Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-07

menu ana give WORK W oOhSrS ohA3 az ~
duced wages.
The appeals OF the free trader to the
are likely addressed 10 his
preiudices OF to his passions, and not tn-
frequently are pronounced communistic.
The new Democratic leadership RACES at
the employer and seeks to communicate
his rage to the employe. | greatly regret +
that all employers of labor are not just |
and considerable, and that capital some
time takes too large a share of the profits.
But do not see that these evils will be |
ameliOrated by tariff policy, the first
necessary effect of which is severe wage
cut, and the second a large diminution Of |
the aggregate amount OF work TO be done
In this country.
Ii the injustice OF his employer tempts
the workman to strike back, he should be
very sure that his blow does not fall. upon
his own head or upon his wife and chill
dren.
are, as body, remarkably intelligent and
are lovers of .lome and country.
They may be reused by injustice. or
what seems to them to be such, or be
led for the moment by others into acts
of passion, but they will settle the
tariff contest in the calm light Of
their November firesides, and with
sole reference to the prosperity of the coun-
try of which they are citizens, and OF the
homes they have founded for their wives
and children. No intelligent advocate OF
protective tariff claims that it is able OF it
self to maintain uniform rate OF wages
without regard to fluctuations 10 the sup
ply of and demand for the products OF la
bor--but it il confidently claimed that pro
tective duties strongly tend to hold up
wages, and are the only barrier against
reduction to re European scale.
The south n states have had liberal
participation in the benefits OF the tariff
law, and though their representatives
have generally opposed the protection
policy, rejoice that their sugar, rice coal,
ores, iron, fruits, cotton cloths and other
products have not beet left re the fate
which the views of their representatives
would have bought upon them.
In the construction of
The Nicaragua Canal,
In the new trade with South and Central
America, in the establishment of American
steamship lines, these states have also spee,,
cial interest, and all these interests VIII
not always consent to be without repre-
sentation at Washington.
Shrewdly bat not quite fairly, our adj
versaries spe: only of the increased duties
imposed upon tin, pearl buttons and other
articles by tho Mckinley bill, and omit al
together any reference to the great and
beneficial enlargement of the free list. Dur
ing the last fiscal year $458, 600, 772 worth OF
merchandise, or 55 IS per cent. of our total
| importations, came in free tthe largest per
| centage In our history, while in 1889 the
per cent of free importations was only 81 70
per cent Tie placing Of sugar upon tie
| free list has saved to the consumer in duties
! in fifteen months, after paying the bounties
provided for. $4,000, 900. This relief has
! been substantially felt in every household
upon every Saturdays purchase OF the
1 Workingmen.
One Of the favorite arguments against
protective tariff is that it shuts us out
| from participation in what is called
with swelling emphasis the markets OF
the world" II this view is not false one,
how does it happen that our commercial
competitors are not able to bear with more
serenity our supposed surrender to them or
4 the markets of the world ~ And how does
it happen thai the partial loss OF our marke.
closes foreign tin plate mills and plush
factories that still have all other market
Our natural advantages, our protective
tariff and the reciprocity policy, make 1T
possible for us to have large participa-
ton in the markets of the world" with
out opening our own to competition
that would destroy the comfort and IN
dependence of our people.
The resolution of the convention In favor
of bimetallism declares, | think, the true
and necessary conditions OF a movement
that has, upOh these lines, my cordial adj
herence and support. l am thoroughly
convinced that the free coinage OF silver,
Mt such ratio to gold as will maintain the
equality in their commercial uses OF the
two coined dollars, would conduce to the
prosperity of all the great producing and
commercial nations of the world. The one
essential condition is that these dollars
shall have and retain an equal acceptapll
, jty and value in all commercial transac
tons. They are not only medium of ex
, change but measure OF values: and, wher
two unequal measures are called In law Dy
, the same name commerce is unsettled anC
} confused and the unwary and Ignorant art
: cheated.
: will not circulate together. The better
Z dollar is withdrawn and becomes mepchan
disc. This true interest Of all our people, an,
especially of the farmers and working PEG
3 ! pie, who can not closely observe the none.
market is that every dollar, paper or coin
/, issued or authorized by the government
: shall at all times and in all its uses be thu
$ exact equivalent. not only in debt paying
but in purchasing power of any other dollar
q | | am quite sure that if we should now &C
0 upon this subject Independently OF othe
a nations, we would greatly promote thel
J, interests and injure our own. 80,
!, The monetary conditions IN Europe WIN
in the last two years have, think, tendet
very much to develop a sentiment in tavo
of q larger Use of silver, and / was mucl
pleased and encouraged by the cordiallty
Q promptness and unanimity with which tn
9 Invitation Of tbs government for an IN
y ternational conference upon the subJe'
. was accepted by all the powers. We ma
y not only hope for, but expect, mgniy pen
/, fetal results from this conference, WINE
u will now soon assemble. When the resu
of the conference is known we shall tht
be able, intellisently, to readjust our ina
cial legislation to any new conditions.
i, In my last annual message TO congress
y said: 81 must yet entertain the nope th'
a il is possible to secure calm, patrlot
e consideration of such constitutional
4 statutory changes as may be necessary
. secure the choice of the officers of the go
e eminent to the people by fair apportlo
y ments and free elections believe 1t w
u be possible to constitute a commissio
" non partisan in its membership and col
d posed of patriotic, wise and impartial me
. to whom consideration of the questlo
=, ~ of the evils connected with
eu Our Elections Systems.
ne And methods might be committed with
good prospect of securing unanlmlty
r some plan for removing or mitigatil
K those evils, The constitution would pr
no NIT the selection of the commission, to
IL vested in the supreme court, II that met
cd would give the guarantee OF impartl
ny ity. This commission should be charg
OF with the duty of inquiring into the wht
n subject of the law of elections as related
IS the choice of officers of the national &C
VI eminent, with q view to securing to eve
he elector free and unmolested exercise
OF the suffrage, and as near an approach
Vs. an equality of value in each ballot cast
in is attainable. The dema
ir- that the limitations of suffrage shall
ro- found in the law, and only there, is j.
"a, demand, and no just man should resent
'So resist it,"
w IL seemed to me that an appeal to G
)p, people to consider the question Of re'
MOO Peok,o 49, Ia,s;,la+;op ,,non shsnlut,