The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-09-15

But, in spite OF the doubts raised bv the
electlons Of ieso and OF the machinations Of
foreign producers to maintain their mon
| opoly, the tin plate industry has been e.
tapnsned IN the United States, and the al
lance between the Welsh producers and the
Democratic party FORTS destruction will nrf
succeed The official returns TO the freas-
ury department of the production of tin
and terne plates, in the United States. dur
ing the last fiscal year, show a total pro
parison OF the first quarter Ssd9cc
PONIES o,,,ds With With the last, 100000
| pounds during the last quarter were made
from American black plates and the ne
malnder from foreign plates
Mr. aver, the treasury agent in charge
estimates as the result of Careful inosiirv
that the production of the current year
VIII be 100, 100000 pounds. and that by the
END enc, OF the year our production Will be at
This tariff law has. given employment to
many thousands of American men and
women, and will each year give employ
mcnt 70 Increasing thousands. Its repeal
would throw thousands ont of employ
ment and give work to others only at re-
duced wages
One of the favorite arguments against a
| protective tariff is that it shuts us out
from participation in what is called
with swelling emphasis the markets of
the world If this view is not a false one,
how does it happen that our commercial
competitors are not able to bear with more
| serenity our supposed surrender to them of
the markets of the world ?" And how does
| II happen thai the partial loss of our market
/ closes foreign tin plate mills and plush
4 factories that still have all other markets
Our natural advantages our protective
tariff and the reciprocity policy make IL
possible for us to have large particiDa-
ton in the markets of the world'' with
out opening our own to competition
that would destroy the comfort and in
dependence of our people.
The resolution of the convention in favor
OF blmetallism declares, / think. the true
and necessary conditions OF movement
that has, upon these lines. my cordial adj
| herence and support i am thoroughly
| convinced that the free coinage of silver
at such a ratio to gold as will maintain the
/ equality In their commercial uses of the
two coined dollars. would conduce to the
/ prosperity of all the great producing and
commercial nations of the world. The one
essential condition is that these dollars
shall have and retain an equal acceptable
4 ity and value in all commercial transac-
tons They are not only a medium of ex-
change but measure of values: and, when
Two unequal measures are called in law by
the same name commerce is unsettled and
cheated
The president declared that the civil
service system has been extended and
the law enforced with vigor and impair
tiality. He approves of the efforts made
to extend public education. He calls
! the attention of the farmers to the work
done for the benefit of Agriculture. to
the opening OF new. markets for our
pork products, and confidently submits
to the intelligent and candid Judgment
! of the American farmer whether in any
corresponding periods of much has been
done to promote his interests and wheth-
| er a continuance and extension of these
| methods there is not better prospect
Offered to him than in the Invitation of
the democratic party to give our home
market TO foreign manufacturers and to
abandon the reciprocity policy, and bet
| ter also than the radical and untried
methods of relief proposed by other
| parties which are soliciting his support
/ Something is SAID of the foreign pol-
i icy of the administration, which is
| stated to be not matter of partisan
/ politics but of patriotism and national
honor, and which. it is believed, has
caused the United States to be held in
| higher estimation abroad
In regard to immigration the presi-
dent says:
| The necessity for careful discrinina-
ton among the emigrants seeking our
| We do not want and should not receive
those who " reason of bad character or
habits are not wanted at home. The in
dustrions and self respecting, the lovers of
law and liberty should be Disseminated
from the pauper, the criminal and the
anarchist, who come only to burden and
disturb our communities. Every effort
has been made to enforce the laws and
some convictions have been secured under
the contract labor law.
The president pronounces the condf-
ton of the country one of great prosper
| ity, and concluded by stating:
A change in the personnel of q national
administration is of comparatively little
moment IL those exercising prSDlfc func-
| tions are able, honest, diligent end faith
/ ful, others possessing all these1quaIities
may be found to take their places. But
changes in the laws and administrative
| policies are of great moment. When pub
/ lie affairs have been given a direction and
\ business has adjusted itself TO these lines.
any sudden change involves a stoppage
and new business adjustments.
III the change Of direction Is so radical as
| to bring the commercial turntable into
/ use, the business changes involved are not
readjustments but reconstructions The
/ Democratic party offers program of
| demolition. The protective policy-to
which all business, even that of the inn
| porter, Is now adjusted-the reciprocity
| are TO be acknowledgements gradually
| taken down, but blown up. To this pro-
| gram of destruction il has added one con-
structiye feature, the re-establishment of
state banks of issue
The policy of the Republican party is ON
the other hand distinctivelya policy of safe
! progression and development of new fac
tories, new markets and new ships 1t will
subject business to no perilous changes.
put oilers attractive opportunities for ex-
pansion upon familiar lines. Very respect
tully yours, BESJAsIIS HARRIsoN.
CORBETT iS Nc,N oHAMpIoN