The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-23
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nennie that foreign nations are st['v :.
; nph v avery device to enter. IL !,
IL tII;s field that the opponents o
",,r present revenue system "ou.e
Ss.a,v admit the countries OF EUROPE
co.n,ries into whose internal traus
we could not reciprocal'y en.
countries to which we shou'd 70 s
rendering every advantage OF traus
from witch we should be galn,
;n1 nothing in return ano
witch would be disastrous to ~
mechanics and workingmen OF Tue
limited States. Wages are undooot'
edIv reduced when an indostrl"us
m INT. not able by his earnings u
live in comfort, educate his childre"
and lay by sufficient for the niece,
| stiles of old age. The reduct'on VI
wages is inevitable; consequent on
throwing our home market open to
the world, would deprive them o,
the power to do this. 1t would
prove q calamity to Cuf
country if it would produce
q conflict between the poo!
and the rich and in the sorrow vi
degradation of labor would plant
seeds of public danger. The Repub-
lican party has steadily aimed TO
maintain Just relations between labor
and capital. 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 TO
the injury of both. Labor is indis-
pensable to the creation and profita-
ble us, of capital, and capital in =
creases the eff ciency and value of
labor. Whoever arrays the one
against the other Is an enemy of
both. That policy is wisest ana Dest
which harmonizes the w on the
basis of absolute justice. The Re-
publican party has protected the free
labor of America SO that its cOmpen
sation is larger than is realized in
any other country.
1t has guarded our people against
the unfair competition of contract
labor from China, and NAV be called
upon to prohibit the growth nf a sim.
liar evil from Europe. II: is obvious
ly unfairt0 permit capitalists to make
contracts for cheap labor in foreign
countries. to the hurt and d~isparaye-
menG Of the labor of American citi-
zens. Such a policy would leave the
time, and other conditions of home
labor, exclusively in the control IT
the employer. It is injurious to all
and EOt the least SO to the un-
persons who are made the SUBJ
jects of these contracts. The institu-
lions Of the United States rest on the
Intelligence and virtue of all its peo-
pie. Suffrage is made universal as a
just weapon of self-prOtection to
every cit.Z IN. 1t is not to the interest
Of the republic that any economic
should be adopted viii Ii in
wolves the reduction of wages to the
hard standard prevailing elsewhere.
Ehe republican party aims to elevate
and dignity labor, not to degrade it.
AsasubstlGute for the Industrial sys-
ten, by which a republican administra-
lion has developed such extraordinary
prosperity, our opponents offer a pol
icy which is but a series or expert
mentS on Our system of revenues: a
whose end must be harmful to
our manufacturers. and agreater harm
10 our lab0rerS. Experiment in our
industrial and financial system is the
,ountrys greatest dread, as stability
its greatest boon. Even the un-
certainty resulting from the recent
;arif agitation in congress has inju-
affected the business of the
country.
Who can measure the harm to our
shops aid Jul homes, to our farms
md OUT commerce. if the uncertainty
a perpetual tariff agitation is to- be
NIL ;cted upon the country? We are
n the midst of an abundant harvest:
We are ON the eve of a revival of
prosperity. Nothing stands
n our way but the dread of a change
n the industrial system, which has
wrought such wonders in the last 20
7ears, and which, with the W of |
increased capital, will work still
greater marvels OF prosperity in the
'Wenty years to come.
OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
Our foreign relations favor our do.
nestle development. We are at peace
With the world; at peace upon a sound
'asls, with no unsettled questions of |
efficient magnitude to embarrass or
|lstract u craftsmanship. Happily
emoved by our geographical position
rom participation m INTEREST," those
IuestiOns of dynasty or boundary.
Which so frequently disturb the peace
Europe, we are left to cultivate
rlendly relations with all,
no are free from possible entangle-
aents in the quarrels of any. The
nlted States has no cause and no de
Ire to enter into any conflict with
ny power on earth, and we NAV rest
4 confidence that no power desires to
tack US. With the nations of the
Western Hemisphere we should cult
ate closer relations, and for our
Ommon prosperity and advancement
should induce them all to Join
18th us in an agreement that. for the
atu;e, all international troubles in
'orth "r South America, should be
1Justed by impartial arbitration, and
Ut by arms.
This project was part of the fixed
ollcy OF President Garfield's admin
tration. and it should in my judg-
lent DO renewed. Its accomplish
|ent on this continent would favor
oly affect the nations beyond the
"a and thus powerfully contribute {
no distant date, to universal &C.
'ptance of the philanthropic and +,
tristan principle of arbitration. ,
effect of suggesting arbitration !
r the Spanish American states has f
zen most happy, and has increased 6
e confidence of those people in our i
lendly disposition. 1t fell to NV :
{ As SECRETARY of State. in June, 1881. :
quiet apprehensions in the Repub. I
Of Mexico by giving the assurance .
an official dispatch that there Is +
desire ia the United States for n
rrltorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The =
'undaries of tue two republics have n
established in conformity with .
. best jurisdiclional interests of !,
Tn. The line Of demarkation is +,
It merely convenience, it is more: y
separates the Spanish-Am.rlcau :,
Ople from q SaxOn-Americau :,
ople. 1t divides one great nation =.
another with distinct and :.
tural affinity. We seek the CON ~
est Of peace. We desire to extend -,
Z commerce anA ~ a. ~ -