The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-07-24

mas within that period doubled he( p0pula-
tion and increased hcr wealth f1ve-fold. Dur.
ing the same period the imports and exports
which have entered and left her h1rbor are
amount imported and exported by her between.
the settlement of the first Dutch colony on
the Island of Manhattan and the outbreak Of
the civil war in 1880.
AdRiettruHE AND THE TAnIrr.
in the nation, and Is Entitled fiji every adjust
ment of revenue laws to the first c6ffsidera;
any % Hostile to th 5ne ntd Sss
must be abandoned. Realizing this fact the
opponents of the present system of revenue
farmers Of the United States tSas they are
robbed by protective tariff, and the effort is
thus made. to eopsolidate their vast influence
in favor OF free trade. But happily the farm
ers of America are intelligent and oati fiot bs
misled by sophistry when conclusive facts are
before them They see plainly that Sdurisg
been acquired in one section or by one inter-
est at the expense of another section or an
other interest They see that the agricultural
States have made even more rapid progress
than the manufacturing States.
The farmers see that in 1860 Massachusetts,
tween $500, 900 900, and $500, ,ooO, 900 each-and
that in 1880 Massachusetts had advanced to
SOSoSS T Thes sea s't4 'f4at New Jersss and ID
and that in twenty Years the wealth 81 NsW
600, while the wealth of Iowa was increased by
the sum of 81, 500, ,0O0, ,o0O,. They see that the
South, which is almost exclusively argricul-
tural, has shared in the general prosperity,
end that having recovered from the loss and
devastation Of war. has gained 90 rapidly that
Its total wealth ID at least the double OF that
which Ii possessed In 1860, exclusive of slaves
In these extraordinary Developments the
farmers see the hopeful impulse of q homo
revenue system enacted sine the Republican
party came into H sa mas Sea saa
fhofa in, fho oI- llnaf xvb foh Il
our chief cereal export. they have sold in the
average of the years since the close of the war
abroad, and that in the case of corn, the only
other cereal which we export to any extent,
| one hundred bushels have been used at home
| to three and half bushels exported. In some
| years the disparity has been so great that for
| every peek Of corn exported one hundred
Rehe Ret be ss ee thas u s
competition from the grain fields ST htissia
and from the distant plains of India the
| greater concern to them, and that its impair
ment would depreciate the value of every acre
of tillable land in the Union.
OUR INTERNAL COMMERCE.
Such facts as these touching the growth and
consumption of cereals at home give us some
slight conception of the yastness of the inter
n as Of il, the sdd ID sases sbs Yae
ages which the American people enjoy from
! protection against foreign competition, they
enjoy the advantages anita d OF th ansolnse free TRADE
esSn eommeree sena q our states and ea nne
drance, without tax, detention or Govern
mental interference of any kind whatever. il
spreads free over an area of three and hail
to the whole continent of Europe. Its profits
are enjoyed to-day by fifty-six six. millions o.
Aisrisai, frsen,sn e a,a and from this en5oymen
ander Hamilton, whef he discussed the same
subject in 1880 1.-THE internal c6hipstiti5f
which takes place does away with every thint
like monopoly, and by degrees reduces the
prices of articles to the minimum of a reasona
BILE profit on the capital employed" 1t is impos
A sBss B9R to sa5 single seon in tn
tered by the indtstfiai system which is tiphelt
by the Republican party.
Compared with our foreign commerce
these domestic changes are inconceivably
great in amount, requiring merely as one in
strumentality as large mileage of railroads
as exists to-day in oil the other nations of the
world combined. These internal exchange
are estimated by the statistical Bureau oi
the Treasury Department to be annusll.
eigu commerce. 1t Is into this vast field o
home trade-st once tho creation and the herr
It IS into this Acid fhSt lie sppshshts ii st
present rsssgg ny system m6n,d frSslS @ admi
internal trade we could not reciprocally en-
ter; countries to which we should be sur
WhicS Ws should be gaining u nothing in rG re
,
turn.
