The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-13

DEMOCRATIC PROGRAM.
A paper which is presumed to be pub
lished in the interest of the Democratic
party in PROVIDENCE, though so errati-
cally managed that organic authority
was this spring conferred upon Demo
cratic paper Of New York instead, has
published this explanation of the means
by which tariff reduction might be ac-
complished through reduction of ex-
penditure
halves without hardship to single de-
serving needy relict of the war. The
sugar bounty should be abolished. steam
ship subsidies stopped, the building of
expensive and useless warships discon-
tinued, the tremendous jobs worked
squelched. the expense of the decennial
censuses quartered, all the ornamental
and expensive ministers to foreign coun-
tries summarily recalled and live COM
mercial agencies (half dozen In ALL es-
tablished at one-tenth or one-twentieth
the expense.
The pension money could be cut in
halves without hardship to any ''relict
of the war;" whatever that may mean!
Will any pensioned veteran please tell
Us how?
1.-THE sugar bounty should be abol-
ished." Perhaps, but the Louisiana
Democrats, to perpetuate whose great
local industry a Republican congress
made this wise and just provision,
would be the chief sufferers.
Steamship subsidies stopped" and
with that the death blow to the Ameri-
can merchant marine, though every
commercial nation, Great Britain most
Of all, employs this policy to maintain
its mercantile marine. Could we stand
against such competition?
"The building Of expensive and use
less warships discontinued y And this
is Democracy! To leave the country at
the mercy of Chile, Japan or Brazil in
case of sudden dispute. Samuel J.
Tilden. with all his faults one of Demo.
cracy's ablest men, left his dying pro-
test on record against the suicidal policy
of leaving this great nation unprotected.
River and Harbor jobs squelchedi
We defy any Democrat to prove that
five per cent. of any River and Harbor
appropriation was ever devoted to jobs.
How many such have been in RHODE
ISLAND? Old Holman is great at rail-
ing against extravaganza, but he never
voted against bill to spend money in
Indiana.
Recall our ministers,to foreign coun-
tries and establish half dozen CONNER
cial agencies Really These might
be, it is presumable, in Great Britain,
France, Germany, Austro-Hungary,.
Italy and Norway and Sweden. Then
our vast trade with Holland, Belgium,
Spain, the Antilles, Brazil and all the
South American republics, Mexico and
Central America, the Sandwich Islands,
British America, China, Japan, Russia
and hosts OF other places could take care
of itself.
We send to Australasia $43, 900 worth
of horse and railroad cars per month.
To Brazil $405, 900 worth of -four per
month; to Cuba s212, 900. To "other
countries in Europe" 81 1851 ,25s worth of
corn per month. To China $305, 900
worth'of cloth per month. To British
Australasia S9s, 600 worth of iron manu-
features. and $4,000 worth of steam
engines and $4,000 worth of sewing
machines per month. To Asia $645, 900
worth Of petroleum per month. To
Cuba 500, 900 worth per month of wood
and its manufactures. These are few
samples of the foreign trade which
such plan would handicap.
This is pretty sample of Democratic
economy. The saving would be trihe,
the loss enormous. The services of
Whitelaw Reid in France, Robert Lin
coin in London and William Walter
Phelps in Germany have been worth
more TO this country I'm material way
than the entire cost OF the diplomatic
establishment since the foundation O.
the Republic. Trade treaties with first
class powers are not negotiated by com
mercisl agents.
II makes one blush for his country 10