Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-24
r may well result; |
is too big a thing, |

&c.. AAst s1,o ~ ia may well result,
that that in $50 II is too big thing, oY
8 $50 600 o sS ,S9 over too Wal advanced
Iowa were iusF Interrupt. New 0ess Jersey an
ana that in twenty yea the wealth Of NJ,
ssasrssy Was increased by the SUN of $3.50, GOO
the sum of s., $50, 10 600 They see thai
nine hlne ieading agricultural States of the W9
naae grown SO rapidly in prosperity that tn
aggregate addition to their wea tin since ism
almost as great as the wealth of rhe entir,
country IN that year They see that tn,
oouSi, Wnich is almost exclusively agricuI
ana that having recoyere1 from the loss a n
ueFaaation OF war, has gained so rapidly tina,
ltS totai wealth is at least the double of tina
wien ~ possessed in lSt0, exclusive of slaves
III theSe extraordinary DEVELOPMENTS TIN
farmers are the helpful impulse of a houJ
MARKER, and they see that the financial anl
restnue system, enacted since the Republica|
party came into power. has established an
constantiy expanded the home market Tpe3
rec zee INST i even IN the case OF wheat, which
OUT OUT cnleI cert al export they have sold, in II
average or the years since the close of
Mar' three oiSheis at home TO one abr
anu tcat IN tie case of corn. the only
be- he s eai when men we export to any extent
a hait bushels exported. In some years
disparity has been so great that tor even
peck exported 1uO bushels have been com
eu1ned IN the b )ue market. The farmers see
thae IN Ine increasing competitor from the
gam neids OF Russia aud from the distant
ket becomes daily of greater cor Germ to them
ana That its impairment would depr sciate the
xaiue OF ever acre of tllable land i'll the
Union.
OUR INTERNAL COMMERCE.
SUCH facts as these touching the growth
ana consumption of cereals at home give us
some conception of the vastness of the in
ternai commerce of the United states. They
suggest, also, that in addition to the advan-
tages which the American people enjoy from
protection against foreign competition, they
ENJOY tne advantages OF absolute Tree. trade
over larger area and with a greater popula
ton tisan any other nation. Tne in ernal
commerce OF our thirty eight States and n ne
territories Is carried ON without let or
h1notance. without tax, de. IGNITION or Govern
mental interference of any kind whatever.
1t r! ads freely over an area of three and
extent to the whole continent of Europe. Its
prohts are enjoyed to-day by 81 00u,U00 of
An-e lean freemen, and from this en- Joy mant
no MONOPOLY is created. According to Alex
and r Hamilton, when he discussed the same
subject in 1879, 1.-THE internal comp clifton
which takes place docs away with everything
prices of articles to the minimum of a reason.
able profit on the capital employed" 1t is i'm
possible to point to single monopoly in the
Unit I'd States that has been created or
fostered by the industrial system which is up
held by the Republican party.
Compared with our foreign commerce these
domestic exchanges are inconceiyabiy great
In amount-reQuiring merely one instru-
me ntaitty as large mileage of railway as ex-
combined. These internal exchanges are eS-
-imated by the statistical Bureau of the Treas
Try department to be annually twenty times
= great IN amount us our foreign commerce.
It is into this vast field of home ira le-at
lnce the creation ard the heritage OF the
American pcople-that foreign ma ions are
',riVlng DX tY.ry device to enter. 1t is into
his 1eld that the opponents of our present
eEenue system would freely admit the coun-
rles OF Eui ope-c9untiies into whose inter-
lal trade we could not recprocally enter;
to which we should be surrender
ne every advant ge of trade; from which
We should be gaining nothing in return.
sFPBCT UPON THE MECHANIC AND THE LA
BORER.
