The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-03-23
PROPHESlEO BY BLAINE.
The Present Industrial Stagnation Fore
told by the Man from Maine.
TOctOher 1921

The Present Industrial Stagnstion Fore
told by the Man from Maine.
October, 1s9)
II love my country and my country
men. / am an American and rejoice
every day of my life that / am. en-
joy the general prosperity of my coun-
try, and know that the workingmen Of
this land are the best fed and the best
clothed of any laborers on the face of
the earth. Many of them have homes
of their own. They are surrounded by
all the comforts and many of the luxu-
ries of life. j shudder, however. at the
thought that the time must come when
all this will be changed; when the gen.
eral prosperity of the country will be
destroyed; when the great body of
workingmen in this land. who are now
so prosperous, will hear their wives and
children cry for bread; that the day
must come when the great factories
and manufactures of this land will
shut down, and there will be the ST.
lence of the tomb. And the reason
why this must be is this:
THE great southern wing of tho
democratic party are determined to es-
tablish the doctrine of free trade in
this land. They will be assisted by
their northern allies. The fight is now
on There is great body of visionary
but educated men who are employed
day by day in writing free trade essays
and arguments in favor of that doctrine,
which find their way into every demo-
cratic newspaper in this land
The great body of our people have
never experienced themselves the suf-
ferings which always result W hen the
protective principles are laid aside,
Poisoned and excited by the wild statet
mepts of these writers and the dema-
gogic appeals of democratic speakers,
the result will be that in the very near
future these forces, which are now
working, will be strong enough to de-
feat at the polls the party advocating
the doctrine of protection. 1t must in4
evitably follow that uncertainty and
doubt will ensue.
-The business men of the country,
fearing the destruction, will decline to
engage in business, consequently mills
will be shut down and the workiDgmen
will be thrown out of employment
The people will then see, as we have
never seen before. that they cannot be
prosperous and have work while this
principle is threatened. In the midst
of this suffering they will learn that
the only way that they can be prosper
Gus and happy is to vote for the party
that will build up the industries by
which they have gained livelihood.
because they will then see clearly that
when a mandatory is shut down
there is no demand for the thing which
they have to sell, and that is their
labor"
70 The president has not shown
himself wise during the last year.
Headstrong as vain men are apt to be,
lacking sympathy for the sufferings Of
the people or the anxieties of business
men, absorbed in a desire to impress
his own ideas upon the history of the
country, Mr. Cleveland has alienated q
great portion of his political friends.
At the same time his want of American
feeling, his hostility to an American in
dustrial policy, and his incapacity
even to comprehend patriotism in the
Hawaiian matter. have turned against
him multitudes who are not partisans
and have brought upon the country
disgrace and disaster.-N. T.. Tribune
sEWorst of all is the abject inca
pacity of the democratic party for ae-
ton. 1t has no acknowledged leader
nor group of leaders whom it is will
ing to trust and obey. Its policies are
so various that the only thing that
binds it together is the lust for Office.
Hence it is that we find it now disor-
ganized, helpless and well-nigh hope
less The experiment ought to convince
the people that it is absolutely WORTH
less.-Chicago Journal