Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-10-26
Deserts Democracy.

Holyoke, Mass, is a manufacturing
city, and since the advent of the demo-
cratic administration it's mills have
shut down, or the few that continue to
do business are running on short time.
The Holyoke Daily Free Press has al
ways been a democratic newspaper,
but in view of the disaster and depres-
sion that has fallen upon that city, the
paper comes out with a column editor
ial denouncing and deserving demo-
cracy. 1t has placed the republican
ticket at the head of it's columns and
will hereafter advocate republicanism.
1t recounts the industries that have
been paralyzed and traces the cause
directly to the free trade threat of the
democratic platform. We regret that
we have not space for the entire article,
but can only give the gist of it, and we
are proud to say that it supports and
proves the policy advocated by every
republican newspaper and speaker.
The Free Press has seen the mills
of Holyoke stop, it has seen the labor
ers thrown out of employment, and at
tributes it all to the prospect of free
trade. The following paragraphs are
clippings from that editorial:
The democratic party has now had absolute
control OF the affairs Of the Nation for seven
4 tI,a
the Nation ever saw, business paralyzed, indus
| tries shut down, wages cut down, financial
panic, such stringency in the money market
that bank after bank, business house after bust
ness house, had to close its doors, hundreds OF
thousands out of work.
A year ago all the mills in this city were rush.
ed with orders; they could not produce fast
enough for the demand. To-day there is scarce.
ly mill in the city that is running full tlme and
of the large mills there is but one that has not
gone on half time or cut wages 10 per cent OF
more. Anawful change for year. This fright
! full condition OF affairs appeals strongly to the
American citizen, who has a powerful weapon
In his hand-the ballot. 1t was the ballot that
brought about this great change from prosperity
to poverty, from industrial activity to industrial
stagnation, from financial ascendency to finan
cal depression.
The present industrial stagnatlon Is without
any doubt the result OF the free trade plank thai
was inserted in the democratic national platform
of 1892. That platform denounced the protective
tariff policy under which the Nation has grown
and developed from child to giant, and de
clared that If the people intrusted the Offices O.
; the Nation in its hands it would wipe out ever,
trace of that policy. The people who voted tina
: ticket did not believe that the platform woule
lie carried out to the letter. They had faith II
Grover Cleveland and other conservative men
Aut the last few months have shown that thu
} president can not control his party, and In hi
brave and uncompromising fight for the repea
OF the silver bill he is looking not to his owl
party for support but to the republicans VIII,
passed the bill, and who now stand shoulder Il
shoulder with the president in his noble fgh
I for repeal. The absolute free traders have Sc
c cured control of the democratic party. The,
c tend to make great alterations IN the existing
tariff laws. The manufacturer can not start hi
mill on full timei he can only I'LL his presen
:. orders, He dare not make goods for the future
for II the tarff Is lowered on the goods he manu-
. features and the f0reign-nade goods are brough
In direct competition with his, he must lower tn
. price OF his commodity. lie can not pay tn
u present high scale Of wages and compete witt
!. foreign go9ds made b. poorly paid help
The certainty that the democrats will max
radical changes in the tariff has been tho prln
cipal cause OF the shutdown OF the mills.
The people Of the west have also fell
1 the result in decreased prices for thei
farm products and they should ioiI
hands with the manufacturers in call
/, ing halt by electing republican,
wherever they can be found on the
ticket.