Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-09-29
serves se a striking illustration Of the
fnoonsistont chnrnoter OF the law Tim

provision 10 Wnlcn reIer Ia tho 0no
which preserves tho treaty of commercial
King Of the Hawaiian 1slands mndo on tho
S0th day OF January. 1875. Under that treat,
the surors known as "Sandwich leland sucar.,''
arc exempted from .d;lty Thia gives to tbs
sugar plunterS Of the Sandwich Islands q re-
mRrinhlo ana exceptional advantage in tho
free and open markets OF the United States.
Every other country, under the provisions Of
the law OF 1924, whose sugar was brought into
the United States for consumption, bears the.
burden Of duty of forty per cont. The effect
Of this 10 to give to the sugar planters of tho
Sandwich Islands u clean bounty or gift OF
forty per cent upon nll sugars they export to
the United States, and while tho duty on
sugars from other countries goes into tho
treasury Of the United States that of the Sand
wich Islands is retained In the pockets OF
their sugar producers. Tho advantage COOS to
them, and not To the American consumer
Free sugar from the Sandwich Islands does
not mean cheaper sugar TO the American con-
surner, for he will pay the tariff price for all
he consumes, no matter from whence it comes.
Tho free sugar of the Sandwich Islands costs
the American public tho same as the tarifred
sugar from Cuba.
But II is to another view of this subject that
desire more especially to cali your attention.
Under the tariff law OF lS90n bounty wac givcn
TO the cane and beet and maple sugar pro-
ducers of the United States to tako the place
OF the tariff which WAS removed from sugars
under that act. This bounty was mndc for a
period OF fifteen years. The sugar producers,
North and South, relied upon IL, made all
their preparations aud invested their capital
and property for now machinery, expecting IL
to continue during tho period named in the
law. Now il is taken from them and the crop
Of tn. present year, which has been produced
and inspected and tested under the supervi-
sion of the Government, and by Government
officials, Is cut OF. This is the treatment
which the new Law bestows on tho American
producer. How marked Is tho contrast with
that bestowed upon tho sugar producers of the
Sandwich Islands 1t may he snid that this
is only carrying out n treaty stipulation which
should he sacred. All of that admit. But is'
the treaty stipulation with the Sandwich
Islands moro sacred and binding than tho con-
tract made with our citizens by the tariff Inv
OF lc9r There is no excuse in law, justice or
equity for this betrayal OF the confidence of
the people OF the United States. The law of,
1891 takes the bounty from the producers of
the United States-a bounty which amounts
TO about Sll,Ou.Oo aunually-but carefully 80
cures to the Hawaiian producers bounty
which annually amounts to s6,0O0,M0 Is it
any wonder that the people reject this un-
American bill at every opportunity
The Financial Problem.
Our present embarrassment does not come
from too little money, nor too much money,
bOT lEuul tnc CItTuttOr Ol money now IN Use,
Our difficulty is to get the money we have into
circulation. Our money is all good, whether IT.
lie silver or gold, national bank notes, treasury
notes, groenbacks or gold or silver certificates.
To get the money out among the people is the
serious problem today. To do this we must
not only have something 10 sell but he able TO
hnd somebody to buy. No matter what VIC
have to ssll, II there is nobody able TO buy it,
who wants 1t, we must keep it. II we are co:e
PEELED TO keep it wo suffer tho loss in whole or
In part, what 1t cost us TO produce it. So long
as We cannot part with what we have with IL
profit we are not likely TO produce more of IL.
II We stop producing we will not need lnbor,
and when wo do not require labor we will not
employ 1t, and then wages are stopped, and
when wages are stopped one great factor in
the distribution of money is stopped.
This is our trouble today. The banks nrc
filed with money. Money WAS never moro
plentiful nor less employed than 1t is now. 1t
is because 1t is not employed that We have the
stagpnt!on in business which so distresses the
couitI., aad the REASON Il Il not employed is
because the invitation to safe and profitable
investment is not presented. Money will not
be employed unls.s industry is believed 10 be
on O permanent and profitable basis. Money
will be idle and boarded away long as labor
is idle; and labor will remain idle until it can
be employed with assured advantage to the
employer.
Ii the circulating medium Of the country
was double what it is today it would be no
easier for us to get it than il is now, and We
would have To get il by the same process. We
must give something for it; and if what we
have to give Is not wanted by anybody, and
nobody is found willing or able TO buy it, the
money will remain locked up as it now is.
What we need is wise industrial and fiscal
legislation, and then certainty that it is To
stand. Uncertainty brocds distrust, and dis
trust paralyzcs the arm of industry.
1t, 81
money, that is our trouble. 1t is the lack OF
prosperous manufacturing, and the absence OF
confidence in the party managing the govern.
ment. and want of faith in the future. When
confidence and hops are everywhere mani.
tested, manufacturers are busy and labor IL
employed; and when both are engaged, the
one with fair pront and the other with fall
wages, agriculture is prosperous and money
has free and healthy circulation.
The prosperity OF the country can not bt
permanently stopped. 1t may be delayed; il
may be checked; il may be curtailed, as it h;t:
been and is now, but no party in govern
| ment by the people can long stand in its wny
The party whose administration, Legislation
and policy retards or destroys prosperity viii
| itself he destroyed. E,o y victory against thu
Democratic party, as ii is now managed, h
step 10 thnt resumption OF business and TO
| turn to prosperity which is everywhere &c
much needed. Ii is the bow of promise to tn,
| and labor with hope, courage and confidence
| and brings us nearer to the return of the goot
| times VIC left behind US in lSo2.
The Question of Free silver.
The Democratic party has been in control o
| every branch OF the government since the 4tl
| day of March, 1895. Its legislative branch hai
been in session for more than twelve months
| yet il has given us no silver legislation what
ever except TO strike down the sherman lav
| at its special session called for that purpose
and in response TO the urgent recommendation
of democratic president. The Democrat!
leaders in Congress made the most profus'
promises OF what they intended TO do Tor sill
vvr after they repealed that act.
Having disposed Of ''the Republican make
shift" ms they denominGted the SheHman law
they were going to give silver AN honorable
| place in the coinage OF tho country. Nothing
has been heard OF this since. Nothing VIII b
heard OF il in the present congress. Nothing
can come OF 1t so long as Mr. Cleveland Is Pres
ident OK the United Statos, for it is vol I'm
dersiood thar he will veto any free Coinng
bill. Yet the Ohio Democratic convention
went through the idle ceremony Of declaring
for ihe free and unlimited coinage OF silvor d
u ratio of ~ to mot, however. without seriou
| OppOsitiOn from 800 dcleEatos), knowing tina