Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-31
'Nu UD1llUN.
in EIGHT MORE DAYS.
Ante-Election Gossip From Different
Cities.
CONFIDENCE OF CHAIRMAN CARTER.
Mr.. Magee Goes Again to Ala.
bama.
CHAIRMAN CARrER'S CONFIDENCE.

CHAIRMAN GATHERS CONFIDENCE.
He Gives the Reason. why Ha Thinks Bar-
rison win Win.
Special Dispatch 70 The Evening Star
New YORK. Oct. sl.--Chairman Carter enters
upon the closing week Of the campaign Nth
great confidence. He and all Of the members
Of the committee are delighted with the show
ing made by the registration. both in New York
city and throughout the state Of New York. and
expresses himself confident as TO the result Of
| the election
IL have had no doubt" said he, 'since the
democratic ticket was placed ia the ield and
the democratic platform adopted Of the COM
plets triumph Of President Harrison and the
policies Of the republican party. Every serious
voter is today confronted with tho question,
why should l vote for a change? And IL a
change 10 desirable In any event. lie such .
change Is Mr.. Cleveland and his party proposes
the right thing for me TO vote for?' In answer
ing the first question the citizen must reflect
upon the fact that never before in the history
Of the nation have its affairs and the private
concerns Of tho people been SO widely and
highly prosperous. Business never before
| so great in volume or SO varied in character
Money was never before so largely invested In
productive enterprises. Labor never be-
fore so fully or so remuneratively occupied.
GENERAL PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY.
ut 10 substantially true to say that nowhere
In the United States can . skilled workman be
found idle. Wages have never been so gener-
ally high and never before has the purchasing
power Of dollar been SO great The man who
denies these things denies blindly. His declare
| lions run counter to almost every mans per-
| sonal experience. The reports Of the census
Office show q marvellous increase In eli lines OF
production and in the rate Of wages paid en-
ployes In every state in The Union without =
solitary exception.
The report Of Commissioner Peck, the
democratic chief Of the bureau of labor Stats
tics Of the state Of New York, showing the in
crease in wages Of more than Sc, 900 600 for the
year 1891 over the year 1890 can be substantially
duplicated everywhere. The report Of the
democratic superintendent Of banks and bank
ing for the state of New York showing an in
crease Of deposits in the savings banks of the
state for 1891 over 1890 Of S3, 900 .000 is being
rapidly followed by similar reports from ali
other such officials. The report Of the Senate
committee on prices. signed by both the repub-
! lican and democratic members imously
| showing notable reductions in the retail price
| Of all classes Of manufactured goods, tallies
with the experiences of householders. These
are incontestible facts. We cay that they
directly attributable to the operations Of re-
publican policies Democrats may deny this
while admitting the facts, but If they do deny
| 1t they must at least admit that this splendid
condition Of industry and trade is, at all events
consistent with the operations of republican
policies. Then why change?
| GOOD RESULTS OF THE M'KrNLEY BILL.
THE Mckinley bill has belied every demo-
cratic prediction. Mr. Carlisle in the Senate
and Mr.. Mills in the House declared that it
would increase the taxation. but the revenues
have been reduced over $50 O0O, COO. They
said it would decrease the foreign trade and
! especially decrease exports. 1t has increased
the foreign trade over $500 ,000, 900 a year, and
especially increased the exports. They said
that reciprocity would be failure; that no ma
/ ton would make treaties with us. but reci-
procity has been put into practical effect with
fifteen different nations. increasing our exports
in the sum Of $50 900 goo, or about % per cent
at the same time giving us untaxed sugar
coffee. molasses and hides, and lowering the
price OF sugar from to cents pound. They
said that it would fail to establish the tin plate
/ industry. but we have already manufactured
| IL, 473.0l9 pounds of tin plate and .,l24 7S1
pounds have been black plate, mined and rolled
and manufactured in the United States. Forty
/ two companies are now actually engaged in pro-
ducing American tin plate and before the second
year OF thisindustry is completed two-thirds. and
! probably three-fourths. Of the entire consump-
ton of this country will be produced here. In
a word, the lie has been given to every demo-
cratic prediction as to the result of the McKin-
ley bill
| THE DEMOCRATIC TARIFF PLANK.
"How any man in his senses can wish a change
of policy when these are the results of the policy
that has been pursued is more than / can I'M
derstand. But if such a change is desirable
! from any ones point Of view he must then pro-
coed to inquire whether the change that the
democratic party proposes is the TO be
adopted. The democrats in their platform by
vote of 526 to 342, rejected the tariff plan on
which Mr.. Cleveland elected in 1884 and
adopted instead a plank declaring all duties
levied to protect all American wages unconsti-
tutional The democratic plank of 1884 was a
straddle. 1t said that duties should be levied
! for purposes Of revenue only, but then said
that the democratic policy did not intend harm
to the established industries, but aimed rather
| to promote their healthy growth. Il acknowl-
edged that there was a great difference between
the wages paid here and the wages paid abroad
and said that it was wise to make up in tariff
the amount Of that difference. This meant
! protection ii it meant anything. and on that
| plank Mr.. Cleveland obtained Office. That
| plank was rejected in 1892 for the very pur-
| pose, as the convention said, of putting itself
| in perfect harmony with the views of its candi-
date, and the plank adopted frankly declared it
| to be a fundamental policy Of the democratic
| party that all duties levied for any other pur-
! pose than the simple purpose of raising revenue
| are unconstitutional and illegal. This means,
| Of course, that the whole protective system
must be given up; that we must raise our reve-
| nues on non-competing products. such as sugar,
| tea and coffee and that competing manufact-
| ures from abroad must come in on the free list.
Is such a change as that desirable?
THE STATE BANK ISSUE.
"The second notable democratic recommen-
dalton relates to finance. 1t proposes to repeal
| the prohibitory 10 per cent tax on state bank
| issues. THE repeal Of that tax would leave
every state free-as it was free forty years ago
| to mako its own laws to the issuing of paper
| money Money could be issued on any security
| or no security at ALL as the states may deter
| mine This system was once in operation and
its result is still remembered by old men and is
| easily understood by young men. We had in
| this country all kinds Of banking laws. Money
| Of doubtful value was issued by all kinds of in
stitutions. Pieces Of paper stamped dollars
| flooded the country, their value constantly
nuctuating, and losses to the people amounted
every year, by reason Of discounts and bank
failures and counterfeits, to at least ESQ 600 OOO
Little books were issued weekly, called
| 'Bank Note Detectors' and Bank Note Re-
porters,' descriptive Of the counterfeit money
| in circulation and of the rates Of dis
count on money more or less good. And every
| man who received bank notes at a store exam
| ined his bills in the light of what was said by
| that Bank Note Reporter and performed an
| active Judgment on their value. Merchants
used to deposit four or five times day in order
| to escape continually increasing discounts Is
| 1t desirable to exchange our present safe and
| Trustworthy currency, in which every dollar d
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