The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-09-29
WORDS OF WISDOM.
TRUE CAUSE OF THE CRISIS.
The Cries ofl'he Unemployed.
Congress Appealed 10 Not Tara a
Deaf Ear TO Them.

Congress Appealed 10 Not Turn
Deaf Ear TO Them.
Hon. Roswell G. Horr writing
to the New York Tribune says
Any person who thinks thai
the present difficulty, in the
business of this country, comes
entirely, or even mostly, from
the workings of the Sherman
law will. in my opinion. live to
learn his mistake. The Sherman
law has no doubt caused some Of
the trouble. The bulk of the
trouble, however, comes from
the fact that the business men OF
the country have no confidence
in the business sense of the party
now in power.
Had the Republican party been
successful in the election of last
fall no such troubles would have
come upon thepeople. The laws
now in force are precisely the
same laws which were in force
for the two years preceding that
election. They have not been
changed a single iota When
these same laws were in force
under Republican rule, our banks
were doing a safe business, our
manufacturing industries were
running on full time, labor was
well employed, and the country
was generally prosperous. That
state of affairs existed simply be-
cause our business men bad con-
tidence in the party then hold
in power. The moment that
party was defeated the trouble
began. What caused such a
change ? Lack of confidence
say our Democratic friends. Lack
of confidence in what ? Lack of
confidence in our present none
tary system they reply. How
can that be possible? There has
been no change in that system
for nearly three years.
The lack of confidence is not
the system itself. but in the par
ty whichis managing that system.
Some one asks when Cleveland
was elected nearly five years ago,
why did not the same trouble
occur ? Manifestly, because the
Senate was then Republican; aud
our business men very well knew
that no radical changes in our
tariff laws could be made over the
heads of that Republican Senate.
The Democrats in the House did
pass the Mills bill,' as bad a bill
as 1t well could be. But the SEN
ate put it to sleep forever.
1t is useless to attempt to
dodge the cause of our present
business stagnation. You may
tell working people that their
trouble is brought about under
Republican laws. Their answer
will be both swift and true. 1,
will be this: True, under laws
passed by Republicans, but SC
long as these same laws were ad.
minlstered by the Republican
Larty no harm came to us. Oul
employment was constant and
our wages good. We must there
fore be suffering from the feal
of bad administration /; for feal
that the very laws will be repeal
ed under which business wa.
good and our employment wa.
secure"
If the working people are suff
ering on account of bad TART
laws why did not those laws pro
duce the same results under Re
publican rule? More than that
iE these laws are so bad why wa.
not Congress called together
and why were not these laws re
pealed ? A late session has BEEF
called but not for any such pur
pose. The president simpl,
promised il his message that a
some future time the tariff shall
be revised. His statement ha
only aggravated the trouble. l
fear of repeal works such injury
what will follow the repeal itself
u One thing is most certain. N
party that fails to heed the voic,
of men who are out Of work an,
that manages IS! 50 as as TO- +, cut dow
the price OF honest toll in thi