Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-17
Political Points.
The Chronicle says:

There will no doubt be Democratic
votes cast on election day by laboring
men, but not by the workers who think
and observe. The latter class can Judge
by experience of the effects of competi-
ton. The Californian workingman
whose experience dates back to the days
before the advent of the railroads, knows
that when cheaper freight rates did away
with the natural protection he had pre-
viously enjoyed, his wages came down,
and he has sense enough to perceive that
if the artificial barrier created by the tar
iff were removed, and the products of
foreign cheap labor were admitted free,
the immediate effect would be to reduce
his wages to the common level of the
competing countries.
Did ever paper resort to a more sill
ly subterfuge than this? Was not the
Chronicle the paper which used to howl
loudest about extoftionate railroad rates
The country at large will wait with
some curiosity to learn how the good
people of Kansas regard the position thus
| publicly assumed by their Senator as the
debtor of the Western Union Telegraph
Company for favors which no honest
Congressman would accept under any
circumstances. How many more SEN
ators and Representatives hold the
frank of the telegraph company there
ering, as the Western Union Com
fishing the names Of its 'deadheade,' u
and there are few of them, like Ingalls,
foolish enough to trust such damaging
coorato 70 novar NToonf;roo {hn oo,,rcc
OF the Kansas Senator on any bills affect.
ing the Western Union Company, direct
ly or indirectly, which may come before
Congress during the rest of the term
will be watched with peculiar interest. Il
the temper of the Kansas farmers has
not been sadly misrepresented in the
past, there will be no necessity fol
watching John ]. ingalls, after his present
term expires. Free Press
(Dem.)
But then monopolies and Republicanism
60 always hand in hand.
| The Portland Oregonidn says:
Let US suppose that under the Burlin
game treaty the Pacific coast was full o.
Chinese labor; that it could be had a.
from so cents to rs cents day. Labor il
held SO low in Asia that multitudes
would come here at that price, and i
would be boon to the Chinese to pay
them that. With labor at hand, every
white man could become an employer
and it should be SO arranged that Chinese
could not invest capital and become EN-
ployers of labor among us. The white
man could employ labor to clear and i'm
prove land and raise his crops to carry
on all practicable enterprises as we'll az
to grow all sorts of products. White men
would be attracted here by this protection
of their interests, and every man oi
ordinary energy and ability would soor
become a producer, manufacturer, OF
man of business, and the poorer among
them could find employment as foremen
or managers of labor in connection with
the common prosperity. Some will say
that this would degrade labor; that the
Chinese are made slaves of; that time
would develop evils under such system
But this cannot be. The stimulus given
production would be lasting, and as time
passed away the conditions of society
would accommodate themselves to what.
ever might occur. If the Chinese re.
manned in great numbers, the fruitful
soil, the teeming resources of forests and
ores would gradually develop and cal
for labor, and the millions of Asia would
certainly respond, and even at cheaI
wages would lay up money to retire on
This is the true Republican attitude or
the Chinese question. 1t is Harrison's
position exactly. But then the Oregonioa
wins distinction by telling the truth in
the premises.
|
Republicans clamor loudly for high
tariff. 1t is new departure with thai
party. Here is Garfeld's view of the
question:
| hold that properly adjusted compe.
tition between home and foreign pro-
ducts is the best gauge by which to reg
ulate international trade. Duties should
be 30 high that our manufacturers can
fairly compete with the foreign product,
but not so high as to enable them to
drive out the foreign article, enjoy a mo-
nopoly OF the trade, and regulate the
price as they please. To this extent /
am protectionist. If our Government
pursues this line of policy steadily, we
shall year by year approach 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 ulti-
mate free trade. / am for that free trade
which can be achieved only through pro-
lection.
WHISKY AND HARD CIDER.
Sad Warning to All who Tamper