Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-14
He Would Exclude John Ghinaman TO
Catch tne Pacific Cast Vote
The Election Fraud Ghost again
Fiaunted Before the People.
trusts. Pension, Civil service aid
Fisheries Questions Warmed over.


GEN HARRiS0N'S LETTER.
lie Communicates to the Pubic His Views On
Questions Involved III the Campaign.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1l.-fhe following
is G Il. Hasrisou's letter Of epteEoe:
INDIANAPOLIS, Sep, Il, 1888.
Hon. ii. NJ. E5teo AID o-hsI-, Gleu1 bers of
the coummlttet:
GsNTLtMEN-When your commit ee
vlsI,, HE on the -Four h OF Jaly last a1i
avesentoG the otfic,aI announcement O.
my nomination for :h~ presidency of the
United States by t rel nbtican national
conventions, l promised, as so II a.
practicable, TO CummuuIcaie to you
more formal 8cccpialos of the ntm,ns-
ION. S;nce mat time the work of re-
,eiviaz and addressing, almost daily,
isrue delega.i0Bs of ny fellow cit}z -
has mo- only occupied al Of my time bu
mas Ill Some measure rendered 1t uunects
sary for rne to uSe thls letter a . Il G.4edlum
Ut Communicating TO the public my views
upou the questions involved N the eau
oglgu. | apprtclate very highly the con-
idenee and respect manifested by the
convention. and accept the nomination
with q feeling of gratitude and g full
sense of the Responsibilities which ac-
company it.
1t Is ii mater of congratu alton that
he declarations of the Cnicego couveR-
ion upon the quesfis rs that now e'tracs
he Interest 81 our people are 30 clear
ard pha'ic; there is further cause OF
,ongratula.Icu in the fac that the
convention i'll utteTaEce OF tbs demo
cratic party, if il any degree uncerta1u
IT contradictory cdn nov be judged anc
interpreted by executive acts and mes
7ages, and by Gehnite propositions Ii
legislation. This Is especially true OF
what is populany know as
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
rbe Issue cannot nov be obssurea. Il is
not contest between schedules, but be
wen wide apart principles. The for
ign com petltOrs OF our market have,
~ith quick instinct, seen how one issue
Of this caava s mag brin9 thsm adgan
tage, and our Own people are not SO
luIl rs to Enias or Neglect the great ih-
eresIs that ere involved for them. The
aesapIs upon cur protective system ls
.pen and defaGt. Protection is assaIled
- unc1usti .u5i9nai in TIE la*, Is
vicious IN rlncIple, and tno3e who hold
spch views sincerely cannot stop short
Cf
ABSOLUTE ELlMINATIoN
from our tariff laws OF the principle of
pro ectlop. Thp Mills bill is only d step,
but it is toGard an obje:t that the leaders
II democratic thought aud Legislation
rtvs clearly in mind. TIE important
question Is not 50 mheh the ieug h of the
1tep Us the direction of it. judged by the
N 49, h.,
be Mills bill, BY the debates In cOSgress,
md by tie ST. Louis platform, the
democratic PARTY viii, If supported
Dy the country, fIace the
ariff laws II pen purely reyenGe basis.
8 this practical free trade-free trade in
lie English sense? The legend upon
ne banner many not be free trade" it
Gay be the more OBSCURE mote, tariff
ceform," but neither the banner nor the
| inscription IL conclusive, or, indeed, very
important. TIE assault itself Is the i'm
.0Etant fact. Those who teach that lht
IMPORT duty upon foreign goods sid in
pur market Is
PAID BY THE CONSUMER,
! aud that the Price IF the domestic com
| Detiug article is enhanced to the amount
| Of the duty on imported article, thai
| very million of dollars collected for Gus
oms duties, represents as many millions
| more which do not reach the treasury bat
| arc paid by our citIzens as the increased
| cost OF domestic productions resai'ius
| from the tai fl laws, may not iotend TO
| iiscredis III the MINDS OF others our sys
| Ell of levying duties on CEN eiing for
| ign products, bu5 it is clearly alreat,
| iiscredited in their Own. We caunoi
| doubt without imp1gning their integrity
| hat if free to acE upon their convictions,
| hey would 50 revise our laws as to lay the
| 'urden of the customs revenue upon ar
lcles that are not produced IN this com
| 'ry and TO place upon the free list all
| competing foreign products. | DO not
| sfOH To refute this theory as to the effect
| Of our tariff duties. Those who advance
1t gre students Of maxims aud not of
| the markets. They may 5s safely
allowed to call their project "Hariff Rs
| FORM" if the people understand that in
| ne end the argument comp ei5 free trade
| in al! competing products. This end
| may not be reached abruptly, and its ap-
| prOach may be accom- panied with some
| expressions of sympathy for our pro
| ecteo industries and onr working people,
| but it viii certainly come, If these early
| steps do not arouse the people to effec.
| i've resistance. The republican party
| holds that
PROTECTIVE TARIFF IS CONSTITUTIONAL,
WHOLESOME AND NECESSARY.
| We DO got offer fixed schedule, but
| principle. We wiH revise the schedule,
modify rates, but always with an intelli-
| gent provision Us to the eff.cb upon the
| domestic production and the wages of
| our working people. We believe il to be
uae of the worthy objects OF tariff
| legislation TO preserve the Ameri-
| can markes for American producers, ano
| 20 IL aintaln the American scale of wages
| by adequate discriminating duties upnn
| o reign competing products. The effec
| Of lower rates and larger importstIons
| upon the public revenue ia couting ent
| snd doubtful, but not so the effect upon
| American production and American
| wages. Less work and lower wages
| must be acc9fted as the inevitable
| result CT the Increased Offering
| Ut foreign goods IN our market.
! By rscompeuse for thi- reduction IN his
wages, and the loss of the American mar
| ket, Is il suggested that the Diminished
| wages of tbs workluguan will have al IN
| diminished purchasing power, and that he
VIA &c c~'S ~ AIHAhS hp 1Sl Tue tO,o vi
the home market by IN enlarged foreign
| market. Oar worklnRmen have the settle
nent of this question in their own hands
They now oStain higher wages and live
| more com i0rtahIy than those Of any
other country. They viii make a choice
| between the substantial! advantages they
hGve in hand AMI the deceptive promises
| and forecasts of those theorizng reform
els. They Will decide for themselves ano
for the country whether the protection
| system shall be continued or destroyed.
THE FACT OF A TREASURY SURPLUS,
! the amount of which Is varICGsly stated
has directed public attention 10 q con
| sideration OF ne usthuds by which the
| national income may be reduced TO the
level Of a wtse and necessary exPend-
| 'ture. This condition has been secured
| upon those who are hostile TO protective
custom duties as en- advantageous base of
attack upon our tariff !ag-. They have
msguided and nursed the surplus which
hey affect TO depreeate, seemingly for
the purpose OF eIsg2 Grating the
| evil IN order to reconcile the
people to ;he extreme remedy they
| ~