The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-09-13

The Cincinnati Commercial Ga.
sette, judging from the following
understands the political situation
In this country perfectly:
The tariff questions are exceeding
| ~ complex, aud there Is no store OF
information that may not be useful
in solving them. But there are GER
/ tain general facts and principles
that, applied 10 the controversy in
in the United States, should clear
up the situation.
Our first obligation is to take care
OF Ourselves-tO adjust the custom
duties with reference to our pro-
ducts, Industries aud taxes, so as To
do the greatest good for our own
folks.
The changed conditions Of the
world within the last twenty years
have been in favor OF protection
That Is the practical evolution OF
enlightened selfishness. The great
statesmen of Germany aud France,
Bismarck aud Thiers, found il so
after the FrancO-German war.
The changes especially affect the
labor question. and among them art
these: Capital is now cheap in this
country, because industry has been
prosperous and the public credit
maintained, and il can be trans
ferred about the world by telegraph.
Il is interested In protection, but
not so profoundly as labor is. Cap
ital has many chances Of taking care
OF itself. Ii is I'm the hands OF eX-
peTts, who can flash the evidence OF
10 across the ocean, and change the
COLLEEN 80.
lightning.
Labor has not celebrity or facility
for this. 10 moves with difficulty,
while the products of labor are watt
ed about the world in q wonderful
way. The cargOes OF the modern
steamers are measured by the thou
sand tons, and the Atlantic is passed
In less than a week. This applies
the protection there is in duties
especially to labor, and makes il
urgent.
The pretense Of the Democratic
party that it is the friend Of labor Is
abOmniably false and eOntradicted
by the whole history Of the party.
Slavery was the degradation OF
labor. The Acknowledgement of
million workingmen in the Solid
fHaNHAu AuE TIE nEAEAlE Vi AAlE ANttltO-
cratic party Is another degradation.
Think of the capacity for impudenee
inmen who do this, and yet go CAB
bling about { he Chinese.
The Cleveland campaign, marked
out in his December message, was
clearly, I'm the first place, to destroy
the duties that are protective. That
was the purpose Of the plan. IL was
for that the whisky tax and tobacco
tax and sugar tax aud the taxes on
miscellanies and luXuries were to be
retained. The duties for protection
were to go to carry offthe "surplus;"
and now that the surplus is gone, the
Cleveland crowd still want TO de-
strOy protection. That is their OBJ
jective.
Cleveland is a dull COpperhead
from the large town in New York,
furthest from the city Of New York,
and his opinion possesses no value.
Mr.. Carlisle, elected Speaker by the
votes Of Democratic Representa-
tives from Republican districts, Is
capable Of intelligent opinions. The
Committee Of Ways and Means dis
plays his views. His platform is
found best expressed i'm the COnfed-
crate constitution. The composition
OF the committee shows that the
programme is to adopt the Con-
federate constitutional prOhibitOry
policy. 1t was that policy that gave
the CO1federacy the sympathy of
the British. IL was proposition on
the part of the Confederate States to
go back commercially to the posi-
ton Of British colonies. This Is not
the course we prefer.