Daily Republican., 1888-08-30
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Message By JAmss u. Blaine.

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message bI Jamss u. Blaine.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 20.-The Beptsm.
ber numllsr OF the "AmeEioan MAGa-
slne," oontAining . contribution from
James @. Blaine, attacking Prasidsat
Cleveland, will be ont In . few days.
Mr., Biaine's article contains lesa than
2. COO words, and 10 entitled "rha Prsai.
dents EeFoR." A few extracts from the
article hAvs bsen obtained In advance
OF the publioation.
M. Blaine takes for HE text the fol.
loving paragraphs from President
OieVsinnd's tariff message to Congress
in December last: HBy the last oenaus
it 10 made % Appsar that Of the II, sea, :
Og9 OF our population engaged in all
kinds Of industries 1910. 400 are em.
ployed In AErloulturo, 4 Oh, ,2ss 70 pro
fessionAl and parsonAl service q. 1884,
ST0 Of whom are domestic servants aud
lAboFsFs), while 1 $40. 966 are emDlnved
In trade Sad ,rNnsp1EtatiOn, and 8 .esT,
112 are olassed - employed in manu.
iAotuTipg and mining.
"RoF present. purposes, however, the
lAst number given should be oonaiderA.
bly, reduced. Without attempting 10
snumsrAte Ali, u will be o0uosdod that
there should be deducted from those
which it includes S76. .14S carpenters
and joinsEu, 2sb, ,40I mlllinera. dress.
makers aud saAmalressss, 172, ,726 black.
suithn, 1SS ,T6S tAlloEs and talloEssses,
1O9 AT3 masonB, 70 2a1 butchers, Al 500
bakers, 92,oSs plAsIerers and AS9l en-
RHRsd IN manufacturing Agricultural
amounting in the aRgre-
gate 10 !, ,214 033; leaving 2 .61S .089 psr.
aA Nss "a aNN 81
industries as ace claimed 10 be benefit
ted By . high tariff"
Mr., BiaiIe BummaTissa the Pres.
deat's Argument 90 an assertion that
thoto persons not employed 10 what
have no interest In q protective tariff.
serve 70 chew that tho President 10
this error be takes up ons, after another
Of tho olasSes OF skilled mechanIcs
mentioned By the President As not in-
terested In protection and IBqutres
where they will hnd work II the pro-
tto i've eyst0m IL dettroyed OF impaired
to the consequent arrest aud impair.
neht OF ell SuSin6As enterprises.
HIS argument 10 that every class
placed BY the President on the list OF
persons not affected by the tariff would
ba Immediately inflaeneod 10 their dis
Advantage by the general Ard specific
daFGnRement OF business enterprises
that would follow any Buecessful Attaok
on the system oi protection. Strangely
enough, the President neRlGcis," says
Mr.. BlAine, In following up this Argu
ment, "either from design or overnight,
10 notice what effect the serious reduo.
ton Of the tariff would have on the
SIC, 2B6 men employed 10 transpOftA.
tion, viz, on the railroads, oOastwiEe
vessels, river steAmers and barges,
oAuRl, wagon and stage lines. These
varied wRy Of transportation represent
an investment OF tt ouBAndB Of millions
Of dollars Of American money aud give
employment 10 De4rly two million Of
men, whose earnings support 5000, 600
people. whatever iTapAirs American
manufacturing strikes At the grsht
transportation intareHta. Iron ore ad-
mitted ffee from Spain, GOAL admitted
free from Nova Scotia, wool admitted
free from Australia, ali favor British
ships Rt the expense of American rail-
roade. The further the President goes
10 the direction OF the doctrine aid
down In his message the more direct
and the moro deadly is tho assault on
the whole organisation OF American In
dusiries."
In another paragraph he follows this
Argument In this manner:
'It might have proved advantageous
70 the President, rs it would Rssuredly y
have proved interesting to the people,
II he had caused an accurate cial iu-
qulry tn be made into the close oJnoeo.
tlou OF tue transportation end mhnnfao.
turing intsrests, aud how both In turn
are indissolubly linked with the aRri-
cultural interest, TO tho great pTont OF
all three. The very 6gures which the
President qaoles prove the immen Sc
hOms market which the farmers hsvs In
the United States. In round numbers
over 900, 900 are engaged In agrioul.
tare, while nearly 10 10000 are en-
gagged In other industrial pursuite, and
constitute. with the families dependent
upon the1, an enormous market for the
products OF the farmers. Every enlarge.
ment of thA. home market is . boon ia
the farmer, while Its dIminution would
10 his direct And irreparAble loss"
Mr.. Blaine thinks President Oleve.
land might Wisely have IDquired how
many OF the unaffected classes wore
called to their several employmentS In
consequence Of the general prosperity
OF the country brought about by pro-
t,ction. He tuRgeSts that II these in.
| Quirlfs had been ouoe started, the
President would otrtalnly have bean
oompsllsd 10 take into confederation
every GLASS OF lAborerB In the country
- directly or Indirectly benefited by
the tariff, and he intimRtes thGt new
Impressions might have been formsd
by the President after suoh an exAmi
nation of the unity of labor's demRhdI
and interests. He concludes by saying
that the Presidents rooommendatior
a. 10 q reduction OF the tariff BtrlheB &
far moro severe blow At labor than ai
capital, and that its effsctJ, IL enacted
into law, would be balsful in giving
capital an eXAsperating control ovei
labor, such - now prevails where fEei
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