New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-13

When IL u realized Jhat tns rtlVts, '""'i-~.
be- is quite incomplete, so far as the country ~ Asu
concerned even with respect 10 manufacturing
ments which wholly closed down Tor ono feaSon
another and that II takes no account oi 'nc Vou ' "
reductions OF working forces in either mahuiac'uns e
Iishments I'm commercial houses, or by tahspof'aUoh
organizations large and small. 1t becomes pam " INC
.u,l observer that in all probability no FEWER
than 500 600 or 100000 idle employees OF manuaeurhe
commercial and other enterprises at this Tune WIZ "e''
nearly II not all actively employed three or four mohs
400 and that than from one-s'xth 10 ohe-t
i number NAV be fairly said have been out OF WORK
during TIN, last two months owing TO the customary miu
summer shuttinc>down, or TO the necessity lor iep' "
the taking Of Inventories II the not infequeh mu
wage disputes IN the lrol anu s'eV' '"N
taken into account.
THE ALARM HAS BEEN SOUNDED.
This situation of things needs no comment or
elaboration The President himself, whose consul
tutonal duty it is to advise Congress of the con-
dition Of the country, has sounded the alarm ana
proclaimed in solemn message the calamity 'ha' 10
upon us 1t is matter Of deep concern an" VI
still deeper regret to every wellwsher OF MS couh
try that the splendid prosperity OF year ago mas
been transformed into a situation of such business
gloom. We must not lose heart Confidence ana
courage are half the victory. The people, once
aroused to the gravity of the situation, VIII not
surrender but find remedy, as under our poiiticai
system they have a remedy, at the polls
This changed condition is not the result OF our
monetary system Whatever evils, IL any, are 10
be found In that system, they can In no way ac-
count for this wholesale curtailment OF production
and dismissal Of employees from their accustomed
workshops. The cause lies deeper than all this'
and It Is found in the fact that every one oi these
great industries threatened with destruction py
the party In power. You cannot expect men u III
vest their capital in producing for the future wheh
they do not know what that future VIII pc lhey
can only wait and see; but waiting Is parayzing
the business OF the country ana prihgs uisie, ,
ment ~ he tariff however conservative is sure
to disturb every industry Of the country IL aecIs
in the market The producer is therefore unwilling
accumulate his product for the future nsiIahu,
the profit OF which may all be "lpeu ou' ny
The complaint is made that the gold goes out OF
tariff this complaint would be aggravated more
gold would go out Of the country to pay ioF iOa
Nothing keeps gold at home more certainly than
the buying OF goods at home. and but for the pro,
months millions more of gold would have gone Out
OF the channels Of business in the United states r
to foreign countries to pay for foreign goods. me
more we buy abroad the more gold we send abroad
to pay for 1t. And It has been fortunate a thlng
that certain mportations were made more dificult
ty the law OF 1880: otherwise We would have had
less gold at home than we have s tods s,cen the
uncertainty which everywhere prevails We nave
the same men the same money bs me sd hnd yaar
ago but the trouble Is that we have another man
agement We have the same pluck ana the same inr
nv Of them voted last year for another policy We
have the same energy, the same enterprise, tne
their fun capacity. because Of fear or the poIcy
which the people decreed last la!l shoulu pe cdrleu
into public law
ENOUGH OF THE CHEAP" ERA.
The proposed new policy means conditions.
and new conditions mean a depreciation Of values
and the degradation Of labor. We cannot aVold
this result if We have revenue tariff Everything
must be brought down to the plane Of competing
countries, and own experience teaches that
whenever protection has been abandoned in the
United States. in the language OF the National
platform Of 1855 EVERY industry has been para
lived but that OF the usurer and the sheriff Three
years ago two years ago, and even one year ago
the cry went forth in the land that protection was
a robbery OF the poor. and the people. blinded by
the false cry, voted TO abandon II. but no sooner
was that done than the workngmen We're robbed
OF their wages and the business of the country
robbed OF it's prosperity The most persistent cry
WAS mad, from one end of the country to the other
by Democratic orators and the Democratic press
against what they pleased TO call Mckinley
prices" They Were hurled from every stuinp as as
enrich the few There is not a citizen OF TINS couh-
try oG3 Ss- n back S" again they have had quite
enough of the cheap era which was ushered IN
bv the Democratic victory. They will soon DIS
cover II they have done 50 already. that
'cheapness'' is not the highest aim of American
The Republican party can be counted upon TO act
I'm unity and patriotism in crisis IKE the present
and there thousands In this country not Kepupp-
llcans who can be relied upon To cooperate with
In rescuing the country from the Du9iheSS pe'h'
into which IL has fallen. ,
There can be no question about the influence OF
protective tariff upon production ana WaseS mars
scale OF wages for the year. 1t is all
made lePf"de tarin upon that is lowered
wages are lowered, or production ceases In these
contracts. which have been signed In many cities
Of the Union. workingmen and manufacturers rec
ognlze tn Influence Of me present cent, ana sse pro-
The people Of the United States are not only
alarmed at the uncertainty GoneernnEE t ather G s
are inspired with new hope and confidence. what
can be- more discouraging to American workinsniisn
and American citizens. ana what more enCHulasl,S
to foreign manufacturers and foreign worklhsnien
than the speech OF the United states 1onsul p,h.
jamin Folsom. cousin OF the IresiI E, oL t'g
United states closing his consulate "A, ShTiJid ,
do not stop to quote his entire speech ou' sN7
you the closing sentence:
lie say, "In closing ny IN Sheffield as Consul
O., the United States II affords mo satisfaction % think
that before anothr twelve months has rolled y shrihed
will not b. subject the and oppressive tariff
duties that have restricted her trade"
THE ENGLIsuMFN APPLArpED.
This sentiment was greeted with most uproarous
applause by the assembled Englshmen. lie did not
close his consulate too Yet. after ALL perhaps
his speech had It's inspiration in an earlier express
sion by the President himself. In letter dated at
Pittsburg April 2l 1873 Mr.. Carr. editor of the
Western Mail" of Cardiff. Wales. writes to his
paper relating his call upon President Cleveland
His reception says Mr. Carr. by the President was
most cordial and hattering. and then he adds:
One newspaper correspondents told the President
that | had come from Wales 10 lOoA for some Of the
npat, works which the Republican party declares have
been established under their protective tariff The President
replied We'll Mr.. Carr. when you do find them be sur
tn let me know their location for we have been
searching plate works for some years now and
failed to find them"
Mr. Cleveland need not have commissioned Tor
clgn visitor to have found the tin-plate works eX-
listing In the United States built up by the Repub-
lican protective tariff He need only have sent his
messenger over TO the Treasury Department. where
he would have found official report OF a. list OF
ortytwo tn-plate fact ori,s employing thousands OF
men, not one of which was In existence before the