The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-16
THE MESSAGE.
'Mr. Harrison Sends His Annual Mes
sagsto Congress.
LATE ELECTION TREATED.
what May he Its ETects-How We stand
with Foreign Powers - work Of
the Treasury and other
Department. PEN
sions, Elections,
Etc.

were pTeScntcu WIN tnc PRES
idept's message on assembling to-day.
As will be seer IL Is devoted. in addition
70 the usual review of executive work,
TO a consideration Of the effect OF the
changed political conditions on the com
mercisl and financial business OF the
country. The message Us read is as
follows:
To the Senate and House OF Representatives:
In submitting my annual message TO congress-,
j have great satisfaction In being able 10 say
that the general condition Affecting the com.
mercial and Industrial interests OF the United
States are In the highest degree favorable In
comparison Of tho existing conditions with
those Of the most favorable period In the his.
tory OF the country will, I believe, show that 30
hieh . degree Of prosperity and so general q
difusion Of the comforts Of life we're never be
fore enjoyed by our people.
The total wealth Of the country In 1890 was
ti0,ibe. Oh, 06s: In 1890 II amounts TO t62, $40, Co.,.
600, an increase Of sss per cent
The total mileage OF rail- in the United
States IN 1850 IVES D.oe8, In 1870 Il was i67 ,7+i.
m increase Of &ss per cent and Il Is estimated
there will be about 400 miles OF track added
by the close Of tho year OF it02. The oficial
returns OF the eleventh census and those Of the
tenth census for seventy five leading cities fur
,nished tho basis for the following comparisons:
In 1870 the capital invested In manufacturing
was u ,e32, SO go In 1891 the capital invested
in manufacturing was 1900. 735, "a In 1880
tho number OF employees vas i,0l,3 8s. In 1890
tho number Of employees was 2,g1i 1874 In 1850
the wages earned were sol ,96S. T1s. In 1899 the
wages earned were I.2si. 40. 49, In 1880 the
value OF the product was Ell, $40. 900 In 1890
the vnlue OF the product was ~, $40. 2s6. s3I.
There never has been n time In our history
when work was so abundant, or when wages
"a prc an hiph. whethpr .upnaurad lac tho ans
rcncy In which they are paid, or by their power
90 supply the necessarics and comforts OF life.
II IA true that tho market prices OF cotton
md wheat have been low. IL Is one OF the
uniarornblo incidents Of agriculture that the
farmer cannot produce upon orders, lie must
sos and reap In ignorance of the aggregate pro.
auction Of the year, and IL peculiarly subject TO
the depreciation which follows over production
Hut while the facts I have stated are true as 10
the crops j have mentioned, the general aver
age o! prices has been such rs TO give to agri.
culture u fair participation In the general pros.
pcrtty. The value OF our total farm products
has increased from u, 36l GIG s6j In 1899 to ga
5OJ,0CJ,OJ0 IN 1891, Us estimated by statistlcians,
an increase OF go per cent The number OF
hogs Jonuary ! 1891, was 5),6.5. iOj and their
value tslO. 10 .p23. On January !, 1892, the mum.
ner was b.SosO lV ana the value s2ii,g Ala On
January |. 1891, the number of cattle was 30
and the value BALLET, 9Os ON January
], 1897 the number was 37,G5i ,.39 ana the value
tb;U. Ttq, iH.
II any IRE Disconnected with their state
here; II any believe that the wages or
prices. the returns for honest toll, are made
Quate, they should not fail to remember
that there Is no other country In the world
where the conditions that seem TO them hard,
would not be accepted as highly prosperous.
! believe that the protective system. which
now for something like thirty years has pre-
vailed In our LEGISLATION has banp N tpivhtv In.
for the development OF our national
wealth and n most powerful agency In protect
Ing the homes OF our workingmen from the In.
vasion Of want I have felt u most solicitous
interest TO preserve 20 our working people
rates Of wages that would not only give daily
bread, but supply q comfortable margin for
those homo attractions and family com.
forts and cnioymcnts without which life
Is neither hopeful nor sweet. They are Amer.
lean citizens-a part OF tho great people for
whom our constitution and government were
and instituted and II cannot be a per.
version OF that constitution to so ~legislate as
TO preserve In their homes the comfort, indie
pcndence, loyalty ana sense OF interest In the
government which are essential TO good citi.
kenship and which will bring them, as in 1851,
90 the defense Of tho nag when Il Is assailed.
1t Ia not my purpose to renew here the argu-
mcnt In favor OF q protective tarin, The result
OF the recent election must be accepted rs hav.
ing introduced o new policy. We must assume
that the present tarin. constructed upon the
lines OF protection. Is TO be repealed and that
there Is TO DO substituted for II u tariff law
constructed solely with reference TO revenue;
that no duty 10 to be higher because the In.
crease will keep open an American mill
or keep up the wages OF On American work.
man, but that In every case such q rate Of duty
10 TO be imposed rs will bring the treasury
OF the United States the largest returns of
revenue. Tle contention hna mot haap has,v~nu
scncdu'es, but between principles and II would
De offensive TO suggest that the prevailing party
VIII not carry into legislation the principles ad-
vocated by II and the pledges given to The peo.
pie, The tariff bills passed by the house of
representatives OF tho last session we're. I sup
posed, even In the opinion OF their promoters,
tnadequate ana justified only by the fact that
the senate and house OF representatives were
not In accord and that u general revision could
not, therefore. be undertaken.
that the whole subject OF tarif
revision be left to the incoming congress II III
. matter Of regret that this work must be dc.
iayed Tor Ut least three months, for the threat
OF great tarin changes Introduces so much I'M
certainty that an amount not easily estimated, OF
business inaction and OF diminished production,
VIII necessarily result 1t Is possible also that
this uncertainty may result In decreased reve-
nues from customs duties, for our merchants will
make cautious orders for foreign goods In view
'ho P'ospccto VI tarlU reductions ana the un-
certainty as TO when 1t will take effect
Those who have advocated q protective tariff
can well AFFORD to have their disastrous fore.
casts OF q change OF policy disappointed II n
system OF customs duties can be framed that
will set tho idle wheels md looms of Europe in
motion and crowd our warehouses with foreign
made goods and at the same time keep our mills
busy That will give us an Increased participa.
tion In the markets OF the world" OF q greater
value than the home market that we surrender.
that will give increased work to foreign work.
men upon products TO be consumed by our peo.
pie without diminishing the amount OF work u
DO done here; that will enable the American
manufacturer to pay 10 his workmen from 80 To
100 per cent more In wages than is paid in the
foreign mill and yet TO compete In our mar.
kets ant In foreign markets with the
fo-sign producer; that win further reduce
the cost OF articles OF wear and food without
reducing the wages OF those who produce them,
that can be celebrated. after its effects have
been realized, rs Its expectation has been In
Europe, an well rs In American cites, tho au.
thors and promoters OF II will be entitled TO the
highest praise. We have had In our history
several experiences Of the contrasted effects OF
q revenue and Of o protective tariff sbut this
generation has not felt them and the expert.
ence OF one generation is not highly instructive
TO the Iext The friends OF the protective sys.
ten with mdiminished confidence In the prin,
ciples they have advocated, will await the re
suits OF the new experiment.
Tho str&ined and too often disturbed relation