The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-23

AGUsTA, Nc, July 10.
1t has guarded our people against
the unfair competition Of contract
labor from China, and mag be called
upon to prohibit the growth Of a sim
; liar evil from Europe. tits obvious
~ unfairto permit capitalists to make
contracts for cheap labor in foreign
countries. to the hurt and disparage-
ment of the labor of American citi-
zens. Such a policy would leave the
time, and otter conditions of home
labor, exclusively in the control of
the employer. it is injurious to all
parties, and Tot the least 81 to the un-
/ happy persons who are made the sub
jects Of these contracts. The institu-
| tons of the United States rest or the
intelligence and virtue OF all its peo-
pie. Suffrage is made universal as a
just weapon of self-prOtectiOn to
every citizen. 1t is not TO the interest
of the republic that any economic
| system should be adopted which in
wolves the reduction of wages to the
hard standard prevailing elsewhere.
The republican party aims to elevate
and dignity labor, not to degrade it.
substitute for the industrial sys-
tem,by which republican administra-
ton has developed such extraordinary
prosperity, our opponents ctfer a pol
icy which is but a series or expert
ments on u system Of revenue; a
policy whose end must be harmful to
our manufacturers. and agreater harm
to our laborers. Experiment in our
industrial and financial system is the
country's greatest dread. as stability
is its greatest boon. Even the un-
certainty resulting from the recent !
tariff agitation in congress has inju-
riOusly affected the business Of the
entire country.
Who can measure the harm to our
shops ard our homes, 10 our farms
and our commerce, if the uncertainty
of a perpetual tariff agitation is to be
inflicted upon the country? We are
in the midst of an abundant harvest:
we are on the eve of a revival of
general prosperity. Nothing stands
in way but the dread of d change
in the industrial system, which has
wrought such wonders in the last 20
years, and which, with the power of
increased capital, will work still
greater marvels of prosperity in the
twenty years to come.
OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
Our foreign relations favor III do
development. We are at peace
with the world; at peace upon a sound
basis, with no unsettled questions of
magnitude to embarrass or
distract vi craftsmanship. Happily
removed by u geographical position
from participation IN interest in those
questions of dynasty Or boundary,
SO frequently disturb the peace
If Europe, We are left to cultivate
relations with all,
and are free from possible entangle-
nents in the quarrels of any. The
United States has no cause and no de
'ire to enter into any conflict with
my power on earth. and we may rest
n confidence that no power desires to
lttack US. With the nations of the
Western Hemisphere We should cult
rate closer relations, and for our
Ommon prosperity and advancement
We should induce them all to join
With us in an agreement that, for the
utu:e, all international troubles in
North or South America, should lie
by impartial arbitration. and
'Ot by arms.
This project was part of the fixed
olicy OF President Garfield's admin
,tratiOn, and it should in my judg-
lent be renewed. Its accomplish
lent on this continent would favor
bly, affect the nations beyond the
and thus powerfully contribute
t no distant date, to universal &C
of the philanthropic and
hristian principle of arbitration. =