The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-08-01

1t the ballot hox. Is not the past forty
1ears' experience enough to show where
he earnings Of the country go--not
into the pockets Of those who make this
money in the frst place, but into the
Golfers of those who control labor and
the markets OF our farmers as the mas
ter controls his slave. Everything that
could secure power has run into apsk
and an oppressive monopoly,
80 much 10 that tho laberer in self
defence has said he would rather die Of
than TO submit longer to
this degrading servitude. Does not Mr..
Blaine know that there must be
limit to oppression And does he not
knew that there arc strikes all over tho
country. Even bis great supporter jay
Gould felt this Tebuke from bis thou
sands of telegraph operators few
months ago, who struck not for a divi-
dend Of the billions thew had made for
Gould, but for bread. The present
strikes in New York Of laborers and
brick layers are but the feeling oil over
the nation of the impending hO<d ls1nes
that threaten and visit as. another
direction we find timer 80 hard that
failures are more coufnon now than at
any former period Of our natl iSns histo-
ry. Banks, mercantile firms, corpora
tions have ruined thousands upon
thousands by their open robberies. OF
all thieves these "gilt edged" thieves
are the most TO DO dreaded. Wall street
has shook and is shaking from its cen
ter to circumference with the crimes Of
these operators. The pillows that have
stood these financial reverscs heretofore,
now fall with fearful crash. Ameri-
can securities in Europe are looked
upon with suspicion, and they arc re-
jected as unsound. The bottom has
fallen out Of thom. There is 3 greater
want Of confidence in tho ability 10
sustain our governments credit and
protect our labor system than ever be-
fore. by dishonest practices and fav-
orable legislation found in the blessed
tariff, Mr. Blaine will admit, II honest,
the highes, notch has been reached In
speculating out Of the earnings of the
farmer and other laborers, aud now the
rssefsss aud tho crash that cover the
STOCK Speeulator and operator who made
the boom, show that the victims and
the property have found poor mans
level. Take Oregon for instance. What
givea her the prosperity tho enjoys
Every cent she makes ID from exports
throwing out lo.al trade. We aay
that which enables Us TO live at al
aud have little local trade is derived
from our exports. 4 few years age
there was q fleet Of sail vesxels running
from Portland, Oregon, TO tho islands
By which We exported such things n
were needed at the islands and brought
back sugar, eics How 10 II. now ! Ther'
is not vessel Of tnis class now running
TO the islands. Why II Is because th'
sugar trade has gone into the hands o
a monopoly by the aid Of Congress. Our
commerce with the islands is destroye ed
and the sugar comes now through .thii
monopoly by way Of San Francisco
And there is not merchant among uI
who buys sugar from the east or whc
dares to buy It from an eastern market
for fear OF the rail road tariff Of being
underseld aud driven from tie market
or having bis own credit impeached.
Here are several blessed "tarilfs" rest
ing on osr sugar dealers. Mr.. Blaine
cannot disccnnect his name from this
class of legislation, since he came inte
public life. His peculiar tariff policy
has destroyed our commerce with the
islands, and made US oil, including
merchants, slaves to this Spreckles
monopoly. Blaine is blinded by the
wealth Of these corporations, and be
imagines that the half starved and
poorly paid laboror and farmer, out Of
whom this wealth is made, are the peo-
pie of the greatest prosperity. He is
very blind. Does he fail to See that
the higher and better element Of his
own party are to-day holding him and
his confreres. responsible..for the runious
condition Of our finances and commerce?
Ii is more shan Independent Republic
cans will bear and they have the cour-
age to say, ait is not with US the tariff
question, nor a foreign policy, nor any
thing else, but the matter Of honest
government" q thing Mr.. Blaine will
never give them.
We are told that there are large
number OF Republican newspapers In
New England opposing him WITH the
Springfield Republican at the head.
And visitors from the east tell US al
so at Maine Is by no means certain for
Mr. Blaine, To New York city, the
Herald, Times, Post and all the Re-
publican papers save the Tribune are
annnnrfinn cleveland Enr prasidant