Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-09-11
Not An Absurdity.


"The greatest piece Of absurdjty and
Inconsistency in modern political litera-
ture is tle platform adopted by the Re
publican party Of Maryland, at its Ocean
City cOnyentlon-
The platform starts out by endorsing
the tariff legislation fthc last Con 5res.
whose fundamental principle was Inc re-
stricron, if not the absolute prohibition
Of European commerce. It conclude,
with recommendation that trafio- w
made be the Y $ relurin, or abolish
ing foreign imports on American tobae-
co
The above extract ft1m the Hartford
Dcmocra, shows the false arguments
used by opponents Of the party to pre-
vent the stm. pcde which must inevitl-
bly, take place from the Democratic to
the Republican party. 1t has been only
by arguments based upon the bitter pre-
judices engeoderei by the ate unfortu-
nate war between the States, and by
soecious bat false arguments rainst the
Republican policy Of tariff Cor protection
to American industries used by the Dem
ocratc party, which has prevented thia
stampede to the present time. But the
American people AS a whole are too in
tellgent to be mucl, longer gnled by
party whose leaders are demagogues
aud whose policies would if carried out,
benefit foreign countries to a greaies de-
gree than our own
The plank in the Maryland Kepubli-
can platform above alluded to is not an
absurdity. The protective policy of the
Republican party,with reciprocity added,
does not exclude from American ports
articles which our people cannot produce
with profit, but it does AIM to Shut ous
articles which our people. can produce
and by so doing keep the money here at
home to help make our manufa ,tures
more prosperous, AMI our laboriug men
wio thus get employment, coutentcd and
happy.
Nor does it prevent the producer Of
our farms from en'criug foreigm com
tries, as it has so often. been falsely as-
serted by Democratic demagogues. For
to-day, with the Mckinley tariff bill on
the statute books all Elrope i 81 NOR
ing for our breadstnlFs, and on the first
of this month Germany opened her poets
10 the American hog. which mad been
excluded from thai couutpy G,r uany
years past, not because If the tariff IN
this country, AS too it has bcea falsely as
serted, but because Of the opjulan preva-
lent throughout Germany tbatal Amer
lean pork is diseased Now that Ger
many is convinced thnt the opinion
formed Of our pork was wrong, the
American hog goes grunting aSd squeal-
ing throughout the Empire And at
not far distant date our cnsn will fol-
low the hog which will still! farther add
to the prosperity of our American farm
err And all this has, and will be (loSe,
without iuiuring those engaged in other
PURSUITS, other than that of farming, by
repeling the protective thrift laws which
strives to give American markets 10
Americans and which has made this one
of the greatest ua ions on the earth.
No brother Democrat. the plank in the
Republican platform which favors treaty
arrangements with foreign countries
whereby our haryard planieF can get
better prices for his tobacco is not au
absurdi'y Such treaty arrangements
can and will be made by this admins
tratiou, a. was done TO admit our pork
free of duty, which will accomplish the
desired end, and the interests of none
engaged in other pursuits viii b, injule
thereby False arguments and Iiiicu-
lsus assertions about the policy Of the
grand old party cannot gull the lMslli
gent people mach longer.