The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-02

1875, under pressure OF hard times tand they
were hard) the sober sense OF the people OF this
state without regard to party semm mime, !, tn do
than any other state or constituency OF the
Union in keeping the nation upon the rock OF
honest finance and honest currency, oman.
Thousands OF Democrats helped IN tnat Broab
struggle. Not through their own party organ
liza ion, but by leaving their party organization,
and joining with the party which replesehi.iE,o
good faith and honest dealing with the pupnc
creditor. They can take no othor course tnis
year, and the people of Ohio viii take no pacH-
wa,d step.
1t maybs worth whilo to know the per capita
OF our circulation ut different portions OF our
history. -
The yer capita circulation is greater in tn q
country than at any her period before Ing
amount of money in circulation was hpouy
$l3jt 0lC0) In ls6U, and the amount per cnPita
was SlJ 50. In 10 there were SI2j Uo,uVo III
circulation and the per capita was sZAoz; IN III
1885 the circulation was 81, l02 COO w. ana tne
per capita was $500. On Jan. Ith, y, the
Giro alalion 81 32J,0)lO0l. or S2i } per cap
ita IL may he necessary To increase thlS cir
culation, but 1t cannot be done with silver uol-
lars that are worth less than lO) cents ench In
value. $50 H.
equally well defined. The Democrat PLATFORM
declares for purely revenue tarit, ana VIII hot
consent that it shall perform any other Hervlcc'
Duties must be levied with n view co reSehue;
and upon those for ign produ'ts when VIII
VI ! the greatest revenue, and which Will h1C'
incidentally or otherwise. favor domestic III,
on mission only is that OF raising revenue
II in it's operations IL should favor nome
production 1t would be obnoxious TO the pfln,
cipls upon which 1t was originally levied ana
must be repealed or modified.
The revenue tariff, pure and simple such as
the Democratic party OF Ohio advocates, can
benefit and encourage and build up no domes ic
industry 1t co not courage labor, save IN
foreign countries. 1t does not move n single
spindle save in foreign countries. 1t increases
the demand for foreign goods and diminisnes
the use OF domestic goods. It Is for the foreign
shop and against tho American sh p. III sup
plies work for foreign labor and takes III from
our own labor. 1t would not light single hre
I'm an American furnace or mill, but would eX-
tinguish those which now burn, unless our
labor would work at the same wages as tne
labor OF competing countries. In short, IL Is
we'll conceived to benefit every other nation but
our own.
revenue tariff has not in our experience been
a success even as agency for raising the
money required for public purposes IL has
more than once in our history failed to supply
the revenue wants OF the Government. III ms
found our country prosperous and our treasury
wei supplied with revenue. and few years
under it's operation has left the treasury BANK
rupt and the business OF the country In n de-
plorable condition.
And the Is easily accounted for and entirely
logical Com encing with the country pro sper-
GUS under protection, the Democrats have en-
&c ed n revenue tariff and the people OF the
country influenced by supposed and temporary
profit, buy foreign goods instead OF domestic
goods. They may be. cheaper for tue time:
our industries, for it increases the use Of
foreign goods, and encourages the Gisuse OF
domestic goods and with the disuse of domes-
tic goods comes diminished production ut
home and 10 s employment for home la or, and
finally no employment at all, and with that
comes poverty TO the people, which limits their
capacity TO buy abroad. and, following that,
comes diminished i'm portRtions aud dlmin shed
revenues, and then deficient and dofaulIing
treasury,
And then there inevitably follows direct taxa
alton, for II the goy'rnmont can not secure
needed revenue from tariffs to meet the public
expenses IL must resort to internal taxation.
In the meantime, our industries are destroyed
and our laborers dimissed from the factory and
mine and forced to the Farm 10 become the
farmers competitors instead OF as before his
customers aud consumers. and then there IN
variably follows Il rise In the price OF foreign
goods to the American consumer.
AS n means OF raising revenue revenue tariff
is not as certain and reliable as a protective
tariff. The latter has never failed In time OF
peace, no matter how great were our expendit-
ures, to supply the revenue required, and has
never failed but three times, and then i'll war,
10 provide the enormous revenue required tor
the public service.
protective tariff has proven an unfailing
agent In raisil 70 public revenues, and while do
ing this IL has served that other important OF
flee of so adjusting the duties upon foro II goods
as to give the largest protec ion TO our own in
dustfies the widest field of employment for our
own labor. and the most generous encourage
ment to our own people 1t serves the Treas
ury and while doing serves our own people
in their industries and employnents. There
ought not TO be any question, 1nnsmuch as we
have TO secure revenue from foreign imports, as
20 the character or The foreign goods upon which
the duties shall be ilnpo ,ed.
The principle OF protective tariH requires
that articles not Injuries, which we cannot pro-
duce in tho United States, E luld come IN free
from tariff taxation, and imposes the tar II upon
such foreign products as come In comps tition
with the products OF our own land aud labor. IL
does seem TO me that there should be no di =
ference of opinion upon the subject among Amer
ican citizens. AS We are compelled TO tax some
product, every consideration L THINK, should
require that the foreign product be taxed, the
taxing OF which would benefit our own produc-
ers and do no injury TO our own consumers.
A protective Tariff is not only surer agent
for raising revenue than II revenue tariff but 1t
builds up our own industries and increases in
dustrial activity In our D." II midst. 1t furnishes
employ ment for l0bor and ut be tter wages than
can be secured anywhere else or undec any
other system. revenue tariff breaks down
and destroys ut home, and builds u and en-
courages abroad
Now, II protect n is burden upon the peo-
pie, should find some manifestation o 1t
elsewherr. We have been living undor IL r
thirty years. Whore docs the burden rest2
The great mass OF the peopl of our country
were never well off as they are today TIL Y
are bet er Off than the rest Of mank nd. There
never many men Ia this country who
owned thei homes as there are today. There
never ere SO many workmen who had accumu-
lations In the savings banks OF the country as
there are to-day, There never were many
comforts, refnemen 8, and educated homes MS
there are in this country to-day. NO nation of
the world can prCstn NJ such picture of prog
ress, prosperity, and plenty.
Have protective tariffs piled up tho debts Of
the United States? Let the record answer. The
monthly report OF the Secretary OF the Treasury
di scloses how the public debt is being reduced.
We have paid off more than two-thirds of it..
State debts have been reduced, aud county and
municipal debts have diminished. See what
has been done in this direction in twenty years,
from 1870 TO 1890:
In twenty years, from
1870 TO 1890 inclusive,
the Federal debt has
been reduced. from $50. 81 3sj, 0oJ, COO
b QS9c).. oe60J0,00)
The state debts have
been reduced. ....... from Il ~. $50, 600 0cO
TO 1890. $4,000, 00)
The county debts have
been reduced ....... from ds70) 1s7, OOO. O)0
TO 1850. $4,000, COG
In the same time our population las In
creased from 3S 81 TO G2 G2l $50 SO that the
per capita is only US, compared with nearly $40
twenty years aGo.
The per capita debt of this country Is less
than that of any other country OF the world.
Here is the record:
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