The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-09-21
The AemOrrat.
AGAIN WE ASK ARE you CANDID y'

Again we appeal TO fair-minded republl- |
cans who have been led to believe that
President Cleveland favors free trade to |
compare the vital text of his message with |
the views of many leading republieans,a and
then eandidly say whether the message |
means "free trade" The following Is the
vital text OF the message
at Is not proposed to entirely relieve the
country OF this taxation. II must be ex. |
tensively continued as the source of the
Governments income and in readjust.
ment of our tariff the interests of Ameri-
can labor engaged in manufacture should
be carefully considered,as we'll as the pres
ervation of our manufacturers"
Now, then, read the following from MIR.
Cleveland's letter of acceptance "The
cost of government must continue to be
met by tariff duty collected at our custom
houses upon imported goods and by an In
ternal revedue tax assessed upon srirituons
and malt liquors, tobacco and oleomargar.
Inc, We propose, therefore, to stimulate
our domestic industrial enterprises by free
ing from duty inported raw materials
which by the employment of labor are
used in our home manufactures, thus ex.
tending the markets for their sale and per-
mitting an increased and steady production
with allowance of abundant profits. True
to the underwriting course Of the democratic
party we viii not neglect the interests of
our laborers and our workingtaen. In all
our efforts to remedy existing evils we will
furnish no excuse for the loss of employ
ment or the reduction of the wages of hon
est toll On the contrary, we propose, In
any adjustment of our revenue laws,to con-
cede such encouragement and advantage
to the employees of domestic labor as will
easily compensate for any difference that
may exist between the standard of wages
which should be paid to our laboring men
and the rate allowed In other countries. We
propose, too, by extending the markets for
our manufacturers, to promote steady en-
ployment of labor, while, by cheapening
the cost of the necessAries of life, we increase
the purchasing power of the workingman's
wages and add to the comforts of his home"
Compare the above views OF President
Cleveland with the views of leading repub-
licans as shown below;
General John A. Logan, April 18th, 1870:
"Now when the gentleman, who seems 10
be the protector in an especial manner of
the great labor interests of this country,
speaks of this protection being the protec
tion of the labor of this country,I ask him 4:
Does not every farmer and mechanic in
this broad land make use of iron in all
kinds of labor The 100000 men that
have been freed recently are laborers, are
producers, not manufacturers. They arc
not men of skilled labor they evidently
are not men who are protected. And then
there are the men in the Northwest who
produce corn, wheat, oats, pork and beans,
etc. they are producers and consumers
aud arc not protected and II Is they who
pay this large amount OF money into the
pockets OF the manufacturers of this article
And when a gentleman stands upon this
floor and tells me that this high, this ex.
traordinarily high tariff, is for the protection
of the laboring men, tell him that do
not understand how he can possibly sub
stantiate such theory"
NY republican friend, read that again
and then say which is the free trader, ,Cleye.
land or Logan.
James A. Garfield, April Ist, 1870 "Du
ties should be so high that our mauufac-
turers can fairly compete with the foreign
product, but not 80 high as To enable them
to drive out the foreign articlc,enjoy mo-
nopoly of the trade,and regulate the prices
as they please. This is ray doctrine o. pro-
policy steadily we shall, ear by year, ap-
proach more nearly to the basis of free
trade, because we shall be more nearly able
to compete with other nations on equal
terms. ] am for protection which leads
TO ultimate free trade"
Garfield has always been regarded as the
oracle of his party. Which is more nearly
a free trader, he or Cleveland? /?
President Arthur, Annual Message, 1882:
"a total abolition of excise taxes would
almost inevitably prove serious, IL not an
insurmountable obstacle to a thorough re-
vision of the tariff and to any considerable
reduction in import duties. 1ne present
tariff system is, in many respects, unjust
il makes unequal distributions, both of its
burdens and its benefits. ] recommend an
enlargement of the free list so as to include
within it the numerous articles which yield
inconsiderable revenue, simplification of
the complex and inconsistent schedule of
duties upon certain manufactures, particu-
iarly those of cotton, iron and steel, and
substantial reduction of the duties upon
those articles,and upon sugar, ,molasses, silk,
wool and woolen goods"
Now we ask our republican readers to |
carefully reac and compare these openly
expressed views of the great leaders of
their party with the views Of President
Cleveland as expressed above, nd then
candidly and honestly answer the question
whether they consider the views of Mr.. |
Cleveland that of free trader They can
not candidly say they do. President Cleve-
land has not taken nearly SO radical posi-
lion on tariff ref1rm as nearly all the re-
publican leaders in the last decade. We |
might give extracts from speeches and |
writings of scores of others who made the |
repub ican party great,such as Allison, Fol-
ger, Grant, McCulIoch, Sherman, Hale,
ingalls,, Lodge, Long, Mckinley and scores
of others taking stronger ground in favor
of tariff reduction, did space permit No
candid man who reads Cleveland's message
or the Mills bill would think of saying
they mean free trade.
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IA wool grower writes to ask If the price
of wool Is not affected by the duty, and