Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-11-05

Husinsss Men, n. &-,fa actTrs.s, Farmers.
Homesteaders, Bankers, Foreign Born
Citizens and Co:orsd Voters Have Rea-
sons for Voting We, the Republicans.
Especial Correspondence.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Republican lead
ers here sniff victory III the air. The
people, they find, are making careful
study Of the situation. and since this is
being done there can be little doubt as
to the result.
A large proportion of the business
men have established and built up their
| business under the present protective
system. The average business man OF
today has established his business since
the protective system was adopted thirty
years ago. Those who inherited q busl-
ness established prior to that time have
adapted it to the protective system OF
tie last thirty years. Hence every busl-
ness man sees that a general change in
the system Of the conduct Of the gov
ern1nent would change the conditions
under which he has had business pros
parity. and at the same time SO unsettle
the general business conditions as to
/ render investments unsafe, and capital
lists unwilling to enter upon business en-
/ terprises
The manufacturers are seeing that
their industries have wonderfully de-
veloped, that the balance cf trade has
been 500, 600, 600 in favor of this country
in the past ten years, while in the same
! time it has been $500, 100000 against
free trade Great Britain. Hence they
prefer to retain system under which
their individual business and our ma
tional commerce have both been pros
porous.
The old soldiers remember that Presi-
dent Cleveland refused his signature to
524 pension bills, while all the presidents
who had preceded him had only taken
this action upon five bills. They re-
member that Cleveland's administration
elected thousands of soldiers from office
and showed its lack of sympathy for
them at every step. Hence they will
vote with the Republicans.
Foreign born citizens who compare
their condition i'll this country with that
of free trade countries are unwilling to
exchange the system which has given
them prosperity here for the system
which pays starvation wages abroad.
Hence they will vote with the Republic
ans.
The employees are seeing that the
rates Of wages in protected United States
are double those paid in free trade Eng.
land, and that employment is more Ger,
tain here than in countries not having d
protective system. Hence they will vote
with the Republican party.
Farmers, too, are remembering thai
President Iarrison's administration has
by its energetic efforts in their behalf
increased foreign markets for then
products immensely. Not only has the
, vigorous work of this administration
caused reopening of markets for ou1
meats, but through reciprocity ou]
5 other farm products have been g1ver
advantages abroad and the foreign SALE
Of all agricultural products has been III
creased $275, 100000
The bankers recognize the fact tina
: the Democratic party is pledged to tilt
5 destruction OF the. national banking sys
' TEN and substitution Of the state b ali
system which was so disastrous and IN
satisfactory when in use. Hence tue.
will support the Republican candidates
The people Of the great vest are l re