The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-29
Voters, Attention !


in Congress has done wrong in regard to the
Post Office appropriation Our esteemed
cotemporary EOery EseniRg says Mr.. Lore
What is the position Of Mr.. Gray upon that
question? How did Mr.. Gray vote in the
Senate? Let his constituency remember
that he voted against it.
Let then the ineradicabe record stand
clearly before this ship-building constituent
cy of Wilmington forever that Senator Gray
voted directly against the interests of Will
mington, against the most promil ent indus.
try Of Delaware, against the interest of
thousands Of her workingpeople, also of
their employers Harlan & Holliugsworth, the
Pusey & Jones Co., The jackson Sharp, &
Co., and half dozen of the largest labor
employing firms of the metropolis of this
State Mr.. Lore took 'he opposite course.
He voted for the workingman and the indus
tries Of his constituency. Senator Gray has
no excuse for voting against the manufacture
ing industries of Wilmington. To any can
did honest mind the cry Of subsidy when
applied to this Post office Appropriation bill
is the merest sophstiy. This was demon
strated over and over again both on the floor
of the Senate aud in the House. 1t was
al, a.. I,u+f hn c;b
BILE to each steamship company would in no
instance coine within the cost of the service
rendered And compared with payments
made by other nations for mail service were
literally laughable How then is this sub-
sidy under the construction that that tenn
has come to be one rlproach In no instance
under this appropriation will the Postmaster
General be enabled to pay the steamship
companies anything uear the rate paid for
inlaud postage And yet such statesmen
as the Hon George Gray say that they can
not find it consistent with their ideas to do
otherwise than put another obstruction in
the way of the growth Of American commerce
and hip-bulding Let the Senator answer
straightly to his constituents here He will
he given the opportunity within the next
two months! This is a square issue between
the manufacturing aud labOring interests uf
Wilmington and Senator Gray. Our esteem
ed cotemporary Eoe,y Erening enunciated
strange doctrine to the workilgmen Of Viii
mington Saturday last when ticiziug Mr..
Lore's advocacy of the Sci e's $780, 09O
amendment in the House.
The editorial referred 10 reminds US of the
un. progressive au-American sentiments OF
Representative McAduo, Thursday week,
when speaking in opposition to This amend
ment :-"when this continent is sulfi GENTLY
developed, and when it bee mes necessary to
pluw tile seas as well as the land, We shall 20
upon tie broad ocean and viii tut to Il e
genius and the wealth aud tie power Of the
United States to make iscf lelt on the high
seas as it has on tile land to-day. Gap
plause).
The above IS verbatim from Cong. Record
May 2O.h, 1885. One would look for such
sentiments naturally to one hundred years
back 1t is needless to state Representa-
tive Lore of Wilmington did not lin in that
applause. He does not exist in that paleo-
zoic age OF our history where commerce and
ship. building is unnecessary The commu-
nifty which he represents in Washington is
commercial and ship-bulling one and a
| community that does not concede Eoery
| EUentng'S teachings that all we can resort to
to earn the wage of unskiled labor is the
agricultural field! But Senator Gray, by
his vote in the Senate, caused that applause
and gave birth to this heresy against tile
interests of his own birthplace. His vote
inspired the unpatriotic, unprogressive
apotlegm that this country may be nation
of plowmeU, with no manufactures or com.
nerce-an agricultural people only Truly
Senator Gray represents agricultuIa iuter.
est only, not Wilmington's. What would
Harlan & Holinsworth, the Pusey & Jones
Co., or jackson & Sharpe do without theil
hundreds and thousands of unskilled labor
ers But our enterprisng contemporary
would also have no ship. building done helt
at all. What do the mechanics, engaged il
the shops referred to, think Of such tcacE'
ings
This foreign mail carrying i just the ad
ditional flip that may enable our almost
expiring shipping lines 10 prosecute still
further their attempts in favor Of American
commerce, or it would afford encouragement
to new attempts. Must we not maze tile at
tempt Who is this Senator Gray tha
: stands in the way and consents that out 0
s4Oo, 100000 of South American expor
trade, his own country, the United State
get but $75, 900, 600! He wishes and help
England, France, Germany and othe
European nations to collect yearly $325, ,009,
900 from Brazil, and the Argentine Republi
and Chi and Peiu These are the true fig