Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-14
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Hon. Chauncey L. Black Issues an
1ress as president OF the Democratic
ooiety Of Pennsyivania, ia which he lays
- Democratic national defeat TO the fact
IL the Democratic Society bad not been
nonixsd and at work long enough to
nv6t the heaihen. Mr.. Black writes
"A and peTsuasively, as he always does,
60 doubfless represents the sentiment
a The Democratic Society, AT least, in his
INNATE Of the value Of its labor; whether
y represents that of theD party,
~ AL that he declares, we are not sure
&1o3ause he SPEAKS with an indefniteness
& "a stating The party policy upon the tariff
(which does not enable us to know pre-
o1sely what he means TO say. Mr.. Black
h0werer hes been OF the advanced wing
of snti-tarif opinion and we suspect that
4 he Is one OF those who incline to hate
ca tariff duties uuressonably. The Demo.
cratic party does not SO incline, but Is
reasonable always IN its simple demand
Il that such duties shall be levied ms are
necessary to maintain and protect the ex.
isting industries of the county, but that
& they shall be no higher or heavier than
Z uaiIiees fer that purpose. This is un.
x doubtsdly the sensible position into
e Waich The party settled prior 10 the cleo
< tlon ard upon that position, as
. Nc. Black points out, II made strong
gains IN many manufacturing ceDtres,
aad lis losses, as be also sees, were msinly
& In Toe agricultural regions. he explains
= this by the suppostion that Democratic
educational iBfnenees, ouch as his sos
ciesy, had net got their Yofk In through.
out the country es they We're able to DO
In the cities; and doubtesa there ia
reason in the statement. We would sup-
plenent 1t, however, with the suggestion
that the gain IN manufacturing centres
came from wprkmen, who would MT
have been gained by free trade policy
8 that would have closed their factories,
4 aad from manufacturers, who want free
raw materials but protected fabrics ;
which is the proclaimed Democratic tariff
policy.
Ii Mr.. Black, when he declares n bis
# address that the government has no
right to tass money from the mass Of
IS men TO confer il as d mere lsrgess upon a
class - aud when he speaksol "a fraudu,
Mad delusive protection +" does not
mean 10 deny that The government may
e anu siiould fix its tariff duties
4 80 as to give to the home
\ manufacturer such protection against
the foreign manufacturer, as will enable
him TO run lis factory and pay his work.
men the difference in the price Of home
end foreign labor, then we are with him /;
Otherwise we are against him. We have
no liberation at all for tie theorists who
declare that the constitution for6ids
Congress 10 keep alive the hum Of our in
duBtry by continuing such measure of the
tariff protection, under which they have
been fossered, as they absolutely need !;
more should not he given, be-
csuie tie tariff Ia uuquestionably
tax and only necessary taxation is justi-
fable. A reasonable construction Of the
Constitution gives Congress all neces ary
powers and the Democratic party has
always maintained that Congress has the
power TO make protection Incidental TO
the collection Of revenue. Wetrnst that
our Democratic leaders, such as Mr..
Black, will hereafter be plain in their
exhortation to the peop'e in favor OF thrift
reform, SO that no opportunity
may be given to the opposition 10
maiign Us as free traders, as was
freely done until this campaign
waxed bot and concentrated the express
sion of Democratic sentiment into de
mand for tariff reform that would iujure
no industry and wi,hdrawno needed pro-
lection. L4st us hereafter be careful TO
talk :" business and talk plainly when
We talk tariff; facing The country 3 alt
uation and dropping theory.