The new North-west., 1888-10-26
sTHE MAIN ISSUES.

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Of Montana and the entire Union, when the
personality of Mr.. carter and Mr.. Clark
will be . matter only of remembrance. And
Is this is probably the last issue of the NEW
NORTH West thst, under the inefficient and
insufficient postal service of the Cleveland
administration will reach many Of our Mon.
tana subscribers before the election, we de-
sire to again urge that their relation to this
subject be not lost sight of.
The Democratic party represents to the
people that the surplus in the United States
treasury is too great, and that the United
| States four per cent. bonds are too high TO
purchase with 1t. These two things are
startling indeed to . Democratic admins
tration, for that party was deposed In 1860,
after years Of peace, with a frightful de.
fciency menacine the country, and unable
to sell its bonds except at high rates of in.
terest and at q shameful sacrifice. The Re-
publican administrations took charge of the
treasury under these coEditio, S, raised rev.
enues to meet the enormous expenditures Of
an unparalleled war, paid half the debt In
| twenty years, raised the country to the
highest prosperity it has ever attained, and
left its growing incomes exceeding its re-
duced expenditures.
But the Cleveland administration, ignor-
ing the advice Of Tilden, proceeded at once
to make bugaboo of this surplus, and de-
vised scheme to reduce it-by reducing
the tariff paid by foreigners on goods i'm
| ported to America for sa!e-a tariff charged
them for the privilege Of selling their foreign
goods in our markets. The method pro-
posed is not only injurious 10 US, but will
fail to accomplish the purpose intended.
The history of the country shows that in
every instance reduction of tariff rate has
resulted in 90 large al increase in the
quantity of imported goods that the amount
of revenue receipts was larger than under
the higher rate. Therefore the avowed
object will not be accomplished, but if ex-
perience is guide, we will simply have
enabled foreign manufacturers to lay their
goods produced by cheap labor in larger
quantity in our markets in competition with
American products by higher paid labor.
The Mills bill does this, as is shown by al
statistics, with unfair discrimination against
American manufacturers. The inevitable
result will be lower wages in America to
approximately those paid in Europe, or If
wages are maintained by labor organiza-
tions or the will of the producer or manu-
facturer, to bring the manufacturer or pro-
ducer to ruin and throw out Of work and
millions now employed by them. We have
two or three Of these industries in Montana
on which the effects of the Mills bill, drawn
at the dictation of Cleveland in secret eau
Gus, can be readily seen-tbe wool and lead
and lead silver productions which need only
to be cited, not argued, for Mr.. Clark and
bis smooth assistant sophists have not de.
ceived any man engaged in those industries
as to what the result would be to them.
As the injury Of :hese industries affects us,
so would the injury of other industries affect
millions of other Americans, with no COM
pensating gain. Beside this, the Cleveland
administration is the avowed enemy of
silver, ard he has twice urged upon Con-
gress measure in regard thereto that would
bring ruin and bankruptcy upon Montana.
Mr.. Clark may be safely enough intrenched
behind the copper combination to stand the
shock, but few others are.
On the other hand, the Republican party
| by its Chicago platform, and the Senate
tariff bill drawn in accordance Herewith,
has presented tariff revision bill that main
tains the high rate on foreign manufactured
articles that come into competition with
American products aud manufactures, and
has reduced the rate on, or placed on the
free list, foreign commodities, except lux
uries, that do not come into competition
with American manufactures and products.
1t has reduced the excessive tariff which the
sectional Mills bill retained on sugar and
rice, and has to great extent extinguished
the internal revenue taxes on tobacco, and
whiskey used in the arts, tax that was
levied under the exigencies of a war waged
against the Union, and is paid by American
citizens to the American Government, when
the government no longer requires it. I'm
der the Senate tariff bill the revenues of the
country will be reduced to about the actual
requirements for conducting the govern
ment, while at the same time maintaining
the protective tariff.
This, briefly stated, is the attitude of the
two parties. The Delegateship is essentially
political office. Mr.. Clark's election will
be an approval by the people of Montana of
the administration of Grover Cleveland,
the enemy of silver, and of the Mills bill,
the enemy of the wool grower, the lead pro-
ducer, and Of every manufacturer, producer
and workingman in the Territory, for he
has endorsed them and espoused their
cause.
| The election of Mr.. Carter will be pro-
test against these wrongs, wrongs that hare
driven thousands of our citizens from their
rights and better homes and better wages in
Montana. 1t will place In the Congress of
the United States an able, honest, vigorous,
conscientious Delegate who will work for
the welfare Of Montana, and who will never
sit silent as Mr.. Toole has done, and as Mr..
Clark would have to do, while the enemies
of Montana enacted legislation hostile to the
interests of the people he represents. His
name and fame are stainless. He is worthy
product of the institutions of this land of
the free that has taken many a poor and
worthy boy from the furrow, the mine, and
| the shop, and crowned him with more than
royal honors. And 50 will Montana do with
Thos. Il. Carter on November 9th. He will
represent her in the next Congress and be-.
fore his term expires his hand will indite to
the Governor of this Territory the congrat-
ulatory dispatch, "Montana is admitted to
the Union"
To these consummations you, reader, may
contribute. Let your vote be: "For Dele.
gate in Congress, Thos. 81. Carter"
The Locomotive Engineers.
RICHMOND. Va, Oct. 20.-The Brother.
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