Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-19


 hustings in the land, that if Cleveland and Hendricks were elected and democratic cong, ess placed in power free trade would surely prevail our industries would be | crippled, and the country flooded with foreign manufactures. Then as now Grover Cleveland was denounced as the English candidate and 1t was said that every English paper advocated his election. Well, Cleveland and Hendricks were elected and four years of exceptional prosperity have resulted.
 Among the scare circulars sent out four years ago was one issued and signed by thirty manufacturing firms in this city. The circular and the names signed to it have been reprinted in the Ne!y York Evening Post together with statement showing how the firms concerned have fared during the administration of Presi- dent Cleveland, Among these firms were Holmes, Booth t Hayden, Brown & Brothers, Scovill Manufacturing company Plume & Atwood Manufacturing company, Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing com pany, Waterbury Watch company, Farrel Foundry aud Machine company and others equally we'll known. It is shown in the Post that of the thirty firms signing the circular twenty-four are doing steady or increasing business, four have failed or been i'm paired through causes other than Cleve- lands election, one is closed "by arrange ment with competitors" and one is closed by the death of the owner. According to the Post, the Farrel Foundry and Machine company, which has been paying off its hands in the scare envelopes that repeat the worn out chestnuts of 1884, has been paying dividends of 20 per cent regularly. The Waterbury Watch company, which by the way it may be interesting to note sells it's watches cheaper in Europe than 1 in America, has prospersd exceedingly, has enlarged it's plant and is laying up stores of still greater prosperity. The same report of good luck and success comss from nearly every firm whose name is attached to the circular.
 | The men who arc working In the fac tories of Waterbury have not had their wages reduced from 30 to 50 per cent as the circular declared they would. Ruin and disaster has not come upon the in dustries of the city, and none of Its dile l forebodings have come to pass The country has prospered, and Waterbury haa had it's share of the general prosperity 1 under the bene6cent administration of President Cleveland. It will bs pretty hard work, we think, for these manufao turers to convince their workmen that any | injury to our business or manufacturing interests is going to result from the re- election of man who has shown himself so well fitted to cope with the economic and goysrnme t Il problems of the prei dency Scare circulars and scare envelopes will provo 3st stale and improbable after the experience which the country has had under the administration of President Cleveland.
 This is campaign ofelucation. Work ingmen have studieI the tariff question for themselves, and they know that war taxes are oppressive and unnecessary in time of peace. On the 9th of November they will record their vote for the party that is committed to the work of revising and reducing these excessive war taxes.
 Labor will vote the democratic ticket.