The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-08-21
Friday, Aug. 81, 1891,
Our Exports to England increasing.


the exports of the United Kingdom have
caused the London papers TO break out into
fresh tears about the Mckinley bill. There
are traces Of the same cid notion that Great
Britain is ever in our thoughts, and that the
bill was passed Ito hit the manufacturers OF
Great Britain especially"
We cut the above from one of the leading
editorials Of the New York Press, one of
the slave organs of the plutocracy. 1t is
only sample paragraph that may be taken
from the great dailies' any day, and from
either party. All that is necessary is to
select one of the slave organs and open ii;
there you will find something after the man
ner of the above, with different twist pos
sibly-each party having peculiar twist,
the trademark of the factory the goods are
woven in. All have for their object the
same purpose in view, which is to deceive
the public. The article in the Press which
we have cut off the head of, rings in the
Mckinley bill several times and what sew
eral English papers say, and then follows
long list of articles, which are exported to
LuRiduus ali dltTlUutSu " tnC dlt1AHACy
tariff. The object of all this writing and
printing about the Mckinley bill is in the
hope Of diyerting public attention from the
vital questions which these monopolistic
organs dread--or rather their masters dread,
for the organs, these ssgreat daily" papers,
speak as Balaam's ass, as they are COM
PEELED TO speak but unlike the ass they
always speak for Balak, and like the young
women Of Moab seek to corrupt The people.
The object of this particular article in the
Press we have clipped from, is designed to
prove that the Mckinley bill" has so low
cred the price of American goods, that our
merchante and manufacturers are enabled to
export them to England and sell them in
competition with the foreign ''pauper
goods" in their own market, which is prov
ing TOO much, for if this is true they don't
need any Mckinley bill to protect labor
from the foreign article. But all of this rot
on both sides is clear cut Misrepresentation
for the purpose OF deceiylng the people and
diyerting their attention from the damaging
facts the Alliance papers and speakers are
hurting against them. The tariff has moth
ing whatever to do with the conditions Of
this export trade. The unparalleled scarcity
of money measured by the volume of bust
ness in the United States, has lowered p. ices
TO such an extent that foreigners send here
10 purchase goods. 1t is the memorable law
of trade. All the world seeks the cheapest
market to buy in. If we had four times the
present amount of money in circulation,
prices would be fifty per cent higher, and
the millions Of idle and but half employed
people in the country would all be at
work, and these products that go abroad
to compete in foreign markets. with the
"pauper laboro goods, would all be con-
sumed at home, and the products of the
country doubled. While millions of peo-
pie are at home praying for employment it
is not a sign Of prosperity, or a matter to
brag of that we ship goods to compete with
the goods which were used as bug bear to
scare the country into fayoring the McKin-
ley hill or any other bill. We don't want
the curse Of Europe in this county, which is
low prices we want high prices and plenty
of money toIproitably employ labor. Labor
thus employed will always earn or produce
good living and have something to enable
the humblest to indulge at least In few
Injuries. There are lots of work, and prof.
liable work in this great, big, half deyel-
oped country to employ our millions of
people and twice as many more. We want
more money and better prices; more work
and less idleness, and not cheap goods and
starvation.
The Republicans have been fighting for a
home market and cheap goods. I'be Dem
ocrats have been lighting for foreign mar
ket and cheap goods. We haye the cheap
goods and a million tramps who have no
money to buy the cheap goods, and we ship
them to Europe TO find market among its
''paupers'' and our ''great dailies" are try
ing to brag about this condition as a sign of
national prosperity. 1t is evident this plu-
tocratic class believe with Carlisle, that the
people are mostly fools.