The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-08-24


ocratic party In national convention assembled
did want It, Their committee reported some
thing else, mild suggestion that at least the
tariff might do a little something to maintain
American wages, but the convention promptly
threw that aside. took the matter into its own
hands and framed the declaration you find It
now in their platforms tariff for revenue
only and any other unconstitutional. Ask the
worktngmen TO contrast European with Amer
lean wages. and then tell you what they think
The Mckinley Tariff.
The Democrats declare the Mckinley law not
only unconstitutional but the eliminating
atrocity of class legislation" Well, you have
seen how 1t works. In the establishing of new
industries, In the new attraction for foreign
and even In the prices of what you have TO buy
YOU can measure the height and depth and
breadth of its atrocity. But let me give you 9
few unpublished statements from an official
source in field / have lately left. Mr.. Oscar
Il. Williams. United States Consul at Havre,
has written an analysis of the trade from France
to the United States passing through that port.
which as you know, Is the chief port for
general French expectations TO us; over 90 per
cent. he says, of all merchandise exported
from Havre TO the United States ports enter
free of duty. The values of exports on which
the duty had been cen, reduced by the Mckinley
and nearly fve-sixths of this reduction was on
articles not produced in the United States and
therefore not in competition with American
labor or American manufactures.
But these wicked Mckinley duties were
actually so levied as to discriminate against
protect our own producers. Accordingly the
Democratic platform denounces the Mckinley
tariff as the eliminating atrocity OF class
legislation, since IL legislates for the pro-
ducers at home instead of the producers
abroad. Ask the people what they think about
that.
Question of Reciprocity.
We have to thank the Democratic conven-
tion for equal candor on another important
matter. They denounce the sham reciprocity
which State Department has been busy
I'm introducing. Now, this sham reciproc-
ity consists in allowing the foreign
producers of molasses, coffee, tea and
of duty, provided that they admit a
fairly equal quantity OF our products to their
ports either free at specified reductions In
duties AS the Democrats consider this sham
of course they will, If in power abolish IL.
What then? VIII they simply throw away the
advantages gained by this administration for
the admission of scores OF our products to for
eign markets and yet continue to let the for
eigners send in their products freeY Or. II
ashamed of folly like that, will they dare to
put back the old duty on sugar, tea, coffee, and
the rest, and so put up the price again TO the
whole body OF our populationI ASK the peo-
pie If they want either the one or the other
horn of this beautiful dilemma.
Our sham" reciprocity has been in effect but
a short time-with some of the more important
countries only four months or less down TO the
end OF the fiscal year on June 3O-in most OF
them less than year. But the increase In our
exports to those countries in the articles at
fected by our agreement down to June 80 was
over S10,115,00O In some of the countries the
increase over 800 per cent Ana the articles
affected were largely agricultural-corn wheat,
flour, pork, butter, etc. In other countries the
increase extended also to our cotton, iron, and
wooden manufactures. Ask the people II they
want TO throw away policy that in the first
few months brings such results because the
Democratic Convention chooses to call II a
sham.
Vigorous Foreign Po icy.
RThe Democratic platform declares that 1t is
the only party that has given the country
vigorous foreign policy. Well, its vigorous
foreign policy did not remove the inYidiQus
and unfriendly discrimination against us by a
large number OF European countries, which
positively prohibited the importation of our
pork on the untruthful preteXt that it was
dangerous to health. The foreign policy of the
present Republican administration did and in
spite of high duties and all the difficulties at
tending the sudden revival of a long prohibited
trade in an officially slandered article which
the people had been taught to believe danger
Gus, in the few months that have elapsed this
new market for the Western farmers had
amounted to over S2,000,000 up TO June 80 last.
Perhaps that is why the Democratic conven-
tion amiably remarked in it's platform that
Republican policy-that policy under which
the country has grown steadily greater and
more prosperous for thirty years-fosters no
industry so much as that or the sheriff.
National banking system.
Next to Washingtons unconstitutional tar
III and this administrations sham reciprocity
comes Salmon i. Chases national banking
system. That, too, must be abolished, and
the Democratic IL atform declares for the
newal OF wildcat banking by the abolition OF
the long and wisely maintained tax State
bank issues Such proposal calls for the re-
turn OF the good old times when every farmer
had to consult ThOmpson's Bank-Note Re-
porter before he dared take a II bill for more
than 80 cents; when Springfield bill would
pass only at n discount in Chicago. and n Chi
cago bill only at discount in 81 ringtield;
when the country was Hooded with irredeema-
bic shinplasters when every transaction rep
resented a loss on the money you got or on the
money you paid out, and the trade of the note
shaver was the best enc going. Does not such
A which COuld
par hundred miles from it's place OF issue. be-
long TO the semi-barbarous period? Why
should people who are not semi-barbarians
propose to return to it? Ask the voters what
they think about that.
But l forbear; One might pursue such
themes until he drfted into a campaign speech
and have told you proposed TO make no
campaign speeches this year. Besides should
be most imprudent candidate If l kept on
talking when you are waiting to hear Burrows
and Dolltver
No Reason for "a Change.
Our enemies have made our campaign for
us. Hold them to their own deliberately
avowed principles. We go to the people claim
ing that the Republicans have given the coun-
try clean, honorable, business-like and
highly successful administration, that change
without cause is n business injury to every
citizen and that there Is no occasion for q
change. The Democrats want this country TO
have an Immediate and an absolute change.
They want to repeal the Mckinley tariff at
once They denounce protective tariff
of any sort description, refuse to
let tariff Legislation have. the slightest
reference to the defense of workingmen's
wages, declare that Washington and Madison
and even Andrew Jackson, did not understand
the Constitution, and that nobody but them
selves and Jefferson Davis ever did; denounce
anything butia pure tariff for revenue only as
unconstitutional; want to get rid OF our reel
procity and demand a return to wildcat bank
ing. Hold them TO their doctrine. Never have
they rushed so plainly and palpably upon their
fate since the memorable week in 1864, when
their taunt in Chicago that the war for the
Union was failure was instantly answered by
the victorious thunders of Shermans guns
from Atlanta and the triumphant cheers OF
Sheridan's troopers in the Valley. Let us rise
up and 90 forward. They have been blinded
again to their own destruction, and are deliv-
cred into our hands
Fortunately 1t Was I'm the Daytime.