The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-15
They Do Not Want a Change.


Democratic orators are trying to ere.
ate the impression that the bushes;
interests Of the country want "s
change" They point to the very gen.
eral business depression as proof Of the
necessity of change, and pretend to
believe that such change would give
relief. Never was more fallacious argu.
ment sought to be imposed upon intel.
ligent men.
The change that the people are
asked to make will involve revolution
in our system Of collecting and disburs.
ing the revenues Of the Government.
1t will involve universal disturbance
Of values, and will compel a very large
percentage Of manufacturing establish.
ments to discharge their workmen and
suspend operations for an indefinite
period Of time. Protected as they are
in great measure at home from ruin.
GUS competition with European pro
ducers, our manufacturers are never.
theless suffering from over-productiou,
and they are running at low pressure
until such time as they can find a
market for accumulated stocks Capt.
tai and labor alike feel the depressing
influence OF such state of trade, but
the evil is curing itself.
Mill-owners, manufacturers and en-
ployes are in the same boat. They
know what Is the matter, and they
know that the trouble is not with the
system, but that il is the inevitable re.
suit of too much individual and corpo.
rate enterprises misapplication OF
native power. AS sensible men they
know that their condition is not going
to be improved by adding to the weight
OF their woes. Such an application OF
the homeopathic principle they are not
disposed to accept.
A change in governmental control
means substitution OF free trade for
protection. and business men are very
lar from desiring to precipitate tinan.
cial trouble or to invite plnic. which
would follow change as certainly as
night follows day. 1t is very we'll for
political economists to preach the gos.
pei of free trade. Theory is one thing
and practice is another. A breaking
down of the system means irretrievable
ruin to the thousands and hundreds OF
thousands of men whose money is in.
vested in industrial enterprises, and II
means the further impoverishment of the
millions Of artisans and laboring men.
Put into prsctice the theory OF free
trade and there will follow such dis
tress and ruin as America has never
witnessed.
1t is TO guard against the possibility
OF such state OF affairs that the men
who represent the business interests, as
well as the great army Of workingmen,
will vote to retain in their service the
men who have been named by the Re-
publican party as best qualified TO
represent the aims, the purposes, and
the principles Of that organization.
The country has grown enormously
rich since the Republican party came
into power, and the progress made Is
largely due TO the fostering care that
has been taken Of American industries
by the party in power.
IL this be msrIne, then the people
want more of it. A misrule that, en-
riches the Nation and elevates the con.
dition of the masses is the sort of mis-
rule they need. They want no change
that will shrivel our industries, paral.
we enterprise, and crush the pool
PROSTATE into the mud. That is the
Democratic conception Of reform in
the Administration. The would be re.
formers must hold out more tempting
bait than that II they expect the peo.
pie to bite. There is nothing entic NJ
in picture OF desolation. The few
business men who want q change are
as short-sighted and thoughtless as the
patient who wanted his leg cut oil tC
get rid of the pain in his toe.-Na,iona
Republican.