Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-02-10

even IN diminished ratio fpr another q.
; ries Of years and these few hundr-,i ,ho,,
rand favored creatures b- given a ne,
lease ~ lif.r'
: The doctrine ~ the dcm1rn,ic pl.,
form that protection IL rohl-ry AN,
shonld I've sbolishe,l Ia COMPREHENSIVE
and sturdy. The new movement IN he
half II unmi'igstcd and sporadic robber,
IL contrary to good morals and publ,
faith. All false pretenrcs ARE unwi-e
contrary " sound policy and sount
s,atssinsnship. Henc. many ~ ia who
are sure that the democratic platform 1,
utterly untrue admittsd i,r atraightk,r.
wsrineSs and direc,n.na. This hill,
framed 10y those who reprrsen, the plat
form. cannot receive that kind of prnir.
II pretends Ia be a revenue tariff and
does not rails. revenue. II prrtends Ia
give protection but destroys IL in every
indrrct way"
"lt Hays Ia the Manufacture For you
we have furnished free coal. free irnn ore.
Tree w,-il aud the markets II the world
Instead ~ the markets uf th. world Il
furnishes new crop ~ n.mi.s--the
men who dig in the mines and the farm.
"r" who raise the ShreI'-fnr IL really
creates what itH enemicp have falsely
charged againS, republican protection, a
privilege class against which th. min-s
AMI the fields will bath array Themselves
And the privileged class du-r not desire
I" Il" thus privileged. All II asks or has
ever ASk,-i IN Ia Ike protected not alone
hut with all other citizens from IA. de.
Struc,ive competition with a lower grad.
~ sncial life"
"of course, this idea II protection
against n lower grad. II n,riAl III. ~ pre-
r"-tc'nus Ia man who Sees nothing In n
'arif only tAx II ESQ or $40 On each
hundr'Si imposed on seventy million for
he benefit ~ few hundred thousands;
tut whoever thinks this question con
Germs th" wealth only Of nation aud
d"A not involve i,H moral and srial we'll
being ir lrgirlA,ing for very herting
time"
1.-The moral and spcial well being Of n
nation d~'s not depend 80 much upnn itp
absolute wealth M upon the yearly lis,ri- |
hu'i"n 81 the yearly gain. Whatsoever
ran b" said II the people II the United |
states. nothing can be murp truly said
'.,.l that the distribution II IA. i,r,c-.,lr
nj united labor and capital has been
among them more even and fair than any.
wh"r" elise on earth. There have been
: r''"' accumulationS of capital necessary
Tor tn" worlds development all over the
universe. hut in the United States all this
has been accompanied by the nearest AI-
preach Ia general distribution that the
world has ever seen This has not been
all owing Ia the tariff. but the tariff has
seen the foundation II IT,"
"Labr organizations have played =
r-a, aud useful part in this distribution,
Men IN general who employ labor are no
norr naturally dispnsed Ia pay high
wages under tariff than these who exploit
h" iahoring man under free trade, but the
arii'. 10y giving steady ,mployme under
lac indncnce Of \ sure market, by es,ab.
iahing the organization II industry under
he factory system. has given " ganis-i
nh"r the material To work upon. the fund
Il which II has demanded dis,ribution-a 4,
nnd 81 great that il could never have
'ecn eiuallei or even been approached
n the comparatively isolated liz. which
he unprotected industries, taken alone.
iould have given uS ~ people"
The logic OF this reasoning 10 invincibl.. =
he minority members speak with all the
violence presented To .ae committee ia
'vor Of the existing system before them,
nd the majority bill. The cases ct.si 10 ]
rove the lsct Of agreement b-twe-n the u
ar'y pretsnsions and performances are "
u imaginary but real. Party necessity 4"
on" IL the excuse for the passAg- Of this J.
earurr'. the dominant principle II which I"
IL Chicago convention declared a. liz un.
institutional. Jons JAMES.