The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-09-20

pig lead shipped from Eureka county in
this State to n firm in England. He
again says, with the smelters shut down
thousands of men must End employment
10 other branches" We, suppose he
means, OF business. Nov, this is all
bosb, when heItalks about shutting down
the smelling works, and it is done sim.
ply for bnncombe and to draw the atten.
| ton Of the farmers and working men from
| the real question at issue.
THE PRESIDENTS POSITION.
The President in his annual message in
December, 1887, recommended q revision
of the tariff laws in order to reduce the
surplus. The Republican convention of
1884 also declared in favor of revision
of the tariff and both of the last Republic
can Presidents and Secretaries and other
| leading statesmen have favored the same
policy. "This method Of tariff" says
President Cleveland, "mnst be continued
extensively as the source Of the Govern.
| ment's income and in readjustment of
our tariff. The interests of American
labor engaged in manufacture should be
| carefully considered as well as the preser-
walton OF our manufactures. Proper re-
| vision Of the tariff TO reduce the surplus,
he said, Knight diminish somewhat the
advantages enjoyed by special produc.
tions, but the entire withdrawal OF such
advantages should not be contemplated.
This was frank, fair and clear presenta-
tion OF the real question, as it was agreed
by both parties that the surplus
must be reduced. 1t might ba re.
duced by repeating the internal taxes,
by freeing whisky, and by lavish expen-
ditures, or on the other hand by freeing
the raw materials Of manufacturers and
the necessaries of life. Whichever plan
should be proposed the system of protec.
ton should remain, but the average rate
of cus.oms' duties would be about forty
instead of forty.seven per cent. The last
sentence fairly states the position or pro-
position of Cleveland and the Democratic
party, and when they call us free traders
they know in their hearts that they are
not telling the truth, but ars empty
using it as subterfuge to conceal their
aetione in defense of corporations and to
gul! the farmer and workingmsu nto
voting the corporation or monopoly ticket
OPERATIONS or MoEoPoLIEs.
Farmer No. . also says: That he
read in the papers that manufacturing
firm IL Scotland aud one or two IA Eng.
land had taken out their machinery and
sent it, with a few skilled operators to
act as teachers, to Egypt, where they can
get labor for ID cents per day without
board Now that is . fair illustration OF
the old world monopolists, but to
show how the protected manufacturing
monopollsts ot our country have i'm
proved upon the squeezing process OF the
old world. it is only necessary 10 cite
you to a few Of our leading hIgb tariff.
protection advocates, such a. James g.
Blaine. the Burchsrd of 1855, who failed
TO hoodwink the people Of his own Pine
Tree State. Then there is Audrs
Carnegie OF Pittsburg. Depew Of New
York, Levi p Morton, Bankers, London,
of Rose & Morton, Bankers. London. who
while they are sqeezing the life's blood
out of our laboringmen by importing
pauper labor from the slums al the old
world. they tell us, and try TO persuade
w, that they are making the fight entirely
in the interest of the American
laborer and the farmer One would
think, if they were to be believed in
their eulogies on anything that is Amer
lean. that they would scorn the idea Of
purchasing everything that was manu-
featured in England, but on the contrary,
when they want TO have q grand, high
time, they all 90 TO that same detested
| England, squandaring their means in
riosous, living, as the man Of the plains
was won't to do when he reached the goal
of his happiness. might continue the
list indefinitely, but will not trespass
further on your space. | think little