The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-10-13
M'VEAGH'S LETTER
HeSays it is No Wonder the Farmer q
are Growing Poorer.

The SENTINEL herewith presents
synopsis-of Wayne McVeagh's letter:
After bearing testimony to the safe
and conservative character of both
Presidential candidates, Mr.. McVeagh
goes on to say that the average voter
knows that free trade is impossible in
this country for the reason that the
vast revenues required to meet the eX-
penSes of the government will neces-
sarily afford far higher degree of
protection to our established and
prosperous manufacturers than either
Alexander Hamilton or Henry Clay
thought desirable in the infancy of
our weak and struggling industries.
1.-The opposition to the Force bill"
he says, lis not only sure to create far
greater evils than it could cure, but,
as also subversive of the rights of the
the States, has become so earnest and
widespread that it is said to have
been abandOned; but it must not be
forgotten that only two years ago
such measure was warmly advoca ted
by President Harrison, earnestly sup
ported by the Republican party sand
very narrowly escaped becoming a
law.
"There is no pretenSe," he goes on
to say, ''that the Mckinley bill is
abandoned. On the contrary, our ex-
press approval of it is demanded. No
doubt the bill-which / cannot but
think was an uncalled for disturbance
of the then existing tariff-greatly
benefited few interests: but certain
ly it greatly oppressed many others
and it is not surprising that labor,
believing itself to be oppressed, soon
rose in revolt and civil war has ac-
tually ragged this summer in four
different sections of this country.
And, of course, the farmers, paying
more for what they buy and getting
less for what they sell, grew poorer
day by day, and excellent farms in
some of the most highly protected
State will hardly bring the cost of the
buildings upon them.
After enlarging in detail on some of
the more glaring economic and moral
evils of the Mckinley bill, Mr.. Mac
Veagh next applies himself to a dis
cuSSiOn of the indiScrimiuate granting
Of pensionsswhlch marks no distinc-
tiOn between the discharge of duty
and the shrinking of it, between loyal
service and desertion of the colors,
between wounds received in battle
and diseases contracted in the pursuits
of peace.
IF the Republican party" Mr.. Mac
Veagh says in conclusion, sis now
definitely committed to the policy of
taxing the people for the purpose of
giving bOunties to such persons or in
tereStS as can secure the necessary
votes in Congress, so the Democratic
party is now as definitely committed
to the policy of restricting taxation to
the needs of the government for public
| purposes alone. The gulf fixed between
these two policies of taxation is as
| wide and deep as can well exist be
tween political parties; and / am also
convinced that the ,Other causes in
which / am interested cannot hope
| for success until the avowed policy OF
| the Republican party on the subject
| is OverthrOwn.
| "Until then, the right of each State
| to control elections within it's borders
will not be secure; until then, there is
no prospect of enjoying the single and
| stable standard of value which Other
| civilized and commercial nations pos
| seSS; until then, there is no hope o1
| placing either our pension system OF
| the regulation of immigration upon {
| just and proper basis; until then, the
publication of our politics will con
| tinue the iridescent dream which
high Republican authority has de
clared it must always remain; unit
then, any pretended reform of tn,
civil service must prove, as it ha
| plONCOtUllCSC ldSU 'IOul Il uclu
sion and a snare.
GAS | believe, for the reason | hay
given, that the true welfare of tn
country would be promoted by MI
Cleveland's election, it is my duty t
vote for him; and as | recall the Ca
pacity, the fidelity and the courag
with which he has heretofore dis
charged every public trust committe
to him, that duty becomes pleasure.