Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-29

Grated TO the service their temporary
defeat brings no Encouragement. 1t but proves
the stubbornness of the forces of combined selfish
ness, and discloses how far the people have been
led astray and how great is the necessity Of re
doubled effolt IS ia their behalf To lose faith in
the intelligence of the people is a surrender and
an abandonment of the struggle. To arouse their
intelligence and free it from darkness and de-
fusion gives assurance of speedy and complete
vic DRY. In the track of reform are often found
the hopes Of pioneers and the despair Of those
who fall in the march But there will he neither
despa. nor dead hopes in the path of tariff re-
form; nor shall its pioneers fail TO reach the
hefghs Holding fast their faith and rejecting
every alluring overture and every deceptive c0m-
promise which would betray their sacred trust
they themselves shall regain and restore the
patrmouy or their countrymen, freed from the
trespass of grasping encroachment and safely
secured by the genus Of American justice and
equality.
Secretary Fairchild then spoke at length
He said that the last election had by no
means decided the question Of tariff and tar
iff reform. The struggle has only begun,
aud the end is not yet; the record of the late
canvass brings no encouragement 10 ous
cause but on the contrary high hopes for the
future. Il shows US that wherever intellect
was aroused, thought invoked, and exper-
fence appea led to we made great gains that
we lost only in those places where mind was
dominated by passion. Its true that the tar
if should be settled and forever removed
from the domain of politics, for 1t not only
disturbs business but, infinitely worse, it
prevents the simple purposs Of universal
beneficence for which alone our government
is tilted
Referring to the protective principle ad-
vocatei by the Republicans, he said that 1t
was that 'it is best for the American people
| to buy and use certain articles, or In the
language of the Republican platform, ar
| ticles which can be produced in this country,
| only when thus produced or manufactured,
| cost what they may, and that to the promo
ton Of this end ali the powers of the federal
| government should be invoked. The state
| ment of the principle of this protective
| tariff shows it can be settled; it could even
be embodied in the constitution. We have
but to provide that no articles which can be
produced or made in this country shall be
imported, or that they shall be subjected te
duty of saw l. 900 per cent ad vaiofem. Thi
would settle the question and remove it from
politics"
On the question in the southern states he
| made tnb lOlO"IHS "a w.
future we are told that this modern tariff
idea is popular in some of the southern
states and that the party which advocates il
will soon be strengthened by their support
This may or may not be true Ihey cal
only be gained for it by presenting 1t clearly
and fairly to the people OF those states They
can't be won by picturing to the people @
the north the dangers which they have I
fear from old men who ceased to bs rebe
brigadiers before many Of the present voter
were born; if, however, airy of those state
can be gained for that cause after argumen
fairlyE made, it must be remembered ths
many a northern man and many norther
state must be released for broader, free
thought, and that the exchange thus mad
. | may advantage the great cause which
!, call our own"
Mr.. Fairchild closed with an appeal fl
continued agitation of and education IN tn
principles Of tariff reform. Representatl'
Fitch. of New York made a short speec
! and then letter from Speaker Carlisle WI
read The writer said:
. This struggle has just commenced in 1t
country, and those who delude themselves vii
: I. a hope that it will be abandoned before Il
r triumph of right over wrong are simply au
J., | menting the weight of the blow that will inev
r ably fall upon them in the future. THIS is not
a threat, but a friendly warning. The history
= all movements for necessary social or political
u forms shows that they grow INC
;, radical by opposition and d3lay, al
1t would be wise and patriotic upon I
> part OF our opponents to recognize the inev
d able and arcede to reasonable demands no
rather than be forced to accept harder teri
b | hereafter So far the sentiment in favor OF