New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-27
uHr uoRKMEN Should rorEroRBLAINE
CLEVELAND AND FREE TRADE ENEMIES OF TIE
LABORiNG MAN.
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LABoRiNH MAN.
lpy TELEGRAPH To ruE tribune
BrNGnAMroS. Oct. 2G.-J. j. Junio. proml-
nen, member Of tho workmgmcn'~ party and several
times candidate for office In this state has addressed
the following letter to the workingmCn Of Ncw.lork
state:
"As YOU arc aware. have heretofore advocated the
election ~ Grover Cleveland o. the Presidency oi the
United states My sympRthics are wholly ami
intcnsciy with the workingmon aud
have for years 10 the extent of my ability ,
champlonod their interest. Whom the nomination oi MI
Cleveland was announced my Impression WAS that lac
was u friend To the l0boring man. knew
that ne had made mistakes as Governor
IN vetoing certain bills, hut Notwithstanding
these acts. Judged him to be an honest man, whose
sympahies must be- upon the side Of labor ana opposed
to monopocs. looked over our Iand
and saw distress upon every SIDE our
Industries crippled thousands of good men
unemployed and wages constantly dropping. felt that
a change was necessary, and without studying as /
should the causes OF the sagnaton in business, an
nounced TO friends my intention to support MI CeNe-
land. But am protectionist
DEMOCRACY AND FREE TRADE SYNONYMOUS.
have studied the question OF tariff in It's relation 10
labor interests aud am convinced that the prosperity
of wage workers depends upon protection have decir-
ed In my public addresses that II believed the election
OF Mr. Cleveland could resuin any lowering OF protection
ofprotcctiye duties would forsake him at once. Eel
low aborers, the time has for TO demonstrate
the sincerity of my declarations can no longer blind
myself to the truth that Democracy and
free trade are synODOm0us terms
Let briefly call Your attention TO the proofs. MT
Cleveland can only be elected by the vote OF the Solid
South he obtain 1913 freetrade electoral votes.
every Of them claimed as sure by the
Democratic party The South il for free trade lts prin
eiples those OF Calhoun Its champions are ayowed
aHd rabd free traders Before the election OF the present
democratic House Of Representatives the coun-
w was prosperous, labor was in demand and wages
were remuDeratye. On coming into power the Demo
erSs organized by election Of pronounced free trade
speaker and he formed House committees In TIE i'll
trest Of free trade
by free trade mean a tariff for revenue only
MfM 10 low that 1t would 10 protect, and the dis
charge OF every w0rkngman because OF dull times lies at
the door OF the Democratic party Manufacturers dare
not Increase stock capital dare not invest IN legitimate
trade until danger of free trade rule is averted
LEGISLATION DISASTROUS TO LABOR
AL over the country business waits In trembling
uncertainty the verdict OF the people November la
Massachusetts factories closed and the operatives
told that II Cleveland elected they will not reopen.
nut II Blaine is chosen work VIII De resumed at
once. Tue wholesalers and manuise turers
Of the Eat now hold thousands of orders conditioned
upon the result OF the election. III Mr. Blaine
-triumphs the orders To be filed nj once. IL
Mr. Cleveland Is chosen the orders are 10 be
cancelled The great effort of the Demo
lowering the duty all important 20 per cent.
that bill had been passed IL would
vith blow have struck Oh 20 per cent from every
hslar earned by wageworksD in America. II WAS de-