The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-08


been SO bravely won. The commercial policy of
the mother country had not relaxed any of its
hard and oppressive features. To hold in check
the establishment and growth Of manufactures in
the states, and so to secure the American market
for their shops and the carrying trade for their
ships, was the policy Of European statesmen. The
patriotism OF our people, which no longer found
field OF exercise In war, was theoretically d.
rected TO the duty Of equipping the young repub-
eli for the defense of its independence by making
its people selfdependent. Societies for the
PROMOTION OF HOME MANUFACTURES
and for encouraging the use of domestics in the
dress of the people were organized in many of
the states. The revival at the end of the century
Of the same patriotic interest in the preservation
and development of domestic industries and the
defense of our working people against injurious
foreign competition is an incident worthy of at
tention. 1t is not a departure but a return that
we have witnessed. II the question became In
any sense or at any time sectional it was only
because slavery existed in some parts of the
states. But for this there was no reason why the
cotton producing states should not have led or
walked abreast with the New England states in
the production Of cotton fabrics. There was this
reason only why the states that divide with Penn
sylyania the mineral treasures of the great
southeastern and central mountain ranges should
have been so tardy in bringing to the smelling
furnace and to the mill the coal and iron from
their near opposing hillsides.
MILL FIRES WERE LIGHTED
at the funeral pile of slavery The sectiona, ele-
ment has happily been eliminated from the tariff
discussion. Every new mine, furnace and fac
tory is an extension of the productive capacity of
the state more real and valuable than added ter
ritory.
Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery
continue to hang upon the skirts of progresss
How long will those who rejoice that slavery no
longer exists cherish or tolerate the incapacities
it put upon their communitiesi look hopefully
to the continuance of our protective system and
to the consequent
DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURING
and mining enterprises in the states hitherto
wholly given to agriculture as potent influence
in the perfect unification Of our people. The men
who have invested their capital in these enter
prises, the farmers who have felt the benefit of
their neighborhood and the men who work in
shop or field will not fail to find and defend q
community of interest,
Is it not quite possible that the farmers and the
promoters of the great mining and manufactur-
ing enterprises which have recently been estab-
lished in the South may yet find that the
FREE BALLOT OF THE wORKINGMAN,
without distinction of race, is needed for their
defense as well as for his own?
have altogether rejected the suggestion of a
special
EXECUTIVE SECTIONAL POLICY
for our country. It is the duty Of the executive
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. nointad ont and ,rov;doS
for nv fine constitution All the laws enacted NV
CONGRESS- These laws are GENERAL and their al.
ministration should be uniform and equal.
II the educated and influential classes in a COM
munity either practice or connive at the systecn-
attic violation of laws that seem to them to cross
their convenience what can thew exnact when
the lesson that convenience or a supposed class
interest is a sufficient cause for lawlessness Is
learned NV the Ignorant classesY A communitv
where law is the rule of conduct and where courts
not mobs, execute its penalties, is the only at
tractive field for business investments and honest
labor.
OUR NATURALIZATION LAWS
shoulG be so amended as to make the inquiry into
the character and good disposition of persons ap-
pIying for citizenship more careful and search
ing. We sho uld not cease to be hosptable to
immigration but we should cease TO be careless
as to the character of it, There are men of all
races, even to the best, whose coming is necessa,
rily a burden upon our public revenues or 8
threat to social order. These should be identified
and excluded.
We have happily maintained a policy of avoid.
ingan
INTERFERENCE WITH EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
We have been only interested spectators of their
contentious in diplomacy and in war ready to use
our friendly Offices to promote peace, but never
obtruding our advice and never attempting to
coin the distresses of other powers into CONNER.
cial advantage to ourselves Our citizens domi.
ced for purposes of trade in all countries and in
many of the islands of the sea- demand and will
have our adequate care in their personal and
commercial rights We shall neither fail to re-
spect the flag of any friendly nation or the Just
rights of its citizens nor to exact the like treat
ment for our own
The duty devolved by law upon the president to
nominate and by and with the advice and consent
of the senate to gnu WIN ''' ''''' "'' '''''''
APPOINT ALI, PUBLIC OFFICERS
,vboSs onno;n,r,ar, 10 ot o,har,,so ,,r,,idaa for
in ths cnnSt,,,tinn ~ h.. s.t 30 conorass hos he.
come very h,,rdensomc and &c ,,;se and afsc,ent
d;schoros s,ii of d;es,,,I,,, T has,a r;aht 7
th;nl tso, ,hnso s ,.oi,.ar 10 a ;,,,;taS -
Give advice &c 20 onnn;n,n,arts shan axarc;Ss
Consideration and f,deiity' A high sense of duty
and ambition to improve the service should
characterize all public officers. Honorable party
disqualification for public Office but 1t viii in
case be allowed to serve as a shield of official
negligence, incompetency or delinquency. 1t is
entirely credtabe to seek public Office by proper
methods
VIII DC tne duty OF congress wisely 70 Iorecast
anu es1'ua.e our ordinary expenditures ana 10 50
ADJUST OUR REVENUE LAWS
that no considerable amount Of surplus will re-
main. We will fortunately be able to apply to the
public debt any small and unforeseen excess of
revenue. This is better than to reduce our In
come below our necessary expenditures with the
resulting choice of another change Of our revenue
laws or an increase of the public debt.
The construction of a sufficient number of
MODERN WAR SHIPS
and of their necessary ornaments should progress
as rapidly as is consistent with care and perfec-
ton in plans and workmanship. We should en-
courage the establishment Of American steam
ship lines