Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-11-16

glisn policy OF free trade and
the American system Of protection
to home industries. The American
system has been approved by the peo-
pie of Ohio, and their u%tterancc has
been sufficiently emphatic to intlu-
ence the next Congressional elections
in all Northern States, and, very
possibly, to determine the next Presi-
Dental election. This year Ohio has
occupied the position Of the Keystone
State.
The voice of Ohio we'll may he
taken as the voice of the people OF
the nation, for there IL not an ma
tional industry that is not we'll
represented in Ohio. The lake
on the north and the river on
tho south are full of Ohio's
vessels; the iron trade, the coal
trade, the manufacture Of earthen-
ware, the production OF salt, the
growth and manufacture Of wood, the
building Of engines for farms, for
ships, for railways, for use In facto-
ries, the manufacture OF tin plate,
the hundred diversities OF the manu-.
facturc of wood, all mechanical arts
and industries, and all the modes OF
transporting them from tho places of
manufacture to the places OF sale.
abound In Ohio. Every grade and
kind OF workman and artisan has
spoken In the election OF Mckinley;
aud the speech has been unmistak-
ably a demand for protection and a
denunciation Of free trade.
Yet more: there Is no species OF
Northern agriculture that has not
found voice In the Ohio election. The
wool grower has demanded protection
for his ~fleeces, the tobacco grower for
his plants, the grain grower for his
cereals, the stock grower for his
herds, no farming industry has failed
| to make itself heard. The verdict is
the finding Of a thoroughly repre-
sentative jury. .
Much is due to the untiring indus
try, to the unanswerable logic, to the
persuasive elo iuence Of the great
| Governor Of Ohio, and much, also, Is
due to the watchful energy OF the
State Committee; nor should the
| equally jealous services OF the Conn
try press and OF the county
organizations DO overlooked. But
the logic Of events was the
most potent factor of the campaign.
Men remembered that a year aye
money was pnprecedentedly plenti'
full, work unprecedentcdly abundant,
the comforts of life unpreccdentedly
equally difYused-a year ago every
body except the vicious, the shiftlcss
and the innrm of mind or body was
In possession Of plenty to eat, plenty
TO wear, and with some money tc
spend or to save after all necdfu'
|romforts and all reasonable luxur.es
were we'll supplied. Men feel that Il
Is not now as it was a year ago.
Many were out OF work, many were
deploring the diminished sales II
their stores, many regretted their idl'
Observation-Disclosures that they daret
not set to work until assured tina
their product Of highly paid labo
would not be forced into unchecked
competition with the low-priced laho
OF Europe; many, also, we're abso
I~lutely hungry. All these causes ant
conditions pleaded for q verdict Il
favor OF the prime author OF the Nc
Kinley tariff law.
The verdict Is rendered. 1t vii
be confirmed by the nation In tn
next Presidential election. Ohio ha
spoken. Her u%tterance Is receives
with cheers whenever the noble sen
tlments that inspired Jefferson an
Washington, as we'll as Lincoln an
Harrison, when they urged upon Cor
gress the duty Of protecting homo IL
dnstrics, are approved. Furthermore
Ohio has gone Republican, and TIL
Il 8 case 10 which II truly may b
said, .As goes Ohio % eocs Vi
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