Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-07-05

party IN its every move has accom-
plished something for the benefit of
the country and its people. As the
Republican party placed the internal
revenue in satisfactory condition,
when it regards a change for the
best its unfailing farsightedness for
good in the past justifes confidence
in its ability in the future.
"No one" says Mr.. Jones, "really
desires that whiskey should be
cheapened and made more accessible
to the consumer" That's very true;
but he seems to have forgotten that
his party went out of power leaving
whiskey at 30 cents a gallon, 3 cents
a drink, and cotton prints at 35 cents
per yard, while the Republican
party's moral influence had dimin-
ished the vice of incompetence and
its financial policy had reduced cot
ton prints to cents yard, and
almost all needfUl manufactures in
like degree. There is no proof that
the proposed action of the Re-
publicans by their platform, will
lessen the price of whiskey or make
it more accessible to the consumer.
The strong high license and state
temperance laws adopted by Repub-
licans would certainly still hold the
traffic in check, while the national
government would be relieved of
the censure of fostering the traffic.
Mr.. Jones Celebrates on the impo-
sition of the protective system. He
speaks feelingly of the burdens of
the people, but cites no facts to
sustain himself. What heavy bur-
dens we really have to endure! As
a whole the necessaries of life were
never cheaper; the comforts of home
never greater. Are these burdens?
If the Democratic party seeks to do
something beside hold Office why
does it not proceed? 1t is an odd
idea that, cit is necessary to reduce
the surplus because it cripples the
country's power to settle its bal
ances." How would this apply in
dividually? AS a manufacturer of
oxide Mr.. Jones can we'll afford to
favor reduction in tariff without
limit. 1t is one of the very few
industries, and the only one that we
can call to mind at present, that
would not meet with outside com
petition, because all oxide manu-
featured in foreign countries is
made from spelter, and if the duty
we're taken off of oxide it is not
probable that they, (the foreigners)
would 90 to the trouble of an extra
process, but ship their spelter into
this country. And to sustain his
own theory Mr.. Jones would have
to reduce the price of oxide What
then, with spelter coming in free
and oxide reduced in price, would
be the chance for our miners to
receive even the price they do now
for ores, and every one knows it is
little enough?
No proof can be brought that
prote has not been a blessing
to America and her people. Will
it help the laborer to bring our tariff
duties to a "reyenue only" basis?
| On which side is his INTEREST," Every
honest and intelligent advocate of
free trade must admit that if we
abandon our system of protective
duties the wages of labor must be
reduced, The trade unions frequent.
lily concede a reduction of wages
when the product of their labor
declines in price. Now these tariff
reformers tell us that the price of
all competing American products is
enhanced by the full amount of the
duty laid on the foreign article. A
reduction of duty then involves a
corresponding reduction of the price
of the product of our mills. The
| laborer in the mill must accept less
wages. But it is said that the re
! ductjon in wages which some Of
these gentlemen state at IS per cent.
is to be made up to the workman by