EFFECT UPON THE MECHANIC AND THE Ia
EoaER,
, A boiicy Of this kind would be dissstrpus +
the mechanics and workingmen of the Unite
Industrious man is not able by his earning
to live in comfort, educate his children, an
lay by SUFFICIENT M AMOUNT @ for the neccssitie
consequent upon throwing our h5ffts marke
!, open to the world would deprive them of til
power to do this. 1t would prove grea
; conflict between the poor and the rich, an
: in the sorrowful degradation of labor woul
{ plant the seeds of public danger.
] The Republican party has steadily aimed tt
{ maintain just relations between labor ant
eapItaI-giarding with ehre tic. rights .
: led in the past, and will always lead in tn
future, to the injury of both. Labor is indis
pensable to the creation and profitable use Q
8 capital, and capital increases the efhcienc
and value of labor. Whoever arrays the on
against the other is an enemy Of both. Thf
policy Is wisest M n and b beat which; harm harmenizs h
Q Republican party has protected the free labo
: of America SO that its compensation is large
s guarded our people against the unfair comp
t tition of contract labor from China, and ma
!, be called upon to prohibit the growth of
similar similar eS nert ITOm canit:ts to sIe ca
g TRACTS for cheap labor in foreign, eo1fitrit
; to the hurt and dispaEngement of the labor
/
t which would leave the time and other Co
Q dititions OF home labor exclusively In the CO
: : troll of the employer is Injurious to q
q | parties-not the least so to the unhappy pc
e sons who are made the objects of the contrac
9 The institutions Of the United States re
e upon the intelligence and virtue of all y
lr people. Suffrage is made universal as a ju
IS weapon of Sc .f-protection to every citizen.
re is not the interest of the Republic that al
Is economic system should be adopted which i
n wolves the reduction of wages 10 the ha
n standard prevailing elsewhere. The Repu
lican party aims to elevate and dignity labo
e not to degrade 1t.
d As a substitute for the industrial syste
&c which under Republican Administrations h
T. T. developed such extraordinary, prosperity, o
ot opponents offer policy which is but seri
d OF experiments upon our system of revenue
z policy whose end must be harm to our ma
r Experiment in the Industrial and financi
n system is the country's greatest dread as 81
es bility is its grearest boon. Even the unc'
e tion in Congress has hurtfuliy affected t
o business of the entire country. Who C
n measure the harm to. our shops and o
uncertainty of perpetual tariff agitation is
be inflicted upon the country? We are in I
is midst of an abundant harvest; we are on
as eve of a revival of general prosperity. No
he ing stands in our way but the dread o.
to change In the industrial system which
,e- wrought such wonders in the last twer
d. years, and with which the powers of increas
he capital will work still greater marvels of pr
or perity in the twenty years to come
es OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
es Our foreign relations favor our domestic
ne velopment. We are at peace with the worlt
~ ~ at peace upon sound basis, with no unsett
OF questions Of sufficient magnitude to emb
~ rass or distract US. Happily removed by {
~ geographical position from participation
ny Interest in those questions of dynasty
.n boundary which so frequently disturb
at friandIy reIetiops with ali and ore free fr
,iy possible entanglemcnts in the quarrels of a
de The United States has no cause and no des
NJ to engage in conflict with any power on ear
ea and we may rest in assured confidence that
70 power desires to attack the United States.
rs With the nations of the Western Hel
ne sphere we should cultivate closer relatio
ur and for our common prosperity and advan
N ment we should invite them all to join W
cS. ,,s II, on that for tho f,,t,,ra
ely internation5i troubles in North or So,
America shall be adjusted by impartial al
nj tration, and not by arms. This project '
an part of the fl ed policy of President CARTEL
M administration, and it should in nv ju
ne ment be renewed. is ACCOMPLISHMENT