The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-19


impairment would depreciate the value
t every acre Of tillable land in the Union. I
n "A " OUR INTERNAL COMMERCE. /
: Such facts as these touching the growt
and consumption OF cereals at home Civ
tls some slight conception Of tho vastness {
the internal commerce OF the United Statat
They suggest hlso that, in addition to III
advantages which tho American peopl
enjoy from protection against foreign con-
petition, they enjoy the advantages OF nj
| aotite free trade over larger area au
with greater population than any othe
nation. The internal commerce Of on
thirty.eight States and niue Territories |
carried on without lot or hindrancc, with
out tax, detention or govermentn
inserierance of'tany kind whatever. I
apreads freely over an area of three and !
hall million EQuare miles-almoat equal In
extent 10 tho whole continent Of Europe
lts profits arc enjoyed to-day by ffty.si,
millions OF American freeman, and iron
this enjoyment no monopoly Is created
According to Alexander Hamilton, when
no discussed tho came eubjec in 1900 "tht
internal competition which takes plact
does away with everything like monopoly
aud ny degrees reduces tho prices Of articles
70 the minimum Of q reasonable profit on
tue capital employed" 1t Ia impossible
u point 10 single monopoly In the
United States that has beeh created Or
fostered by the industrial system which III
upheld by the Republican party.
Compared with our foreign commerce
these domestic exchanges are inconcsivably
great IN mountaineering merely as ono
fundamentally as large mileage Of rail.
way 8s exists to-day In all tho othor
nations ot the world combined. These In.
ternal exchanges arc eatiuated by the
Siatiatical Bureau OF the Treasury Depart,
mont to bo annually twenty times as great
In amount as our foreign commerce.. I. Ia
into this vast field OF home ,rade-at once
the creation and the heritage OF the Ameri.
can people-that foreign nations are e.riv.
ing by every device to enter. 1t is into
this field that the opponents Of our present
revenue SYSTEM would freely admit the
countries Of Europe-countries into whose
internal trade we could not recipr0caly
enter; countries to which We should be
au!renderlng every advantage Of trade,
from which wo should be gaining nothing
In return.
EFFECT UroN TIE MECHANIC AND THE La
DoRER.
A policy oi this kind would be disastrous
to the mechanics and workingman OF tho
United States. Wages are uuiustly re-
duced when an industrious man isno. able
by his earnings to i've In comfort, educate
his children, and lay BY sufficient amount
Tor the Necessities OF aye. The reduction ol
wages inevitably consequent upon throw
Ing our homo market open to the world,
would deprive them oil the power to do
this. 1t would prove great calamity to
oar country. 1t would produce conflict
between the poor and tho rich, and in ths
aorrowlul degradation Of labor would plant
the seedu OF public danger.
The Republican party has steadily aimed
to mslniain Just relauous bstween Labor
and Oapi!al-guarding with care the rights
Of each: A conflict between the two has
always led in the past and will always lead
in the future 10 the injury oil both. Labor
10 indispensable to the creation and profit
able use Of oapitaI, snd capital increases
the efficiency and value Ut labor. Whoever
arrays the one against the other is en-
enemy Of both. That policy is wisest and
best which harmonizss the two On the
basis Of absolute justice. The Republican
party has protected the free labor OF
Ametiea % thstils compensation is larger
then iH realixed in any other couatry. It
has guarded Our people a2ainet the Iufair
competition OF contract labor IRON China
and may be called upon to prohibit the,
growth ofasimilsr evil from Europs. Itisob.
viousiy unta!! to permit capitalists to make
contracts for cheap labor in torelgn coun.
tries to the hurt and dsparage,aent OF the
labor ot,American citiZenH. Such d policy,
llike that which would leave the time and
other conditions OF home labor excluhiyely
in the control Of the employer is in-
furious to all parties-not the leAss so to
the unhappy persona who are made the
subjects Of tho CONTRACT. The institutions
OF the United States rest upon tie iqtelli.ll
gsnCe aud virtue OF all the people. Salfrags
IL made universal ss q jus. weapon Of set
prosse.iou to every Gilizsu. Il Is not the
interest OF the Republic that any economic
systesnsea- I'D be adopted which involves
The reduction Of wages to the hard stand
ard prevailing elsewhere. The RspubIi.
Can party aims to elevate and diguifg.
iabor-no. 10 degrade it.
As substitute Tor the industrial system,
which under Republican administrations
has developed snch extraordinary prosper.
lily, our opponents otfer policy shIcu il
.1,nt Geries OF otexperimenls upon our system
oirsvenue-a policy YhoEs end must bs
harm 10 our manufactures and greater hsrm
toour labor. Experiment in the indug,ri-
al aud financial system is the coun.ry'a
creates. dread, as stability is it's creates!
boon. Even the uncertain!y resulting
from the recent tariff agitation in Congress
has hurtiully ELECTED The buH!uess OF the
entire country. Who can messura the
harm to our shops and our homey, to our
farms aud our commerce, il the unier'aiaty
OF perpetual tariff 1agitation is to be inf licted
upon the country? 8 Wesre in the midst OF
AL abundant harvee'; wo are on the eye Of
a revival 81 general prosperity. Nothing
stands in CUR way but the dread OF
change in the industrial system which has
wrought such wondela in iast tweniy yes1s
and which with the power otiners ajed cap.
ital will work still greater marvels OF pros.
perity in the twenty years to come.
OUR FOREIGN POLICY. ..
. Our foreign relationa favor our domestic
development. We ore at peace with the
world-at peace upon sound basis with
no unsettled questions Of sufficient magni-
tude to embarrsss or distract US. Happily
renoyed; by our geographical position
iroa participation OF interest In those quea.
tons Of dynasty OF boundary whien so
frequently disturb the peace Of Europe,
wo are lett 10 cultivate friendly relations
with all, and are FREQ from possible uatsn.
elsmapts in the quarrels Of any. Tho
United Ststea hss no cause and no desire
TO engage in conflict with any power on
earth, aud We may rest in assured corii ),
dence that no power desires to attack the
United States. -. ~. e.gy... 10
With the nations oi the western Heuis.
phere we should cultivate closer relations
and for our common prosperity and ad.
vancament We should invite them all 10
join with us ia an agreement that, for the
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