The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-10-20
Some Sentinel Observations.

Some Sentinel Observations.
The Sentinel last week, in an article urging
the Republicans to come out and vote III,
Obliged in some observations that we would
designate as simply ridiculous, but Tor the i"c'
that the editor absolutely believes he was stat |
ing incontrovertible truths.
Here is one
From A condition of prosperity the country mas
been plunged into business and industrial nSltvi
ion and the interests of almost every class oil c'-
zens have SUFFERED
Just so. but this happened under laws passed
hy Republican Congress and signed by
Republican President. The acts of the Reed
Conoress of Is90-9l eliminated in panic and
disaster in 1898, before the Democrats had
time to change single law. When Demo
cratic Congress repealed the silver purchase
clause of the Sherman Act, financial conf
dence began to return, and the act of the Adj
ministration in maintaining gold payments on
demand completely restored confidence. Here
is observation No. 2:
The farmer has seen the steady decline in me
value of his products consequence oil the los W
work and wages by the artisan and laDorer.
WHY of course he has. When the Mchin-
lev hill was before the Senate Hon. James Il.
Blaine. Harrison's Secretary of State pro
tested against the passage OF the bill IN the
form presented. and said that 1t would not
proyide a market for another barrel OF pork or
bushel of wheat. 1t was the Mckinley tariif
law that shut in the products ofthe farm. The
bill was passed in 1890, and went into effect
October q. Wheat was then from 30 TO "
cents a bushels in Westminster. On October
pa wear later the price of wheat was the same.
On October 20. 1892. the price had fallen !"
Gs to 20; on October 20. 1893, 10 TO 81. and
ON October II, 1894. a To 4S. These figures
indicate that Mr.. Blaine's foresight was good.
He saw there were no provisions III the hill I"
widen our::markets. If protection is good Tor
the farmer, the greatest blessing ought to have
come to him under the Mckinley law. On
The contrary he has suffered the most.
The Sentinel again remarks
The merchant has feii the shrinkage In the volume
of his trade The manufacturer is brought face 70
face with fierce foreign competition ana mas Only
been LEFT the option of closing his factory doos g.
rpducing the wages of his wOrkmen; ana tnese III
turn have borne the worst consequences OF the new
order of things in diminished wages and loss Of EN-
ployment
Everybody is dependent upon the farmer.
When he prospers the merchant and manufac-
lurer prospers Both languished under the
Mckinley act. Under the new tariff there will
be freer trade and the articles offoreign growth
and manufacture this country desires will be
paid for in the products of the American farms
and American manufactures The American
manufacturer is not brought to the option of
closing his factory or reducing the wages OF
his workmen. He will have greater demand
for his goods. because of freer or free raw ma
ierials, and in these days the volume of trade
is as important as the rate of profit. Besides,
the manufacturers can well relinquish some of
their excessive profits, and make up their
gains in increased volume of business.
We would direct the attention of the Se"ti-
mel and all other calamity howlers'' to an
article ON the fourth page of this issue, giving
the answers of manufacturers to inquiries from
the Senate Finance Committee, concerning
reduction of the tariff. And We would direct
them TO another article ON "OrganS and News
papers" from the Philadelphia Leciger, II
journal that believes in Protection, but ALSO
loves honesty and fair dealing. They will find
that the manufacturers, with few exceptions,
favored tariff reduction, and some said they
desired no protection at all and could hold
their own in competition with the world. The
LedQey. deals n severe rebuke to that class of
Journals to which the Sentinel belongs, for
flaming the flames of panic last year and mis-
representing the real state of trade and actual
conditions of business now, in their desire to
influence the votes of the nthinking and nm
informed.
There is no hope Of light ever entering the
Sentinel sanctum. but the people should read.
and read carefully. the two articles referred to.
Lastly, the Sentinel says
These results we believe, are the inevitable out
afthe country, introduced by the Democratic party
and in measure, enacted into law. with the deter
mined threat that 1t shall be extended still further
This Is the condition that faces the voter. and which
can only be successfully met and overcome by the
will of the people. expressed al the ballot box.
Of course you do, but the belief proceedes
from that intense partisahshp that shuts its
eyes to reason and ignores facts. The condi-
ton that e0nfronts the voter is, will he accept
the ten to twenty per cent. reduction upon the
necessities of life. or vote to return To Mckin-
ley taxation. That is the question for him
10 determine on the 9th of November. If
he likes the reduction in price of wooden.
cotton and silk goods. in tin, in iron, in steel.
in agricultural implements, &C., he will vote
for Hon. J. Fred. C. Talbot. If he wants
10 close the markets of the world to the pro
duets of the American farms. c0nfne Ameri-
can manufactures to the American market,
and wants repetition ofthe financial and bus
iness depression of 1893, he will vote for
Mr.. Baker, who is extreme, radical, unthink-
ing and uniformed, just life the Sentinel.