The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-05-27

with us while we labor along the lines
laid down by our fathers, to keep the
hresides of America out of a beggar's
competition with the hard conditions of
life in the Industrial capitals of Europe.
1t makes little difference what comes to
the palaces, if only peace and prosperity
abide with the cottages am glad to
hear a new gospel of wealth declared
IN these times: tut after all it is very
old gospel, and came to US. think, out
OF the mountains of Judea = that prop
erty is more than mere possession. It
Is moral trust. So that every man
who has it. whether it lies in a railroad
or coal bank or blast furnace. is in
high sense the trustee of the commu.
inty and under high law to use his es-
tate without predjudice to the common
wealth. The gospel of Mammon, which
IN England. if we may believe Cardinal
Manning, has produced a world Of
wealth and a world of want" already
threatens our own country with similar
perilS The statesmen who have Sc
cured the American markets fo- the use
OF the American people have not fin
ished their work until every conspiracy
in restraint of trade. every organized
syndicate of extortion, every system of
fraudulent and fictitious dealing. is
scourged from the temples of legitimate
business l am a believer in wealth
honestly come by, and wisely used for
the good of the world. think that a
millionaire like Peter Cooper. with a
heart full of love to mankind, is Gods
best gift to modern society. I would
have every man, and especially every
young man. devote the strength of bis
years to TIL accumulation of money.
And if he gets it, let him bless the world
with his prosperity. The homestead is
the fixed cornerstone of American life.
1t signifies much in a government like
this that men should have house to
call their own-a place to go when they
are tired, and find in the sweet faces of
wife and children the wages of all their
labor. may be an enthusiast, but I
am living in hope of the day when the
spirit of the Workingman of Nazareth
shall complete the worlds emancipa-
ton, drying up the fountains of greed
and usury and bringing at last to the
weary and heavy-laden centuries the age
of justice. But am not looking for
that in the direction of the sand lots of
San Francisco: nor to the hay market
in Chicago. where the blood of brave
men was poured out in the public
streets by a gang of alien vagabonds;
not to Henry George publishing an idle
philosophy of spoilation and plumber:
nor to Edward Bellamy inviting nebu-
lous dreams of incredible social con-
ditions- In these days, if Joseph wishes
to have his dreams respected, he must
dream sensible dreams. l am a believer
in the homestead; l am against the
tenant system. whether in Ireland or
America. 1 think that fifty years of
government landlordism, or other form
Of government ownership general. in
stead of abolishing poverty, would
make nation Of tramps without inter
est enough in society to dig well or
plant flower or put the hinges on q
gate. am down On that.
But my heart is in willing sympathy
with the organization of American labor
on the farm and in the factory. and l
welcome the good day coming when the
rude weapons of industrial strife and
ill-conSidered plans of industrial reform
shall give place to the broadest. fairest,
wisest devotion of the heart and brain
of the age to every question that con-
Germs the right of man.
Do Democrats Want Free Trade:
It would seem so from the following
extracts taken from letters read at the
free trade meeting recently held at
Cooper Union:
Congressman Clifton r. Breckenridge,
of Arkansas:
LIE; every man be free, AID let trade be free,
tina. every free man may enjoy the maximum
profits Of his own labor.
Congressman NJ. d. Harter, of Ohio:
We are the advocates Of what is calledfree
trade.
Congressman John De Witt Warner,
of New York:
regret that an engagement to speak il Mil
wauk &c on the Sd inst. will deprive me Of the
pleasure Of taking any part in the Cooper Union
free trade meeting.
David \ Wells:
1 am in sympathy with every movement
as Tariff Reform -Tarir for
Revenue Only" Free Trade - Farmers Al
lance" or any other name.
Henry George:
Allow me in this way to express my JOY that
men differing on other things at last unite to
declare for free trade and 70 proclaim uncom-
promising hostility to ali tariffs.
By Congressman Tom L. Johnson. of
Ohio:
Count ne at all times for free trade and d.
rect taxation
am free trader because I am democrat
an for Mills o: Texas, for speaker OF tee
house, because / want TO have an out and out
free trader take the chair held by Reed.
Let democrat leaders, then, be men They
free trade in private; LEI them
stop talking in pubic Of percentages merely.
We will conclude these extracts with
the following from Governor Hill, of
New York:
They greatly mistake public sentiment who
assume 20 coustrue the revolution last autumn
at the polls as a popular manifestation in favor
Of radical rarin legislation.
Our Exports Under the New Tariff.
The new tariff has been in force suffi-
GENTLY long now to indicate what its
effect upon our export trade is likely to
be. Free trade tariff advocates have