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

ct Joeeo COseIeu IN the very eXcellen
and vigorous declaration of principle
d adopted by the late convention, bro
e nlDlCS, upon an occasion calling TO
? Drevlty OF expression, that full elabo
ration OF which they are susceptible
r L avail myself of the party usage t,
q SIGNIFY my approval of the variou,
q resolutions of the platform. and t.
discuss them briefly.
PR LECTION TO AMERICAN l., BO
The resolution of the platform de
clarlng for the levy of such duties a.
10 afford security to Jul diversified
industries and protection to the right:
and wages Of labor, to the end that
active q intelligent labor, as wei
as capital, may have its jus,
, award. and the laboring man his
tull share in the national prosperity
; meets with my hearty approval. II
there be any nation on the face OF
the earth which might, if it were a
desirable thing, build a wall upon its
every boundary line, and DENY com.
munlon to all the world, and proceed
to llve upon its own resources and
J, productions, that nation is the United
States. There is hardly a legitimate
necessity Of civilized communities.
which cannot be produced from the
extraordinary resources of our sew
era states and territories, with their
ma1utactures. mines, farms, timber
lands and water ways,
This circumstance, taken in cOnnec-
ton with the fact that our form Of
government is entirely unique among
the nations of the world, makes it
utterly absurd to institute a compar-
ls0n between our Own economic sys-
TENS and those IF other governments.
and especially to attempt to borrow
systems from them. We stand alone
IN our circumstances, our forces, our
possibilities and our aspirations.
In all successful governments it is
a prime requisite that capital and Ia.
Dor should be upon the best terms,
and that both should enjoy the high
est attainable prosperity. IT there be
q disturbance Of just balance between
them, one or the other suffers, and
dissatisfaction follows, which is harm
full to both.
The lessons furnished by a compar-
| atively short history of our own ma
tlOnal life, have been too much over
looked by our people. The funda-
mental article in the old democratic
creed proclaimed almost absolute free
trade, and this, too, no more
than a quarter OF a century ago. The
low condition of our national credit,
the financial and business uncertain
ties. and the general lack of prosper
lty under that system, al he remem-
bered by every man now in middle
life. Although in the great number of
reforms instituted by the republican
party, sufficient credit has not been
publicly awarded to that of the tariff
reform, its benefits have nevertheless
been felt throughout the land. The
principle underlying this measure has
Deen in process of gradual develop
ment by the republican party during
a comparatively brief period of its
power, and to day a portion of it's an |
tiquated democrat opponents make
An unwilling concession to the cor |
rectness of the doctrine of an equita.
oily adjusted protective tariff by fol-
lowing slowly in its footsteps, though
a very long way in the rear. The
principle involved is one of no great
Obscurity, and can be readily compre-
hended by any intelligent persol,
calmly rejecting upon it.
The political and social systems of
some of our trade competing nations
have created working classes miser-
able in the extreme. They receive
the merest stipend for their daily toll,
and in the great expense of the neces-
sites of life, are deprived OF those
comforts in clothing. housing and |
health producing food, with which
wholesome mental AMI social recrea-
ton a alone make existence happy
and desirable. Now, if the products
of those countries are to be placed in
our markets alongside of American
products, either the American CAPT.
talist must suffer in his legitimate
profits, or he must make the Ameri-
can labOrer suffer in his attempt to
compete with the species Of labor
above referred to. In the cas- of a
substantial reduction of pay, there
can be NO compensating advantages
for the American laborer, because the
articles of daily consumption which
he wants, with the exception of ar
ticles not produced in the United
States, land are being specially pro-
V1uCu lOlS SuCI 40 yea 1O OOllCVJ olC
grown IN IL own country and would
not be affected in price by the lower
ing Of duties. Therefore, while he
would receive less for his labor, the
cost of living would not be decreased,
being practically placed upon the pay
Of the European labOrer, our own
be deprived of the facilities
for educating and sustaining his fam !
lily respectfully; he would be shorn of
the proper opportunities of self
Improvement. and his value al a citi-
zen, charged with a portion of the OBJ !;
legations Of the government, would I
% lessened. The moral tone of the {
aboring class would suffer in turn; i
he interests of capital and the well ,
)eing of orderly citizens. in general. |
would be menaced, while one evil
would react upon another until there
would be a general disturbance of the
Whole community. s
The true problem of good and sta
lie government is how to infuse pros t
,erlty among all classes of the people; s
he manufacturer, the farmer, the G
Mechanic and the laborer alike Such n
prosperity is a preventive of crime, S
OOCuIACy L OdPho0l oAO VuO SCAy "
est guaranty of peace and happiness. c
he obvious policy of our govern t
1ent is to protect both capital and r
sbor by a proper imnositlon of du- a
les; this protection should extend to a
very article of American production &
7hich goes to build up the general u
rOsperity of our people. a
The national convention IN view s
certain dangers menaciug to the ci
DOL Interest of the United States, al
eemed it wise to adopta separate res ir
luton on the subject for its proper tt
rejection. This industry is a very ii
rye and important one, and the b,
'gislatiOn to sustain this industry ci
pom a proper basis should be extend as
|. No one realizes more fully than lie
lyself the great delay and difficulty OF
adjusting a tariff SO nicely and tn
laitably as to protect every home if
and sustain every class of sy
meriean labor, promote to the high CO
t point our great agricultural inter- 81
is. and. at the same time OF we tn On0 be