, 1888-09-12

goods In our markets. . by way OF recon-
pense of this reduction In his wages and
loss of the American market it is sug-
gested that the diminished pay of work
ingmen will have an undiminished pur-
chasing power and that he will be able to
make up for the loss OF the home market
by an enlarged foreign market. Our
workingmen have the settlement of the
question in their own hands. They now
obtain higher wages and live more com
fortably than those of any other country.
They will make the choice of the substan-
tial advantages they have in hand, and
the deceptive promises and forecasts of
those theorizing reformers. They will
decide for themselves and for the country
whether the protective system shall be
CONTINUED OR DESTROYED.
The fact of the treasury surplus, the
amount OF which is variously stated, has
directed public attention TO the considera-
ton OF methods by which the national
income may best be reduced to the level
OF a wise and necessary expenditure.
Ihls condition has been seized upon by
those who are hostile to protective custom
duties as an advantageous base of attack
upon our tariff laws. They have magni-
fled and nursed the surplus which they
affect to depreciate seemingly for the pur-
pose OF exaggerating the evil in order to
reconcile the people to the extreme rem
edy they propose. A proper reduction of
the revenues does not necessitate and
should not suggest the abandonment or
impairment of the protective system. The
methods suggested by our convention will
not need to be exhausted in order to effect
necessary reductions. We are not likely
to be called, l think, to make a present
choice between the surrender of our pro-
tective system and the entire repeal of the
internal taxes. Such contingency, in
| view of the present relation of the expen-
ditures is remote. The inspection and
regulation of the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarine is important, and the reve-
nue. derived from it is not SO great that
the repeal of the law need enter into any
such revenue reduction. The surplus now
in the treasury should be used in
THE PURCHASE OF BONDS.
Law authorizes this use of it and if it is
not needed for current or deficiency ap
propriations, the people, and national
banks in which it has been deposited,
should have the advantage of its use by
stopping interest on the public debt, at
least those who needlessly hoard it should
not be allowed to use the fear of a none
tary stringency thus produced to coerce
public sentiment upon other questions.
Closely connected with the subject of the
tariff is that of the importation of foreign
laborers under contracts of services to be
performed here. The law now in force
prohibiting such contracts received my
cordial support in the senate and such
amendments as may be found necessary
effectively to deliver our workingmen and
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of competition will have my sincere advo-
cacy. Legislation prohibiting the impor-
tatlOn of labor under contract to serve
here will, however, afford very inadequate
relief to our working people if the system
OF protective duties is broken down. If
the products of American ships must COM
pete in the American market without fav-
orlng duties with the products of cheap
foreign labor the effect will be different,
if at all, only in degree, whether cheap
labor has access over the street or over the
sea. Such competition will soon reduce
wages here to a level of those abroad, and
when that condition is reached we will
not need n laws forbidding the impor-
tation OF labor under contract. They will
have no inducement to come and the en-
ploYer no inducement
TO SEND FOR HEM
In the earlier years OF our history pub
lie agencies to promote immigration were
common. The pioneer wanted a neigh
Dor with more friendly instincts than the
Indian. Labor was scarce and fully en-
ployed, but the day of the immigration
bureau has gone by. While our doors
will continue opened to proper immigra-
ton we do not need to issue special invi-
tatiOns to the inhabitants of other coun-
tries to come to our shores or TO share our
citizenship. Indeed, the necessity of
some inspection and limitation is obvious.
We should resolutely refuse to permit
foreign governments to send their paupers
and criminals to our ports. We are also
clearly under a duty to defend our civil
position by excluding alien races whose
ultimate assimilation with our people is
neither possible nor desirable. The fam
lily has been the nucleus of our best immi
grafton and the home the most potent
assinilating force In our civilization. The
objections to Chinese immigration are
DISTINCTIVE AND CONCLUSIVE,
and are now so generally accepted as
such that the question has passed entirely
around the stage of argument. The
laws relating to this subiect would. if |
should be charged with their enforcement,
be faithfully executed. Such amend
ments or further legislation as may be
necessary and proper to prevent evasions
OF the laws and to stop further Chinese
immigration would also meet my approx
al. The expression of the convention
upon this subject is in entire harmony
with my views. Our civil compact is a
government by majorities; and the law
loses its sanction and the magistrate our
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