Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-09

cratic party again comes to the front with
the exploded Walker theories and enters
upon Il new crusade in the line of free
trade. But in this it has never been
united and never sincere. In 1872, as
we have shown, it was Numerically OPP
posed in its platform to the ideas prevl,,
ously expressed by Grover Cleveland and
embodied in a plank presented to and vot-
ed down at the Chicago convention. This
was trick to defeat the nomination of
President Cleveland.
1.-The outcome of this is now found in
Congress. There are free traders there
and there are protectionists there. There
are radicals and there are conservatives.
There are time-servers and there are
cuckoos. But of the whole lot President
Cleveland stands forth as the most con-
sistent."
The Situation Viewed by the New
York Tribune.
President Cleveland is informed by the
action of the Senate that his pet coal and
iron trusts will not be allowed to dictate
legislation to the destruction of iron and
coal interests in this country. On which
side in the controversy will the American
people be found? These trusts include
some powerful American capitalists. In
the Nova Scotia coal syndicate it is I'M
derstood that President Cleveland's
friend Mr.. Whitney, and his secretary of
war, Mr.. Lamont, have large interests.
The iron companies are the Juragua and
delpha, and the Spanish American Iron
company, with headquarters at New
York. and these imported from the mines
in Cuba, of which they have exclusive
control. 413999 tons in the fiscal year
1893, the average cost being about $3.50.
Al other imports of iron ore were 269,.
OBJ tons, and the average cost about
1920. The few owners of the Cuba
mines include the Pennsylvania. Mary
land and Bethlehem steel companies. and
their interest in the success of Mr.. Cleve-
land as a freetrade champion has been
deep. But the mere threat of change
of tariff has thrown two of these compa-
MES into bankruptcy during the last year,
and the imports of all iron ore have been
only about 100000 tons, not Il third as
much as in 1893.
Such are the interests for which the
President and the House are fighting,
against the coal and iron miners of New
Maryland, the Virgnias, Tennessee and
Alabama. The American capitalists in
terested in the foreign coal and iron mo-
nopoles may number about hundred.
The coal and iron miners. against whom
Mr.. Cleveland fights. numbers more than
half million. Quite irrespective of party
platforms. or the personal riyalries OF
party leaders, this issue involves the hap
piness of more than half a million Amer
lean homes, and Mr.. Cleveland prefers to
serve the few rich capitalists. some of
them personal friends or large contrib
utors to his election, instead of the half
million wage-earners. Plainly. American
voters in such a struggle will not take
sides with President Cleveland or the
forei gn monOpOlies.
Unfortunately, they cannot take sides
either with the senators who contrived
l. 6 Ia f>, that III 6
the people for the benefit of the sugar
monopoly. When the Sugar trust reached
out after Il profit of $3O.OOO0O or more,
and wanted to buy votes, it captured
some with the cash profits of a ''specula-
ton secured against loss. but it capt
ured others with pledges that interests
necessary to their political future should
be protected OF the forty-three senators
bound by compact to stand together.
how many sold themselves for political
benefits and how many for more ma
terial considerations no one can tell. The
Presidents letter placed him in the dis
graceful attitude of apologizing for the
sugar bargain, while pleading for the
coal and iron monopoles. But his sena-
toria opponents have bound themselves
to give $50. 100000 or more to the sugar
monopoly as compensation for its con-
tributions to the Democratic campaign
fund.
Between the two the people will not
choose. Their choice is the defeat OF
both. The Sugar trust, which owns the
Senate, and the coal and iron trusts,
which own the President, are alike tight
ing for private gain and to plumber the
people The only complete answer to
these indecent demands is to kill the
pending bill and pass an act putting re-
fined as we'll as raw sugar on the Tree
list. Then the American miners OF coal
and iron ore will not be impoverished tor
the benefit of Messrs Whitney, Lamont
and the JuraGua capitalists. and the
Sugar trust will have to cut down its
cNactions to meet the cost OF rehned
sugar imported 1t will lose the one
favor which the Tribune urged Congress
in 1890 not to grant, but which it I'M
wisely granted at the pleading OF the IN
dependent refners of Philadelphia, who
We're then pledging themselves to fight
the trust to the end. The only solution
which the people can desire or approve
is TIA defeat of the pending bill and the
removal of the duty on refined sugar,
and the closer Congress can come to that
the better will the voters be satisfied.
The Chicago Herald az Prophet.
In October, 1892, the Chicago Herald,
which is excellent Democratic authority,
strongly urged its readers to vote the
Democratic ticket because change was
necessary in order that farmers might
receive an increased price Tor their Wneat.
So in the editorial columns of the Herald
during the campaign of 1892 was this adj
vice:
Vote for Cleveland and S1.25 for
wheat
The people voted for Cleveland. but
the farmers have not seen the price of
wheat go up to S1.23 per bushel. The
Chicago Herald condemns itself as Il
prophet. for in its issue of the 9th of
July. 1894, is printed the following dis
patch:
..Vandalia, H., July 5.-Wheat thresh-
ing is in full blast in Fayette county.
Six hundred bushels of the new crop
were brought to market today and sold
at 46 cents per bushel. The berry is ex-