Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-10-30
Ths rAIiH Question
COMMUNICATED I

As the Mills bill appears about tbil
ume 70 be every ybody's property 1 fee
Il my duty TO describe II 90 II appeer,
to me The Mills bill, a. presented VA
only tbs mtrest pretence TO use ID AZ I
campaign thunder. IL was never ex
ptotd TO become . law. The manu-
factnrers Of the country, who repressn
hundreds Of millions In plant as well a,
~ hnished mAteria Were never invited
70 appear before the committee In the
preparation OF the bill and 1t might sur
prise come OF our people n they were lc
be Informed that q barber of SiSnd ~
piIations and OF marked iutslIissno,
were the chief man from the notec
manufacturing city Of Philadelphia /,
volunteer the Information OF what m,
proper average duty should be, and II
noooroAnoe with bis reoou mendatiot
y Was reduced about ~ per csnt Nov
II understand ID mooTAOy on III,
question OF manufacturing under
stand that there is q war 10 the hnif
between the leaders Of the Democratic 10
party and the Industries of this coun
try, and just 90 long As the tbdustrle,
o. tue land are In prosperous oondl.
ton Just 90 long Demosraoy bell, We,
they have 70 FeliDqulsh ohioiSl position,
Ano tnat their only sAhty lies in q
olppllnR those ind ustribB As to weaker
them and make them Aubserviept h,
their vith or detii0.
1t might be desirsble to test the sin
ceF'ti OF u 9 Euppt I. eis Of the Mills in
Dy AfkinR bow 1t cOu es that q atntle
man living IN the lack woods OF Texas
pethapt hnndreda Of miles fTom arI
place noted for Its Industries. ard vel i,
presents bill, which with the intro
ouoton OF free rGw material, and Al
apparently IN the interest OF the mann
faotuters OF this country, how gaI,
confederate with 60 much IinoeFIty Inn,
only Tor the deceptive 40 ices Of hi,
asfooiatesy l might be lLolined to repos,
some confidence in him, bat lot us ex
anime aud see wherein lie Is likely tt
Do the source Of his inspiEAtionp: lst n,
look into the college where be has Etuo
leu tne economic principles Of ~ t OF 6
ana there dltoover VII, taer the author
o. such Woihs As be drew his inspirA
lions from we're American or otbef Wi,e.
Nhether the welfare oftht UlitFd STATE,
500 Its prosperity were tho leading In
husnoe OF the aulhor Of such works,
.ha ~ en- the contrary, Gs In all Hksli
hooo tne author or authors should torl
nut TO be ut that country which bk
Dsen joyinR monopoIy OF furniships
she world with man a. AotuTed sunu /
Of vArious kinds and whose expef q. q,
alone only gratiass with their maj he'd
Intelligence to produce ecoL omio Wolkt
or youthful students to ponder over
WITH the interest of peTfiduous Abb,
always present, and that the beauty OF
auoh works IL we'll calon ated TO infat i
uate or staRger the urbAns youth OF
sven THIS teotlon, lett nR alone the dis
Advantages under which youths from
tho rural districts Rust nlwS
contend who cannot have th,
advantages OF seeing around tbtm
those wealth pioiucluR inG ustiiet tha
Will make any people and the nAtiul
srtAt ana happy with internal leRislB |
Ion for the proper protection OF TIE |
p ople and not In the IL tjrest of moDty, |
on tie question Of surp US In tho trrs
sury as shJWinR the recesslty Of refino |
ing the duty, n with it at what the,
oAll this liAh taxes OF war times IN, |
duty ON foreign Goodt; II the high slan
iAfd viii not prUtect from a surplub |
how DO you suppose the Quitting down
OF protection can redress II; suppose you
stand ON the FAirmnunt bridge and you
ooneuer the owe hJW over the Fair
mount dam ~ repre- BenttDR the flow o.
gold over the duty, which is virtual liy a
bridge, who with ordinary Asnas wonid
say cut down the Farmount dam two
teet lover in ofuer that less wafer
would COME over? Who but = lupatlo
would pEopose such q measure? Apo
yet Il 10 precisely parallel II thuae
people had assisted In developing th,
rssouroes OF their own section Of cour-
,ry, or In any wise made the attempt 10
develop the mineral Resources Of their
own country, we might look vi.h SOM
show OF confidence that the interests Of
workmen might not be overlooked But
with those people receiving education
only calculated to Atslst them in q pro
life, they are not brought Into
olo!e relations with working people,
and ara not Identified with Ihe interest
Of working people, and thus IL 10 they
are never intimately linked with An1
enterprise that furnish labor to any
great extent to any body. OF