The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-04
FOR GERMANS VOTES.
DEMOCRATS MAKE A BID WHICH
WILL PROVE FUTILE.

There Are Many Reasons why the Ger
mana VIII Not support Free Trade
Candidate-Bismarck and Caprivi Are
Both Believers In Protection.
The address of Carl Schurz and other
politicians of the same ilk to the Ger
man-American voters, urging them to
support Cleveland, will hardly have the
desired effect. There are certain rea-
sons why the voters of this class cannot
be expected to assist in the election of q
free trade president. They are intelli-
gent and practical men as a rule, and
their political actions are governed by
the lessons of observation and expert
ence. Many of them have directly
profited in marked degree by the pol
icy of protection. and they have all been
benefited more or less through its useful
influence in all branches of trade and
industry.
1t is useless to present theories to them
wrong and burden, and that it would
be better to throw open our markets to
cheap foreign products and put our labor
in competition with that of countries
where wages barely suffice to keep soul
and body together. They know that
the facts refuta this form of theorizing.
The statistics tell story of prosperity
that leaves no room for doubt as to the
value Of protective duties, and they
have besides the testimony Of their per-
sonal well being to convince them that
the tariff is not robbing and running
them. They can remember when Carl
Schurz advocated the policy which he
now condemns, and he would probably
be doing 80 today If the Republican
party had continued to give him i'm
portant and lucrative offices.
When the German-American looks
back to his fatherland he does not see
any reason for being free trader. He
knows that Germany has a protective
tariff, and that its advantages in her
case are similar to those which we have
derived from the same source. 1t was
the great Bismarck who ten years ago
declared, I'm my deliberate judgment
the prosperity of the United States-the
most illustrious success of modern times
in material Developments due to its
protective laws, and l urge that Ger
many has now reached the point where
1t is necessary to initiate the tariff sys-
TEN Of that country" His advice was
taken, and the result has fully vindi-
Gated its wisdom.
A tribute Of equal praise has been
given to us in the same relation by
his successor, Caprivi, who is also a
protectionist, as are most of the leading
German statesmen. 1t is well under
stood that the workmen of Germany are
better paid and more contented and
happy than they were under previous
conditions, and that her manufacturing
industries have been largely increased
and the chances of employment CORE
spondingly multiplied.
The German-Americans are familiar
with all these facts and clearly compre.
bend their significance. They realize
that protection has been surprising
blessing both to the country of their
birth and to the country of their adop.
ton. No other argument is needed to
satisfy them that it ought to be main
tanned here as well as there. They will
not vote for Cleveland at the request OF
Carl Schurz, and thus strike blow at a
system which is commended TO their
approval and confidence by such rec.
ord of profit, general and personal, as
has never before been known in all the
history of civilization.-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.