Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-03

ume, and upon which the two great pol;t;
cal parties are now arrayed apainsf On i
ooIer IN q herculean contest. The princi
pal issue grows out Of the tariff uuestion
-Four years ago there was apparently HttI
uerence between the parties on this sub
lect. At that time the Repuhl;can not,
appealed to the business interesta a Nm.
country. Knowing the natural t,miIitv .
efpita! to seek investment during season,
u political agitation, and it's tendency t9
prevent changes in the administration q
way, - V"'
IN FAVOR OF OUR PARTY
In the present campaign-attempted tc
create the belief that inevitable ruin would
overtake all our industries, that business
would be paralyzed, and calamities ol
every sort would prevail throughout the
| iand In the event OF the return to power OF
tne Democratic party. In like manner an
aCcempt was made to play upon the ignor.
ance ano preludices OF the negro population
by assuring them that the election of M.
Cleveland meant new shackles for their feet.
Now the light OF subsequent events has not
verihed the wisdom OF those prophecies,
Capital was gradually withdrawn from it's
hiding places and has been widely invested
IN manufactures, railway extensions, the
opening OF mines, the building of cities and
the countless channels OF commerce, and.
IL we except the discomfort now and then
manifested among the laboring classes in
the manufacturing districts, which ie the
result OF the aggressions OF protected mo-
nopoiies, and OF trusts and combines which
are the offspring Of high protection, this
country is enjoying an
ERA OF uNExAMPLED PROSPERITY.
The condition Of the negro at the South
has been materially ameliorated. and q
large number Of his Northern brethren, in
recognition OF these facts and the privileges
accorded them by this administration, are
focking to the standard OF Cleveland &
Thurman, [Cries OF That's so."l Hav-
ing signally failed in these efforts they now
turn their attention to the working classes,
and are trying to persuade them that their
interests will be prejudiced IL any reduction
whatever be allowed from the present i'm
port duties. To accomplish this they re-
sort to such dishonorable expedients as to
assert that the small reduction contem.
plated by the Mills Bill means ''free trade"
while the facts are that it amounts to less
than per cent. and affects principally
raw material, leaving the average duty Of
AZ lilo per cent. Such statements as
these are the insincere and sham devices
OF the trickster and politician and un-
worthy OF the leaders of party that lays
any claim to respectability. have no ap.
prehension that the intelligent workingman
of this Territory will be deceived by their
false and delusive statements. The Demo-
ccatic party has
NEVER BEEN FREE TRADE PARTY.
1t has always advocated raising tbs neces-
sary funds for the expenses OF the admins
tration of government in times OF peace by
duty on imports, giving protection Incl
dentally to all such Industries as needed it's
fostering care. [Applause.1 This doctrine
was promulgated BY Thomas Jefferson, en-.
dorsed by Andrew jackson and has been
reiterated in almost every Democratic
platform since that time. The old Wing
party favored high protection, and it was
through the influence Of Mr.. Clay, it's dis
tinguished champion, that the high tariff
bill OF 1928 was enacted, which contained
measures SO odious to the cotton states as
to result in the notification agitation in
South Carolina, which was so promptly
suppressed by President Jackson. Lower
tariff bills were enacted from time to time
through periods OF almost unvarying pros
parity up to 1897, whom -she-e- -oeesrro1
panic which was due almost wholly to an
unstable system OF banking and a very
much deprecated currency rather than, as
the Republicans would fain make US believe,
to the results Of q low protective tariff.
Soon after this followed the outbreak OF
the civil war, when q system OF high tariff
as well as internal revenue was adopted
and acquiesce1 in by both parties in order
that
THE LIFE OF THE NATION
might he preserved. In the quarter OF a
century that has elapsed since the close OF
the war the country has been enabled
through it's wonderful resources and mirac-
ulous growth to liquidate that mountain
of debt to q degree that astounded the
world Tapplausel, but q material part OF
the excessive and extortionate system still
remains, wholly inconsistent with the re.
quirements Of the government in times OF
peace. 1t is true that the taxes on rail-
roads, banks, and other taxes affecting the
richer classes have been removed, but the
burden still exists SO far as almost every
thing is concerned which enters into the
daily life OF the poorer classes, and exacts
for the sole benefit OF about five millions OF
people q tax OF so, go, 80 and even 100
per cent. upon many articles required to
feed and ciothe over ffty-fve millions OF
our people. The taxes thus collected have
produced the
MUCH TALKED OF SURPLUS
which has accumulated in the Treasury
and which is the theme OF SO much discus
sion. The danger does not arise from the
fact that there are one hundred and thirty
millions dollars locked. up uselessly in the
Treasury, but from the alarming TACT that
the accumulations are going on steadily at
the rate OF about ten million dollars
monthly. It reached the enormous sum OF
sixteen millions in the month OF August
past, thereby sapping the very life-biood OF
the nation, and il permitted to continue
will surely lead to the most distressing
financial embarrassment. Perhaps we
might more readily appreciate tne sltua-
tion by attempting
PARALLEL ILLUSTRATION.
Won have here a rich agricultural county
Wealth is accommodating rapidly from year
to wear, but the accumulations are ab'
sorbed from time to time in the expansion
Of business. Suppose by any means your
county government should draw from the
money iu circulation any given sum, say
ten thousand dollars weekly, which in the
course of a year would amount to very
unr