The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-23
The Effaotiua Wav


The Effective Way.
The Democrats have not been in full
control of the government since 1861
They have now the Executive and the
popular branch of Congress under control,
but the Republicans have the Senate, and
the power to arrest any unwise or revolu-
tionary legislation of the Democracy. The
of Democratic revenue
and the passage OF the NILS
free trade tariff bill by the House and
the knowledge that the Executive stands
ready to approve it, should it pass the
Senate, is what has frightened capital and
caused prostration in industrial districts.
The Senate is held by only two Republican
majority, ard it is to that narrow margin
that the country has to look to ward Off
the threatened blow at our industrial sys-
tem-a ruthless assault upon the whole in.
dustriaI fabric that has been built up un-
der the tariff laws, which were enacted to
protect the labor and the manufactures
of the Nation. Itis a condition that IS
well calculated to cause trepidation on
the part of the immense capt. al and labor
invested III the factories, furnaces, mines,
and olkshops and farms of the country.
To invade this system with hostile leglsla
tion-legisiation upon an entirely different
line tothat upon which the system is pred
icated disturbing. if not destroying The
very basis of it's existence, would cause
financial reyulsion, such as this Nation
has never before experienced. They nave
gone through panics resulting fiom slml
lar legislation to that embodied in the
Mills bill, but our industries were then
limited, their influence not SO infinitely
and widely ramifed throughout every part
of the United States, as they now are, and
the effects were not so wide spread as
LtbeyHwould be now. The tremendous in
Iterests involved, reaching to every avenue
of business. and duplicating such enor
nous aggregated capital. when calmly con
sidered. will convey an idea of the mag
nitude of the results which would inevi
tably follow were the Democratic policy OF
free trade or that presented in the Mills
bill, adopted. 1t is in contemplation OF
such possibilities that the careful business
men of the country Gre hesltatlng IL
their investments aid operations. 1t is the
agitation of a subject which involves tht
whole industrial structure of the Union
that breeds distrust, for if men should be 81
| oly fn II q
gard Interests 80 Vast as to propose Il
strike al the very Foundation Ut their eX-
istsuce. it is reasonable to suppose tina
they would pul in.Aeclltlon their theories
wee complete power given them
There Is but one practical. effective
way 10 remove this uncertainty. 10 dlspe
5 tas threatened danger, aid that to re
pud ate the party that has caused it, ant
hurry it under such mountain of pbpula
co..demnai ion as would forever settle tn
dispute. Let Republican President ano
, | a REPUBLICAN, Congress be chosen III No
] ypmber by n,rj rites which viii leave n
doubt as to What the people mean an
want. Free Trade seiltlmtn: and thee
, ries and legiA lat ion would SOON become
+ "Reminiscences were the country TO reallZ
that the industrial system. which has bee
= established under protective laws. was to
, perpetuated; its capacities enlarged an
D the Nation become as well fortified !
| lis commercial and monetary relations, a
it is in its political position. Under sue
auspices and inspirations, Our nattona
. strength and Influence would be enlarged
and the people relieved from periodical
agitation of SO grave Question. wou1
| settle down to business. Idle plts
y would SCI k employment. and labor woul
be invited to participate in the work
national development aud progless-sEal
: j. g alike with capital the fruits ot ye
more compl ehtnslve ystem OF i. dustrli
enterprise.
1t is the one effective way 10 dispose {
= the pestiferous agitators. who ale col
stantly seeking to lusrad the prop'e, an
;, tx and settle for all time to come the pc
icy of the government.