The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-25
MIR. CLEVELAND, LETTER 10 Mh'
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Mr. Cloveand's letter to Chauncey f.
| rlack ESQ. In which he approves so
Internationally Of Democratic clubs, VIII
not receive the unreserved approval oil
tho neople OF Richmond. The experience
our people have had with political ciuOS
far the past two months does not in
cline them favorabiy toward srcn Or
eanizations. They are, no doubt, capaDie
| Of much useful service where contest
is 10 be fought out between two OPP
nosirg political parties, but they are out
Of mace in a primary election TO select
candidates. aad we are satisfied nave
done mach in Richmond TO dissatisiy
our people with primary elections 50
necessary to healthy and sound city
government We hope the political CLUB
will never be known Of again in our pri-
maries. But whether we agree with Mr..
Cleveland regarding clubs or whether
we do not. all our people VIII utter
fcryent amen to what he says regard
/ ing the necessity for pressing forward
bill 10 reform the tariff until every iota
of the principle of protection is eliminated
| from our laws.
As we have already pointed out, this
country is now standing ready to set
out upon a march towards unexampied
prosperity. Free silver and fiat money
are. for the present certainly. Killed
So that. our financial establishment he
ing sound. We shall have none Of the
naralvsis that proceeds from want OF
confidence The people are living with
the strctest and closest economy. y
wholesale grocer told MS recently that
twelve months ago he sold on an average
one hundred and twenty-five barrels Of
sugar a day. He sells now from six down
10 one This is only one evidence that
the people are practicing the most rigid
economy. but proofs Of it abound on all
hands. The country's foreign trade is
I'm the healthiest and finest state that
it has ever been in. But the most hope
full sign of all is the way in which the
prices Of all the things that the people
have TO buy for their daily life are fall
ing. A lady told us that she was offered
dress goods in one of our Broad-stleet
dry goods stores recently for twelve and
a half cents a yard for which thirty
five cents were asked twelve months ago.
Everything affected by the tariff is fall
ing in the same proportion, as any one
may find out by making inquiries OF the
merchants And this comes from the
prospect of the passage of the Demo-
cratic bin TO revise the tariff. What a
lesson is this upon the robbery OF the
people that the protective tariff has been
so long imposing upon them. The Repub-
leans say they mus. keep up protective
| tariff for the benefit of the American
workngman? The last census shows that
22OO0.00O of persons are engaged in this
country in earning their living by labor
in one line Of business or another. OF
these only ten per cent, or 100000 are
engaged in pursuits that have the full
measure Of protection" On their the ny
the 2O.O0O.OO0 are to pay treble prices for
everything they require in their daily
life in order that 100000 may gouge out
of them money that they ought not to have
TO pay. This is as palpaby wrong and I'M
Just as anything can be. IL is making
the great body of the American people
take money from their pockets that
they have a right to retain there, and
contribute it to fund that is TO be for
the special benefit of small fraction Of
the population.
How is it that the American people
have allowed themselves to be so long
hoodwinked in this matter?