Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-02-17

rh~ G~pssi'ra" W,-erNy views OF
the WtIsaa tttt

",h,i' Wlyr
lie then s,-'- 'u ln answer the que.
ton 10y citing the hilur, ~ the drmura's
'" larry ,1t promptly w" ,"rius II tnrtr
platform. lie chang thrm with break
rs bih u"t only with III" I~rrlr Vt
large, bat especially viii ia" makers IT
that platform IN Chicago They have
friit",si away valuable time, rays he. Ia
trying I" placat. the imrla,nhl' IA their
own PARTY. In hoiug this ,h"y McsSrs,
! Cleveland, Carlisle, wilson Rui the I'm"
! tors" ~ the party have thrown away
/ the fr,Iite II The Nict"ry WIN ~ th" Ihlra
. 90 convention, AMI before III" I"urlr Il
/ th" Who'll" country, In DOING So ,hoy
/ hay" given 'h" principle " "a tHrN i'I
rrv"uu" uuly back r't fr Year,. nud
destroyed the confidence uf such d"run
crate ~ Mr. Ingalls, and Nj watrr-uu
rhuSr men Wrr. rtr,ug ~ the n"h"t tha,
this principle would l." thr governing
unc IN the work uf building up IA" new
tariff law Bu, alas Tor th" political
/ pl"lg"H made 10y drnusratlr convention
either go each 81 Ter ur tu IT," Am"rlrau
/ voters ia" rl"dg"- thus mad" I'm ~"
meet decisive aud aS fnr ~ uyth,ug ~
American politics rAu h- solemn, ~ th"
u. ~ ~ulrmu mauncr." have h.."u unr'.
i""m,d los 'hr Wtl-uu hill. aud all toe
cau-. Il the l,s,s Vt friends Aui Via" Iu''-
Hiy ~ thu-" II the party "Whn ma-Iu"I.
AIDED nS d.muyrAts the better g. serve, the
dewitt protection VA b." Mr. Wilson,
though ia" r"Imtcd father # IA" measure
that h"ar- h,r maine, "Ncu-,vi hImr'it hc.
',r" ,h" whole word for ia" fnilur' w
huu-..f aud colleagues TO- hrug ~ n
measure framed "u the liurs IT thr drn-
urra'r. national convention uu Nv" ground
that IT," zeal uf many " his party com.
patriots for tariff reform WAS uuly, "n-
the -lunrr II IA" distance fium then own
localities aud their own industries
FROM Mr. WatrrSnn's pom, " Ni"~ the
failure II hlr party leaders I" at Ia time
aud ~ accordance with prumia,- gwen
may h, one r,'arnu frr the cry " want IN
the mldri Il plenty that risrr from one
"ni Il ia, land Ia the other. liut u", ~
think our republican minority and their
! supporters Hear their convincing arSu-
mru,s further:
''prut.ciiuu has established III" clus-
! tiers uf great manufacturing And working
c"nt"rs which hav" given railroads ia"
/ possibility oT existence which un scatter
rd population c"uld ever have crrs'rd.
/ The railroads which these great manu-.
| featuring towns and their need of trans
lnrtatiun If freight have built Mr."
sources enjoyable wealth which AZ" not
confined tn Tia" protected Industries. but
are spread through nll the business II the
Tinted States. aud nur IT, 'hr comfort
aud happiness Of all tn" people"
TAX" one example from this very Till:
lil'umnnua cual IN one IL III" great III.
dustri"s which IL developing To" -tat" Il
West Virginia: "I'nn II the welfare Of TIA"
stat" largely depends, So its d"m" ratio
governor trs,itrs AMI many ot ,s mn-,
respectable citizens, including au ~ s"u-
atur "f hnuui,'d name. IL that d"v"lup-
mrut confined in that stat" Aluuri by ~
means. With ia" addition uf the coal
hrl II If old Virginia the Norfolk *
Western. the chesapeake y OHIO obtain
from these mines u very valuable freight
III transporting coal To- the s"ahuarl.
From other hl,uminuus coal fields Tia"
Baltimore u ohio. Hud even TIA" great
Pcnnry wanna ROAD obtain II" incuusidrra.
bile part II their freight
"lf the coal h- made free thrr' will h"
hrrr" competition with ihr coal of Nova
Sro,ia, and not only will thG mines "f
Yves, Virginia. IL old Virginia and P"nh.
sylvauiR suffer. hut the great railroads
will suffer severely alao. To l- sure
these arr corporations without souls. hut
the stocks aud lnnis arr owned 10y pro.
pc with souls, unless m"lrru political
iuddrli,y should determine otherwise.
Whether Nova Scotia coal would af
frrl any real relief Ia New England
manufacturers il IL were n a.'parat" meas
ur IL n matter much in dispute, but that
/, would Civ" them any relief adequate +"
the damage this Till will do them is not
in dispute at all, The figures ii On" es-
tahlishment in New England. which will
have stricken of the value II Tia pruiuct
by this hill the sum IL $ln3,5ol whrp'
the wages amount to $i3n, 100, will gain
in the article IL coal IA n raw material.
surprising the whole - cents p-r ton
comes to the packet NJ the manufactures.
sl,sO.
Free raw materials Ia these I@"ple
would h- n sweet boun ind-ed' What
exact effect the proposed change II wages
would have IN ia. general rate oi wages
in tn. country can only be determined 10y
actual test. but II IN not difficult I" s"''
that II will br very depressing. Upon
persons rngag,-l in the industries directly
affected the result 10 I've anticipated seems
Ia be- very clear,
ITO those Of us who believe IN prut"c.
ton il aeema beyond dispute that the ac-
knowie,iged rise in wages IN this country
has b.en caused by protection Hs the
grcA, stimulAtnr of invention AMI prue-
rrsH
The COMMITTEES, however. probably