Iron County register., 1894-01-18

and all other Democratic papers keep
up the good fight, and the end will de-
termine whether Mr.. Cleveland is more
than Partisan-more believ-
er in Rooseveltism than in Democracy
The greatest danger that the Demo
cratic party has to provide against is
the enemy behind its Notifications.
The enemies of the party that have
confronted it in the field have been not
only vanquished but overwhelmed; !;
but the enemy inside it's ranks-the
Benedict Arnolds that have been hon.
ored with its confidence and trusted
with its fortun es-have not been suffi-
ciently thought of or looked after. 1t
is these men that are responsible for
the defeat of its candidates in 49, The
railroads have their men, who are ex-
pected to betray the principles of their
party whenever their selfish iaterests
"Ouio oSObi w iOQuifO euO SaCE iuCo,
the bankers have their influential men,
inside the party ranks, who are ex-
pected to look after the interest of their
employers, rather than the interests of
the people whom they were sent to
represent; the same may be said of
other great interests. 1t is through
the influence of this class of men that
the party was betrayed upon the silver
question, and it will be through the
Vaccinations of the same class that
tariff reform will for a time be render
ed futile. These men, when they have
become too loathsome to be longer en-
dured in the field of politics, are
thrown aside, if they are not men of
commanding influence; if they are,
they are provided with snug positions.
The local Democratic paper is expected
to lay aside its principles in regard
to lead, if it is in region where that
mineral is produced. 1t is the same in
regard to iron, coal, copper, shoes,
prints, and nearly every other article
that is manufactured in this country.
The broad principles of the Chicago
platform must not be lost sight of.
Protection is robbery, and has no more
right to exist than any other kind of
trigandage. Suppose that, by putting
a large tariff on iron ore, the mines of
Pilot Knob could be made to pay and
should start up again, bringing thous-
ands of men to Arcadia Valley? Most
people would rejoice, never looking at
the question behind the comforting
surface indications. The fact would
remain that if the Pilot Knob Company
could not make its mines pay before
the tariff, it could not do so after-the
only difference being that the tax-pay-
er, in the latter case, would have to
make up the deficiency. If the same
policy should be extended to every in
dustry, collapse and inevitable disaster
must be the result. We would be like
the mau who takes a glass of brandy
to brace himself up, and then another.
and another, and SO on until he
becomes prostrated. Tariffs stimulate
trade, but we must not lose sight of the
TACT that, as with other stimulants, the
must come some time. The
parties that dance must remunerate
he musician. The man who puts his
hands into the nations pocket, under |
he forms of law, and takes that which |
le has not earned, is as much sneak |
hief as the man who steals into your
louse and takes your pocket-book; ;
10Th understand the wrong, and each
ndeavors to conceal himself: one
wraps the shadows of night about him
the other with words that he knows
here is nothing in; he hides in dust
f his own raising.
While we have the gold standard,
re will have to continually readjust
alues until gold becomes stable, which
: is never likely to do. Consequent
:, there will be a constant falling in
ages and in all other kinds of prop
rty, and this will take place in spite
anything that can be done by tariff
'gislation. AS a keeper up of prices,
he tariff is doomed to be failure;
q can't lift ourselves over fence by
,e boot-straps. Above all, there
ands against the whole tariff system
he eternal mandate-ssThou shalt not
eal:" which covers all forms of theft,
neither through or against the stat
te.