Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02
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Covering in Practical way the issues n
~" Campaign.
1t was a republican congress that
made it possible tor the people of Amer
lea TO buy sug at the rate OF twenty
odd pounds for dollar, and every dem
ocratic representative voted against the
legislat on by which the result was oc-
complished
Protection encourages the manufac-
turing OF Americas natural or raw ma.
terial by our home people, upon our
own soil or in our own factories, to be
sold to and used 10y our own people
Blot out this system and IL would inev
itably result that many Of our factories
would be advised to greatly reduce the
wages of their operatives or close their
doors, for the wages of the mechanic
or operative are a large factor IN the
cost Of almost any article and wages re
uniformly higher IN this country than
in the old world
In the United States there are Gus
toms houses and customs officers at
every port of entry, and certain cl3sses
of foreign goods cannot be removed
from the vessels that bring them with
oct first pt,ing a duty, or .oll, to Uncle
Sam iOi the privilege Of competing with
American merchants in American mar.
kets I'm this way the revenues neces
sary for The support Of the government
are raised with title friction and with
out imposing burden upon our own
people.
Without any change in the revenue or
custom laws there was an actual in
crease In treasury receipts i'm the first
iull year of President HarrisOn's admin
istration over the preceding year Of
more Shan eleven million dollars, aud
an actual decrease in the cost of oollec
tion Of more than eighty five thousand
dollars. At least a part Of this increased
amount Of revenue was due TO the
greater diligence and better service Of
republican officials
The democratic administration from
1884 10 1888 is remem erred for nothing
that can ne called a settlement of any
question pending when it took control
or arising during its term Of power
Contrast 10 with the past four Yeas and
there will be much found TO the credit
LOT the republican party. The tariff
question, the silver question, tie
Behrng sea matter, the Samoan diff
Guilty, the italian matter, the Chllian
question, the pension laws, the new
navy every question arising has had
positive, intelligent and statesmanlike
action The position Of this govern
ment among the tons Of the world
has been strengl hened and national
honor has been maintained. The demo
cratic administration had but a single
idea that Of tariff reform, and subordi-
mated everything else to the one pur
20 Of enactng a tariff law along free
trade lines
Year uy year the number OF people
Tho ride ia carriages and carry watches
and have napkins on their tables and
an extra suit Of clothes IN their ward
robes and carpets on their floors and
books and newspapers ia their homes is
increasing There are fewer children IN
the workshops and more in the schools
fewer suits in the courts and more own
ers Of homes, fewer windows with old
bats in them and more plate glass fronts
and fewer cases Of helpless, hopeless
poverty and more happy, hopeful, pros
porous people than at any previous time
In the history OF our nation And the
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republican party has had much 10 dc
with bringing about these changes
During the four years Of the Cleve-
land administration there was q great
cutlery regarding the surplus in tbs
treasury, and later the shouting ha.
grown tumuItuous over it's disappear
ance the insinuation being given oui
that republicans must have squandereC
or stolen it What are the factsi The
Cleveland policy was 10 hoard the reve
nues and make it appear that the gov
eminent was collecting entirely too
much ior customs duties on imports
In response TO the public demand re-
publican congress passed the Mckinley
bin, which greatly added TO the fre'
list and reduced the tariff on mani
other articles. Nor did they stop Il
this, but they also devoted the surpluI
/ 10 a reduction 81 the national debt pay
ing Off, With reduced income, mos
bonds 10 three years than were Cancelled
in Clsveland's entire tern.