Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-10-05

manufacturer of drain tile recently
said: The prospect of free wool has re-
duced the price, and now will get cheaper
clothing. The free wool policy of Grover
Cleveland suits me-" Just then his mail
came in with three letters from different
farmers saying in substance each: Il had
intended to buy a large quantity of tile for
my farm, some of which l had condition
ally ordered, but owing to the low price of
wool, l will not be able to buy" The tile
manufacturer remarked: 1.-The profits on
the tile. the sale of which l have lost.
would have bought all the wooden goods
required for me and my family for years.
am no longer for free wool" And this
is only a sample case. which illustrates the
relation of the wool industry to all classes
depending on patronage or wages.
The Republican party maintains that
cost of production and expenses of liv-
ing are diminished and rates of wages
increased, with the advance in the pro-
ductive power of labor That the
growth of this productive power de-
pends upon the opportunities and re-
wards for intelligent effort afforded,
under the protective system, by a high
standard of wages. If you favor good
wages you will vote the Republican
ticket, if you do not you will vote the
Democratic ticket. If you want good
times you must vote for Mckinley, if |
you favor harder times and lower
wages than ever vote for Neal. The |
issue is direct; no voter can avoid it.
Congress must decide whether the tariff |
ch q Ia pa1 t. I
before confidence and business prosperity |
can be fully restored. If it could be in |
duced to formally declare that the time is |
not suspicious for such revision, an era of |
great prosperity would at once begin like |
that which prevailed last year and year be- |
fore If, upon the other hand, it decides to
wipe off the tariff, then these hard times
will continue indefinitely Mckinley SAYS
''hands off," Neal urges them to ''go right
on.p For whom will you vote?
1t is worth while for the colored voter
to remember, when solicit:1 to vote for
Larry Neal for Governor, that he voted |
against the resolution to ratify the Fif-
teenth Amendment. He not only did
not want the colored man to vote, but,
true to his early training in Virginia,
would have been glad to have kept him
in ignorance and to have returned him
to slavery.
Judge Allen G.. Thurman, ''the no.
blest Roman of them all" is evidently
not in sympathy with his party this
year He directly accuses President
Cleveland of seeking to demonetize sill.
var and oanouroS fba Da,n oorot;o uo,,So |
and Senate for its attitude on that ques-
tion~ Then in Ohio, especially, he has
no reason to desi re the election of his
inveterate enemy, Lawrence T. Neal, as
Governor. The nomination of Neal is
not only an insult to him, but to the
best men and best element of the party
everywhere. His candidacy ought to
be repudisted, and will be repudiated,
by thousands of the best Democrats in
Ohio. 1t was foisted on -'e party by
corrupt clique in Cincil at, and should
command no respect wh..ve YER from the
honest men of any party
The Treasury statement for August
shows the significant cut IL pension ap-
of S4.00O,OO0 for that
month alone, as compared with the
month of July. At this rate
,he election of Clereland will cut the
I'D soldiers the Union veterans, of
;ourse,) about S50,000,000 year, not to
peak of the trouble and misery it will
,ntail upon them and their families. If
hose living in Ohio desire to encourage
he Administration, they will continue
% vote to Democratic ticket; if they
10 not, they will both vote and work
or the Republican ticket; and if ever
here was a campaign in which they
hould make their power felt, it is the
resent ono
This is the way the Memphis Appeal
one of the leading Southern
newspapers, refers to the recent death
# Republican statesman who was
IGNORED at home and abroad for his
distinguished ability and patriotism.
t says:
When the month with an 'sr'' in it ar
ived death said to Hamilton Fish,
You are my oyster"
The same paper calls protection rob
'ery' and sneers at pensioners as
::'looters," ''cowards'' and
thieves" Will Ohio voters endorse
UGH sentiments at the polls?
The most practical lesson in favor of pro-
ection to American industries is found in
he present commercial and financial con.
itlon OF the country. 1t speaks most en-
and plainly. Ohio voters should
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