The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-06
would advise Congres 10 keep ia hands

would advise Congress to keep its hands
OF the present tariff snd leave any
revision which experience NAV prove to
be Necessary 10 the friends Of the pro-
tectiVe system not Democratic Iepres-
entiye from any Industrial State who, if
le would voice the true sentiment Of bis
constituents to-day, tut would vote
against the proposed raid upon cur in
duStTies. II is not fair 70 assume, f1ri L
Is not true, that every Democrat who
contributed to give the control cf the
Government 10 the laTty nov in power
was or is IN favor Of free trade Many
such gave their votes this year 10 the
party which upholds protection and will
continue % do So 80 long as the system j.
Threatened There Nerr th0s- Iast wear
Who though. they were in favor of free
trade. have got nd Of the delusi0n, and
SOnld he glad, ii they hal the power,
10 recall their votes. while there are
many thousands more gave their votes to
the party IN power upon other and DIFF
feront questions, quite independent of
the taIif. What would be more welcome
70 the business interest Of the country, 10
the Wage-V OTkerS Of the country and
every American interest, than the as
s1rance that this Congress would adjourn
without meddiing with cur industrial
legislation What sigh Of relief wOnld
be felt in every part Of the country
What confidence would be created, What
vita ziDg force would he infused into
every department Of human activity,
what cheer would enter the home of
labor,
such an assurance would bring glad
tidings Of great JOY 10 the millions Of
American homes whose occupants see the
winter coming, the savings Of years going
or gone, and no work OF wages IN sight.
A free-trade Congress is fearful menace
TO the industrial interests Of the cOntry.
Business is now waiting on the uneeT-
tainty Of the Congress soon TO convene,
or, TO be more exact upon the certainty
Of unfriendly legislation when it does
convene, and while business is waiting
ths labOrer is waiting outside with moth
ing to do.
Az UNERRISG BLOW At LABOR.
I sound the note Of warning here to-
night. wish il might reach every cor
ner of the country, that every reduction
Of the tariff will be followed by a reduc-
ton Of wages, that every cut in the tariff
Idlcc Will DC AoA41NcA " y ttt IL tiit
wage rates The effect OF the proposed
tariff legislation, whether intended or
no., is an unerring blow at labor, which
will be instantly felt in the home Of ev-
cry operative in the United States. The
threat Of il has already been felt. The
friends Of Protection should not nov fal-
ter. The fight is only begun. If tempo
rarily lost, II is not 10 be given up. Cour-
age was never more needed and never
more expected by the people from their
Representatives than now. II is the de-
mand Of the hour and the requirement
Of the situation. The tinkerers of the
tariff should be thwarted, they should
be opposed at every step in their pro-
gramme Of destruction. Republicans
and Democrats who believe in the pro-
tective system, in Congress and out Of
Congress, should stand together in resist
ing every effort 70 weaken and destroy il.
II il is at last TO be accomplished, let
none Of the responsibility rest upon us.
In time like the present, with idle men
and idle mills, platforms 20 the rear and
theories to the winds. The voice ofpar;-
isanship should have no place in our
councils; the voice of patriotism alone
should be heard. Let there be no yield
ing of pTinci pies; no compromise which
shall dsspoil our workshops and degrade
our labor Let us be Americans, and
may tue Congress soon to assemble show
itself as genuinely American as the great
body Of the people which it represents