The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-23
A Belief that Schurzs Speeches Are Paid
for by British Free-Traders.
Governor Cleveland Writes Letter, in WbieS
He Says Some Interesting Things Con-
cerning His Private Life.
SCHURZ'S TREACHERY.
An Attempt to Secure Republican Indorse-
ment of the Morrison Bill.


paign has been run by and In the interest Of
British freetIaders, have Just come into pos
session of a paper which eonvinces me that
Carl Schurz is their agent and showing not
only that he tried to smuggle freet trade plank
into the Republican platform, but that he is the
real author of the tariff plank in the Democratic
platform Mr. Schurz was at Chicago during
the Republican convention and went to a Ten
nessee delegate-a member Of the committee oH
resolutions-Mr Samuel W. Hawkins, to urge
his views He wrote down what he wanted, and
Mr. Hawkins has just handed me the paper 10
Schurz's own handwriting as follows:
''The revenue laws of the country should be so
adjusted as to diminish thesurplus revenue, aud
to tighten the burdens of taxation,
industries of the country with due regard
to the changed condition of the markets in which
our agricultural products sold which condi-
ton demands reduction OF the cost Of production
and transportation, and with due regard also, TO
the interests of our manufacturing industries,
which demand protection Of the manufactured
article in preference to the raw material
There is the Democratic tariff plank II is a
British document on the face of it. We all know
how England fights her battles. She is at war
with the whole world. She has tried us a couple
of times with forces and fleets, and now tries rs
with gold just as she would Abyssinia or any
wild country And still she can find men to
take her money, and political party sufficiently
foolish to do her dirty work.
England taxes her subjects for the benefit of
her aristocracy. who compose her govern
ment. Our tariff taxes English traders
for the benefit and protection of the
American people, and to pay the expenses of our
government besides. Just now we are having
for us, a little streak Of hard times, too
abundant CROP if such thing is possible-any
way decreased demand for our surplus wheat
and a momentary surplus of manufactured
products But the worst We can have is a para
disc compared with England Still, it does fox
Democrats to groan over and howl about in 8
presidential election, and England, knowing he
gloomy character of the Democratic mind every
four years, before election. is using that party
in an attempt to stampede the American people
from policy which has made them the most
powerful, prosperous and progressive nation
the world has ever seen. To do this she
employs Hessians, Tories and gloomy minded
people, just as she did a hundred years
ago. She raises false cry about taxes,
which we make her traders pay instead of cur
own people; she tries to set the railroads, farm
laborers and farmers by the ears by telling the
farmer he must have cheaper labor and trans
portation, tickling the ear of unthinking people
by the phrase ''Whie at tho same time foster
ing the industries of She country, with due re
gard to the changed condition of the markets in
which our agricultural products are sold, which
condition demands reduction of the cost Of pro-
duction." This means Of course the English
market) Not Whatever walking is to be
done, let England do it. What fools we would
be to break down home market which consumes
90 per cent of our productions be
cause of temporary falling off n
demand from countries which only consume
10 peg cent The second proposition. to
make raw material free, is cuuningly calculated
to set the wool grower, the lumberman, thG
miner by the ears with the manufacturer and
thus split up and disrupt our tariff party We
are all in the same boat, and there is plenty Of
room, water and provisions, and no necessity for
throwing anybody overheard or resortiug to can
nibalism.
But how is it with Englandl For forty years
past her whole policy has been by money nIanu-
featuring plant commerce, military and naval
force and corrupt intrigue to destroy the indus
tries of other countries while making herself a
workshop to supply the world with manufae
tured products in exchange for breadstuffs raw
material and money. Its good scheme for her
while it works, but all she has made out
of it she has sunk in increased
plant of all kinds, and now the
growing intelligence of all new countries Of the
world, led by the United States, has been learn
ing the wisdom of developing agriculture aud
home markets together, AMI England is
threatened with universal break down in .very
industry within her borders. She started out to
menace our farmers with competition by IN LA
in wheat raising, and as a result wheat is 20
cheap il England that English farmers are
ruined by a loss Of $40 per acre on their wheat
crop Nor is there compenSating ADVANTAGE tc
British manufactures or commerce. On the con.
trary, the countries which have glutted the In.
glish wheat market do not buy her wares and
they have thus choked up English trade and
commerce with American bought things 10 a
stand still England is buried under manulactu
surplus idle commerce and Frustrated agrcuture.
If by the aid of corrupt intrigue foolish po-
litical action she can stampede the AmoH an
people into a course which will enable hei to
make a grand slaughter market here. relieve
her own trade, choke and break down our, .t IS
worth more to her than she has realized from
any war she ever fought, and all AZ oar eS-
pense. Our home market grows every day.
Foreign demand for our brcalstuls will be m
creased hereafter, because OF tho very glut
now existing there To the injury Of EuoncaU
agIicultwsts ana if ve aN stand a. {. tx