The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
Communicated.

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The Democrats are trying TO
prove that the peoples clothing rs
so very dear, that the tariff Is n
tax, that Protection is unconstlts-
tional, ETC., etc.
Well it may be BY the Mckinley
bill, by the tariff on wool, caused
the clothing to become dear; it may
be that because the manufacturer
has to pay tariff on his foreign
wool to get what Democrats are
pleased to call "free raw MATERIAL
and consequently the people are
robbed according to Democratic
figures of $50 per family.
say this may be, but IN the
| Mountain Democrat for March II.
1892, we read in an eaitoria1 ia.
"ln spite OF the tariff raw wool las
declined in twenty-five wears 80 DER
cent. and from : to q per cent
since the passage Of the Mckinley
bill" He does not tell us that we
are getting from % to so per cent.
more than the price in forlgen mar
kets, but the people according to
writers and orators are being rob
bed by this unconstitutional tarG.
yet it is q fact the American pec-
pie are the best clad people in ths
world and no people are SO pros
porous and happy as the people OF
this great country of ours, and We
defy the Democrat or any Of their
scribes to show us a period under
"tarff for revenue only when the
people were dong so well, when
they were as well housed, as well
clad, or as prosperous as they have
been under the terrible robber tar
if.
Edward Atkinson, the free trad
er in the Forum for May admits
that there never has been period
IN the history of this or any other
country when the general rate Of
wages was as high as it is now, or
the prices of gooGs relatively to the
wages SO low as they are to-day,
nor period when the workingman
in the strict sense Of the word. mas
so fully secured to his own use and
enjoyment such steadily and pro-
gressiyely increasing proportion OF
constantly increasing produce."
Does that sound like we are be-
ing robbcd this by terrible protective
tariff.
The man who knows anything
about the history of the country
knows that the policy of the Dem
ocratic party, whether they call it
tariff for revenue only" free
trade" or any other of its many
names, has brought degradation
and ruin to the people and protec-
ton has brought peace and pros,
perity. The two principles have
been tried and Democratic leaders
may howl about free wool, dear
clothing, the robber tariff, etc, but
people who go through this world
with their eyes open know that they
can buy more manufactured goods
for their wages to-day than ever be-
fore.
The time is past when the far
mer gives 40 bushels of wheat for a
pair of boots and none of us wans
return Of the good old days "befo'
the wah." 1t is fact that a days
labor will buy as much nov Of any
manufactured article as it wonbf
prior to 1860.
What is it that in 80 years has
doubled the price Of labor and de-
creased the cost Of living? The
policy OF the Republican p rty.
Two years age the Democrats
orators and press Of the country
told the people that the Mckinley
bill was going to make everything
dear and that the people we're go
ing to be robbed by that terrible
bill. Two years have passed and
what manufactured article Is dearer
to-day than it was before the pas
sage of that bill?
A good deal is said about tin,
but let the man who thinks Amer
lean tin failure read the article
on the first page Of last weeks
Democrat. That article should be
an answer to the tin-plate liar for
all time.
SO we see the Democratic losing
one argument after another.
The people are reading, thinking
and observing and when tho bal
lots are counted in November CleYe
and Steve will take their leave for
their names will then be Dennis,
and McKaig will have met Yelling
ton and found his Waterloo.
HOOsIER-
What They Think OF Old Soldiers.
Views and acts Of the two can
didates on the question Of PEN