Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-09-08

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issue has been said, or more correctly has heei
made 20 appear, 70 be between high and low
| protective tariff both parties expressing s9m'
solicitous regard for the wages Of our worhlnl
people and for the prosperity Of our domestic
| Industries hut under more courageous lead
ershlp, the democratic party has now practie
ally declared that II given power, Il win enac
d tariff law without any regard to its effect M
on wages or the capital invested In our grea
| industries The majority report OF the commit
tee on platform 20 tho democratic national con
vention q Chicago contained this clause:
That whom custom house taxation Is levied
upon articles of any kind produced IN thii
country the difference between the cost o
labor here and abroad, when such difference ex
lists fully measures any possible benefits &c
labor, and the enormous additional impostions
Of tho existing tariff fall with crushing force
upon our farmers and wogkugmen.
Here we have distinct admission OF the re
publican contention that American workmcI
are advautagod by d tariff rate equal 70 the
difference between home and foreign wages
ana declaration only against tho alleged ad
dltional "impositionsn o. the existing iarir
law.
Again, this majority report further declared'
fBut IN making a reduction IN taxes II is mol
proposed 20 injure any domestic industries, but
rather % promote their healthy growth
. Moreover many Industries have come 20 rely
upon LEGISLATION Tor hucEeaStul GuDllhQAuttf So
that any change of law must 81 every step be re-
gardful OF the labor and capital thus involved "
Here we have an admission that many Of our
industries depend upon protective duties "for
their successful continuance = and a declaration
that tariff changes should DO regarded OF the
wortmeu Ia such industries and Of the Invested
capital. The overwhelming rejection Of these
propositions which had before received the
sanction Of democratic national conventions
was not more indicative OF the new and more
courageous leadership 10 which the party has
now committed itself than the substitute which
was adopted This substitute declares that pro.
tecuve duties arc Unconstitutional high pro-
lection, low protection -all unconstitutional A
democratic congress holding this view cannot
enact nor democratic president approve, airy
tariff schedule the purpose OF effect Of which is
to limit importations Or to give any advantage
% our American workman or producer. A
bouuty might judge, De given to the importers
under This view Of the constitution III order to
Increase importationg, and so the revenue, FOR
revenue only is the limitation
Reciprocity OF course falls under this deuun-
citation for It's objects are not revenue, but the
promotion Of commercial exchanges. the profits
OF which 90 wholly 10 our producers.
This destructive, un.American doctrine was
not held or thought by the historic democratic
statesmen whose fame as American patriots
has reached this generation certainly not BY
IeTeraon or Jackson This mad crusade
against American shops the brutal
epithets applied TO American manufacturers
the persistent disbelief Of every report OF the
opening Of a tin plate mill or an increase Of our
foreign TRADE by reciprocity are as
surprising as they are discrcditable.
There IS not a thoughtful business man
IN tho country who does not know that
the enad tmeut Into law ~ the declaration Of
the Chicago convention on the subject cf the
tariff would a. once plunge the country into a
business CONFUSION such as It has never seen
and there Is not q thoughtful workiugman who
docs no. know that IL woud enormously reduce
the amount OF work 70 be done in tnis country
and by the Increase OF importauons that would
come in would nccessitAte reduction Of his
wages to the European standard
II any one suggests that this radical policy
wiz not be executed after the democratic party
assumes party what shall ho thousht Of a
party t'at Is cnpabe % thus triding with great
intetostsf The threat Of sgeh legislation would
only De less hurtful than the fact
A distinguished democrat rightfully described
this position as o challenge TO the projected In
dusfries 20 a fight OF determination and anoth
or such rightly expressed the logic 81 the situa
tiou Whom he interpreted the Chicago platform
70 be an invitation 10 al democrats holding
cKen .he most Uodetatc protection views 10 80
into the republican party.
The effects of the Mckinley law arc
claimed to have brought several indus
tries u this country, as tin plate, pearl
button and plush works Mr.. Harrison
says:
The tariff law has given employment TO many
thousands uf American men ana women and
VIII each year give employment 10 increasing
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