Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-13

those OF Pennsylvania. In fact. haveis
from the best possible source thatthe man
ufacturers OF Penn sy1vania, who are more
highly protected than anybody else ana
who make large fortunes every year wnen
times are prosperous, practically give
nothing toward the maintenance OF tne
ascendancy Of the Republican party VI
course shall not violate what consioer
to b, proper principle of action; but, II
/ had my way about It, ] would put the
manufacturers Of Pennsylvania under the
Ore and fry all the fat out of them II the
Mills Tariff bill comes to the Senate there
will be some votes cast there which WALL
open the eyes Of some of the people VINO
have, while gathering their millions,
treated the Republican party as tnelr
humble servant"
But who gets the money represented by
the enhanced cost Of the article to the
consumerl Does it need q remarkable
mind to perceive that it is the man or the
company who produces and sells the
articlef Thus the tariff. so far as it oper-
ates protection, amounts merely to this:
That vast sum Of money is continually
being paid to the domestic producers OF
tariff protected articles by the American
people who buy them, in excess of what
they would be Obliged to pay but for tariff
law
And but latelya new device has piled
monopoly on monopoly-the invention OF
the trusts. It has long been an argument
of protectionists that competition among
domestic manufacturers would prevent the
exaction of the full tribute which pro-
lection duty would otherwise enable, and
hold down the price Of their goods to cost
and reasonable profit; and such might be
the natural tendency OF competition,
though never realized to the extent of their
claim. But do you tame the tiger by the
food Of flesh and blood, Combinations
have been devised and already successful
" effected in many Of the great lines OF
tariff covered production. and under THEN
management prices have been again forced
up to high-water, or high. war, limit. Take
example and take warning, We who till our
fields, in the steel trust to whose Golfers
you contribute SO freely OF your toih
Three years ago steel was freely sold
and easily produced, with abundant
profit, at ~ cents pound. The steel
trust sent the price to 10 cents in less
than single year, AMI your plowshares
glisten in brighter significance of their
golden profits the more you FURNISH them
in the furrow. Competition is lost in COM
bination, and the producers of the North
west are under the load Your President
pointed this all out to you in his message,
daring to encounter the perils OF their
power in devotion to the interests OF the
people who had trusted him and in whom
he puts his trust.
And now comes home the demi-god of
Republican idolatry to receive the worship
of his party and fight the cause OF trust in
whose coach-and-four he journeyed
abroad What says he to you of those
colossal conspiracies to gather the wealth
you creates
s.When President Cleveland delivered
his message, he had something to say to
the American people about the danger of
trusts. \ Well, shall not discuss
trusts this afternoon. / shall not venture
to say they are altogether advantageous
or disadvantageoua They are largely
private affairs. with which neither Presi-
dent Cleveland nor any private citizen has
any particular right to interfere"
Is there here no echo from the famous
speech of one William NJ Tweed to the
people he had plundered: What are you
going to do about ita'
1t is gratifying always to speak OF
political adversary, and especially OF
candidate for Office, in honest terms Of
respect, and 1t is pleasing to say that, I'M
doubleday, in the selection Of General
Harrison, the Republican party chose
gentleman who, though no represents in
all his beliefs and sentiments the harmful
doctrines of their creeds, is yet beyond
any private reproach Of political scandal.
He is entitled, in his capacity of gentle
man of scholarship and character, es-
pecial = as the nominee Of . great party,
chosen after 3 great struggle for the
place, to far higher consideration than
he appears to receive. The canvass is no
sooner established by his nomination than
another gentleman comes forward, her.
aided, by all the trumpets of the party, as
the real object of its alteration. 1t seems
to be given out do not undertake to say
whether with any authority or not, but it
is evidently with the design to make those
who are "magnetized" believe it, that in
General Harrison's adm nistration, If it
were to come about that he should have
one, the .uncrowned king Of the party,
the greatest living statesman" who, in
q long career Of public life, never devised
or procured the enactment of single
measure of public good, is to be the DOM
inant power of the party and the premier
of the Government.
THUS the alluring temptation is held out
to you, fellow-citizens, to take your choice
in person, in accordance with your fancy,
those OF you who reject Blaine can vote
for Harrison. But, fellow-citizens, you
will find no such uncertainty upon the
other side. He was, indeed, well nigh
stranger to most Of the American Nation
when, four years ago, led by that Provi-
dence which has so often interpoe ed in the
affairs of the Republic for its glory, the
Democratic National convention presented
to the SURFACES Of their countrymen the
name OF Grover Cleveland. But he is no
stranger to the American people to-day.
They have learned to know this man, not
through the pretentions Of skillful words,
but by mighty acts of manhood and states
mansnip, which become the Executive OF
great people and the leader Of great
party. They have seen him constant in the
midst of storm and trial as the cliff that
rises from the turbulent ocean unmoved
by the dashing Of the wave, defending
firmly, steadfastly, with patience and
without retort, the principles he espoused
and the pledges which were made for him
and by him to his countrymen. They know
how he has met the distressful circum-
stances under which he took his place by
an untiring devotion to labor, never before
exceiled in public office, rarely equalled.
Fellow Democr ats, long as have tried
you have but briefly and inadequatcly
glanced at the salient points of the argu.
ment but slightly entering upon the inter.
esting Diet lis by which every feature Of
it could be REINFORCED and strengthened
with multiplied effect Yet trust have
indicated enough % justify the hearty
faith within us that ours is the party
founded upon the rights of the people, ami
mated by the Aincerest purposes for their
good, and best constituted to carry for.
ward the ark Of our constitutional covenant
and the institutions Of our liberty to the
perfection Of their work In tho
world. And. though would in.
woke your tireless and uncen..
ing efforta vet / uresent this nrorc.c..