The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-12

diminished wages OF the WOTkingmal
will have an undimlnished purchasing
power and that he will be able to make
up for the loss OF a home market. by
an enlarged foreign market Our
wOrkingmen have the settlement of the
q"estion II their own hands. They
now obtain high wages end live more
comfortably than those OF any other
country.
THEY WILL MAKE A CHOICE
of he substantial advantages they
have in hand, and the detective prom
lses and forecasts of those the1riZing
reformers. They will deci :e for them
selves and for the country whether the
protective system shall be continued or
destroyed. The fact of the Urea ury
surplus, the amount of which is vari-
ously stated. has directed public atten-
ton to the consldera ton of methods by
which the national income may best be
reduced TO the level of wise and neces-
sary expenditure. This condition has
been secured by those who are hostile
to the protective system of duties as an
advantageous case for attack upon our
tariff laws. They have magnihed and
nursed the surplus which they affect to
deprecate, seemingly for the purpose
OF exaggarating the evil, in order to re-
conciie the people to the extreme rem
| edv. They propose the reduction of
the revenue does not necessitate and
| should not sug gest the abandonment or
! impairment of the protective system.
Tie methods suggested by our con-
vention will not need to be exhausted
in order to effect the necessary reduc-
W III L Id
| think, to make the present choice
between the surrender of our protec :
tive system and the entire repeal of
internal taxes. Such contingency. in
view of the present relation of the eX-
penditures to the revenues, is remote.
The inspection and
REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE
and the sale of oleomargarine is i'm
portant and the r venue derived from
it is not so great that the repeal of the
law need enter into any plan of reve-
nue. reduction. The surplus now in the
Treasury should be used in the purchase
of bonds. The law authorized this use
of il and if it is not needed for
current or deficiency appropriations
the people, and not the banks in which
it has been deposited should have the
advantage Of its use, by stopping the
interest upon the public debt. At least,
those VINO neediessly hoard it should
not be allowed to use the fear of g
monetary stringency to cosrce public
sentiment upon other questions.
Closely connected with the subject of
tariff is that Of
IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN LABoRERs
Under contracts of service to be per-
formed here. The law now in force
prohibiting such contracts received my
cordial support in the Senate, and such
amendment as may be found necessary
effectively to deliver our work
ing men and women from this
most unrequita6le form Of competition
will have my sincere advocacy. Legis-
lation prohibiting the importation Of
| Iaborars under contract to serve
| here will, however, afford inadequate
relief to our working people, If the sys-
| tenn of protective duties is broken down.
If the products of American ships must
compete in any foreign market, with
out favoring duties. with the cheapsfor-
eign labor. 1.-The effect will be oitter
enJ, If at all, only IN degree, whether
cheap labor is across the street or over
the sea. Such competition will soon re-
duce the wages here TO the level OF the
lowest abroad, and when that cOndl--
tion is reached we will not need any
laws forbidding the importation of labor
under contract. They will have no
induoement to come. The employer
has no inducement to send TOR them
oorI,a- nf hiofnru Of
our Republic, agenciessto p. omote i'm
migration were common. Pioneers
wanted neighbors, with more friendly
instincts than the Indian. Labor was
scarcer and fully employed. But the
DAY of the immigration bureau has
gone by. While our doors will con-
tinue opened to proper immigration
we do not need to issue special invita-
tons to the inhabitants of other coun-
tries to come to our shores Oh
to share out citizenship. Indeed, the
necessity of some inspection and limi-
tation is obvious. We should resolutely
refuse to permit foreign governments
to send their paupers and criminals tc
our ports. We are also clearly under G
duty to defend our CT il position by
excluding alien races, whose ultimate
assimilation with our people is neither
possible nor desirable. TIE family hat
been the nucleus Of our best immigra-
ton and the home. the most potent
sssimilating force il our civilization
The objections to Chinese immigration
are distinctive and conclusive and art
now generally accepted as such. Tha
question has passed entirely around tbs
stage of argument. The laws relating UG
this subject should be eDforcel and
faithfully executed. Such amendment;
or further legislation as may be neces-
sary and proper TO prevent eYasions o
laws and to stop further Chinese immi-
grafton would also meet my approval
The expressions of the convention upoI
this subject are in entire harmony witt
my views.
Qua CIVIL COMPACT
is government by the majority, an(
the law loses its sanction and the mag
istrate our respect when this compac
is broken. The evil results of election
frauds do not expend themselves upor
the voters who are robbed of thei
rightful influence in public affairs
The individual, or the community, Of