Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-09-21
Fosters Famous Letter In Full,
Threatening Delineuents With
His Wrath.
Manufacturers Who Make Large
Fortunes Every Year Slow
With Subscriptions
They Must Be Put Under the Fire and
the Fat Fried Out of
Them.
A MOST REMARKABLE LETTER.

pulloilS 10 the heDuDllcdn campaign fund.
The United States Senator. whose vi0-
orous language Mr.. Foster quotes with
such approval. is evidently from Yer
mont: II so. it is either Senator Ed
munds or Senator Morrill,
The letter was intended as % confidential
appeal. kind Of Matchmaking arrange
inent. but IT ws sent to manufacturers
VINO ala not propose to submit tn the
irving process and the whole CORE
spndence was given to the press. It.
makes very interesting campaign read
lnG. First comes short letter headed
Confidential,
Office of Albert Daggett. 81 New
street. Room 12J-NcW York, NAV
20, lSSe.-My Dear Sir: | have, been
requested to submit the inclosed CON-
munlcatlon to you, and do so with the
greatest pleasure. l know from lnvesti-
CATION that this is the most important
undertaking in the campaign ON which
we are about to enter, and 4 confidently
rely upon your prompt Endorsement and
assistance. Will you kindly notify me
OF your subscription and return the in
closed list at as early date as practic-
able. as the work l. outgrowing the re-
sources of the League. Very truly yours,
ALBERT DAGGETT.n
Following is the communication men
toned, which is plain and to the point
and should move all laggard manufae-
turers" to she'll out:
Confidential"
Headquarters
tDlctated.t OF the
Republics League OF the United States
New York, May %, 1883.
My Dear Sir: The Repu blicau League
OF the United States desires TO bring Won
face To face with the startling fact that
the coming Presidential election is not TO
oe fought on the Old party lines which
have heretofore divided Democrats and
republicans, but upon tho direct issue
OF Tree trade or projections
me League stands for protection, and
is hehtng IN your interest. 1t is no
Fourth OF July organization for dress
parade, but is an ry-day working
force OF practical political workers, who
nave In Tour months enrolled an army
OF over four hundred thousand men to
hight against British free trade ideas.
British gold and the Democratic Hessians
who are lighting under her banners. It.
is useless to argue the case; Democracy
stands for free trade and against your
interests, and you know it, no matter
y hether you have heretofore been Dem
platforms or words can not gainsay this
fooled. W
VAST ARMIES ENROLLED.
The coming campaign will be fought
Tor protection under disadN anita aes never
before encountered. Ninety per cent. of
the Federal officials are Democrats, and
VIII contribute financially to the hoped-
Tor success OF the free traders. Never
before has the Democratic free trade or
tariff reform party been in so fortunate
position. The Republican L,.arne is
not composed Of theorists who arc for
ever promising to do something and
never keeping their promises. it has
already done more than any other politi-
cal organization ever attempted before
the Presidential candidates had been
placed III the Held. As our patrjotic
NoluAteers Sprang to the country's de-
Tense when secession threatened its de-
structrn, so at the call of the League
vast armies have been enrolled TO fight
inc thousand times more dangerous foe
free trade
We will win this fight il you will
10 your share and help us to finish
what We have begun; we want money
anu want IT at once. We are over
wheimed with calls for tariff documents
and for speakers and organizers. We
propose to organize and fight against
free trade In every doubtful Congress
slonal and Legislative district In the
United States. To-day there is but one
majority in the Senate Of the United
states when the lines are drawn between
Democrats and Republicans. and unless
much is done the next Congress will
see q free trade House. Senate and Pres
ldent and then goodbye to your pros
perity.
1t may not be of your personal know
LEDGE but 1t Is fact nevertheless. that
the manufacturers of the United States
who are most benefited by our tariff
laws have been the least willing to
a
which gave them protection. and which
IS about TO engage in a life and death
struggle with free trade.
A Republican United States Senator.
from a State which never had Demo-
cratic representative in either house of
congress or a Democratic State officer,
in speaking of the well-known DISPOSE
ton OF the manufacturing interest 10
lock up its money. fold its hands and
look on while somebody else fights for
It's success. says:
TO HE'LL WITH THE MANUFACTURERR
The campaign which we are about
TO enter Will concern. more than any
body else. the manufacturers Of this
country. They have heretofore been
very laggard in their contributions to the
Republican cause. In fact. il | should
punish them without furnishing
the cause o fprotection itself I would
send them to the hottest place l could
think Of on account of their cravenal
parsimony. II this class of people do
not care TO contribute TO the success of
the Republican party they are welcome
To try their chances under a Democratic
administration; l can stand it as long
as they can And again: was sOlic-
tied to contribute to u protective tariff
league. and l replied that il the manu-,
facturcrs Of the United States IN their
associated capacity were an eleemosynary
Institution that l would vote to give
them pension. but that l did not
propose myself to contribute money to
advance the interests of men who were
getting practically the sole benefit Of the
tariff laws. / am in favor Of protection;
not precisely the kind we are having,
but might be willing to keep even that
rather than not to have any, but l am
sure we can get along without any OF il
fully as well as the manufacturers can,
and if they think the Republican party
Is going to maintain q high protective
corps for this benefit and that men who
do the work in that party are going to
keep up the expenses of a campaign out
of their own pockets, leaving them to
reap the fruits Of the tariff policy with
out any deduction for political expenses,
they are greatly mistaken. | understand
that in general way the manufacturers
Of New England have been more liberal
in their contribution than those Of Penn
sylvania.
In fact, l have it from the best
possible source that the manu- facturers
Of Pennsylvania, who are more highly
protected than any body else, and who
make large fortunes every year when
times are prosperous, practically give
nothing toward the maintenance of the