The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-22
Destructive Democracy.

Tie policy of the Democratic party is
one of destruction. Its great aim, under
the thin veneering of alleged tariff reform,
is to cripple or destroy American industry
by legislating in behalf of foreign capital
lists and the halfstarved wage-earners in
their employ. The history of the fiscal
affairs of the United States shows that in
every period when the expenses of the
government were provided for by reve-
nue. tariff, such as the Democrats now pro-
state of paralysis ifnot of actual collapse,
and that the governments financial credit
was about the lowest on earth. This con-
dition was changed in 1860 when the Re-
publican party came into power, since
when the industries of the country have
been magnified beyond anticipation, and
wsge-earners and capital have prospered
in remarkable degree. This prosperity
brought contentment, and established the
Republican party as the party of the peo-
pie. The rebellious Democracy since the
close of the rebellion, by the aid of the
solid South, has been endeavoring by all
the arts that partisan demagogery could
or can invent to overthrow Republicanism
and the American system of protection to
home industry with a view to returning
to the industrial paralysis of the country
and the bankrupt condition of the govern
ment existing prior to 1850. Vindictive
craftsmanship rather than desire for the
public welfare is alone responsible for the
studied attacks on our industries.
We have here in New Jersey an instance
of how the industries of the State are
made the playthings of ambitious Demo-
cratic politicians, and are driving them
out of the State. The Oxford Iron and
Nail company, at Oxford Furnace, has is
sued notice that the works will close on
the LIST of April. which means throwing
out of work eight hundred men. This
closing up of an important branch of in
dustry is due entirely to the meddlesome
interference of the Democratic ringsters,
because of the fact that the manager OF the
works is Republican, who stands by the
principles of his party and dares to advo-
cate and promote them to the great dis
pleasure of the State ring. Discomfort
was fomented among the workmen, and a
lively attack on the company was made by
New York paper in the interest of the
New Jersey rinesters. When the Legisla-
ture met in January, Senator Cornish, who
wants to be Congressman, introduced
resolution providing for legislative In
veetigation of affairs at Oxford Furnace,
which was passed, and a committee APP
pointed This committee spent one day
at the furnace, for forms sake, returned to
State Board Of Arbitration, creating a
special iron inspector and providing for
bi-monthly pay. The clear intent Of this
action is to worry and annoy such manu-
facturers as are not under the Democratic
bosses. Hence the conclusion of the OK
ford Furnace company not to be the vic
tins of the gang which rules the State
This Democratic victory will bear hard
upon the 800 workmen aud their families,
who were dependant upon the Oxford
works, as they will be compelled to seek
work elsewhere, the prospects being the
Oxford iron plant will be removed to
another state. But it is the Democratic