The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-05-20
Who Shouldn't Complain.

A little over a year ago the re
publican press Of the country from
the great monopoly sheets down to
their snalles, echo in the country,
were parading the fact that the re.
publican secretary OF the treasury
had boarded in the treasury vaults
nearly s4OO.OO0,0OO, which he had
turned over to his successor. Such
an immense sum Of money hid away
in the treasury was then hcralded
forth to the country az the very
height OF enlightened craftsmanship
and financial engineering, by repub-
licans every where. Now, the same
class OF papers are complaining bit
telly Of the democratic adininistra-
ton because it Is pursuing the same
policy which they commended SO
highly when done by 4 republican
ad ninistration. II 1t was wise finan-
cial engineering t. have S4OO,OOO,OOO
stored away from business and the
use OF the people, it il still greater
wisdom to have business robbed Of
5000 900 900, nearly. So republicans
shouldn't complain now Of what they
praised Il year ago, unless they are
prepared to vote with the Nationals
for d correction Of this evil.
WHO NAY COMPLAIN.
Democrats have right to com
plain Of this boarding the money o.
the country in the treasury vault.
because they denounced 1t wheI
done by republicans, and had RICH
to expect a change in policy under
democratic administration. The,
are disappointed, and justly, because
they supposed that Andrew jackson
democracy was to be ON deck with ,
purpose to use the surplus funds II
the treasury to pay the debt.
Nationals have been telling demo
Gratis for the past ten years that tn
financial policy OF Democrats an'
| Republicans were Identical. Their
was no way to demonstrate it bu
with a democratic administration
For neatly two years the country ha
been blessed 90 with it; now, vii
some enthusiastic democrat poin
out where the financial policy G
this administration differs from tina
OF its predecessor?
And yet, the present administra
ton is an improvement upon wha
the republican party has been givin,
the country, and upon what it had
right to expect from it under tn
Blaine regime. It has made an hon
est effort to restore to the people
portion OF the lands which the re
publican illegally and corruptly CAV
to railroad corporations, and ha
generally been economical wher
the republican party was corrupt
extravagant. All this has been q
improvement. Thirty years ago til
republican party ut Pittsburg adopt
ed this resolution:
KesolUed, That the public lands Q
the United States belong TO the peO
Die aud should not be sold to indlyid
uals nor granted to corporations
but should ~ held as y sacred trus
for the benefit Ut the people, an,
should be granted IN limited quaint
lies tree Vt cost 10 landless settlers
4 And IN the face Of this fundamen
tai declaration it has given ava
nearly 2OO,UO0,OOO acres Of the peo
pies lands to corporations Of whicl
congressman We're members. Hav
ing war tariff twenty years afte
peace is established is bad enough
put the boarding the money OF tn
country in the public treasury j
vastly more disastrous than w0ult
be pronibi,ory tariff upon ever.
foreign fabric. Ninety per cent Q
everything produced in this countr.
| is consumed within the Cnitet
States. A financial system tina
would give money to the people up
on a rate two per cent higher THAI
| is charged to the national bank.
would secure such employment K
all the industries OF the country thai
+, the consumption OF the mannfactur
. ed goods and oil the products OF ag'
riculture would be increased from
thirty to forty per cent. Thus there
would be a demaud for more than il
now made and produced without the
least over-production. Money u
thee pei cent to agriculture and
business enterprises, upon adequate
security. would cause American skill
and industry to laugh at foreigI
competition, even though the Chi
nese wall OF protection Were com.
pletely wiped out Of existence.
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