The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-18

the value OF property per capita and
the increase per capita, as follows:
True val Increase Value per Increase
1870 ua atom, PER cent eapi,sa a. per cap
100. 1919 si iajiis Sls ed.ss
iss0...... $50. 45.il SO il.54
iso)..... c,Us' 400 i.c39 i9.ls
While il is true that these figures are
not conclusive. ii is also true that SO
far as they are trustworthy they show
vastly greater percentage Of increase.
both in aggregate wealth and wealth
per capita, during the low tariff decade
from 1850 to 1860, than in any Of the fol-
lowing high tariff decades II we
should maze allowance for the exag.
gcration Of wealth In 1870. due to de-
probation Of the currency, the differ
ence would be still more striking. The
increase Of wealth per head Of popula-
ton in the average for the three
decades OF protection WIS not much,
il any, more than onc-third as great
per cent. as it was during the decade
of comparatively free trade.
Labor was SO fully employed at
good wages" under protection, says
Mr.. Harrison. That gentleman is old
enough to know that there was com
paratively little discomfort among
working people during the so-calleI
free trade period. He is old enough to
know that the strike evil and the
tramp disease are almost wholly de-
velopments under republican tariff pro-
lection.
fa~ - h..
Coxcy craze Mr.. Harrison strongly en-
couragcs it. lie lays the industrial de-
preston from which the country IS
slowly recovering entirely to the pros
pective reduction OF the tariff. lie
tells the people that :hey owe their
prosperity not to their { wi intel
ligence. skill and industry. bat y gov
eminent lie tells them that the gov
eminent is the source of prosperity
when it is in the hands of his party
and the source of adversely when 1T is
In the hands of another party. lie tells
them that 1.-THE cause Of this present dis
astrous depression" is to be found lin
the attempt to wipe out protection leg
islation and to substitute for it the doc
| trincs of revenue tariff" Congress-,
he tells them. is to blame. and in sc
doing he encourages them to organize
their peace armies" and march on
Washington and demand that congress
restore prosperity.
His teaching is calculated still fur
ther to undermine the self-rcliance Of
the American people and to inculcate
the belief that they are dependent upon
government 1t is calculated to incite
the people TO make utterly unrcasona.
BILE demands and enforce them by VIC
lcncc. And yet he talks glibly about
''calm and temperate discussion OF
great public qucstions!"
This calm and temperate" expires
ident would have people believe that
the existing depression is altogether
due TO the prospect Of some little relief
from tariff burdens and cxactions But
he knows perfectly well that no panic
ever occurred that was not followed
by depression more or less severe and
prolonged. lie knows that there was
neither panic nor depression until neal
the end Of last June. although rcduc
Son Of the tariff was just as well as
surcd nearly eight months before Us i
has been at any time since. He know:
that the panic originated in fear OF 9
\ collapse To the silver basis under The
operation Of an act passed by rcpuo
lean congress and signed by his owl
hand. lie knows that there was ;
panic in 1873 which was quite MS disas
trous as that OF 1898, end which wa.
followed by = distressing industrial de
pr .ssion continuing for period OF fiv'
long years lie knows that that panic
occurred soon after the republicans
had won presidential election by al
overwhelming majority. and whc'
there was no possibility OF any tar.f
reduction for at least four years
And yet, knowing all these things
Mr.. Harrison utterly ignores them. nns
seeks TO make people believe that thu
ranic OF 1895 and the depression follow
inQ wcrc wholly due TO the attempt t
wipe out tariff legislation. The trutl
Of tho matter is that the depression
which had its origin in the silver scar
brought on by republican legislation
has been made more severe by the bcnc
Acinrics OF protection from selfish mo
tivcs, and is now being prolonged an
dccpcncd by republican filibustcrs II
tho senate who are actuatcd by like mo
tivcs And the scalm and temperate
cx-prcsidcnt sees fit to encourage bot
in their unpatriotio course.-chicag
Herald.
1t Is reassuring to note that man
9th . pension cranks In the coun.r
arc being brought to book for their o.
lenses. 1t is little difficult 10 recon
Gle tho fact that republican organ