The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-09-13

not or immediate importance Cd the mass OF
our citizens, and only concerns those en-
restless enterprise and activity which free
and ready money among the people pro-
duces, is found that opportunity Tor
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT,
and that impetus to business and production
| which bring in their train prosp .rlty to our
citizens In every station and vocation. New
ventures, new investments in business and
| manufacture, the construction OF new and
| important works nnd the enlargement OF en-
| terprises already estab ished, depend largely
| upon obtaining money upOn asy terms with
| far security; and all these things ire stim-
| uiated by an abundant vol me OF circulating
medium. Even the harvested grain OF the
farmer remains without u market unless
money Ia Forthcoming for it's movement and
transportation TO the seaboard The hrstre-
Is the exaction OF severe terms for it's use.
Increasing distrust and timidity is followed
by a refusal to loan or advance on any terms.
Investors refuse all risks and decline all Sc
curities. and in u general fright the money
still In the hands of the people as persistently
boarded 1t is quite apparent that hen this
perfectly natural, If not inevitable stage Is
reached, depression in all business anu en-
terprise will, as q necessary consequence,
lessen the opportunity for work and employ
ment. ana reduce salaries ana wages OF labor.
Instead then OF being exempt from the in
living idle III the national treasury our wage
earners and others who rely upon their labor
for support are most of all directly con-
cerned in the situation. Others seeing the
approach of danger may provide against it,
but it will find those depending upon their
daily toll for bread unspared, helpless and
defenSeiess Such a state of affairs does not
represent a case of idleness resulting from
disputes between the laboring man and his
employer, but 1t produces An absolute and
enforced stoppage of employment and
wages In reviewing the bad effects of this
accumulated surplus and the scale OF tariff
rates by which it Is produced We must not
overlook the tendency toward gross and
scandal Gus public extravagance which u
congested treasury induces, nor the fact that
we are maintaining, without excuse, in a
time OF profound peace. substantially the
rate of tariff duties imposed IN time of war,
when the necessities OF the government JUS
titled the imposition of the weightiest bur-
dens upon the people. Divers plans have
been suggested for the return Of this accu-
mul ared surplus 10 the people and the chan
nels of trade. Some of these devices are at
variance with all rules of good finance; some
are delusive. some are absurd, and some be-
tray by their reckless extravaganza the
DEMoRALIZIN9 INFLUENCE
Of great surplus Of public money upon the
judgments OF Individual While such
efforts should be male as are consistent with
public duty and sanctioned by sound jucg-
ment to avoid danger by the useful dispos!-
ton OF tho surplus now remaining In the
treasury, it is evident tha5 it It's distribution
were accomplished another accumulation
would soon take its place if the constant flow
of redundant income were not checked at its
source bv reform in our present tariff laws
We do not propose to deal with these condi-
tons by merely attempting to satisfy the
people Of the truth of abstract theories nor
by alone urging their assent to political doc
tot
that thew ere unjustiv treated in the exteut
of present federal taxation, that as result
condition of extreme danger exists, and that
it Is fer them 70 demand Il remedy and that
defense aud safety promised in the guaran-
ties of their free government We believe
chat the same means which are adopted TO
relieve the treasury of its present surplus
md prevent its recurrence should cheaper
to ori people the cost OF supplying tneir
daily wants Both of these objects
we seek in p1rt to gain by reducing the pres
ent tariff rates upon the necessares of life
We fully appreciate thu Importance to the
country of our domestic industrial eater
prise. In the rec, iication of existing wrongs
heir maintenance and prosperity should be
carefully and IN friendly spirit considered.
Even such reliance upon present revenue ar
rangements as have been invited or encour-
aged should be fairly and justly regarded
Abrupt and radical changes which might en-
danger such enterprises. and lnjuriOusly at
feet the interests of labor dependent upon
their success aad continuance, arc not con-
templased or intended But we know the
COST of our domestic manufactured products
is increased and their price TO the consumer
enhanced by the duty imposed upon the
raw material used i'll their manufacture. We
know that this incre ased cost prevents the
sale of our productions at foreign markets
in competition with those countries which
have the advantage of free raw material.
We n k0f
our manufacturing operations are curtaiod,
their demand tor labor irregular and the
rate of wages paid uncertain We propose
therefore to stimulate our domestic in
5.ussTiai enterprises by freeing from duty
the imported raw materials, which, by the
employ ment of labor, ere used in our home
manufactures, thus extending the markets
for their sale and permitting an increased
and steady production with the allowance of
ABUNDANT PRoFITS
True to the uudeyia ing course of the
Democratic party we will not neglect the In
terests OF labor aud our workingmsn. In all
efforts to remedy existing evils we will fur
nish no excuse for the loss OF employment
or the reduction Of the wages of honest toll.
On the contrary, we propose In any ADJUST
ment Of our revenue laws to concede such
encouragement and advantage TO the en-
ployers of domestic labor as will easily com
pensate for any difference that may exist
between the standard of wages which should
be paid to our laboriDg men and the rate al
lowed in other countries We propose. too,
by extending the markets for our manufac-
turers to promote the steady employment OF
labor while by cheapening the cost Of the
necessaries of lif. We increase the purchas-
ing power of the workingman's wages aad
add to the comforts of his home And, be-
fore passing from this phase of the
the opinion, that while the in
terests Of labor should be always scdulously
regarded in any modification of our
tariff laws, an additional and more direct
and efficient protection to those interests
would be afforded by the restriction and
prohibition of the immigration or importa-
ton OF laborers from other countries, who
swarm upon our shores. having o purpose
or intent of becoming our fellow citizens, Or
acquiring any permanent interest In our
country, but VINO crowd every fleid OF en-
ployment with unintel:igent labor at wages
which ought not to satisfy those who make
claim TO American citizenship. The plat
form adoptad by the late national conven-
ton OF or party cont aims the following
declaration: &Judgod by Democratic prln-
ciples the interests of the people are be-
trayed when by unnecessary taxation trusts
tered. which, while unduy snriching
the few that combine, rob tho
body Of our citizens by depriv-
ing them as purchasers OF the bene-
fits of natural ompetition" Such combina-
lions have always been condemned by the
Democratic party. The declaration, Of it.
national convention is sincerely made, and
no member Of Our party will he found ex-
cusing the existence or belittling the per-
nicious results of these devices to wrong the
people. Under vsrious names they have
been punished by the common law for hun
dreds of years; and they have lost none OF
their hateful features because they have as
sumed the name of trusts instead Of con-
spiraciea We believe that those trusts are
the natural offspring of market artifctally
restricted; that an inordinately
HIGH TARIFF,
besides furnithng the temptation for their
existence, enlarges the limit within which
they may operate against the people, and
thus increases the extent of their power for
wrong doing With an una'terable hatred
of ali such schemes we count the checking of
their baleful operations among the good re-
suits promised by revenue reform. While we
canhot avoid partisan instrumentation, our
position upon the question OF revenue reform
should be so plainly stated as to admit OF no
Misunderstanding. We have entered upon no
crusade OF free trade The reform we seek
n, iuo ia il r.rcdicafed urOn the utmost