The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-13

But we know the cost Of our domestic man,
ufsc,ured products is increased, aud their
price To the consumer enhanced by the duty
imposed upon the raw material used in their
manufacture, We know that this increased
.os prevents the sale of our productions at
foreign markets in competition with those
countries which have the advantage of free
raw material. We know that confued TO
our home market our manufacturing opera
tions are curtaile !, their dem and for labor ir-
regular, and ths rate Of wages paid uncertain,
We propose, therefore, to stimulate our do
nestle Industrial enterprises, by freeing from
duty the imported raw materials which by
the employment OF labor are used In our home
manufactures, thus extending the marless for
their sale, and permitting an increased and
steady production, with the allowance Of
abundant profits.
True 10 the undertaking course OF the DEM
ocratic party, we will not neglect the interest
OF the labor and our workmen. In all efforts
to remedy existing evils, we will furnish no
excuse for the loss OF employment or the re-
duction of the wages Of honest toll. On tho
contrary, we propose, In any adjustment OF
our revenue laws, TO conc NE such encourages
ment aud advantage 10 the employers Of do
nestle labor as will easily compensate for any
difference that may exist between the stand
ard of wages which should be paid TO our la
boring men and the rate allowed in other
countries. We propose, too, by extending
the markets for our manufacturers, to pro-
mote the steady employment OF labor, while,
by cheapening the cost OF the necessaries OF
life, we increase the purchasing power Of the
workingmen's wages, and add to the comforts
OF his home.
THE QUESTION or TRUSTS
Such combinations have always been con-
demne1 by the Democratic party. The dec
larntion of its National Convention issincsre-
ly made, and no member of our party will lie
found excusing tie existence or belittling the
p 'rnicious results Of these .levices to wrong
tue people. Under various names they have
been punished hy the common law for
hundreds Of years; and they have lost none
of their hateful features because they bave
assumed the name of trusts instead o.
conspiraces. We believe that these
trusts are the natural offspring OF a
inordnately high tariff, besides furnish
ing the temptation for their existence,
en- argos thS limit within which they may
operate against tie people, and thus increases
the extent OF their power for wrong doing.
With an uualterab Q hatred or all such
schemes, we count the checking OF their bales
ful operations among the good results prom
ised by Revenue Reform.
While we cannot avoid partisan misrepreS
son'ation, our position upon the question OF
Revenue Reform should b. SO plainly stated
as TO admit OF no misunderstanding. We
nave entered upon no cfu>ule OF Tree tfauA
The reform we seek tD inaugural, is predica.
ted upon the utmost care for established indus.
tries aud enterprises, IA jealous regard for the
interests of American labor, and n sincere
desire TO relieve the country from the injus-
ticc ald danger OF n condition which threatens
evil TO all the people OF the land.
OF course, IN country as great as ours
with such wonderful variety OF interests,
often lea ting in entirely different directions
IL il difficult, II not impossible, to settle upon
u perfect tariff plan. But in acc cc)mpishng
the reform we have entered upon, the noces-
sity OF which is 50 obvious, l believe wa
should not be content with reduction of
revenue involving the prohibition of impor-
tations and the removal of Internal tax upon
whisky. IL can lie better and more safely
done within the lines of granting actual re-
lief to the people in their means of living,
and at the same time giving An impetus to
our domestic enterprises and furthcring our
national welfare. Ii misrepresentation of
our purposes an motives are 10 gain ere,
deuce Il defeat our present effort in thisdi-
rection, there seems to he no reason Why ev-
cry endeavor IN the future TO accomplish
revenue reform should not be Likewise at
tackled aud with like result.
Aud yet no thoughtful man can fail TO see
in the continuance of the present burdens OF
the pc pie, aud the abstraction by the Gov
rrnmenC of the currency Of The country, in-
eyitaOlc distress and disaster. All danger
will he averted 10y timely action. The diff
Guilty of app y,ng the rem. dy will never bs
less and the blame should not be laid ut the
door OF the Democratic party If 1t is applied
too late.
With the firm faith in the intelligence aud
patriotism OF our countrymen, and relying
upon the conviction that Misrepresentation
Will not influence them, preju ice will not
cloud unde standing, and that III mace will
10, in,imid ate, let us urge the peop e's inter'
,st aud public duty for the viniicaton OF our
nttemp u iuausurate righteous and beneii.
cert reform.
lSis ell GROVER CLEVELAND.