Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-15

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of the peoples money
We view with alarm and concern
the adoption of a policy by a Demo-
cratic administration that forces the
country to do its business on a basis
of lower prices, lower wages, profits
and incomes; that cuts down the abil-
ity of the people to consume and there
fore lessons production and will throw
thousands of people out of employ
nent. This policy the Republican
party opposes with its own long tried
and successful policy of plenty for all
the people. We believe in good prices.
good wages, active business, increased
consumption and increased produc-
ton, and condemn the strange politi-
cal doctrines of the Democratic party,
which while claiming that the neces-
saries of life will be cheaper, put it out
of the power of the people to secure
these necessaries for want of employ
ment
We believe that the American mar
kets should be first for the benefit
of the American people In paying
for products of our own country we
have both the product and the money
at home, while if we buy abroad we
have only the property purchased
and the money goes abroad to benefit
other people. We denounce as false
the doctrine proclaimed by Grover
Cleveland, w. l.. Wilson, and other
leaders of the Democratic party that
it is wise and best for the country, in
order to secure cheaper products, that
the people should work for lower wa
ges. The Republican party believes in
good wages and fair remuneration for
a days work as being the best way to
promote higher and more prosperous
civilization.
Coal, iron ore, lumber, wool, and
salt being the chief products of the
State of West Virginia, upon the de-
velopment of which depends the pro
gress of the State. we denounce the re-
cent efforts and declared intention of
the Democratic party to place these
articles on the free list, thereby divid-
ing our home market for the same
with other countries, as an outrage
upon the people of West Virginia, and
we declare that if the Democracy sue
ceeds III its purposes to place these ar
ticles upon the free list and to allow
them to come into the United States
unrestricted it will retard the prosper
ity OF the State, paralyze its industries,
and throw thousands of wage-earners
out OF employment.
As Americans, loyal to our country
and our State, we urge all good citizens
to bear in mind the declaration of re-
newed and continued war on our in.
dustries as made by the Democratic
President and other leaders of the
Democratic party; not satisfied with
the havoc they have wrought, they
have declared war of industrial ex-
termination on the line of free trade
We declare as Republicans that we
are in favor of protection to American
industries and in favor of American
wage-earners and good wages.
The appointment to high Offices Of
persons who made large money con-
tributions to the Democratic Commit
tee during the campaign has brought
shame and scandal upon our country.
The foreign policy of the present ad:
ministration has been characterized by
mistakes and follies from beginning
until now, especially so in the treat
lnent of the Hawaiian question, where
all the efforts OF the administration
were directed toward DESTROYING a re-
public and restoring monarchy.
We deplore the fact that for the first
time in the history of the Republic
trust and combines, home and foreign.
and especially the Nova Scotia Coal
Syndicate. and the sugar and whisky
trusts, under the plea Of tariff reform
seized upon and controlled the House
and Senate and the Executive of the
great Republic and have been able to
dictate the legislation they needed to
insure enormous Legitimate profits
at the expense OF the people. In sup
port Of this charge, serious as it is, we
refer to the statements Of the Presi- |
dent in his letter to Hon. w. l.. Will
son and Hon. Thomas Ct. Catchings,
and to the utterances of Democratic
leaders i'll the House and the Senate
during the discussion of the so-called
tariff bill.
Placing coal, timber, iron ore, wool,
and salt on the free list and protect
ing sugar and other products in the
same bill is an outrageous discrinina-
ton against the people of West Vir-
ginia.
We denounce the Democratic party
in Congress for destroying the princi-
pie of reciprocity, which has opened
to the products of our farmers and
workshops new and profitable markets
without detriment to ourselves and
manufacturers.
As necessary to a. complete policy
OF protection, we favored the enactment
of such laws as shall require
longer residence in this country be-
fore citizenship shall be granted, and