The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-09-21
The Tide of Tariff Reform.
From the New York Herald.


We Judge from the platforms which the
that the protective victory of last autumn has
not demoralized them in the slightest.
They-it may he as well to say we-wert
most Internationally whipped at that time
but it hasn't changed our conviction that We
were right
The common sense of the people may be
blinded for Il time and panic may be created
an old trick of politics-by which the
wrong candidate gets the office.
But in the long run the people make the
crooked things straight again, and that 'long
run will terminate in 1892, when tariff
reform will become an established fact.
The Democratic half of our ten million
voters have been consistent believers in the
/ genius and enterprise of American manutac
! turers and determined defenders of their
rights.
The home market never has and never will
satisfy their demands. We have the skilled
/ labor, we have the machinery-o if we haven
the latter we can make it. We have the
/ resources of magnificent country to draw
/ from; unsurpassed mill sites; an immense
| laboring population with brains in their I'M
gers, who can produce larger results in ten
/ hours day than the same class IN other
countries can produce in twelve or fifteen.
! We have therefore a right to be represented
| in every quarter of the globe, and to carry
our wares without let or h!ndrance to every
country where purchasers are likely to be
I found.
A tariff which limits our activity and con-
stricts our efforts Is. therefore, hostile to our
national ambition. 1t ties our hands behind
our backs and disableS us in the grand hight
for wealth. The party which adopts II as a
policy represents an economical bnnder
Daring the last FIVE months great many
Republican business men have come TO see
this They have learned the lesson by hard
luck, by diminishing profits and threatened
bankruptcy.
The tide Of opinion has turned, and if the
elections of last year had been postponed to
this November the Democrats would have
been elected BY q large and decisive majority
1t is matter Of dollars and cents. The
manufacturer favors the party which gives
him the best chaace to make money, aud the
wage Garner throws his Influence on that side
which insures the steadiest and the largest
income.
Governor Ames voted for Mr. Harrison.
He made a mistake. Mr.. Harrison's pariyis
pledged to make raw materials dear. The
Governor says plainly that unless he can buy
raw materials al cheaper rate be can see
nothing bat disaster in the future for his bus
mess.
Many ofthe woolleu men in New England
voted for higher tariff. They were persuaded
that protection woald save them. Now they
see that IL will ruin them, aud they are clamor-
ing for free wool.
All night. There is nothing like exPe-
renee 10 teach the principles Of political econ
omy. Il IS pity that the experience should
be 50 dearly bought. but that is Que Of the
laws OF progress. Men WHO don't see what
Is for their good are apt 20 have their eyes
opened with q staggering blow.
An old farmer lost the Inch pin Of his
wagon once on tine. He thought to sup
ply It's place with bis Of tough wood. lie
size. Just then the horses started He lost bis
finger When describing the accident he s-sd.
The moment the team started ] saw iiEst
bad made 4 mistake.
Likewise the manufacturers, who ar' SUI
frring for want Of raw materials The mo
meni Harrisoa's policy began to worS they
saw their mistake.
We are glad iaai the Democrats are hang
ing on 60 ihcir conyictiouz In the Virginia.
the Ohio and The Pennsylvania conventions
the cries Of their platforms weFe The many
mus; not DC taxed 10 support che few No
nopoitcs aFc n csrse 10 the kepubi'c. The
party that Avors trusts and combines aud
kills competition IS noi che party Of 'he Peo-
pie and must Be sent 10 the rear.
Well. that ia wholesome tTuth. nud that
kind Of ;ruih d boaud 30 win Is wsy.
The Democrats should ser together and
keep together. They have the right 90 the
ss,uatIon. and Il lhey remain Oh gbc side Of
ibc people the people will come over 20 their
side