The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-08-28
Democratic Fallacies.


attempts to delude its readers with
the statement that the Republicans
are making special appeal to the
tailoring man" in this contest, and as
sumes that 'sfor the first time in it's long
history the Republican party has discoy-
cred that such parsonage as the slaborinc
man. exists in this country" Oh, no.
The Republican party makes no special
appeal to any particular class of the people
of the country 1t simply endeavors to
show that the interests of all the people.
of whatever occupation or pursuit, are
promoted by the governmental policy it
supports. 1t believes in building up
American industries through the capital
and labor of American citizens, that
there may be mutual individual benefit
and national wealth and glory achieved.
1t believes in so adjusting our tariff du-
ties as to protect this capital and labor
against the impoverishing labor system of
Europe-to dignity the occupation of Ia
Dor by giving it ample remuneration,
Of capital. 1t believes in building UP a
home market. through diversified indus
tries, for all the products of the farm and
that the true policy Of this country IS to
establish its industrial independence as
completely as is its political independence
Our contemporary is equally mistaken
i'll its conclusion that heretofore the OBJ
jects of it's (the Republican party's) ten
derest care have been the great monopo-
lies and corporations of the country into
whose already overlooking Golfers has been
poured vast portion of the wealth won by
the blood and labor of the people and which
should have been held in sacred trust for
the peoples benefit" If the policy of the
Republican party has had the effect to
make the investment of capital in diver
sified Industrial enterprises remuneratiye
and give employment to labor, it has only
been understanding our industrial system,
SO that different avenues of usefulness
and profit might be opened up to the peo-
pie OF the country, whether they labor
with their hands OF their heads. Under
this system capital and labor, or we may
more properly say, capital in it's different
forms, is recognized as mutually DEEPEN
dent, and to be made useful must coop
crate. The capital of dollars and the cap
ital of mechanical skill and labor cannot
be well separated, and when they work
together for the utilization and benefit
OF each other, the product must be natural
wealth as well as individual prosperity. 1t
is thus that the ''wealth,won by the blood
and treasure of the people" is given back
to the people, and not sent across the wa
tiers to purchase that which we could not
produce under a free trade or tariff
for public purposes eTclusiUely" pol
icy. 1t is kept at home to create other
wealth, through the cooperation of the
money capital and the labor capital. 1t is
not necessary for the Republican party to
play the demagogue by appeals to any class
interest, for its policy encourages all
giving to each class the rewards which its
sagacity and business capacities may
justly command. What our contemporary
would have us understand to be monopo-
lies. is merely another name for the accu-
mutations Of well directed labor, managed
and controlled, in nine cases out Of ten,
by those who commenced in the shops at
per diem wages and worked themselves up
to capitalists both in skilled labor and dol
lars and cents. Our most successful man
ufacturers most prosperous ''monop-
olistS, are those who have made what they
have by their own industry and skill, just
as our most prosperous farmers are those
who by their own strong arms and syste-
matte labor have made two blades Of grass
grow where one grew before.
The prosperity of the country, in which
all share alike who will use the capacities
with which the Creator has endowed
them, is the result of the governmental
policy of the Republican party, and it-is to
that Republicans point as the assurance that
labor and capital are alike interested in
perpetuating it. Aquarter Of century
of unexampled progress and development.
with the fruits of individual and national
wealth unparalleled in the history OF Ma
lions, is that which the Republicans adduce
astestimony othe wisdom Of their admin
istration, and as the surest guarantee OF the
continued advancement of the country it
left to the same influences which have pro-
duced such results. Benefits flowing
from such conditions cannot be con-
fined to any one class. They flow to all
who will wisely use their own resources,
and what our contemporary calls 'smonopo-
olies'' grow in the degree that economy
and industry are applied in the utilization
of the wealth thus put afoat and scat
tered among the people. Master minds
will control in the channels of trade-wlll
accumulate while others waste-for values
can never be destroyed-and these are not
confined to any class and are restricted by
no discriminating laws. The field is opento
all-the laws and conditions are equal
for all. 1t is the Survival of the fit
test.'7
Equally superficial and fallacious is the
statement of the Viaadicatori in respect to
the public lands. 1.-The laboring man OF
the East" says our contemporary who
desires to secure modest competency be-
fore old age shall overtake him, can not
hope to find it On the fertile prairies OF the
West. Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Hunting
ton, and other pets Of the Republican par
ty, are the owners of the soil, which is the
lawful property of the whole American
people," These three men, classed as
monopolists, commenced poor, without a
dollar of inherited wealth. They simply
awaited themselves of the liberty to work
and plan, and scheme, which is the right
of every other man. They were success
full where others failed, and because of
their success they are classed as grinding
monopolists. How bong do these so-called
monopolies last = Russell Sage scattered
fourteen millions of his dollars is as many
days among the people, during the recent
panic in Wall street. Jay Gould lost. in
deprecated stocks, as much as twenty
millions dollars in as many days. All of
item used their credit and means to de-
velon tho country make wealth for 9TH