The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-16

Niprf tns troubles Oh Tue country nad peoa
seified, the FIRST act OF the ascendant Democrats
was to make an attack upon the tariff policy OF
the government The Southern wing OF the
party, free traders BIZ necessity and self-inter-
est, gave the country the Mills bill. dis
dDctivey protective policy WAS never adopted
until the Morrill, bill of 1861 Now, go back
with NE to the beginning OF the government
with no manufactures--e purely agricultural
country. And then look aro1nd at the condi-
ton OF the country today. A war debt
| Of over teyen billions reduced to barely
one billion. The product of the factories
has increased from one and three quarter bill
| ions TO eight billions of dollars. The United
States manufactures one-third Of the entire
| product of the world.
Col. Winston then recited statistics showing
the vas; growth of the commercial and indus
trial interests of the country. the wages increas
| ing from 330, 00,o0o TO 8. 10O.o5,.000.
Scan any Peoples pertv man show tho an
other nation making such progress as these fig
ures show" ICheers]
Col. Winston read from the Republican plat
form the declaration that a tariff should be
levied to protect the American laborcr from the
low-priced labor OF Europe. This is the only
| plstforn that stands between the people and
free trade. He then read the tariff plank of The
Democratic party, declaring a tariff except for
revenue unconstitutional. Tie Peoples party
plank says the tariff shall be limited to the ex-
present system OF protection He also read the
Prohibition plank, which meant simply reprisal
or protection II they caunot get free trade
The Repu blican party the only one which
declared in favor of levying such a tariff
should keep up the rate OF wages in this coun-
Try. IL there 10 any man who believes that
wages will be higher by taking of the tariff let
him vote against the Republican ticket. But il
he believes that the manufacturer of articles
VINO Is compelled to sell them cheaper by rea-
son OF foreign competition can pay labor the
same wages as now. he will vote sgainst the Re-
publican ticket
Its the fact that wages have increased since
the passage OF the Mckinley bill. He could
only give the figures gathered by the govern
ment-it made only small per cent, but 1t
amounted to $30o,0000yc. IA voice-"Hurrah
Tor free tra6e."]
SWELL. can stand off the rauper lawyers of
Europe If you my friend, can stand of the pau
per labor OF Europe" tGreat cheers.)
III 1t be true, as a matter of finance and logic,
that man can make article here, paying QUE
third more wages than he who pays one third
less, and sell ii in competition, then two and
Two no longer make four. He appealed to the
past-to the patriots and statesmen OF all the
history OF the country--to substantiate the
soundness of the protection doctrine. He men,
TONED many great names. beginning with Jeffer-
son and ending with Blaine and Harrison, which
evoked tremendous cheering. This, he said,
led to an explanation OF the doctrine
OF reciprocity-which meant making a bargain
with countries raising produce which did not
In this country come into competitian with the
product of American labor.
This in turn brought him to the question OF
finance. He read the platforms of the four par
ties on money. The Republican and Demo-
cratic are substantially the same. except that
the Democratic Is in favor OF return to the
system OF state banks, which constituted vital
difference
1t might have been supposed that on the
Fourth OF July there could have been found
something in the great past of the country, in
the lives of our state smen, to warrant common
dalton by the Peoples party convention, which
met at Omaha on that day. He read the plat
form, and declared that the impending evils
threatened were worse than the cholera
tIhere was an attempt at interruption, but it
was shouted DOWN.
Who is il that has committed the crimes
enumerated in this platform The platform
declares the Republicans are to blame. And
what Is the remedy? Old Father Young i'm
Whitman county. Well, if it's as bad as they
say, and he can remedy it, hs is good one.
lIAughterl
After reading the platforms OF each party on
the money question, Col Winston proceeded to
discuss them.
Money Is nothing but medium OF exchange
The brick mason wants a hat, or clothes or
FOOD. He goes to halter or ciothier. but neither
wants any bricks laid. He finds man who
wants bricks laid. but he has no hats, no clothes
TO give away. He offers TO give in exchange for
labor thing called money, with which to pur-
chase these necessaries: but ii must be of the
same value as the things to be purchased or the
owner OF the thugs will not give those things
Tor the money. bank note ia worth $40 in gold
because it can be exchanged for it. There WAS
time when 1t couldn't be exchanged for its
face in gold The Republican principle was
that one dollar must DO equal to any other dol
lar. This gold dollar is only issued by the gov
eminent Ia one sense. II is worth just what
tho gold in it is worth.
some people think there should be a double
standard of values. They might juat as well
talk of double quart pot. They could
make it OF what they would but
II would only hold quart The
Peoples party demands the free and un-
limited coinage OF silver. 1t meant buying ALI
grains of silver for one gold dollar when the
value OF gold dollar was SO grains OF silver
After awhile the gold would give out: there
isn't enough gold in the country to do it, 1t
meant that the people of the United States
would present To the owners of silver DO 00o, 900
of dollars. All that labor ever gets is turned
into cash every week-all that farmers pro-
duce 10 turned into cash once a year. Isn't il
important TO workingmen above all men that
the dollar should retain its value-that il
should not be paid to him as 100 cents and
taken from him as 30 cents only
II the dollar was only worth hall days labor
or a $40 bill would only buy twenty pounds OF
tobacco and not fifty pounds, il would be worth
only just what il would buy. The government
could make anything a legal tender to pay debts
with: paper, or rags or chips; II could enable q
man to cheat his creditors once, but only once
Next time the storekeeper would be very careful
not to give him quart OF molasses unless he
was going to receive the full value in return
Col Winston then explained the national
banking system. If. he said, the national banks
made so much money out OF the government
why didn't they take all the bonds they could
getg Out OF AL national banks started last year
only four took ont but the very smallest guam
tlty allowed by law. He showed that a bank
with 500 600 capital. taking as IL must S. 600 in
bonds. would lose 500 in fifteen years Tho
reason they did the business was that the
purchase OF the bonds enabled them
10 issus circulation notes: IL was a
pledge TO the people that toe note was secured
hy hard cash In the treasury. The way the
banks made ptoht was by the money OF ceposi.
tors Ii they wanted 20 break the banks, Gil
they had 10 do was TO keep their money in
their pockets.
and dissected the proposition To issue money on
farm products aud On land Ee asked whosa
land WAS to be pledged. His land every mans
land, or only the borrowers iand7 II il was
honest money IL would DO secured
by mortgage, say. on the northwest quarter of
the souteast quarter 81 section 81, township IS,
range 4 east, ives, meridian. tie then gave q
iaughsble illustration OF n man in New York
asked TO take money secured by land in a place
w NJ, AMI the doubt of man who wanted 10
know what Willamette meridian meant
Turning To the land auentiND the st..ker said