The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-06-07

4 CONFIDENTIAL circular has been is
sued from the headquarters of the repub-
ical national league which the people and
laborers, whom the protective tariff ben
efts so largely, would do well to read.
The circular finds fault with manufacture
ers for not contributing more literally to
the republican campaign fund. The re-
publican party, the circular goes on TO
say, stands for protection, and the de-
mocracy for free trade, but that "the
manufacturers who are most benefited
by our tariff laws have been the least
willing to contribute to the success of the
party which gave them protection
Here is an admission OF the very thing
democrats have been charging against
the protective policy. This confidential
circular states the truth in SO far as it
refers to the parties who derive benefit
from protection. The laborer is not
mentioned because the circular is not in
tended for him.
The circular then quotes republican
United States Senator who was request
ed to contribute, as follows:
II was solicited to contribute to pro-
| tectlve tariff league, and / replied that If
| the manufacturers of the United States,
, IN their associated capacity, were an
| eleemosynary institution that | would
| vote to give them pension, but that /
| did not propose myself to contribute
money to advance the interests OF men
| who were getting practically the sole
| benefit. or, at least, the most directly i'm
| portant benefits of the tariff laws. / am
| IN favor OF protection-nOt precisely the
| kind we are having, but I might be will
| ling to keep even that rather than not to
| have any; but am sure / can get along
| without any of it fully as well as the
| manufacturers can; and if they think the
| republican party is going to maintain a
high protective corps for their benefit,
| and that the men who do the work in
| that party are going to make up the ex-
| penses OF campaign out of their own
| pockets, leaving them to reap the fruits
of the tariff policy without any deduction
| for political expenses, they are very great
| ly mistaken"
| Excellent reading this for the man who
is to be protected from the pauper labor
OF Europe by means Of a protective tariff.
This republican United States Senator
is still further quoted in the circular is
sued by the republican national league
and which bears the signature of its pres
ident, James P. Foster, to the following
effect:
In fact, have it from the best pos
slble source that the manufacturers of
Pennsylvania, who are more highly pro-
tected than anybody else and who make
| large fortunes every year when times are
prosperous, practically give nothing
! toward the maintenance Of the ascendency
OF the republican party. OF course [
| shall not violate what [ consider to be q
proper principle Of action; but if [ had
MY way about it | would put the manu-
| iacturers of Pennsylvania under the fire
| and fry all the fat out OF them. IL the
| Mills tariff bill comes to the senate there
will be some votes cast there which viii
open the eyes OF some OF these people who
have, while gathering their millions, treat
| ed the republican party as their humble
servants
This seems to be rank treason against
the party of protection. Ofcourse it was
said in confidence and under the impress
sion that it would never come to the ears
| Of the Guped labOrer.