St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-23
ASTARTLING RECORD.

A few days since we gave a long list of
manufacturing enterprises which under the
high protective tariff of the Republican party
have within a few weeks failed or suspended
operations. To-day we wish to present to
the advocates of the principles of the ruling
party some few points in relation TO the pros
trate furnaces throughout the land. These
facts are reliable, and are obtained from the
Iron Age, the best authority in the land on all
questions relating to that and ksndred sub
jects.
More than half OF the blast furnaces in the
United States are reported idle. The table
prepared for the Iron Age shows so charcoal
furnaces in blast and us out. The capacity
of the idle ones is quite double the capacity
of those at work. Nearly all of these fur
naces are in southern OF western states.
Pennsylvania has a great majority of the
anthracite furnaces. OF the whole number
in the country So are in and al out of blast,
the capacity of the former being %, $50 tons
per week, and of the latter SO, 400. The btu
minous or coke furnaces are scattered through
many states. OF these seventy-nlne are in,
and 146 out of blast. A nail factory in Chat
tanooga, Tennessee, either had to suspend
or reduce wages, and so the men employed
therein are now working for less than 81 a
day. What has produced such wide spread
decentralization in the industries Of the coun-
tryl We are told that the imposition of high
duties gives to our laboring men constant
work aud high wages. Now at this very
time there are more than 800, 900
of NIL ~ Rvhn
have wives and children. The cold winter
is upon them and how they are to subsist I'M
til business revives is matter of great con-
Germ TO them as they already have their chill
dren calling for bread. Absolute suffering
must be endured before relief comes. The
country needs protection, but it is protec-
ton from the bad policy of the Repub-
lican party. The workingmen of
the country have it in their
power to apply the remedy by repudiating on
November 4th the party which has controlled
the destinies Of the nation for tweuty-four
years. After twenty years Of profound peace
We are paying war taxes and these will never
be reduced under the Republican manage
meut. Tine leaders of that party say that it
will never do to change, for then hard times,
such as have never been known, will come
upon the people.
Away with such nonsense. Is it possible
to make it worse than it is, Would not any
change be an Improvement If the time
shall ever come to throw the Republican party
overheard that time has come now. Our in
dustrics are demoralized, our people are out
OF emp.'rr crt and it is proposed to elect
Blaine. "a .. IN devoid of honesty as shown
by his GaEiu.ng record, and place him with
his high pr9:eeGve ideas over the destinies
of the people for four years, leaving
US 70 the mercy OF the Star route thieves.
It must not, it cannot be that
the American people have descended so low
man so universally condemned by the hon
orable men of his own party, to one who is the
tyne of honorable manhood. Cleveland has
been tried and has proven himself honest
aud capable. Blaine has been tried and
found guilty of the worst kind of frauds
In this land, favored by God beyond any
other, shall It 90 forth to
the world that honesty is not required
of our rulersi What a terrible example to
the young men OF the country if the masses
of the people should elevate the author OF the
Mullisan letters; the man who without in
vestiug dollar made more out Of the Little
Rock railroad than any of his confederates,
10 the highest and most honorable position
in the known world. But such we believe
will not be the case. We feel sure that
the working men ana the business
men in view Of our PROSTATE
enterprises and consequent Generalization
of every branch of industry viii see relief
only in the change Of administration and
cast their votes for Grover Cleveland, The