The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-07-26

ones best suited for camgaign purposes |
will be the twenty-eight and thirty-twO
inch,
Although Prohibitionists are numer |
GUS among the members of the Metho- |
dist church, lions Herald, an able jour. |
nal of that denomination, is for the Re- |
publican ticket, 1t says of Gen. Harri |
son 1.-THE microscope does not reveal |
any qualities in the man, or facts in his |
life, which put the party upon the apol, |
ogetic. He is man for whom there |
will exist in the church a natural affilia. |
ton and fellowship. His Christian life |
is not an after thought nor a technic for |
convenient use. He is not man of |
negative qualities, but of strong and |
courageous convictions. He will be
right on questions of moral reform be- |
cause he has been right. He is typical
American, self-made, and therefore in |
close sympathy with the great mass of |
the people. On the matter of temper
anoe reform he is aggressive and out
spoken. The significant facts on this |
line are the principles and character of
the nominees more than the declarations
Of the platform"
There are 81 men in Hinesburg who
voted for Harrison in 1910 and they will
all cast their ballots for his grandson in
November. Another man in the same
town voted for Van Buren,, but he will
support the straight Republican ticket
this autumn,
The proposition to submit to the peo-
pie of the several States a constitutional
amendment TO prohibit the liquor traffic
in the United States was favorably re-
ported by Senator Blair recently from
the committee on education. The pro-
posed amendment reads as follows: Sec.
ton /. The manufacture, importation,
expectation, transportation and sale of
all alcoholic liquors as a beverage shall
be and hereby is forever prohibited in
the United States and IN every place
subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2.
Congress shall enforce this article by all
needful legislation.
A few days ago knot of men repre-
senting various political opinions stood
on the corner by the Adams National
Bank discussing the outlook. A leading
Democrat secured hearing and improY.
ed the opportunity to laud the Cleveland
administration, little dreaming that OPP
position would be raised by any son of
the Emeral Isle. now that Blaine is out
of the way. But in the crowd is an
freshman who evidently had discovered
something besides the Maine statesman
to draw his affections from the Demo.
cratic fold, and he alluded several times
to the fact that England was highly
pleased with the denomination of Cleve-
land. AT last he attracted the attention
of the spokesman, who, supposing the
son of toll was merely echoing Republic
can thunder, turned upon him and asked
sharply: What do you know about how
England feels ? BE jabers,' answered
the anti.free trader, I've just come
from there and as the laugh went up
one of the speakers wilted and it wasn't
the lrshman, either
The favorite argument with free-trad.
ers is that adoped by Mr.. Everett P.
Wheeler in an address delivered in Bos-
ton, in which he said 1.-THE one thing
that has preserved the prosperity of this
country and enabled us to hold our own
under the existing protective tariff is
our export of grain and provisions. The
average wages of farm laborers in this
country, including board ARE very much
higher than the average wages of per
sons engaged in manufacturing indus
tries" In the last official report of the
statistician of the national bureau of ag.
riculture it is shown that the average
rate of wages paid farm hands in Massa
chusets is $3066 per month, including
board. The average weekly wages paid
to men in the "a principal manufactur-
ing industries in that State $11.S5 per
week, or SAT ,40per month of four weeks.
In this connection it may be noted that
these wages are 49, 1895 per cent higher
than are paid British laborers in the
same industries. These figures are Sc
ected from the statistics relating to
Massachusetts, because it was to the peo
pie of that State that Mr.. Wheeler was
speaking. He attempted to influence
the large manufacturing population of
the old Bay State against protection by
telling them that they are not prosper
Gus, but that the really prosperous
classes are those engaged in agriculture.
The facts in that State controvert his
statements and leave him without an ar.
gument in behalf of his pet theory. And
what is true of Massachusetts is true of
the whole country. Surprising, how
ever, that Mr.. Wheeler's statement IS
true and that protection is a benefit to
the farmer but damage to the manu-
facturer, why do Democrats and other
free traders deliberately Inisrepresent
when addressing those engaged in agri-
culture? Among the farmers of this
broad land these supporters of free trade
say, "Tiller of the soil. you are enslaved
by this monster of protective tariff, all
the benefits of which insure to manufac
turers." And in manufacturing districts
the talk is reversed. The fact is these
free trade orators deliberately lie in or
der to catch votes. Protection has ena-
bled all classes in this country who are
willing to work. to prosper. By means
! of that they have been enabled to com
pete successfully with the whole world,
and now they are asked to abandon a
system which has proven beneficial and
to adopt a theory which has nothing
to support its claims to popular favor.
The sugar trust ought to contribute
literally TO the Democratic campaign
!, fund this year. Mr.. Mills and his fellow
: free traders have certainly placed the
back,rs of this monopoly under great
pecuniary obligations by their refusal to
give the people cheaper sugar.
Democracy means free trade. This is
the understanding of the English press,
and it is well informed in the matter.
The party, which in 1856 and 1860 under
Southern leadership declared for pro.
gressIve free trade throughout the
world" demanded in 1875 and 1880 "a
tariff for revenue only" The Southern
oligarchy, which IN the Confederate
, Constitution prohibited any form of Ia
riff protection for home industries, is in
the saddle once more, ruling the country
and trading" American manufacturers
in the interest of free trade. Hostility
to the protective system and sympathy
for free trade are disclosed in every
Democratic page of the official record
of the tariff debate. Mr., Hooker, of
Mississippi, spoke for his party when he
declared, in response to Mr.. McComas's
challenge, that no Democrat had uttered
and no Democrat could utter word in
favor of the protective tariff system
: which discriminates in favor of the
home producer and labor. Democracy
means free trade--this and nothing less
Reports from Pittsburgh indicate that
Smith NJ. Weeds summer warmth for
Cleveland's re election has not yet reach
= ed 10, and the superintendent of his iron
works is outspoken against the anti.pro-
d. lection policy of the Democracy.
, The Montpelier Argus still insists that