Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-05
VOICES OF The PRESS.
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Chicago Inter Ocean. J

II seems 10 BIZ impossible that the Wilson
t.riff bill should become law, Surely every
tongr,.Smsn from Wisconsin VIII re eord II
20 e against MEASURE the Anticipation of
shtch has brought misery AMI hunger TO the
formerly prosperous Inhabitants of the Hur-
t-y A. 4 AshI.nd mining di-triets. Sarr IL
tn. will consider the needs of the so ,0oe
wage arners in the protected Industries OF
tBeir stste not to mention the interests
Of the capitalists, whose enterprises, foe
iered by protection, have given employ nj
70 tie wage-rarnsrs Sure y the eon1res =
men OF Michigan viii vote against mas
nre III It is cert.in to close very min- IL
the Gogebie rang, to cripple the lumber
Industry of the state, and to reduce the out
put Of the salt mines. Surely the repre-
sentatires Of Northern Alabama will o,e
igainst measure hat will cause grass To
grow Ia the nov busy streets of Birmingham
md A mission.
It even seems impossible to suppose that
the r-presentaris es of l.ouisi ma will sup
port measure that pr 'nlis 70 aboii'h the
sugar bounty. One heri'y san suppose
TIA the congressman Tno rrpres ints the
tsr.ying city Of AaXhsta q i. favorable
Ia i nieasur thai III close I'll mills nnd
factories upon hieh III. citys prospe'lt!
,ep, nd. II is bard to bell We that West
Virglui. an old Ni-gi ia will refrain IF IN
u ot.st Az inst measure that will lessen tia
rali- Of their cod AMI iron. Tn silver
u-u Of tn. p.cid slope canaot be supposed
TO be riff rent 20 measure that lets the
bearing ores of Mexico into free com
p-titian with their already deprecated m n
ing pr duets The merchants must be x
posed t. unite ia protest against the al Va
loretn poll y that will place TEEN completr-
/, At the mercy of European manufacturer
md their alien agents r, si,len, in tn East
ern cities.
We nave not spoken OF Maine, of Ma.
sachus It's. of OHIO, Of Pennsslva1ii, Of
Illinois, of the great manufacturing 80
distributing states = h Sc interests are imper
lied by the bill. They are certain t. pro
test The recent election in Ohio proved
that had the eleven Dsmo rats who now
hold seats il Congress been out for re-el-c-
ti1n bu two of them would have escaped the
deluge aud they by scant mar Gins. We speak
of the Western states in which the ID 'm0crit
m ,de gains in 1899 and 1892, and of sJnit
of the southern states that long have been
4oliliy Democratic. The newly devise
tariff measure is as threaten lg TO them NJ
to Massachusetts, or Pennsylvania W.
cannot xpect South Carolina or Mississippi
to protest, for they are too emaci tied t.
cherish amb lion They MAJ rejoice in i
measure that viii cripple every American
manufacture. But from parts of Alabama
Georgia, Virginis, Tennessee, and Norti
Carolina we may expect sounds OF prote-t
again an act that is sure to smother theil
nascent prosperity.
4 semtl4nce of Democrat: harmony
may he preserved in the House willis tn
bill is PASSED in strong expectation OF
amen lmeuts that will amount to recon
stIuetion by the Senate, but when tn" II
is returned from the Senate to the House
we may expect to hear many Demoerais
talk AID vot according TO the rece mt IN
structiols from their constituents, AMI no
according 10 the declarations of the Chi
cago platform.