Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
No Change Desired.
FOR HARRISON.

The business men are thinking it over
A large proportion of them have estab-
lished and built up their business under
the present protective system. The aver
age business man of today has estab-
lished his business since the protective
system was adopted thirty years ago.
Those VINO inherited a business estab-
lished prior to that time have adapted ii
to the protective system of the last
thirty years. Hence every business man
who knows that the election of Cleve-
land means Democratic house, senate
and presidency sees that a general
change in the system of the conduct of
the government would change the con-
ditions under which he has had business
prosperity, and at the same time SO I'M
settle the general business conditions as
to render investments unsafe, and CAPT
talists unwilling to enter upon business
enterprises.
The manufacturers are seeing that
their industries have wonderfully devel-
oped; that the balance of trade has been
800, 900, 900 in favor of this country in
the past ten years, while in the same
time it has been $500, 900, 900 against
free trade Great Britain. Hence they
prefer to retain a system under which
their individual business and our ma
tional commerce have both been pros
porous.
Their employees are seeing that the
rates Of wages in protected United
States are double those paid in free
trade England, and that employment is
more certain here than in countries not
having protective system. Hence they
will vote with the Republican party.
The farmers are remembering that
President Harrisons administration has,
by its energetic efforts in their behalf,
incre sed foreign markets for their
products immensely. Not only has the
vigorous work of this administration
caused reopening Of markets for our
meats, but through reciprocity our other
farm products have been given advan-
tages abroad, and the foreign sale of all
agricultural products has been increased
S215, 5000, 600. Hence the farmers will
vote with the Republicans.
nize the fact that the Democratic party
is pledged to substitute for the national
banking system untaxed and unguaran-
teed issues of state bank currency, which
was so disastrous to all business inter
ests before the war. Hence they will
support the Republican candidates
The people of the great west are re-
fl,f
istration of the land office devoted its
chief energies to preventing people from
obtaining homes and homesteads, in
stead of aiding them, as this admins
tration has done. Clevelands commits
sioners of the land office charged that 40
per cent. of the homestead entries were
fraudulent; that so per cent. of the tim
Der culture entries were fraudulent, and
that 100 per cent. of the presumption
files were fraudulent. 1t suspended hun
dreds of thousands of claims for homes,
and went out of Office leaving $50, 953
entries for homes Enacted upon. Presi-
dent Harrison's administration has
cleared up all of these and acted upon
all others which have come in the mean
time. The people of the west, remem-
boring these things, will vote with the
Republicans.
The old soldiers remember that Pres
ident Cleveland refused his signature to
524 pension bills, while all the presi-
dents who had preceded him had only
taken this action upon five bills. They
remember that Cleveland's administra-
ton elected thousands of soldiers from
Office and showed its lack of sympathy
for them at every step. Hence they will
vote with the Republicans.
The foreign born citizens compare
their condition in this country with that
of free trade countries, and are unwill-
ing to exchange the system which has
given them prosperity here for the sys-
TEN which pays starvation wages abroad,
and which they left their former homes
to escape. Hence they will vote with
the Republicans.
The colored voters remember that it
is to the Republican party that they
owe their present free and prosperous
condition, and that large share of the
Democratic party is conducting the
campaign under the inspiriting and I'M
just cry of mo force bill; no negro
domination" o. P. AUSTIN.