The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-12
HIS GRANDFATHEKS GRANDSON
EVIDENTLY LACKS THE
COURAGE OF His Al
LEGED CONVIC-
TONS
THI WUI>JIINCS or THE LEADER
or FCRIORN HOPE.
Decided Contrast to the Iorcibic utter
anoc, Of Cleveland.

lNpi,NAp0Ifs. lNn September H.
General Harrison letter Of acceptance
was made public tAis evening 1t opens
with an explanation OF his delay IN
writing it ou thc ground that visiting
DELEGATIONS have occupied his time and
says
II is matter Of concraiulaiion
that the declarations of the Chicago
Convention upon the questions that now
attracts thc interest 0i our pco,le arc so
clear and emphatic There is further
cause Of c0rclaulaiion in TIE fact that
The convention ufterancos a. tAe Demo
cratic party +, ia "a degree uaCeftain or
contradictory can now be judged and
interpreted ay executive aCis and mes
ssre- ana by definite propositions in
legislation This is especially uuc Of
what is poruaIly known ss
TuG T,rrff QUESTION
The issue cannot now De ob crycd II
D. not contest between schedules. but
between vioc-arar principles The ior
oign competitors iol our market have
with quick instinct seen how one issue Of
this contcs. may bring them advantage
ana Our oNn people are not so dlll as TO
miss on neglect tne grave interests that
are Involved iat them The assault upon
our protective system is open and defiant
Protection is a--ailcl as unconstitutional
in law, oras vicious IN principle, and those
who hold such views sincerely cannot
stop short Cf an absolute elimination
from our tasN lave of The principle Of
protection The Mills bill is only
step, hu 10 is toward an
object tlat tlc leaders of ;le Democratic
thought and legislation have clearly i'm
mind The important question is not SO
much The length of the step as the dircc-
tion of IT, judged by ,he EXecgtiyemcs.
sage Of December last. by tho Mills bill,
hy Tie debates iu Congress. arl by the
ST. Louis PLATFORM the Democrats party
WILL if supported by The country. place
the tarin laws upon purely revenue
basis TIL, is practically free traie-free
trade in The English sense The legend
urOa the banner may not be Free
Trade, 1t may he the more obscure mot
to. "laril Reform. bul neither the ban
ncr uos The inscription is conclusive or
very important The assault itself is the
important .aCi Those who teach that
The import duty upon foreign goods sold
in our marie, is paid hy the consumer
and that the price Of The domestic com.
netting article is enhauccd 10 the amount
of The duty on The imported article, that
every million OF dollars collected for Gus
toms duties represents many millions
more which do not reach the Treasury,
bui are paid by our citizens as the in
creased cost of domestic production re-
suliing from the tariff laws, may not in
tend TO di-Crclit In The minds of others
our system Of levyinC duties on compel.
ing foreign products, but it is clearly
already descrediicd in their own. We
cannot doubt without impugning their
integrity that if free to act
upon tleii convictions they
would so revise our laws |
as TO lay the burden Of the
customs revenue upon articles that are
not produced in this country, and replace /
upon ihe free list all competing foreign /
products ] do not stop to refute this |
lheoiy as to the effect of our taiif duties |
those WHO advance il are
STUDENTS OF MAxDs
ana no' OF iAe truth They may be safe.
~ allowed 10 caN their project tariff re-
iofm' IL the people understand tha. in
Inc ena The argument compels free trade
10 All competing products This end may
not be reached abruptly. and its approach
may De accompanied with some expires
sions of sympathy for our protected in
dusiries and our working people but il
would certainly come if these early stems
do not arouse the people TO effective Ie-
sisiance The Republican party holds
That a protective tariff is constitutional
wholesome and necessary We DO moi
oner a fixed schedule, but principle
" will revise the schedule, modify rates
but always with an intelligent profession
As 10 The effect upon domestic production
mn tue wages Of our working people.
We believe II 10 be one of the worthy ,
,ojecllons OF tariff legislation to preserve ,
he American market for American pro. ,
iuceIs and 10 maintain the American