Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-14
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AN APOLOGY.
1t was very kind OF you Bro. Robin
son, to interrupt, for moment, your
grand flight among the 'labyrinthian
paths of the higher economic knowl-
edge" to stoop from the summit of
your lofty. dowery and eloquent
rhetoric to the plain every day langu-
! age Of US common mOrtals to explain
your previous editorial. We appreciate
your kindness and as the explanation
appears to have been made for our
particular beueft we are humbled into
the very dust by your condescension
and feel tha5 no apology, however
humble, can attone for the trouble
which we have put you to. We are
very sorry that we ''ntangled' yonr
poor editorial or laceratad your sensi-
tive feelings by our criticisms and are
ready to fall down upon our knees at
the first opportunity and ask your for
giveness. We make this apology the
more readily because Of our veneration
fer you as q great economic writer and
profound thinker.
Your explanation is as clear as the
bright sun Of monday. We can clear
~ see that the present hard times are
all chargoablo to the naughty Repub-
Leans; that they formed great con-
spiracy to close the factories and mills,
wreck the banks and bring general
ruin and suffering on the whole coun-
try for the purpose Of bringing discred-
it upon the Democrat party, and TO
punish the working men for voting the
Democratic ticket, and that the Demo-
cratic manufacturers, and those other
Democrats who 90 not happen to agree
with you and the G0d-like Cleveland,
were parties to the conspiracy and that
they were so actuated bv malice and
the desire for revenge that they were
not only willing TO bring ruin upon the
whole country but even to wreck their
own business and fortunes, for the
mean contemplate purpose OF punish
ing their employees and bring discredit
upon the Democratic party.
At the first glance it seemed to us
preposterous that such q conspiracy,
covering such a large number Of per-
sons, men who were not politicians but
business men and members of both
parties, could exist. And we thought
that men Of this character, il they in
tended any thing Of the kind, must
have foreseen that they would loose all
chance to recuperate their losses out OF
the pockets OF the "American consum-
en-" because they would etfectually shut
off this home market by destroying its
purchasing power by cutting down the
wages.
But we see that we were mistaken.
Your editorial and explanation has
made it plain to us that we were wrong
that the wicked Republicans and those
Democrats of the Dave Hill and
Charlie Fell1er type who have Repub-
licanism branded all over them" plan
ned this very thing to put the poor
Democrats in the hole.
Since reading your very able editorial
coupled with your explanation it seems
strange to us that nobody has before
hit upon this very easy and plausible
explanation for the hard times and
we would respectfully suggest that you
get the idea patented before some one
steals it. The United States Congress
and the whole country have been Wrest-
ling for months over this question and
here is the explanation in q nut shell.
Why not forward it at once to Cleve-
land? Having discovered the cause, 1t
should not be a ha,d task for a man Of
your profound education, deep panetra-
ton and great knowledge OF higher
economics to formulate q remedy. Mr..
Cleveland would be glad to employ you
ana you owe IL 10 your party 10 nelp
them out of the hole which they are in,
besides you would have the pleasure OF
laboring in an arena more commensur-
ate with your great ability. Then
again in a larger sphere you might be
able to find foemen nearer your ability
and more worthy Of your steel.
We should dislike very much to loose
YOU as we are counting on your aid to
s'lead Us back through all the LADY
rinthian paths of rudementary economic
knowledge and help US to overcome
/ those natural defects and the cyl
effects of our early education in false
economic theories. But private needs
should always give away to considera
tions of public good.