd with our foreign commerce these III"
rocstic exchanges are inconce vably great Ill "'"'
reou,rinr merely as one instrumen'aIlty W. ID, ~
;isocc of railway as exists to-day IN all inc "'"i
oo.ioro of tho world combined. These lhteih"l oN
.har,os oro estimated by the Statlsticai hu'c"" ~
,ho Treasury Department to be annually t"o"'S
ti,,es as great in amount as our loEe'sh O' a.,
II is into this vast field of home tlano- o"oo
creation and the heritage OF the America"
tho+ foreign nations are striving by every u''
ortor II is into this field that the opPo"'"' 49,
nresent revenue system would heeiy ""i a't,,a1
a,,,tr,os NJ Furope-countries into whose internal
trade we could not reciprocaHy cn''i' n..oo
rbcb we should be surrenderng every auN"n'a1o
90 ,rado. from which we should be gaming ho'n'hs
in return.
,.cr ,,pox THE MECHANIC AND THE LABOREk'
nol;cv Of this kind would be disastrous 10 'no
mechanics and workingmen OF the Ch''e" '' 80.
WAGES are nniusty reduced when an lhu"S'' o"'
mon il NOT able by his earnings to live III eoinio'
,1oote his children and lay by a sufficient aho"n'
Gov Tho necessities of age The reduction OF wages
;,a,.itahlv consequent upon throwing our lonio
market omen TO the world would deprive 'heh VI
The mower TO do this. 1t would provo e''''
calamity 70 our country. 1t would produce con-
nict between the poor and the rich, and IN the SUI,
rowful degradation of labor would piah' viz ''0''
of public danger. ,.in-
tain lust relations between labor anu '"P''
gnardina with care the rights of each connie,
- lo t,ro has oIvays led in the past and VIII
always lead in the future to the injury OF potn'
Iohor sable to the creation and prohtaDIo
rsa of can,tal and capital increases the efhcieheV
and value of labor. Whoever arrays the one against
tbe other is an enemy of both. mat pohcN 10 "i0'
md heat which harmonizes the two on the p"S'S vi
absolute Justice The Republican party mas pro-
tected the free labor of America so that It's coIoh
satiou is LARGER than is realized IN any DINER c"
fry. 1t has guarded our people against INC u'i""
competition of contract labor from emma anu may
10 oalled rnon TO prohibit the growth OF similar
evil from Europe. 1t Is obviously unlaT 10 pe'''n'
can,talists to make contracts for cheap laoor III
sreicr, countries TO the hurt and dsparagement OF
+be labor of American citizens. Such policy ulhe
that which would leave the time ana other con-
ditions of homo labor exclusively IN the Voh'I'i VI
the emplovcr) is injurious to all parti'S-hot 'n'
least so to tie unhappy persons who are hauo 'n'
subiects of the contract The INSTITUTIONS ~ wv
United states rest upon the Intelligence ana N"'''
of all the people. Suffrage is made universe" "' u
inst weapon of sclfprotection 60 every cltH'h II
4; ot ,c interest of the Republic that any econoni-
.s..1Vt ltfal
reduction of wages to the hard standard preNa'IhV
elsewhere. The Republican party aims to elevate
and dignity lahor-not to degrade it,
A substitute for thu industrial system when
undor E,puhlican administrations has dcNcl"pou
nuch extraordinary prosperity our opponent" "u''
policy which &, hut q series of experiment. upon our
avstc,n of rcvcnur-a policy whose end must 100
hnrr ~ our manufactures and greater harm '' "'l
labor. Experiment m the industrial and hnlh. 1871
ryaicm rs the couutty't greatest dread aS ''a''"N
a. a.. Greatest boon Even the uncertainty result
tnp from thc recent tau0 AGITATION ~ '"nF"N' "''
hurtfilIy affected the hu .mc.soi thr onln' conn
t,y. Who can measure the harm to- oar shopf on'
our homes 90 our iurms AMI our commerce. Ut 'N'
uncertainty of pcrpctual tul0 agitation rs 70 h' I"
1ictrd upon the country We are tn the h'"'' "'
an abundant harvest; We me ON ih' eve "l " ''
vival oi general prosperity Nothing stands III our
way bnt the dread of change In The m'n'i'' e>'
fem which has wrought such wonders III 'h' ''''
twenty wears and which, with the power OF AN
creased capital viii work still greater maINeiS %
prosperity in the twenty years to COME
our FoHlIGN POLICY.
Onr foreign relations favor our domestic develop
ment We are at peace with the WorL'-al peace
nnon q sonnd basis with no unsettled questions OF
sufficient magnitude to embarraSs or dls'ric' uS
Uanpil, removed by our geographical position from
Int. i'm hD. a B
nasty or boundary which SO frequently disturb TIC
nance of Furope we are left to cultivate friendly re-
Iation, with all and are free from possible en-
tanglements in the Quarlels OF any. Inc ChNcu
STATE has no cause and no desire to engage III con
1iot with any Power earth, and we may rest IA
assured confidence that no Power desires TO attack
the Tni,cd States.
With the nations of the Western Hemisphere we
should cultivate closer relations. ana LOT our com
mon prosperity and Advancement we shoHl' IhNItf
them all TO ioiu with us in an agreement that ioi
the future, all international troubles IN North OF
South America shall be adjusted by Impartial az
filtration and not by arms. This project Was part
af the fixed policy OF President Garfield ADMINS
tration and it should III my judgment be renewed
Its accomplishment on this continent Would
favorably affect the nations beyond the sen, and
thus powerfully contribute at no distant day 10 the
universal acceptance of the pmianthrop!c and
Christian principle of arbitration. Inc '1ect even
of suggesting IT for the Scandinavian states
has been most happy and has increased the conf
dence of those people in friendly disposition II
fell to my lot as Secretary of state in june lNNl
TO quiet apprehension in the Republic OF AoNico
by giving the in an official dispatch that
there is not the fantest desire in the United
States for territorial extension south Of the Ric
Graude The boundaries of the two kepubncs have
been established ID conformity with the best juTl@
dictonal interests OF both The line OF dcmarcation
is not merely convent nal. II is more. 1t sepa
rates a span. sh- American people from saxon