Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-07

themselves by their own selected repre .S,n.
teti,yes and ~ Govern themselves In periect
liberty and equality, without giving 70 one
man one State, or one class, any SpSO.@A
favor or protection that is not eqyauy eX'
tended TO all the rest
PROTECTIoN1sM.
The protective policy Of the Republican
marty Is subyersive Of the very principles /
of liberty. FavOritism and equality are |
sbsolutely Incompatible. Followed to us /
o0Iv legitimate conclusion, the theory OF /
nrofection would make nation OF para !
sites not Of freemen. OF the men VINO Ia |
vor protection the majority are actuateo
purelv by selfish reasons. They oelleVe
6rotertion is needed for their own
s,.DciaI and material interest. A
r,fnpfacturer wants 20 60 into business,
and he asks that be DO protected, that is,
mat the people pay higher prices In oraer
tbat be may make a profit, and he1usuhes
his request py urging that the people ought
TO be willing 70 pay more than necessary
FOR his products because ultimately the
nrotective plan will give greater general
Drosperity,-in other words, tnat Wheh
every body gets a chance to rob his neigh
Dor. all viii be happy. This theory Is
wholly un-American, and It's lanure IA,
practice is the great cause OF exlsung III
Justice and dissatisfaction.
Our country never needed protecuon,
IN my opinion 1T is the most proilnc
country the sun ever shons on. Its pro
duc.iv6ness is unparalleled; and when
protection is given 70 an enterprise u
order that 10 may be profitable, the money
invested 10 10 Is diverted by that very
fact from its legitimate use and natural
channel. The moment an industry cries
out for protection, and hangs OUT the
SIGNAL OF distress. the capital invested IN
in should be withdrawn; and certainly, II
invested in some other industry, tnaS
needs no production, the money Will yleIu
g better return 10 the end 70 the investor
himself, and viii contribute very Ihucn
more to the general prosperity, employing
more labor. developing more capital The
hot-house process was never necessary IN
the United States. 1t is folly for man 10
attempt 70 grow oranges in Massachusetts,
when he crn produce other crops tnaJ pay
without artificial forcing.
SILVER.
Now as 70 the silver question. On this,
/ the Democratic party is united, except
/ where personal or State interests are con-
csrnsd' il is idle 10 say that it Is wall
[ street and the brnkers who have created
and supported this agitation IN FAVOR
I of s,honsst money! Men engaged
/ in financial affairs can see, per
haDs, with greater clearness than
/ prof essioEal men like myself, now danger
| Gus is the over production ana oyer-coln-
\ ace of silver and the distribution OF IL
| enong the people at more than its intrinsic
/ value. At the same time, the professional
/ man and the laboring man, and the great
| majority OF the beOple everywhere In the
/ country. except in the silver states ana
/ some OF the Southern States, where SEN
/ timsnt seems 10 prevail wholly apart from
/ the facts OF the questions itself, are GER
/ taipIv in favor of the declaration made In
| the Democratic platform, Wnlcn says hOV
/ that silver IS 10 be discarded, out merely
that the COMA q Of the two metals snail
be so adjusted as TO secure their equauIy,
aud not diminish their production.
The mistake was originally made when
| Congress, following in the wake or Euro
| pean nations, not producers or silver
| demoustized that metal, taking away It's
chief use. and thereby diminishing It's
| value. For this act, however, the Demo
| cratic marty is ia no wise responsible.
| Neither was the Democratic party respon-
| sibIe for the Sherman Dill, Whcn
was one OF the supreme iolIleS
of a Republican administration, a folly d.
rectly in line with the party's policy OF pro-
l LEtLLOn. i Ills oGb NuLLaAAACNN N--@
OF protection methods and, moreover, the
Industry il protected had no foreign COM
petition worth mentioning.
! OF course, all the people in this great ma
ton are not happy. There are iniustices
there is distress; but In applying remedy
we should avoid the danger Of making the
conditions worse. The remedies sought
should be neither too slow, nor too SSaa'rfly
and radical. After all, in tsv 0sSethods,
and human AL urnVrassr Jsrnal, always
fai1 of their desired effect, for the
very reason that they are not in
accord with natures law They tend tC
destroy individual responsibility and effort
and consequently to retard real progress
The survival OF the tttestn is the law OF
nature and will have to be recognized in
any economy.
In conclusion, therefore, my deliberate
| Judgment is, looking at all things impair
TALLY, that the Democratic party has been
aud viii continue TO be, the conservative
party Of the people, and will necessarily
I control the affairs OF our government sc
long as 10 does so wisely. If it fails, as all
parties may from time TO time, to do its full
duty 70 the people, they will turn it out OF
power, until 10 shall again return to It's
I original princip les-liberty and equality
among all the people.
NJ. T. MCMAHON.