Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23

Americas Panies in 1920, 1887, and 1857
the Direct Result of Free
Trade.
England Desires America to Adopt the
Democratic Platform and Save Her
from Revolution.

| TO England 10 De tanned. and buy the
tail back for a shilling. 1t matters little
to us rs a Nation what agent develops
our industry, so that we have a healthy.
stalwart, diversified industry. So far AS
| have been able to learn from the his
tory Of the past, no better agent has
been discovered by man to develop and
diversity nations industry than pro-
tectYo tariff. If our free trade friends
can show US o better medium of giving
this Nation an industry, ! believe the
protective tariff men will adopt it,
But our Democratic friends now tell
! US that they are not for free trade. 1t is
not necessary to burn our custom houses
to reach a condition Of free trade far
more disastrous than when goods would
be admitted free of duty 1t is the last
straw that breaks the camel S back SO
with revenue tariff, if it is Just low
enough TO admit foreign manufactured
goods, destroy the home market, and
deceive the people into q belief that
something else is making them poor. it
is far worse than free trade. Now let
us look into the character and reputa-
ton of the Democratic party on this
question of tariff, for when you are GO
ing to hire a man to fill o position of
trust it is safe to investigate his past
life. The Democratic party came into
existence in 1882 In those early days
parties did not send forth platforms Of
principles. The first bill introduced in
the then young Democratic Congress by
the Chairman Of the Committee of Ways
and Means, Mr. McDiffey, of South
Carolina. was to reduce the protective
~ e Mr h,,Ir Of
Pennsylvania, gives his opinion of
THE CHARACTER OF THAT BILL
in the following significant words:
England would give millions to secure
the passage of either the bill reported
from the treasury or that by the Com
mittee of Ways and Means. The Chair
man Of that committee (Mr. McD.fey)
has frankly avowed his object; it is to
destroy American and make way for
British manufactures; to increase the
importation of British goods, and the
expectation of American specie. so that,
money becoming plentiful in England,
prices will rise, and consequently cotton
command better price; and on the other
hand, money becoming scarce in the
North, prices would fall and they (the
South would obtain their supplies at a
cheaper rate. In other words, his OBJ
ject is to enrich England by importing
her goods. and impoverish this country
by sending our money to pay for them.
That bill passed and brought the panic
Of 1887, and suspension Of nearly every
factory in the country.
The Democratic convention OF 1913,
that nominated Lewis Cass. although the
party had got into power in 1874 by
promising to stand by the WING taYiff OF
1912, sent forth the following proclama-
ton:
"Rcs0yCed, That the fruits Of the great
National triumph of 1914, which elected
James X. Polk and George NJ Dallas.
President and Vice President of the
United States, have fulfilled the hopes
of the Democracy Of the Union, in de-
feating the declared purpose Of their OPP
ponents. in creating National bank; in
in the noble impulse given TO the cause
of free trade by the repeal of the tariff
of 1912, and the creation Of the more
equal, honest, and productive tariff of
1916
THE TARIFF or 1916 REFERRED TO,
is the celebrated Walker tariff. and was
passed bv vote of ll3 Democrats and
one Wing In 1852 the platform Of the
Democratic party was for 'uuequivocal
free trade and i'm 1886 the platform
was IN part ms follows; The time has
come for the people of the United
States To declare themselves in favor Of
free seas and progressive free trade
throughout the word 1t was just
previous 10 The Inauguration Of Mr.. Blu
chanan thar another reduction of our
tariI was passed on by the Democratic
Congress. and signed by the Democratic
President Pierce which, cooperating
with the destructive results of the AZ
tariff. gave MS the panic OF 1884, again
closing our mills and our factories,
When the Sou-hern wing Of he Demo
cratic party went into rebellion, un-
hampered by the dough faces of the
North. they gave full swing to their
free trade proeliyitics by inserting into
the Confederate constitution a declara-
ton that there never could be any i'm
port duties levied by the Confederacy to
protect home industries.
In 1875 the platform Of the Democratic
party was taxation shall be for revenue
only" In 1884 the platform was kind
of Democratic circus feat Of performing
on top of the fence and eating grass on
both sides.
IN 1888 IT IS THE SAME,
with the Mills bill for key to its mean
ing. Thus you will perceive that the
Democratic party, who now stand aghast
at the growth of the protective senti-
ment, in attempting 70 hedge is con
demned By its past history.
The question before the American peo-
pie of to-de, is: Shall we have a home
industry ana a home market with all
their accompanying blessings, or shall we
depend upon foreign nations for all that
goes TO make MP our civilization That
we can not have q home industry with
ont protective tariff, should be self
evident to the most unthinking citizen
that will examine the industrial history
of our own as well as that Of other ma
tons.
A revenue tariff wiped out our indus
tries in 1920. 1897 and 1857 rs eiTectual-
~ as free trade has wiped out the indus
tries OF Ireland, India and Turkey. A
revenue tariff has reduced Spain and
Portugal to non-manufacturins nations
and to-day is the only impeachment in the
magnificent effort Of Japan in attaining