The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-29
TRADE-ITS ENEMIES AND ITS
FRIEnDS.

The country is recovering from the
extreme point Of depression, and If
nothing interfere the demand arising
from the general low state OF stocks
will set oil our shops, milf, iurnscss
and manufactures OF every description
busily at work, every wheel and every
tool turning out supplies in album
dance. When the era of depression
set in there was every where a great
outcry about "overproduction" and
the accumulation of goods in the
hands Of manufacturers, and it was
shown, especially in certain dspart-
ments, that the labor and machinery
ia the country is on rcale hat,when
fully employed, turns out lar more
rough material than the United States
can consume. Will not the came re-
suit follow when reyiying trade has
filled out the stocks o! the wholesale
and retail dealers, and when the Hush
OF reviving demand is over2 II 30,
then We must either let portion OF
our machinery and other adiuncts
Of manufacture lie idle, and
have corresponding proportion OF
labor left unemployed, or we must open
new markets for our manufactures by
means OF foreign trade. To dothis We
must reform our very RECONSTRUCTED
tariff. This reform the Republicans
declare they will not make. The
trade OF the country may be ruined,
and labor be driven to desperation
from privstions, but the eacred tariff,
like an ugly Indian idol, must be kept
reverentially unchanged, spite OF it's
deiormity and injustice. To the Demo-
cratic party we must therefore look,
and 1t is best to begin TO look at it
now, not wait until chad times" once
more bring the disorder that is bound
to arise when women and children are
crying for the food the unemployed
toilers have not the means OF giving
them. That party speaks in no timid
tones upon this subject. The Demo
cratic Campaign Book Of 1886 is clear
upon this point. 1t says the first cen
fury of our Republic was given to the
evolution of constitutional govern
ment, but the second century must
consider international, and espe
cially International and commercial
questions. is liberal tariff policy
must iDsugurate new departure
toward more liberal trade, and manu-
features must not be restricted tt
55,000,000 consumers at home, bu
have an outlet to the 2,000,0OO,OO(
consumers outside. From Jefferson'I
inaugural address to it's platform il
1884, the Democratic party have al
ways claimed for the American PEG
pie full liberty to trade wherever
WIS their interest to do so. The boo
we refer to procIaims that new foreigl
markets ara one Of the most pressing
demands Of the dsy-that 1t is die
graceful that OF the $5,000,C00,0O
value we annually manufacture bu
2 per cent. are sold in foreign mai
kets-that restrictions to trade wit
the vast country south of our ow
should be removed, and that Eul
land, Germany and France shoul
not have all OF it but the miserabl
one-sixth OF the whole we now poi
seas. With policy like the one hel
: declared, the country would not onl
! have employment for every whe
and every tool and every workin
l. man, but more factories, foundri
and shops would add to the wealth
: the couAtry, and an increased popul
ton would find demand for all
energy and employment for all
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