The Republican journal., 1884-01-03
Mr.. Carlisle's Success.
WHAT A WASHINGTON REPU BLICAN SEES /,


cratic party if it's Congress undertakes to
fool with the tariff question. Upon the
request of the correspondent to see
them, the old Republican complied. He
began:
''The electoral vote of New York is
essential to the success Of the Democratic
party. That State is the political battle
field on which the Presidential contest Of
1884 will be decided Now let us look
at the statistics of the nativity of the
population Of that State. After you are
posted as to the nativity Of its citizens,
we will look into their occupations.
Then you will clearly understand the
political danger the Democrats will have
to encounter if they fool with the tariff,
which |, being opposed to them, hope
they will do" He tluttered the leaves
of the red morocco memorandum book
as he searched for the table he desired to
show me. He found it. 1t was table
of the nativity of the foreign born popu-
lation Of the States of New York, Penn
sylvania. Ohio and Indiana He had
underlined the figures representing the
citizens of Irish bir h. Here is the
abridged table:
Number Of citizens of Irish birth in New
Sumber "fb Of ciilens Of r:h irh IN psnn
Number OF citizens of Irish birth in Ohio. 7s,9.7
Number Of citizens of Irish birth in Indiana. -, al
Total in the four
My Republican friend said: Look
well at this table. These are tateful
figures. Allowing one vote for every
five people, there are, in round numbers,
100000 voters of Irish birth in New
York, $4,000 in Pennsylvania, 10000 in
Ohio, and 5000 in Indiana. These voters
are Democratic. They were driven out
of their native land by the English.
Their race has been oppressed for gen
erations. Their hatred of England and
the English is intense. The British
ruthlessly stamped out the manufacturing
industry Of their native land. They
forced the Irish people to become agri-
culturists and labOrers. These voters
have lived in land where English com
petition, strengthened by English law,
forbade a mixed industry. They know
from bitter experience how hard life is
under those conditions These voters
are Democratic because they believe it
to be for their interest. They know that
the industry Of this country has been
built up under protective tariff They
also know that England has ceaselessly
endeavored to break down the American
tariff and to turn our Custom Houses
into warehouses, in which to store Eng
lish goods. They know that the agents
of British manufactures attend every ses-
sion OF our Con- -ress and tempt members
to revise the tariff. They thoroughly
understand that England desires, above
all other things. free trade with the
United States, They know, as all people
know, that any commercial policy Eng
land wants adopted 10y another country
proves to be a mighty good thing for
England and exceedingly injurious for
the other country. If the Irish voters
don't know these facts they can and will
learn them. We Republicans will cheer
fully teach these facts to them before the
next Presidential election. Suppose your
party goes into the coming contest with
d plank in your platform favorable to
free trade. You may cunningly disguise
1t under the phrase of "a tariff for reve-
nue. but it means free trade as soon as
pidctlcaOic. II louI party adopts this
unWlse policy We will attack You through
the race prejudice of the Democratic
voters Of Irish birth. We will capture
those voters by the thousand, The po-
litical leaders will not bc able to hold
them in the Democratic ranks, and YOU
will surely lose not only New York, but
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana also"
Tie looked inqulringly into my eyes and
asked, "Do You grasp the situation :"
Again the leaves of the red morocco
memorandum book tiuttered. \ table
showing the number of males over ten
years old employed in manufacturing
and mining in the four States was show n
to me. Here it is:
Number of males engaged in New York ..4a2 90
Number Of males engaged in Pennsylvania .45l Al
Number of males engaged IN Ohio. .2l0 ;i62
Number of males engaged III lndiana,........ 9S f9G
Total of the four st tcs..... ..........l, ,253 ia
The politician ran his eyes over the
figures and then said : ''More figures,
more tatetul figures. Now study this
table. Let us say that one halt OF these
males are voters and that one fourth of
the voters are Of Irish birth (not wanting
to count these twice., and we have 1872,
600 voters engaged in manufacturing
and mining in New York, 1863, 900 in
Pennsylvania, 10000 i'll Ohio and 81, 900
in Indiana. AS said, we wilt draw the
voters of Irish birth to us by showing
them that to vote for a revenue tariff is
to vote for the interests of the British
manufacturers, and We will prevent any
defiecuon of the voters engaged III man
utacturing by clearly demonstrating that
a reduction OF the tariff means a reduc-
ton OF wages without any corresponding
reduction in the price of food DO YOU
believe that these men Will vote against
their own interests? Remember leoO."
Again the leaves of the red morocco
memorandum book tluttered. Pointing
with his index finger at the table my
friend said: "These are the figures of
the railroad geographical group No. ,,
as shown in the census reports of 1850
The States of New York, PENNSYLVANIA,
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Maryland, Del
aware, New Jersey and the District of
Columbia compose this group. In 1880
there were Is. .4Ul miles of completed
railroad in operation in this group.
There are many more miles now, of
course. These roads earned during the
year previous to the census report S}33-
726,O9O. The net income applicable to
dividends was 500, l69,7S7 The divi-
dends actually declared We're S37 O7O, 429
The permanent investment of capital in
the railroads operating in this group was
in 1880 S5,325, I94, ,656. This sum has
been largely increased during the past
three years. OF course you understand
that much of the stock representing the
value of these roads is water, but" and
he tapped me lightly on the breast, -'the
tariff has enabled the companies to pay
dividends on the water. Many people
think that the ironmasters pocket the
bulk of the protection, This is not true.
The transportation charges on the raw
materials and on the finished products
are much higher than they would be if
the stocks had not been watered but
they have been watered, and they are
held by thousands Of people, who regard
them as permanent investments, and
who expect to live on the dividends
earned. These dividends cannot be
earned under free trade policy
"Suppose the tariff on iron and steel
and other heavy goods is reduced The
railroads will be forced to reduce trans
portatlon charges. They cannot expect
the iron and steel workers to bear all
the reduction. Having reduced the
il.