The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-15
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should b. Imparilsily Considered,
LHADyIILs, May l.-[O0Tespondenee J.
n hils Visiting Denver few days ago | met
q gentleman iron kes York, an Intrinsic
associate Ia ante bsiium dAys, now an able
and Influential republican. Conyeising
Nith the a. edom and unfessTys 81 old
friendship, DO made some striking state
msuis colerfnlng toe politics OF she day,
the SUBSTANCE u which Will venture 10 re-
peat.
lie said tho pro eeiiys tariff produced
Temporary though deceiiiul prosperity,
similar % that wrought by al over lssle u
paper montyi Tsaoli0a would surely ialloN
such artificial activity, Whe,htr due 10 tar
INT or imitation Of the circulation, the exist
ing bus,nes, GeprssA0n and sissnaltla be
ing the natural sequence OF ih9 presiding
stimulus. Ihs evils engendsIed by the tar
IN are mole permanent aud isr-Fs aoh'ns
than had been thought passlbls; that, as
By stretching wires across tbs current, ia
one channel ~ the Missi, sippi bar can DO
formed and ell the waters wired into the
other ohsnnti, 20 many slight obstacles Ia
tho Urea cufEeu al trade suffice 20 tufn 10
tiOn, one ehanael Into 4Aoth, f--Iaay take
trade ifo4l Gus nAtion and give 70 10 an
other,
oar tariff la, 90 hind0Ted the exchange
OF CON nOdities between tbi. eounny sul
England that the latter was, ior ten yes =,
co IA pei 90 q paw us yearly gold balalee
OF Slo0,OOJ,0g0, chain upon Tor resources
that could not DO indefinitely keps up with
out great rick. This forced England %
seek DINER grain fields; she found, and has
rspidly Developed them In Russia, Aus
traiia, aud Iniia Her supply OF bread
Gtniis Tor this season has been largely OBJ
iain.a IN those couatries, hence the small
demand for our breadstnif.. aud the Tow
press brought by them. Next year !, ia
believed Ear0pe can be VII liz supplied by
Hindostsn, uhose grain fields, along the
foot hills OF The Himalayas. arc Just beng
opened up by railways.
Low prices already proclaim 10 our wheat
growers what May be exneclei irom the
actlye composition Of the "ehotp Labor OF
Hindoslun, How csn No "prctsot' our
farmers against ~ They should at amy
rate have the PRIVILEGE OF buyini - ehehply
rs their rivals dc, and will BOON demand 1t.
II tho pTotec i've tariff Is kept up much
longer our brendstuifs will b. driven from
Enropesn markets.
For tho some reason Nc ara threatened
with the loss OF foreign markets for our
meats. Trlohipn furnish preteSt to.Ger.
many and France, tor excluding oar pork,
tho real reason being desire 20 preserve
ordered by our pr0hibltitofy tariff. Zen
ysafG ago but iittli fresh mssi, gu hoot or
slaughtered. was shipped TO Europe. The
grOWipC and iffCsiE ti3la tender cies or the
ase h TO break dowu ell Obstacles 20 trade,
whether the obstacles be tariff, timI or dis.
taacs. II we pefs'-tin playing the part Of
nbsructioni,ts, EaslaEt will soon be geG.
tiug beet from South Ameticc, rs she Is now
getting mutton from Australia
AapnfsFturprH gFf rpsllglug lln fnCt tnEt
they have outgrown their sw.ddling
clothes. The tariff make, their pro.
auctions too dear to eater into
open competition with those OF
olter nations, 30 they arc rsstrioted to
tins homo market which hg9 cen so g'utted
that prices, wages and f!cloFiai. themselves
have all gone down. There IL 6us one re-
soarce, prod uction must sop till cousuMp.
tion reduces The accumulation. Our maui
iacturers so amply equipped with labor,
skill and capital, have learned TINS from
bitter experience. that 1t il unsNie 20 have
their sales limited 10 thia one country.
Thoughtlul northern men ara looking
upon tho state of affairs with o. Yiety, aud
many nj h iorobodIngp, iOr cotton end gold
are inc only ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS not threat
eaed with disaster by the continued ascen-
dency Of republican ideas. ts it post
BILE TO regain our trade ia grain, which We
have driven away by our oSn selfish legis-
lation:
Aud for whose benefit is trade thus
Bhsckled and stricken DOWN. Hes not the
prica OF labor bean steadily declining FOR
the last ten yoars? Is not bell the labor de-
pendent upon northern manufacturers now
Idle?
LaboriDg men arc learning that some.
thing iB radically, wroHg, they cannot I'M
derstaud why they tail t. get work, when
the banks are con Scsted with money, or
why they need bs hungry, when tho ele.
vstors are bursting with gram. They are
finding out that The gilt Of protection so
generously accorded them by the ruling
classes ia such protection as tho wolf gives
the lamb.
The prot ctive tariff Is doomed sud must
20. II tue democracy make a. determined
onslaught upoa i5--it they feariessly dis.
cuss The question upon the. astump and
through She papers and properly expose the
tective system, success wilI csrtainly crown
their efforts.
On the other hand, if timid couueels con-
troll the party; II, abandoning pridciple, 1T
follows in the devious ways Of expediency;
If, Sinking the tariff issue, the democracy
continues to trail behind the republican
party, hoping, Ike hungry, speaking cur,
to pick up the coveted bone, il case 1t be
awkwardiy dropped, then will it Do utterly
routed and disorgeniZed.
Northern people, seeing 10 question OF
policy or priGcipe@st e'ake-heaIing only
Inc ciamor tre 'outs" egain,t The "ius"
would re .ard the struggle as q contest he
tween eooilsmen, and Influenced by habit,
preference and seu.imert would cagt solid
republican vote. The republicans, during
the neEs administrator, approaching the
needs ara demands OF she country, would
rapidly reduce TIE tariff. ibis would IN.
sure them new hold upon the government
not to BE relaxed for great length OF tine,
while the democratic party would receive
the contempt merited for its weakness and
yscilation, and, shorn Of political poWer
ard moral influence, would sink into the
miserable condition of u snarling, impotent
and despised faction.
NY friend declared the eentlmsnts as
above expressed were not peculiar to him
self, but extensively entertained, both by
eastern politicians and business mon. no
was led TO believe, when in Washington,
that many, probably fourth, of the re-.
publican members of congress are secretly
in favor of tariff reduction, and are now
trembling lest the democracy for once cease
to blunder and boldly take the path leading
to victory.
The Vote.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-Following Is the
vote by yeas and nays in the house on the
tariff bill:
Yess-Adarns, of Illinois, Anderson, AR.
not. Atkiuson Baype, Bedford, Bingham.
Biabeo, Cantelle, Bowen, Boyle, Brainerd,
Breituug, Brewer, OF New York, Brewer, OF
New Jersey. Brown, of Indiana. Brown,
of Pennsylvania, Brum, Budd, Bur-
leigh, CaIkins, Campbell, of Pennsylvania,
Cannon. Chace Connallv, Converse Gull