The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-07-12

ic.n policy.
There i. Il steady emigration of Maine bank
officers, but it is to Kansas and not to Canada.
The Political Situation.
To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNALS: AS one
of the Republican voters of Waldo county who
was somewhat disappointed in the nomination
of candidates for Governor of Maine and Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United States
my choice being Marble for Governor and
Blaine and Alger for The National ticket
would say that after due deliheraion | am
free TO admit that it is the part Of wisdom to
submit to the majority. My acquaintance with
lie Hon. L. {. Burlegh has been of the most
pleasant character. When on my first visit to
the state Capital met for the first time this
social gentleman, he greeted he warmly and in
>i.ed me to look over the State property. in
which he assured me | was a joint owner,
never asking me the question whether was
Republican or Democrat. Such kind treat
ment from Il stranger favorably impressed me,
and a later and more intimate acquaintance
tabii>hed Mr. Burleigh in my estimation as Il
trI>ty and efficient public servant. whose never
failing courtesy and many acts of Kindness
have cndeared him to hosts of friends in both
political parties. That he will carry Maine in
September 10y an overwhelming majority | re-
gard as an assured fact.
The National ticket headed by Harrison 4
Morton. although not the first choice of the
Republicans of Maine. is undoubtedly the Win
min" one. Conversation with men from sever
al different States has confirmed the opinion
that we could hot have selected better or
stronger ticket. They are names that will in
crease IN importance and worth until tine cleo
ton in November, when success is sure. Our
position Oh the tariff question is impregnabe
and is the only safeguard for the industrial ard
business interests Of the country. Most GER
;ainly history does not sustain the Democratic
policy. Looking back to the time of the treaty
of 1888, at the close of the Revolutionary war,
We found that il took six years for our wise
torefather> to ascertain what the trouble VAS
and after many and long deliberations they
reached the conclusion that Nation like ours
must sell rs much or more than it buys. or
financial ruin is the result. AT this dark period
hi>tury tells us that raw materials and manu-
featured articles We're shipped to our shores
free of duty until our home industries were
crippled and our money exhausted. In 1889,
when those who had fought and bled to estab-
ii>h free country came to the rescue and pro-
INDICATED a protective tariff. the country began
to ENJOY its first prosperity. Since that date
there have been several attempts at free trade
but always attended with the most disastrous
re>alts. In 1915 the tariff was repealed and of
this period Horace Greeley says: Great
Britain poured her fabrics, far below cost,
upon cur markets III perfect dclugc. Our
manufactures went down like grass before the
mower and our agriculture and the wages of
labor speedily followed" This condition of
affairs lasted but il short time. when the people
rallied, and in 1924 we had protective tariff
far i'll advance Of the former and which, like
the oasis Of the desert. says one writer. marks
4 green prosperous epoch in our history until
1882, when all tariff laws were repealed. Then
calne The financial crash of 1887. No money,
was the cry. Farm products went for nothing.
Shcrifi'> sales were the order OF the day and at
some of the sales when farmer; were sold out
for non-payment of taxes oxen brought $40
each. cows %. hogs - and sheep so cents.
Ruin stared every one in the face until 1912
when the whole country came to the relief and
restored the Wings TO power, who re-enacted
the high tariff which soon brought about re-
turn of prosperity. Again in 1874 the Demo-
c!ats carried the country, and true to their
free trade doctrines in 1916 they repealed the
protective tariff, substituting very low duties,
with the same twice-tod results. although the
country was then Weather and better pre-
pared to withstand the shock to its prosper
ity. Later on, in 1851, another revision was
made i'll the tariff laws. and the duties. already
adoption Of the constitution. We need not re-
fer to history to point the ruinou, results.
Your father and mine realized those dark DAYS
of failure and of ow-priced labor and material.
\ lucky man was he who could earn half dol
lar Il; farm work. We were poverty stricken.
and yet had property, but no money. 1t had
gone out of the country to pay for raw mater
a and manufactured articles that should have
been produced at home.
In 1851 the Republican party enacted pro-
tcctve tariff which has been continued I'D to
the present time, with the necessary modifc;l-
tons. and it has been quarter of a century of
unexampled national prosperity. And now, at
this late day. with the pages of history before
lis. we are asked to cut down in some particu-
lars and annihilate in others. Among the arti-
cies specially menaced are farm products, Via.
lumber, wood and potatoes. With these his
before liz
have no doubt as to the result of the coming
elections. The names we present and our pro-
tective platform are Il guarantee that the State
of Maine will be true to her interests and
double her usual Republican majority, and we
predict that the county of Waldo will con-
tribute one thousand strong toward the sum
total. |. &. LIsHY