The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-09-14
GROWERS MISTAKES
Os~ntsadicHons Pointed Out and Curious
Assertions Shown 10 b Without
Foundation.
New Nilled Neehanlcs Arc interested
IN Prstectlen-Eroe Trade IL
Balefal.
iNsw Yorik stecial1

tGNVW VUA UE0o404y
gst,se. containing the Ifcmised ccntsibution ~
James 9. Blaine on The Presidents Erroe.s
and one from Gov. For.skes. q Ohio. % .1ast9
Blaine's name has been the cause Of the weeks
delay, az the publishers have beeu deluged with
sssssd t ieg the ns.. ns Y%ss'i;,s., wh! 4S, have r., :sy %rsS
dtfficusty In securing Nc. Blaine's consent to
prepare an article for tho magazine. He has al
w wny,;a 1ee en- sverso to TINT means Of reaching re
entity and consistently claimed that ne
required all his varied material for use ON tho
Dsoenaber 1 Last ' 50 fsr br nss'S &c 'i Ice Of lis pu {.
pose that whom he found the request Of tho ed:
itor seconded by the National Committee aud
luctant consent. This has not detracted from
the iorcc Of his article or his inter ct In his sxgu-
ments. because whatever he undertakes he
advance sheet was procured to-day. Mi. Blaine
takes Tor his next, two paragraphs from Preet-
lent Cieveland's famous message to Congress in
remarkable statements and curious assertions.
The paragraphs alluded to by him arc as follows:
3 the last census It is made to oppear that OF
ployed in Agriculture, 4,O7l,23S in professional
and sqa aa psrsOsa,sl g.. service asstis7e Of whom Ms,.
l!.sl0,258 arc employed In trade md transporta-
slon. and s,,ss7. lla are classed % employed In
p %ssa'f SoMensr. a9 e. % lsat sum Fer p pis 9 sb1pT aEai
10 considerably reduced. Without attempting
TO ensnsmerete al, II win be conceded that there
S75. LIB carpenters and ~ioiners, 49, Ol milliners,
drcssmakers. and ssam stresses. l72, 796 black.
smiths, 1Ss. 756 tnilcrs and tailoresses, 1922 4S
musons, 76,24l butchers. 1850 bakers, 22,O0S
plaster rs, aud A,6ol engaged in such manuiac-
turing Industries as nre cIetined TO be benefited
by a high tariff"
Mr.. Dlaiue summarize. the Presidents asgu.
ment as mn asser. ion that those persons not
employed In what may bo termed protected In.
dnstrtes hnve no interest in . protective tariff.
He asserts that q slight analysts will serve to
show thnt the President Is wholly in error. BY
way Of proving this error he takes up one after
another Of tho classes Of skilled mec .anics men.
s tionsa ~ the rre.id i Is not interested IL
work II the protection system is destroyed or
impaired to the consequent arrest and impair
is sis that e e vsa ye ciass pia asslP ~ the t pre sisa%en m
the list OF persons not affected by the tariff
would be immediately influenced to their dis.
ment Of business Enterprises that would follow
tection.
strangely enough, tho President neglects,"
"either from design or oversight, to notice what
effect the serious reduction Of the tariff would
have ON the 1,sl0,25 men employed in trans
sells. river steamer and barges, coal, wagon, and
stage lines. These varicd ways Of transporta-
ton represent an Investment Of thousands Of
AAhAAAOh ~ NAkk0k vi Uue hlU
give employment to nearly 2.OO0,O0O of men,
whose earnings support !a,0o0.OO1 of people.
Whatever impatrs American manufacturing
Iron ore admitted free from Spain, coal admit
ted FREQ from Nova Scotia, wool admitted free
from Australia, all favor British ships at tho
expense of American railroads. The further the
president goes In the direction Of the doctrine
laid down In his message the more direct and
the moro deadly te the assault on the whole or.
ganization Of American Industries.
1T might have proved advantageous to the
President. as 1t won d have assuredly proved In
accurate official inquiry to DO made into the
close connection Of tho transportation to the
manufacturing interests. and how both in turn
terests, to the great profit Of ali three. The yery
figures which the President quotes prove the
i!mmenae home market which the farmers have
In the United States. In round numbers over
7!,000.000 arc engaged in agriculture. while nearly
100000 are engaged in other Industrial pur-
suits. who cons. me, with the families de-
the farmer. Every enlargement Of that home
market ts q boon to the farmer. while its dim
loss"
Mr.. Blaine thinks President Cleveland might
wisely have inquired how many Of the unatfect-
ed Glasses we're called to their several employ.
ments In consequences Of the general prosperity
suggests that IL these inquiries had been once
started the President wolll certainly have been
&c c9GI 1Is.nrsrs to =, tak Ken into no,csoon1sid eratio every class
rectly benefited by the tarin, and no intimates
that new Impressions might have been formed
by the President after such an examination Of
the unity Of labor's delnsnds and interests. He
concludes by saying TINT the Prcsident's recon-
mendation as to q redu :tion Of thrift strikes u
far more severe blow at labor than at capital,
and that its effects II enacted into law would be
baleful in giving capital an exespernting control
over labor. such as now pervades where FREQ
trade is complete.
In many respects Mr.. Blaine's article 10 a rep.
etition Of his statement at the New York sore
made. that tho tariff question is. from skin to
core and nom core back to skin again, q question
OF labor aud wages. In his concluding sentence
he gives Mr.. Cleveland credit for good inten-
lions" with a delicate irony that suggests the old
saw which tolls Of pavements In hades. at IL
not Asserted" he says, that theP President con-
scfously destined or attempted this result, but
the voters OF the country must hold him respons-
tbie for tho obvious effects of his oflc al recon-.
They have neither time nor inclina.
ton to question motives"
Rev. J. p. E. Kumler,s Tribute to Har.
risOn.
b Rev. J. p. e. Kumler, Of this city, knows
General Harrison well. Speaking Of their &C.
gu0tntance to-day, he said:
General Harrison is q splendid mantle
brAfni06t m0N In Indiana fO-iMv Soma tNpos,1n