The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-05
THE POPULAR IDEA.


The Republicans have organized very
splendid plan TO make the American peo-
nile believe that PROTECTION is the very
lie of the working people.
Let us see where protection works !
There are TO day one bsndred thous-
and workm.n thrown out OF employ
ment by the Pro,ectionists in Pennsyi
vanis. which is the garden farm of Pro-
lection.
Why is this
The answer il that the protection syS
TEN allows a monopoly Of the nome
market. and the workman is not allowed
10 compete with his peers in The marke'
of the world He ia forced to work ior
the monopolisl, who uses The protective
tariff TO sell in the manipulated nome
marke, Just as much es the af''hc'a'
price will call for And when the maj
k,t ia ovarstoched the monopOlist shuts
down" and keeps bis surplus supply uh-
Ill it is sold of and then opens his lac
tory at bis own prices for labor
Protection of American Labor"
Are the wages any higher as the Tor
,unes of the monopolists grow bigger
Does the strike do the working man
any good
No, much because the rich man causes
tho etrike in order to save the expenses
while he keeps his surplus supply uh''i
the demand is greater than the supply
The working man tolls, but his Work
il ali laid under the iroDclad law Oh pro
lection of monopoly. All that is hep"'-
ican doctrine.
The Democrats wish to liDeFaie the
working man and put American manu-
,oc,urers on a footing that Will cnaDie
,ho American artisan to compete Win
the world and avoid The horrible tyranny
of being forced to make just as moch anu
40 more than will suit the home market
at the prices that the monopoii'' Ga"
force.
If all foreign goods are ruled out oi
the home market the monopolist can shy
that the American citizen must use only
our own goods, and we put on them Just
the price that we choose and we pay 'ht
lohoror what We choose, because
he is cut off from competition
Now. if the American workman can go
tho raw material TO work on he can beat
the world but he is manaced Sihc fiG
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idea.S-,,5aI he must take just what 'n'
home market can give.
And ~ the home market is in the hands
Of a few. of course the monopoIls's can
make trust combines and cut Oh the
production until the price suits them
The American people will be treated IL
8 general idea of edu alton on this Ike
nnblican idea by making people pay
,vice ~ much for the necessary articie'
Of life as people in other countries DO
An we want Is thorough canvass o'
the people and we feel confident that 'h'
reople a. Mr.. Cleveland says, have lh'
sense 10 see the vital principle OF I'M
question.
W. haro S1k5 O0n 600 900" 49, -@
sen'ts he tribute that every family pays
to monopoly. Tin that every family uses
ought TO be put at double the present
duty according to the Republican idea
Alpaca that any poor mans wife wants
is now over one hundred per cent. OF
what our neighbors in Canada get it
And so on with every article that the
monopolsts protect"
The monopolists according to theil
best showing, have 1900, 900 Those
who pay fifty per cent. tribute to mo-
nopoly are 45,O00,000 That is the equa-
ton of tariff reform. The Democrats
want the many articles OF life put a! fair
plices. The Republicans want TO ride
the people with war taxes in time OF
peace levied on the necessities Of life.