Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-13


The Press. New York. April S0.I
The nation is on the threshold of
another Presidential compaign. The
issues to be decided are not less
momentous than those of 1883. Upon
the verdict of the voters next Novem.
Der will depend tho industrial inde-
pendence of tho United States. Re.
publican triumph means tho main.
tenance Of the protective tariff, the
continuous development OF American
industries and the securing Of the
home market for American products.
A sweeping Democratic victory would
reverse the nations indu.trial pro.
'gress. Il would put out the factory
fires, stop tho whirl of thousands of
looms, throw open the American mar.
ket to the foreigner and place tho
American consumer at tho mercy of
tho British manufactures.
1" tho contest just beginning the
work of the foreign manufacturers
will be done by the Democratic party.
There is nothing that Great Britain
would like to see better than Demo
cratic success. 1t would take millions
of dollars out of American pockets
and put them into British pockets.
1t would make Us once more com.
mercial dependency Of Great Britain.
1t would restore England to the in
dustrial supremacy Of tho world. No.
body understands this better than
British manufacturers. The following
extract from an editorial in London
Engineering Of April 8, one OF the
leading trade journals of Great
Britain, shows how American politics
are regarded in England. In speak
ing of the exports Of British manu-
fscturers to this country the article in
question says:
"Tke volume Of that export trade
has decreased, it is true. The Nc.
kinley bill was intended to foster
native industries, especially tho tin
plate industry, and this it is doing to
q very satisfactory extent from the
American point of view, and just 80
much a. it has stimulated American
industries at the expense Of our own :,
by just that extent il is regarded with
favor BY . large majority in the
United States, no matter what their
shades of political opinion may be-.
There is some what general idea in
this country that the Mckinley tariff
bill will be repealed before long. or
at all events DO 80 much modified that
the sting will be taken out OF those
clauses most Objectionable to British
manufacturers, and it is for this reason
that the hopes of tho Democrats for
the approaching Presidential election
are so largely shared in this country"
England is for the Democratic party
because that party is for British in.
terests aud against American intere cts.
"The hopes Of the Democrats" are the
hopes Of the British manufacturer.
The cause of the Democrats is the
cause Of Great Britain. It is useless
for Democrats to deny this fact when
tho principal journals of England
themselves acknowledge it.
No words of sympathy for tho Re.
publican party are found in British
newspapers. "The hopes" Of that
party are not shared by British cap
italists. Tho voter who wants to
aPgrandize aristocratio Great Britain
at the expense of republican America
has no business in the Republican
ranks, the voter who wants to main.
tain American labor, prosperity and
independence has no right to DO any.
where else. Republication and
Americanism are synonymous terms.