The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-06
a CORRECT ANALYSIS.
why Prosecstos Has Defeated the Issvub-
licAn Parry.

hc1n farty.
There has naturally been good deal
Of curiosity as to the presidents theory
Of the result Of the election. This cnri-
osity is now gratihed by the publication
II the following extract from the Iet-
ter which MIR. Harrison recently wrote
TO ex-Gov. Cheney. of New Hampshire.
In notifying him of his selection ~
minister to Switzerland:
Il was q leader imprisoned. AND. save from
the little visit to Mr.. Reid, knew cr thought
but little about IT, Protection ha. failed be-
cause the wage Garner has refused TO share his
shelter with the manufactures. lie would not
even walk under the same umbrella
Mr.. Harrison rather prides himself
upon his capacity for phrase making,
and he doubtless considers this UNI
brella smile one of his happiest hits in
that line. We are glad to be able to
say that we entirely agree with the
president in his analysis of the causes
Of the result. 1t is. in our opinion, alb
solutely correct
The theory of Mckinley projections -
that the manufacturer draws money
from the taxpayers of the country for
the purpose Of distributing it among
his employees According to this theory
the aim of the system is to secure for
the wage-earner higher wages than he
could otherwise get, these higher
wages being paid him by the manu-
facturer as the agent of the govern
ment. In other words. protection is
designed to afford shelter" to the en-
ploye through the interposition Of a
benevolent manufacturer. This is evil
IDENTIFY Mr.. Harrisons understanding Of
the theory on which the Mckinley law
was framed, and the president inter-
prets the theory correctly.
| When the president says that 1.-THE
wage-earner has refused to share his
shelter with the manufacturer" and
that The would not even walk under
the same umbrella" he attempts to
state systematically the prosaic
fact that the employee has rejected the
whole theory Of protection and does
not want to hear any more OF it.
Ever since Mr.. Cleveland sent his ia
nous message to congress fire years
ago the wage-earner has been consider
| ing this subject He has had preached
to him, in the most eloquent language.
the beauties of this theory that his en-
ployer stands to him in the relation of
beneicent divinity, who is devoted
first of all to the interests OF his en-
ployes and whose constant aim is to
give them the largest possible share of
the money which the government takes
from the people at large and gives him
for the purpose of such distribution.
He has had five years to consider the
soundness of the theory and to observe
the practical workings of the system.
in his own case and in multitude of
others
He has pondered upon the famous
"fat" circular, in which republican
United States senator" was quoted as
authority for the statement that the
manufacturers get practically the sole
benefit of the tariff laws" and that
they make large fortunes every
year" He had Sc IN the largest "a
these fortunes made by the greatest OF
these manufacturers, and then has
noted how this theoretically benefi'
cent divinity reduced the wages of his
Homestead employees in order to main
tain the regular scale of his own prof
its. He has observed, as Mr.. Powder
ly remarked in his North American
Review article, that in discussions or
the tariff laws in congress 1t was
never advanced as a reason why they
: should be passed that capital would be
protected-the argument always was
; that 'labor should be protected and he
J has reached Mr.. Powderlys conclusion
that, while 'our government has en-
acted protective legislation in the in
, tcrest Of labor" it "quicscently allows
the manufacturer to absorb the bull
. of protection" And because Of al
this he has decided that the theory i.
S wrong, and that he does not want an,
more of it.
: Protection has failed because it,
a alleged benefciaries have made nj
: their minds that they were not bene
4 flied. They had been taught that thi
h was government Of the people. b.
Y the people. for the people" The at
$ tempt was made to persuade then
c that the Mckinley theory of a govern
: ment of the manufacturer. by til,
G manufacturer, for the wage-earner
$ would be an improvement upon thu
). Lincoln ideal They have tried it. AM
d they have decided that lit will no
" |
|. shelter" of this sort.
!. The failure Of protection. which Mr.
l. Harrison confesses, has always beef
c inevitable. 1t was only necessary tina
II the attention Of the people should b
concentrated upon the matter to insur
a such verdict as has been rendered
4 The radical trouble with the theory o
I. which it was based is that IL offend
n common sense. The idea that tn
q Carnegics ought 10 be the source Q
A shelter TO the wagc-carners, nm
. that the interest Of the wage-earner
= would be their chief concern, was tn
!. much for human nature long to staDt
1t has failed, and it can never be n
vived.-N. Y. Post.
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4 CLEVELAND AND HIS PARTY
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