The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-08-27


Spectnn laws This authority having en-
nreiy passed from the states. the rioht 10
exercise II for the purpose of protection
does not exist III them. and consequently if
i te not possessed by the general govern
ment 1t must be extinct. Our DOlitica! SyS-
tenn WoulG thus present the anomaly OF a
people stripped of the riIht TO foster their
own industries, and to c0unteract the most
selfish and destructive policy which might
be adopted by foreign nations. This, sure
~, cannot be the case: this Indispensable
power, thus surrendered 10y the states;
must b. within thr stCpt Gf the authority y
on tie subject expressly delegated to con-
gfesS. In this conclusion am confirmed
by the opinions OF Presidents Washington.
jetterSOh. Madison and Monroe. who have
each repeatedly recommended the c2erclSC
OF this right, under the constitution as by
the uniform pray tee Of Congress, the con-
IinG"d acqulescencc of the states. ami gen
eral understanding of the people.
1t is not small matter that national
party deliberately denounces as uncon-
stitutional policy thus powerfully sup-
ported by the ttamers Of the constitu-
ton, and b> tile very president who is
claimed as the founder of that party.
This formal declaration, made at the
opening of national canvass, likes the
attention OF thousands who are not IA
mlliar with the nation 5 early history.
It educates them TO believe, without the
slightest Warrant IN TeasQh, In facts or
In law, that the government has been
unconsttutlonally administered for
more than thirty years. Such a belief,
however false and grOundless. If hon
estly held bv ill-informed men, prepares
them for almost any form OF resistance
to national authority. It was precisely
s,,ch false and dangerous teaching that
prepared mutItudes for the great Re
heliion, and thus deluged the land with
blood.
1t Is not enough to say that a party
makes itself ridiculous by declaration
so plainly contrary to the letter of the
constitution and to the teachings OF HIS
tory. False education of voters on such
a matter is 2 crime against our free in
s;itutiuhs. 1t tends to undermine and
destroy the spirit of loyalty and patriot
ism upon which those institutions must
ever depend. When any party thus
sets itself to break down the regard of
the people for their government, TO en-
courage them to feel that they have
been wronged by persistent violation OF
the nations fundamental law, it as
sumes responsibility which can scarce
" he measured. 1t Is q very grave
matter. as the Democratic party will
assuredly realize before the contest of
1892 has ended.
How High Wages Affected One Man.
To Hs Edd0r-SIR: We We're inter-
viewed to-day by an intelligent reporter
Of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph,
vino had obtained some erroneous n
formation from Democratic paper,
claiming that wool brought as much
money III Australia as III the | alted
States We showed him figures which
convinced him that the cost OF secured
wool in London since the passage of
the tariff law of lNS1 up to ,he end OF
December, 1891, averaged during all
that time u per cent. below the Amer
lean protected price; or, IN other words,
if the American farmer had sold his
wool in free trade London every year
from 1868 TO the present time II would
have averaged him II per cent. less
than the prices paid for the same wool
in Boston and Philadelphia during that
period. This gentleman claimed to be
a convert to free trade owing to the
revelations made by the congressional
investigation at Pittsburg on the subject
OF the Homestead riots.
He claimed that any protection that
enabled the common workman TO make
from S6 to $ per day was too much pro-
t. ction. He claimed that it had cost
him = 800 10 obtain his collegiate edu
cation. and that there was not half Of
his graduating class that could earn the
half OF IS per dav. His argument was
that. as it was difficult for college bred
man 10 earn over 81 per day. any sys-
tenn that enabled an uneducated laborer
to earn double that was vicious, and
therefore he favored free trade. 1t oc-
Cured to US that doctrine of this kind,
if preached to workingmen who are
favorable to free trade, would hardly be
acceptable TO them.-JuHlce, Bateotan Il
CC- IL PhHrReInItn PrssS.