Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20
living Visiting Delegations Pre-
ortod Earlier PRONUNCIATION.
r. psviews the Tariff Question After
the Republican Method.
r.rsts. Pension, Civil Service and
Fisheries Questions Considered.
GEN. HARRISoN'S LETTER.

t.,-.y.poIis, Sept. 21.-The following
cen Harrison's letter of acceptance:
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. IL, 1888.
-, ". NJ. Estee and others, members Of
me committee:
GENTLEMEN -- When your committee
-.ts5 me on the Fourth of July last and
,.sssnted the official announcement OF
~ nomination for the presidency of the
HATED states by the republican national
,onyention, l promised, as soon q:
,,octjcable, to communicate to you q
rrara formal acceptance OF the nomina
sor Since that time tho work of re.
.siving and addressing, almost daily
I,,ye delegations of my fellow citizens
Sss not only occupied all of my time but
h. in some measure rendered it unneces-
,sry for me to use this letter &c : medium
# Communicating to the public my vie US
pthe questions involved in the cam
nspn. I appreciate very highly the con
sjs1ce and respect manifested by the
c0nyention and accept the nomination
Nth feeling of gratitude and a full
sense Of the responsibilities which &C
company 1t.
II is q matter of congrstulation that
NE declarations of the Chicago conven.
lion upon the questions that now attract
hs interest of our people are so clear
snd emphatic; there is further cause of
generalization in the fact that the
convention in uttereace of the demo
srsdc party, ii IL any degree uncertain
or contradictory can now be judged and
Interpreted by executive acts and mes
ages, and by definite propositions in
legislation. This 10 especially true of
What is popularity known as
THE TAEIFF QUESTION.
The issue cannot now be obscured. 1t is
not contest between schedules, but
between wide apart principles. The for
tgn com petitors OF our market have,
With quick instinct, seen how one issue
Of this canvass may bring them advan-
sge and our own people are not so
dull as to miss or neglect the great in
srsats that are involved for them. The
assault upon our protective system is
open snd defiant Protection is assailed
unconstitutional in tho law, or as
vicious in principle, and those who hold
gch views sincerely cannot stop ehort
ID
ABSOLUTE ELIMINATION
nom our tariff laws of the princip,s of
protection. The Mills bill ia only step,
b0titis toward an object that the leaders
Of democratic thought and legislation
have clearly in mind. The important
question is not so much the length of the
sep as the direction of it. Judged by the
executive message of December last, by
iae Mills bill, by the debates in congress,
aud BY the st. Louis platform, the
democratic party will, if supported by
the country, place the tariff laws upon
purely revenue basis. Is this practical
Tee traoe-free trade 10 the English
'FnseI The legend upon the banner
ma! not be "fres trade," it may be the
more obscure motto, "tariff REFORM" but
aei'hec the banner nor the inscription 10
conclusive, or indeed, very important.
Ile assault itself is the important fact.
4lose who teach that the import duty
'POn iorsign goods sold in our market is
PAID By THE CONSUMER,
and thai the price of the domestic com
ls'lng article Is enohsnced to the amount
Of the duty on imported articles, that
every million of dollars collected for Gus
0n' duties, represents as many millions
more which do not reach the treasury, but
ole PAID by cur citizens as the increased
,o'' OF domestic productions, resulting
s'n me tariff laws, may not intend to
asc'sdl. ia the minds of others our sys-
"1 Oh lsyying duties on competing for
Isa PRODUCTS, but it is clearly already
.'eIedlted IL their own. We cannot
.'.o. without impugning their integrity
.-a' 41 Tree TO act upon their convictions,
~'{ would so revise our laws as to lay the
g'l17a at the custom revenue upon ar
'1'ea mat are not produced in this coun
=! and TO place upon the free list all
uFsl'Ly foreign products. | do not
wv TO rvtute this theory as TO the effect
~ olf Ia. z duties. Those who advance
ere Students of maXims and not of
n Lerksts. They may be safely
s.'~sl TO call their project Tariff Re-
~ u the people understand that in
!, .uu 'le argument compels free trade
A@ competing products. This end
e. -! Io' be reached abruptly, and its APP
f,oaoA may be accompanied with some
,'y's'elons of sympathy for our pro-
l.. 49, industries aud our working people,
,, -. ~ VIII certainly come, if these early
!. " 90 not arouse the people TO effec-
sa,5. .5-lstenqa. The republican party
1~'1'E TARIFF 10 CONSTITUTIONAL,
II WHOLESOME AND NECESSARY.
nor offer a fixed schedule, but a
- - PIE. We will revise the schedule,
e o.. rates, but always with an intelli-
a. a. provision as to the effect upon the
production and the wages of
NJ, '1,E eng people. We believe it TO be
I.s;.o., ine worthy objects Of tariff
Il, on n preserve the Ameri-
q .. --t5Aet for American producers, and
y '-taln the American scale of wages
49, aa's discriminating duties upon
n tsl e5mpeting products. The effect
'.,. rates and larger importations
~ vac public revenue is contigent
al, but not so Il effect upon
a.. production and American
i Less work and lower wages must
Is. Pied as the inevitable result OF
l. "a. 1ssd offerirg Of foreign goods
,s5-... set. By recompense for this
rs 70 nis wages, and the loss Of
e, san u arket, 1t is suggested that
vi -''Asd wages of the workingman
rss. ~ undiminished purchasing
= ga That he will be able To make
1T ane loss of ths bo,v.s -ouL..