Evening journal., 1888-09-27
NEWSPAPER OPINIONS.
Twen.r-two Yenr. of rrot.nllnn.

Twenty-Five Years of Protection.
New York Press
Henry v Poor, editor Of the Manual
Of Railroads Of the United States. has
just published a work whieh ought to be
placed in the hands of every intelligent
voter MIR. Poor takes the position
that the financial history of the United
States naturally divides itself into three
periods
The first the period of construction
the work of the fathers. the second. the
period Of the attempted destruction Of this
work the third, of its restoration
The first period, of thirty-fve years.
extends from the formation of the rov-
ernment to the election, in 1924. of John
Quincy Adams ,his administration being
period Of transition); the second. Of
thirty-seven years, from the election Of
6eneral jackson. in 1928, to the close in
1860, Of the war of the rebellion: the
third, Of twenty-five years. from the
restoration Of peace to the end of 1887
Tor although the election of Mr. Cleve-
land nominally put an end to the period
oi restoration, be so far has been unable
70 undo its distinctive feature-a return
70 the protective policy of the fathers.
Inc object Of this work, as Mr.. Poor
says IS to display the period Of restora-
lion. Under the new government, after
The overthrow Of the Confederacv. the
author contends, our people could en-
DARK upon any enterprise or industry
certain at least that they were living
under permanent form Of government.
and under the rule Of laws not subject t
sndden or violent change that theiI
nank and rear were well guarded. SO that
Al one failed Of success in any undertak
ing II was his own fault. The result I.
The most wonderful progress made in tn,
worlds history. In a period Of twenty
Two years the amount of the interna
commerce Of the country increased 70l
per cent, the rate Of increase being ten
fold greater than that Of the population
of the country
Again Mr.. Poor presents an array o
statistics which is fairly startling. TIL
number Of tons Of merchandise moved 4,
the railroads of the United States ia
creased from 20, 000, 900 tons in 1865 I
522. 600, 600 tons in 1887, such increas
measuring the degree Of increase of III
products Of the country. The value q
the tonnage moved in 1865 eouaIe
$2,2l3, 400, 600; in 1887, $13. .O43. 250 OOl
The increase in the number Of tons move
in 1887 over that moved in 1886 eouale
10000, 600 tone the value Of the increas
in single year being 81, $50. 0O0. O0O-
the increase for a single year equaling
sum nearly two and half times create
than the exports of the country for tn
same year. With this enormous inereas
IN quantity the price of every salabl
article but that of labor has greatly fallen
That alone has risen in value, and great
risen
These cold facts the free traders mus
face and explain away, or the Republ
cans will defeat the party of free trad
overwhelmingly this fall. ssThe que.
tion, says Mr.. Poor, ITO be decided q
the coming Presidential election il
whether the present happy regime is I
be continued, or whether the country
again to be committed to the old Demo,
racy, at war with every instinct &
progress and freedom, and which,
again restored to power. viii be certai
to repeat the disasters Of its rule frog