The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-04

tariff because they did not understand
It. 1t IL quito probable, however, that
II they did not understand II they felt
1t, and that, because 1t mado them I'M
comfortable, they emphatically said
ouch q reform was not what they
wanted.
AT any ratio, tho consumer has found
life harder aimee this reform than be-.
fore, and II thoro Is n workingman any
whore who has had his wages increased
by virtue OF Its operation he has not yet
made himself known. Plenty OF mills
and factories have been closed, thou.
sands OF men thus lost employment, und
wo daily hear OF reduced wages; but tho
benefits promised from this reform, and
its advantage to people who really need
relief are not apparent.
RECIPROCITY IN TUE RIGHT DIRECTION.
Tho provision it contains permitting
reciprocity Of trade in certain cases, dc.
pending on tho action OF tho President,
Is m admission, rs far as It goes, against
tho theory upon which this reform Is
predicated, and 1t lamely limps in the
direction OF lrcer% commercial exchanges.
II Hypocrisy is tho homage vico pays
to virtue" reciprocity may DO called
tho homage %prohibitory protection pays
to genuine tariff reform.
Tho demand in your platform for FREQ
raw materials ought, it accms to mo, to
BIO warmly seconded by tho citizens Of
your state. Tho advantages to tho poo
plo Of Rhode Island OF such q policy do
not seem to BIO questionable, and I am
not hero to discuss them in detail; but
all I have said touching tho conduct and
record OF the Democratic party and its
opponents in regard to tariff legislation
Is in support Of tho proposition that all
who desire tho special rolief referred to
in your platform, or any other improve
ment in our tariff laws in tho general
interest OF tho people must look to the
Democratic party for II. Tho manufac-
turer who socs In free raw materials n
reduced cost Of his products resulting
in an increased consumption and an eX-
tension OF his markets, and q constant
activity and return for his invested cap
ital, can hardly trust the party which
first resisted any reform in tho tariff,
then juggled with it, and at last fatty
refused him tho relief he still needs.
TIE SILVER QUESTION ISN'T IN 1T.
Our opponents must, in the coming
national canvass, settle accounts with
us on the issue OF tariff reform. It will
not do for them to say to us that it is
an old and determined contention. The
ten commandments are thousands OF
years old, but they and the doctrine OF
tariffreform will be taught and preached
until mankind and tho Republican
party shall heed the injunction, "Thou
shalt not steal"
AS I leave you, let me say to you that
your cause deserves success, and let me
express tho hope that tho close Of your
canvass will bring you no regrets on
account Of activity relaxed or oppor-
tunities lost. Demonstrate to your peo-
pic the merits OF your cause, and trust
them. Above all things, Danish every
personal feeling Of discomfort, and let
every personal consideration DO merged
in n determination, p~crvuding your
ranks everywhere, to win q victory.
With a cause so just, and with activity,
vigilance, harmony and detcrpination
on the part OF Rhode Islands staunch
Democracy, l believe you will not fail.