The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-08-01

Gr>rLrnEx-in AZ ccptIng The nomination /
Tor The Presidency rendered Inrhy the hcpAo' \
Hpan National tonsc ftion. ! beg NJ e>ptes@ = |
<.cep sense ~ The honor which u conferred
and ~ fhn duty which Il imposed. l venture
to apcrin amy the acceptance win some on-
ecr,atlons upon the quo stions involved ~ ing
contrst--lucs ions whose settlement my ~
feet thc future ~ the Nation fasoratiy " w
faxorAl,ly for a long scrc or years.
Ia cnumcratng the issues upon which the
Rrpunl. can patty appears tor popular sup
poit. the convention has hct p sn1 u,n',y 81. 81
pilcli ana ~ clions. has property s Nsn
-, thc q ,l.try us aifes tel b. the taril on I'M
pous In T. IL question the TWO po ilical Dat
f,rs nrc radically IN Q liict A,ino@t .nc n,se
power in 1861. was the establishments - prin-
III Al, III protection ~ American inbor nnu 70
American capital This pr ncpla tns hepun-
ts,ns a. While on the other hand the Demo
cratic arty IN Congress has for utty ycsis
IL , 81 nifty warsed upon A. Iwice wun l
fhnf p,r,td our opponeit- have destroyed
tariffs ABRAMS q for ir .tcc.ipn, and s.nce the
clos 81 the ,ivil war. whenever they nave
contr lied the House q fieprrscntatLves.
IL .filc legislation has been MISUNDERSTANDING
more conspicnousy than IN their principAa
measure al The late session OF Congress. 1900
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Rcvcnue laws are in their very nature sub
sect to freq lent revision IN oder tnat they
~ ~ lc adapted to changes aud notifications
81 trade. The RepunIican party = not eon.
tending for the pefmanency Of any partcu-
lar !. atufe. The issue between the Two par
1 q does not have reference 20 sLccinc law.
II is M broader and far deeper. ~ inv2isss
4 principle Of vile application AMI beneneont
influence. against \ Theory which We peutso
to 10 unSound in conceptlon ana inevitably
hurtfui ~ practice "a tne man. sa ~ NV
a f' : ONE a. = Az the Republican parly
"a ma tnta!ned and VA na'a ,. ,ne pvsvs
our opponents insist upon 2 rev s!un WHICH
p,ac.isa y destroys tsas p3s SS Nh
81 prote ttlon Tor gencrauon. Inc over
TN ow OF the policy means large ana pors
manent reduction IN waxss ot .ns Am ~ ssss
amounts of American capital invested ~
manu- IA .tu ing Enterprises The value 81 tho
pn ssaa s,a,.s 4 nj matt i 81 ii DRY. and
shall submit no ar-u ne nv W su~t IN ~
ony invite attention 70 certain facts ~ ON
clai record which seem % consttute demon
ouation.
thc nrSt time in our history 20 % ain ayaIua'
ton Of al. tie proper IN O. \ ME state :.
The tempt Was IN large DEGREE unSu'ecse
ful. Partly from lack Of tine, party IRON
preja dlte among many who thought the ~
0uirics furcShnuONed new scheme OF th&a
ton the returns were incomplete and unsaI'
iafactory Little more was done than % con
so.i late the local vaua ion used IN thc Sfatti
Tor urpo c. 81 asse ssn!enf. and that. aseserl
one knoNs differs widely from complete
~ ~ 5hc !" census II lsSo. however. the worl
Wa done win great thoroughncS>-the as
tinction between ''nssesstd value ana trun
result was that the true value u ail N
prop ,rty In the States and Terrtor - inciud
liz slaves amounted p to m ern 'n To's
80 nlr was the MT result OF the labor An
savings oil al the people In me ara ~ "
Unied stat nom tne une ,ne ~, s 49, ~
II represented the fruit 81 ne toh o. =
years. .s ...,.~.- -
encoul arcd Nj nd developed by protective a
iii Al the end 81 twenty years the total pr
merry ~ the United States. a. returned ~ a.
census q 20 WIS ~ lola
s<ft.tOlODNON. The great result was atts,ine
Notwithstanding the fact that countless M
ions had In the interval Teen wassea , y Y.
that while our population between ietl anu IL
increased sixty per cent. the aggregate pro
crty q theconntry ,ncrsaScm s,t pcr ss \,
am my the people. Thirty thousand mili,nl
81 doiIa, = f.j0thO. o00w0l had been aide az
ing the twenty years e the permanent veal
These results are regarded BY the older y
tons Of the world as Pine numenal That .
country should surmount the peril AMI Y
~
Of twenty years make an AVERAGE gain %
wealth 81 ,0o per month, SURPRISES
,pcrcnce oil all oticr Nations. ancient
,rserne system m 10 Z nvt pretend thai il
who'o history OF civilization any parallel 2
81 found to the material progress q
i Ther pers'od NJ we.n is6o and to-day has
been one y y \, RAJ pr2 -pcri,y only ;.,. a
there been such progress IN the moral \
philant ropic ncld: nelixIous ana enAritn
institutions schools scminar'cs ana co'ieE
h.xr ZEN founded and cndowci lar ~
generously than Vt am previous time A.
history Greater ami more VAT 81 tcltf
been EXTENDED 70 human suacfin< ann tne
tire pfOxrcs< or the country "a wealth.
he IA accompanied and suncd ~, bro
! INK aud elevation Of our National chatns
40 a people. - -o,
system proiuccs surplus but they sno
NOT FORGET III the law has given spcs
pur osc g which Al q 81 snrp,uS Y P.o
the pablsc dept and the c2nselntn trir'
the burden u taxation: 70 no.i.r nns :
wsssa an the s,s Sn'y cssrr 4 sSc IN
81 3 p.n-onlnf Of soldiers. sailors ann
famiiIcs-an cxtia. axAncc wnirn cmpo
q hishss f9rn q a ,gssicas e " When IL
ton OF 10 cation ~ % bc male, tnc Mp.
can party can be trusted y nccgmpl q, NJ
luch f0rn as " II most chtc-Ney aid TINS
slustr.cs 81 tho Nation
oUR roREIoS COMMERCE.
A frequent accu atom hy our. opponen
that the forc IN sonmelcc % nc coti
has steadily de- ayei IN " the nnu =. W.
shr q Ole tive tnrsn an this Way N ~ ~
ARA, tnc lnporuns Interest 49, ~, nst t ~,
puDiit IN party. IT'S yommo. auu ~
coun,ry VII liz carrying trade an erro
arn committed innocen ~ ana omctIne'
eignedly--bnt IN error ~ gro tnnt y
4. !. disfingu sh between TO snip AMI the
no foreixn CONNIE. &c. reps ,cnu .ns
ports and Imports rcxnriicse q tne nat.
~ II the es.eI tnat may carry the conn
S,es III excnanxe our carrying trato
from obvious causes suffered many dss
rments since 1870. but our foreign
sncrcc has In the anc period steadily AM
d'ri1usly nxrcassd-incrcls ~ IND 80
,ate ami 20 m amount when npso'
Gua,fs all previous dcyeopment ~ our
Il yond tine sen. from lSu 70 tne pr
sinrshc foreign commerco p the Y
S,ntcs ,siit lrd with approximate cquaiit
tween exports and iinports reached ~
founding aggregate o. twentv-iour Ito