Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-11

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slaves.
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whoever = osce . hired 'Aooref = uxsa
ia thai condition tor llie- NOW, tnefs
10 uo such fsl2tioa between csP4tAs ana
labor - . assumed. nor IS there any
sucn thing - Z tree man being nxed
Tor lie IN the condit.oa OF hirea IA
iofsy- Both tn-ss assumpsi ne are
iaisrs and ali lnferences from tnsm are
groundles.
Labor Is prsor % and independents
OF capital. Captal u only Inc truit Of
lstor and could nryer have existed II
labor had not first existed. Labor 10
the superior CT capital and deserves
much the higher consideration
THE ease nas never been better or
more ter.ely stated, aud tnss Pc icy OF
| the elevate n of tue great iAoossng
mssses has renamed the Keynote OF
every great national policy OF the re-
| publican party.
Ill was this that made the repub-
| lean party tbs foe of slavery AUD OF
everything that upheld slavery
"Ine war was not only tho issue be-
tween union and dlsnnion-tnst was
| the surface only-it Was the nnai
struggle between free and honorable
LABOR and degraded slave labor.
| "1he result wac not doubtful The
stars IN their eour-es Tough. Tor liberty
and against slavery. a race War
smanclpated, and labor Was raised
from the depreciation OF being owned
and driven. Even before the great
Issue between freedom aud slavery had
been settled the republican party bad
n4aGsursted another great national
| policy IN the interest OF the toiling
masses OF the people. Ii Was the Tree
homestead law.
Under this henefcent system the
poor man who was unable TO sustain
the fierce competition IA the cities aud
older communities. has enjoyed the
privilege OF receiving free homestead.
anywhere upon the great pubic
| main.
Believed of the congestion Of popu-
latlon near the eeaboard. labor has ielt
the upward bound OF wages, that al
ways ate Dds al increased demand Tor
work. Under this system grea; stats
have grown up IN what Was the un-
peopled west; and millions OF happy
nome--homes ownrd by those who
| occupy then-tespeag the VISION OF
tins great policy Of the republican
parry.
thousands and tens Of thousands
OF the men VINO, in the valley OF the
Mississippi and Missouri, aided in the
late election to bring defeat TO the
party Of Lincoln, owe the ground upon
wa!ch their homes stand, and the suc-
cess they have made in life to this
great act Of the republican party.
$50 easily are benefits forgot.
"Yet l cannot but believe that after
some brief trial OF the ethiopian
schemes that would make something
out of nothing, they will return 10 the
party of glorious memories and glorious
achievements, and march once more
IN the columns 1T whose head march
Lincoln, the great Emancipation, and
Grant. the great commander.
"But more far-reaching, possibly,
than either the destruction Of slavery
or the policy of free lands, in anchor
ating the condition of the great INDUS
trial classes of this country, has been
the policy of protection to American
industries and 10 the men and women
engaged therein.
"As Webster said OF Massachusett.
in his famous reply to Hsyne. There
she lie; behold her, and judge for your.
selves SO We say OF the thirty-twc
years of republican protection-there
they are; behold them. and judge fol-
, yourselves.
1--WE challenge the record OF the
world to produce . like showing oi
growth and prosperity: An increase
|, IN states from thirty-one to forty-fouri
an increase in population from 81 .000,.
600 to more than IS. 00o, 600; an increase
! IN wealth from Sl6 900, 000, 900 to Sol.
, coo, 000. 900. while we have emancipated
q race and sustained the cost and de-
vastation of . great war.
"An increase IN railroad mileage
from Is, 200 to lie. 900 miles-probably
now nearly $4,000 miles.
.'The growth in all the great depart.
ments of work-agriculturs, mining.
transportation. domestic trade and for
eign commerce. has been simply aniaz.
|. Ing. almost incredible.
But the greatest triumph IL all this
progress has been IN the increased pros.
perity aad comfort OF the masses OF
the people, and especially OF those en-
engaged in industrial pursuits.
And this we hAvc accomplished IN
the face OF tremendous obstacles.
"Never was any country confronted
. with 80 grave problem - that pre-.
sented to the United states by tho VAS,
immigration OF the last thirty years.
approximately 1900. 900 of people
from foreign shores have sought homes
!. and work in the United States aimee
/ Lincoln was inaugurated.
! These were not, as rule. from the
well-to-do. or even the middle ciasses.
They came almost wholly from the
poorest csass. bringing with them oniy
} hands To work aud mouths to feed.
: The almost inevitable tendency WAS "a
, overcrowd population, overstock the
} labor market. and thereby To depress
the compensation of the lsborer.
The republican party was ied 10y
; wise statesmen who recognized the IN
mutable and eternal principle that the
price OF anything. whether IL be an
: ounce OF ugver, q bushel OF wheat or
l days labor. - governed BY the law oil
supply and demand.
: "iiow should the demand be made
} equal 10 the supply 0niy by the crs-
alton OF new industries, 90 that our
7 needs should be supplied from our own
! frms. factories. mines aud workshops,
rather than by imperialism from Tor
elgn shores
This we have done BY the system Of
J American protection 20 ebectualis
. thst IN spite OF THIS vast immigration
T We have not only maintained TIE high
. seraft- OF tAoso mha labor. but ne