The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-19
His Letter of Acceptance Writ
ten at Last.
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mally announced by your committee l &C.
copied it at once. In so doing [ also &C.
cepted the principles set forth in the reso-
buttons adopted by the convention as basis
OF its appeal to popular suffrage. There
will be no misunderstanding as to the pur-
poses Of the Republican party IN the con-
test and no doubt as to the attitude Of its
candidates.
Party platforms are more important
this year than usual The declarations of
our opponents demand close scrutiny, as
their victory now would give them the first
opportunity they have had since 1859 to
put il practice their policy. Obvious in
tho common judgment OF the people the
really vital issues this year are those re-
lating to tariff and currency. Fortunstely
both sides stated their positions On the sub
lects with directness, simplicity and frank
ness.
The issues thus made between the rival
candidates are specially sharp and distinct
We maintain that the tariff should cover
tbs difference in cost of home and foreign
production caused by the difference in
home and foreign wages. Our opponents
Distinctly repndiate the proposition that
American wages should be considered in
the matter, and declared instead that
tariff levied for anything but revenue
was unconstitutional, AS the London
Times naturally remarked, it is g policy
not to be distinguished from free trade.
Should the American people now choose
RepuD licsn candidates the present tariff
would stand, or when amended would only
Oe SO changed TO insure closer conformity
20 the principles on which it is made. II
our opponents are chosen their congress Is
pledged to repeal the present tariff and TIC
the adoption0f one arranged for revenue
only, and their executive is pledged to the
doctrine that tariff having regard also
for American wages is unconstitutional.
We maintain that the present tariff
worked we'll and developed American man
ufactures, steadied and increased American
wages and promoted general property.
Our opponents deny all this and Genouncs
the Republican policy, which they say
fosters no other industry so much as that
of sheriff. We favor a system by which
when VS. think the country is ready for
reduction or abolition of duties, we insist
upon getting corresponding and reciprocal
advantages from foreign countries. Our
opponents denou0ce reciprocity as sham
and, therefore, inferen italy pledge them
selves to its appeal.
The constitutionality Of protective tar
iff has been heretofore thought established
n
Congress aud signed By Washington. A
third OF a century later. Andrew jackson
maintained the constitutiouslity of pro-
tective system as have Jefferson and Mon
roe, who each repeatedly recommended the
exercise of this right under the constitu-
ton. To this testimony from mon who
made the constitution and from the father
of the modern Democratic party may be
added that Of the latest high authority OF
a TlPmnprgt1c al
law, Hon. George Iicknor Curtis, who re-
Gently said he could not subscribe to a doc
trine that 8 protective tariff was unconsti
tutional.
The expectancy of a protective tariff vim
Dictated by the experience OF the last thirty
years in the most wonderful period of
financial success ever unheard of diff
culties in the record of modern civilization.
Under it and by the aid OF republican man
agement our finances have resulted in the
largest payment of national debt In the
shortest time known to history, and in the
simultaneous development of the indus
tries Of the country on q scale without par
allel.
Eight years ago, in mastery public
paper, james q. Blaine called attention to
the revelations Of the United States cen
sus as TO the net results Of labor and the
savings among the American people under
the system of protection. The true value
OF all property in the United STATES. ex-
Guiding slaves, was set down in the census
OF 1860 at fourteen thousand million dollars,
that being what there was to show for
Of the Republican party that year tho
Republican protective policy, which has
since prevailed, was introduced.
In the census of 1880 the true value of
property in the United States is set down
at forty-four thousand million dollars.
making an increase of over double the Gu
tire growth of the previous twenty five
years. 1t appears that the property OF
the United States has still further in
creased in the last few years by fourteen
thousand million dollars, making the total
increase in thirty years under Republican
rule. and under Republican protective
tariff of forty four thousand million dollars
against fourteen thousand million dollars
earned in the previous twenty tive years,
Our opponents deny that there has
been any increase in our prosperity,
declare that wages have been
reduced and denounce our policy. 1t has
been q fortunate circumstance for an i'm
partial public that in the regular course of
official duty number of Democratic Off
GERS have since been required TO report
statistics in several departments bearing
upon the subject. All these reports tend
to show an increase during the year 1891 in
in savings banks or building or loan asso
Citations, and in the value OF real and per-
sonai property. These official Democratic
refutations OF Democratic denial that the
country is not prosperous are confirmed by
personal experience and observation of the
people at large.
At the close of the fiscal year June last
the reciprocity policy had been in oper-
alton but few months and under all the
disadvantages attending the opening of
new lines of trades in foreign coun-
tries 1t Increased in foreign countries TO
which it has been applied 23.7S per cent.
Since then there has been 8 still greater
increase amounting on September l, to
81. 0S per cent. The net value of sham rec
iprocity, therefore. to the United States in
the brief period and during its infancy was
S92, 569, 2S4 To abandon this system
which Is equitable on both sides, which
costs Us nothing and which brings such re-
suits would be madness while to denounce
it 2 sham is untrue.
On the subject of the currency the issue
between the Republican party and the OPP
position is almost as sharply defined IS on
the tariff. We demand that every dollar,
either paper, silver or gold, shall be made
and kept as good as any other dollar. Our
opponents, while protesting the same de-
sire, demand that the national bank cur
rency shall be broken down by repeal of
the 10 per cent. tax on the issues of state
banks. No human being ever lost dol
lar by the note Of a national bank, SOL
vent or otherwise. Tue losses by
state banks can be counted by tens Of
millions. 1t is true that the gradual pay