Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-14
THE REPUBLICAN LEAGUE CALL.
President Morrison, of the New "exieo
League, Addresses the Noters
of the Territory.
To the Republican Citizens of New Mexico

To the Republican Citizens of New Mexico
SANTA Fee, n. NJ, March y, 1890
Gentlemen: | have the honor TO inform
YOU that on the 25th of July, 1889, at q
regularly called convention held in the
city OF Albuquerque, q territorial league
in connection with the Republican league
of the United States was formally inaugu-
rated. In our efforts to maintain the
principles of the Republican party We
need friends outside of our own borders,
and in no way can We acquire them so
rapidly as by uniting ourselves with this
powerful organization, which has extend
ed its branches over thirty states and ter
ritories and has on its rolls membership
OF nearly 900 900 men, including many
of our most distinguished statesmen. This
great body OF patriotic citizens was a
potent factor in the late presidential cam
paign which eliminated in the election
of Harrison and Morton and the return
to power of the party which in war pre-
served the union and in peace defends
the great American principle of protection
to native industry. rhe following extract
from an address issued by the first con-
vention of the league gives slight idea
OF the progress We have made under this
benign system:
"The principle of protective tariff was
adopted Id 1861 during the war of the re-
| helion. Four years after this adoption
the war continued, parayzing business
and industry, and rendering a large por-
ton of the country overrun by the con
tending armies almost waste; and yet
such has been the beneficent influence
and effect of the protective system upon
the country that to-day there is not
another example to be found in the world
or in the records of the past, where a
nation has ever made the progress we have
made during like period of time. The
population OF the country IN 1850 was but
a fraction over 80 900, 900, to-day 1t is over
I6O 900 900. In 1860 the national wealth
OF the country was computed at Sl6,0O0,-
600 900; now it is over 100000, OOO,O 600
In 1860 We had but fraction over 3OOOJ
miles of railroads, to-day We have not less
than l4O 900 miles. In 1860 the manu-
featured commodities of our country were
81 500, 900 900, to day they amount to over
s., 900 900 900.
"Uur foreign commerce has doubled
since 1860, and our internal commerce is
more than $4,000, 600 600 a year, while
our work people nave on deposit in the
savings institutions of the country owe
81 100 O00,0 To-day, in wealth, power
grandeur and civilization the Unlte'
States stands first among the nations o
the world. The United States. while eX
tending their power and increasing thei
wealth as a nation, have developed thei
resources, built up their industries, AM
given employment to our people to sucl
an txtent rs to make the nation i'll mos
things independent OF foreign produc
tions for the commodities and necessarle!
which our people require and at less COS
than they were compelled to pay for sim
liar articles before 1860, when We ha(
comparative free trade; so that to-da,
labor is better paid and manufactured
commodities cheaper in price to all on
people than they we're before the presen
protective system was adopted. Tnes
importants results have been accom-
plished by the vast increase OF home com
petition, with the concurrent advantage
OF an equal increase in the employment
of labor, both skilled and unskllled, an
in the recompense OF labor
How deeply we are interested in Thu
question can be seen at glance. The re
ports OF tho bureau of statistics for 1873
show that New Mexico, with her ), 5l4 A
sheep, is ahead of all the states and terri
tories, except Texas, Ohio and CallforDi
in this great industry. In other words
we raise one.twelfth of the entire WOO
clip of the country. If We estimate tn
value of sheep at 81 per head We find tina
the immense sum OF 81 OPS, $40 isinveste
in this business, which, probably NOR
than any other, is dependent for its ex
istence on the protective tariff. The polio
OF the Republican party has ever been t.
portect tl.ls as we'll as all other industrie
against the unequal competition offoreigI
labor. On the other hand the Democrats
party has declared war against the Ameri
can system, joined hands with foreign FREE
traders and adopted free trade in wool a
one of its organic principles. The success
of the Democratic party therefore means
the destruction OF our wool growing in
terests, the ruin OF every man engaged
therein and the loss to New Mexico of the
capital invested in sheep raising, which
would speedily seek other investments
elsewhere.
The passage of the Mills bill, which
was warmly supported by the Democratic
party in congress and convention, woult
have bankrupted every wool grower il
America and closed thousands OF our fac
tories and workshops for the benefit o
foreign labor and capital. Wewere savec
from these caamities by the wise states
manship and nvulnerable fidelity of the
Republican senate with its slender ma
jority of two-happily now increased t.
ten by the admission of four new states
He who will not defend his family agains
all corners is unworthy OF the name o
father, and he who will not protect hi
country and its industries against the
world is a renegade, unworthy OF the
glorious title OF American citizen. By
defending the time-honored principles o
protectiop (which are copyal with the