The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-11-03
More Republican Lying.

The course the Republican papers
are pursuing with reference to the
political bearing of the existing
business situation is not merely a
lying course, but is utterly menda-
cious and inexeusable The Scran-
ton Republican, for instance, speaks
of temporary increase of imports
occurring this month as due to Dem
ocratic tarifflegislation and isflooding
the country with foreign made goods
that should have been made in this
country, thus robbing our manufac-
turers and working people for the
benefit of their competitors in other
lands.
The truth is that the great bulk
Of the foreign goods now coming to
this country are raw materials or ar
tices in crude state. They come,
it is true, because the reduced Dem
ocratic tariff lets them in. But
they came at the order of our manu-
facturers and will be used. not to
keep our working people idle but to
give them employment. The Repub-
lican itself told shortly since Of the
immense quantities of wool that
were among these imports. This
wool is to set the wool manufacture
ers going and enable them to turn
out cloth that will give the people
cheaper clothing, without reducing
the wages of their working people.
The same issue of the same paper
in which the miserable misrepresen-
tations and demagogy here exposed
was contained, tells of tons of tin
plate loaded at Swansea, Wales, for
the United States. This will give
those manufacturers and contract.
ors who use it, the tin plate at about
Il fifth less than it cost under the
Mckinley tariff, so that they can af-
| ford to turn out the manufactu rec
goods and execute their contracts al
a less price, giving more employment
and better wages to the working PEG
pie and cheaper goods to the consu
mer And ultimately the countries
from which these raw and crude ar
tcles come will be paid for them il
the products of our farms and the
corn and the cotton and the cattle
raisers vii! be benefited. It is nj
deadly sign that the balance of trade
is temporarily against us. In thu
general summing up, after experienc,
under the Democratic tariff is had
it will be in our favor. And it il
only hurtful anyhow because we ar,
still living under what is practical
ly a Republican fiscal system, where
by the treasury has been sorely
weakened and finds it. difficult Il
keep up its reserve supply of gold
In the same article we are review
ing the Republican says: "There il
an utter abfence Of that busting in
dustry that prevailed up to the time
the Democratic party, newly restor
ed to power, began their war upor
the protective system"
What an arrant lie this is? Their,
was panic or almost panic month";
before the special session of Con
gress convened and it was not unit
after that session had met and ad
iourned at the regular session thai
the Democrats took up the subject 0
the tariff. Busting industry ha,
ceased to hustle and Homestead ha,
come before the election Of 1892, no
only before the Democracy began it
tariff agitation, but before the Dem
oerats had come to power at all. TIL
best men and most intelligent tn
country has, believe now that tn
Democratic mistake was not i
beginning it and pursuing it vigol
ously Immediately upon the heels 0
/ Cleyeland's election. And the grea
industrial Improvement that a fe,
short weeks of the life Of the Demo
cratic tariff act has induced is tn
best proof that If that course ha
been pursued we would have bee
wholly over our troubles long ago.
Union Leader.