Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-09-12
FOR ALL TIE SCHOOLS.


tion made a serious mistake IN not en-
dorsing the republican nominations instead
of nominating full state ticket Of lis own,
because the Iaborites are all in favor of the
anti-chId labor clause of the Bennett law.
OF course they are Who is not? If there
can be any more outspokeu assertion Of
principle on this point than ia con-
tanned in the democratic platform
the stout defenders of the little
folks would like to know of it. The demo-
cratic party is unanimous on this subject.
II believe all children should be kept out
of the lctories and that all chi ldren
should 20 to school. 1t also believes in
all schools 1t is democratic in practice
as well rs in theory. 1t believes too that
parents are entitled to liberal amount Of
discretion in the matter of the education of
their children and il would give them large
freedom in the selection Of schools to
which to send their offspring and of terms
during which thev may attcrd The dem
ocratic party is not bigoted It is broad
enough 10 encompass all sects aud to ac-
cord to all equal rights in all the concerns
Of citizenship.
It is tue cheapest kind of demagogy for
for republicans TO hold that they are the
only real friends Of the child and of the
common schools aud such a claim is not
calculated to carry conviction 10 men of
thought and Of knowledge of the facts as
they exit The democratic party is
loyal defender of the common schools, but
it does not limit its tolerenJ spirit
TO that class of schools alone Its
reach is general; it is the universal friend
of education Because it cherishes the
common school is no rca ;on why it should
seek to oppress that which chances to be
under the benign sanction of the church,
or the secular influence of the individual
The democratic party is Tor all the
schools It's past record shows it, and its
present platform does II also wants chill
dren kept in school rp toa reasonable age,
and therefore it is opposed to child labor
Its platform principles n these points are
unmlaakabe
WAGES AND rROTECTION.
Wages are the foundation rock of pro-
tectiyc principles They are the keystone
in the republican arch fhey offer the
only substantial argument in favor Of tia
Chinese wall which now hedges in th
American consumers and forces them to
pay tribute to the American manurac-
turer a wall whose height the Mckinley
bill proposes to greatly increase. Thus
far this argument has been urged with
much success by the republicans, ,yho have
been able to make laborcrs believe that
trade restrictions gave them better wages
than they would otherwise receie. The
tariff they maintain, carries with it
higher wages. 1t may therefore logically
be claimed that the higher the tariff the
greater the wages
By consulting the United States census
we find that the a arago tariff ON the manu-
factured products of the country was:
In 1860 u NOR cent
In 1870 .... y per cent.
In lSNo ..,. .46 per cent,
What were the average wages of factory
laborers for the same period? We turn
again to tho census and find that their
average wages we've:
In 1890 .......... - - per cent
In 1870 .-....... ~ nrr cent.
In 1880 .......... - -....... - per cent
From this will be seen how protection
protects. From 1860 to 1880 the tariff in
creased from "A to 46pe cent What
was the increase in wages during the
same twenty wears? There was no in
crease at ALL wages decreased from p to
- per cent,-a decrease of three per cent,
in which we have to look for the net profit
to the American laborer
But how is it in 1890? The cold,
immutahle facts inform us that while
tie tariff has been increased to a per
cent wages have been lowered to 20
per cent some claim to I6 per cent.
From this it will be seen that the great
benefit to oc derived by the laborers from
the blessed protective tariff consists in
from ; to 9 per cent. loss, not profit
The American Economist. the organ for
the Protective Tariff league, admits that
in 1850 whcE the tariff was - per cent.
the American laborer received in wages "a
per cent of the value of the manufactured
product, while in 1880, when the tariff had
been increased to 47 per cent, he received
but l7ts per cent. in wages
QUAY DESERTED.
Gen. Kennedy 5 assault on Quay in the
house of representatives was not an acci-
dental or impuIsiye outbreak His speech
was written. and It shows a deliberate
purpose to challenge Quay. 1t is simply
impossible that his arraignment should
pass without result. "A branded crimi-
nal, " "Self-confeSSed criminal. these
are not Pickwicnian phrases when uttered
by a congressman on the floor Of congress,
whether there are few or many men there
to hear him The assault was serious, and
seriously it must be answered, in some
fashion. The republican party cannot
gain any reputation for virtue if Quay is
deposed from his place rs boss-any as
sumption of virtue would be sheer hypoeri-
sy-but it will stand 4 little better if it
drops this disgrace than if Ii hugs it to its
BOSOM The republican journals of Penn
sylvania are deserting Quay in an
alarming manner The Carlisle Her
aid. an anti-democratic organ time
out of mind. has given him
the cold shoulder Only the other day the
News, of Philadelphia, bolted in the most
cyclonic way 1t read Quay out Of the
party and indeed, out of society generally
and boldly declared for Pattison, demo
cratic candidate for governor. The Phila-
delphia Item bolted Delamater, the re-
publican nominee, before the nomination
but is docile new, and the Telegraph, Of
the same city, supports the ticket while
vigorously lighting everything that Della
mater supports. The last and most inn
portant bolt is that of the Scranton
Truth, republican journal that is abovs
the suspicion of commercial considerations
and is one of the ablest and most inhuen.
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