Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-18


 employees. The law had just the opposite effect upon wages. By practically cutting off all foreign competition itenabled aggregated capital and corporations to organize com- pines against labor, monopolies against consumers and trusts among themselves to curtail production, reduce labor both as to time and wages, control the output of their establishments and raise the price of their wares and manufactures, and in the long run make more clear profits with their industries running on half or short time than when in full operation. Surely the Mckinley tariff law was the best eyer en- acted in the United States for it's petted darlings-the trusts, combines and monor- olies-but the very worst for all other classes-the farmers, llaboring men and consumers in general.
 This latter day Munchausen admits that the Mckinley law did not provide enough revenue to meet the expenses of the govern ment, but says this was not so until after the election of Mir. Cleveland in 1892. s'Oh, ye gods and little fishes!o What then had become of the magnificent surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars which Cleve- lends administration left as a princely legacy to Harrison s administration? Why then the novel system of bookkeeping adopted by his Secretary of the Treasury, by which fictitious balances vera made to do duty in the place of honest ones. and every dime and nickle and copper in the treasury vaults counted to make sem blance of decent amount of 'available cash?' Why then did Harrison's Secre- tary of the Treasury order plates for new In tn ha expenses of the government? The answer is easy. MT. Sherman didn't tell the truth when he said that the Mckinley law pro- vided enough revenue to run the govern ment until after MT. Cleveland's election.
 'sThe most marked feature of this tariff law is it's intense sectionalism. Every leads ing production of the South Is protected by high protective duties. It was revised al-. most exclusively by Senators from the Southern States. Every little interest of. the South is protected by duties, and usual- ly by specific duties which cannot be evaded, n declared Honest John.
 Could any stronger argument be made by any one, even by Col. AK. Shepard, with his fifty years affiliation with the Demo-. cratic party, why, not only Democrats, but all people living or having interests in the South, should support Democratic candi- dates for Congress like Underwood, who uphold this new tariff law and work fer the defeat of Republicans like Aldrich, who denounce it and would vote to re- peal it?.--s-------~--.------
 Mr. Sherman closed his remarks on the tariff question by sayings: 1T pledge youI w Il do all can to repeal it at the earliest day possible. And this is the purpose of all Republicans, which they cannot con- ceal. MT. Aldrich is Republican pro- tectionist, and. with his party associates, would delight to wipe off the statute books this Democratic tariff law which Sherman, Reed, Mckinley and Harrison denounce, because, under it's provisions, the South and West receive fair and equitable treat ment and will soon become as prosperous as the North and East. q His election would be desperate stab at the future prosperity and development of the South.
 Mir. Sherman opened his speech by say- ing:
 "FELLow CITIzENs:r The most important fea- ture of this political campaign is the election of mem bers of the House of Representatives of the United States. You may think that what happens in Congress at Washington is too remote 10 affect your interests. In this you are greatly mistaken. The action of Con- gress in levying taxes for the support of the National government and in providing money, whether coin or paper money, as the measure of value, affects directly every inhabitant of the United States, whether poor or rich, whatever may be his employment, whether laborer. farmer, capitalist or a business man. Everyone. whether producer or con- sumer, is deeply interested in the taxes he has to pay and in the money he receives or pays" s~~s----~
 This was as earnest truth as could be uttered; and when it Is remembered that he, the arch enemy of silver, is the dictator of his party 's financial policy, and when is considered the record made by the Republi- can party in demonetizing silver, thereby more than doubling the contracted debts the people have to pay and correspond ingly decreasing their ability to pay; in grinding them to poverty and burdening them to death by extortionate high protec- tive tariffs, levied in the Interests of the favored few; in robbing the National treas- ury of it's just revenues by the same meth. ods and for the same purposes; in recklessly squandsring the peoples money, paid to the government in the shape of taxes, by extravagant and profiigate appropriations, his words become . solemn warning and an earnest protest against ever again antrustr ing the Republican party with control cf the government.
 Democrats of the Ninth Congressional District of Alabama, do your duty to your. selves and your country by defeating Tru- man H. Aldrich, the Republican candidate for Congress, by an overwhelming major ity in every county inthe district.
 z -aA-----' sa TO EMMA, ON HER WEDDING DAY. For the Age Herald. 2.os
 The winds of sweet October
 Are musical today; II
 And happy hearts are. .throbbing