A policy of this kind would be disastrous to
he mechanics and working men of the United
tateS. Wages are unjuStiy reduced when an
INDUSTRIOUS man is not able by his earnings to
i've in comfort, educate his children and lay
y sufficient amount for the necessities of
ge. The reduction of wages inevitably con-
equent upon throwing our home market open
D the world, would deprive them of the power
rS 5n,S Toaa sreaf eaamt
yeen the poor and the rich, and i'll the sor- |
owful degradation of labor would plant the |
.eds of public danger
The Republican party has steadily aimed to |
laintain just relations tie tween labor and cap |
with care Fhe rights of each. A |
Onfiict between the tw has always led i'll the |
asst and will always lead in the future to the |
Jury of both Labor is indispensable to the
reation and profitable use OF capital, ard cap
fhpever arrays the one against the other
an enemy of both. That policy is wisest
asis OF absolute justice. The RepubIican
arJy has prote cted the free labor of America
, that its compensation is larger than is re-
lied i'll any other country. 1t has guarded |
1T people against the unfair competition of
,nti act labor from China and may be called
pom to prohibit the growth of a similar evil
it capitalists to make contracts for cheap
Dor in foreign countries to the hurt and dis
Ich policy, Qike that which would leave the
me and other conditions of home labor ex-
,Isively in the control of the employer is in
riors to all parties-not the least so to the
lhappy persons who are made the subjects
the contract. The institutions of the
nited States resi- upon the intelligence and
liversal as a just weapon of self-protecton
every citizen. 1t is not the interest of the
spublic that any economic system should be
opied which involves the reduction of
ages to the hard standard prevailing else
here. The Republican party aims to elevate
Id dignity labor not to degrade it.
As q substitute for the industrial system
hich under Republican administration has
,yelope1 SUI h traordinary prosperity, our
experiments upon our system of revenue
o policy whose end must be harm to our
and greater harm tt our labor. |
yperiment in the industrial and tina al
stem Is the country greatest dread, as sta |
lily Is its greatest boon. Even the uncer-
inty resulting from the recent ariT ayita. |
lsness of tre entire country. We can
easure the ha m to our shops and our
mes, to our farms and our comm erce, if the
lcertainty of perpetual tariff agitation is to
inflicted up III the &C untry? We are n the |
dSt of an ABUNDANT harvest; we are on the |
2 sands in our way but the dreal ct a
ange in the Industrial system which has |
fought such wonders IN the last twenty | .
ars. and which, with the power of increased |
pital will work still eater maryeIS of |
osperity in the twenty yearsto come. ,
OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
Dur foreign relations favor our domestic
1t peace upon a sound bass with no unset I
d Questi6 n of sufficient magnitude to en- |
rrass Or distract us. Happily removed by I
+ geographical position from participation | {
interest in those questions of dynasty or {
undary which so frequently disturb the G
ace of Europe, we are left to cultivate {
endy relations with all, and are free from {
ssible entane dement's in the qIarrels of any. t
e Unite States has no cause and no desire c
sna IN eones n aa
1t no power desires to attack the United G
.tes.
should cultivate closer relations. and for a
r common prosperity and advancement we
ould invite them all to join with us in an v
troubles in North or South America shall be C
justed by impartial arbitration, and not by u
ms. This project was part of the d. ed pol r
of President Garfield's administration, q
q hould, in my judgment, be renewed. Its "
on this continent would | e
voiaely affect the nations beyond the sea, t.
q thus powerfully contribute at no dis ant G
y TO the universal acceptance of the pill q
tnropic and Christian principle of arbitra- h
N. The effect even of suggesting it for the q
anisn american States has been most hap y
anu mas increased the confidence of those g
oPle IN our friendly disp osition. 1t fell to
iot US secretary of State in .'une. 1881. to
let apprehension In the Republic of Mexico o
x,xns me assurance in an official dispatch !!
at there 4 not the faintest desire in the n
ited SIates LOT territorial extension south r.
the hfo Grande- The boundaries OF the d
0 republics nave been established in con- Il
,Tj;y ia the best juriscictonal interests o
potn. Inc nhe or demarcat,on.is not mere n