Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-10

,nnot be raised or manufactured here, and
I would put "tariff for revenue" on all
articles in the nature of luxnries, such %
are bought only by people of large means,
that we do not produce, or that the wealthy
purchaser prefers to the domestic brand of
similar goods.
Is it not strange, in this era of progress,
in the year of our Lord 1894, thai a sane
body of men, elected to make wise laws
controlling the destinies of this great re-
public, does it not pass all form of COM
prehension how or why they cannot look on
this subject as you and do?
Mr.. Randall closed with reading an item
headed "Sad Prophecy Fulfilled" What
James G. Blaine Said Regarding a Finan-
cial Depression Under Democratic Influ.
ence," as follows: k"
James G Blaine once used these meme
rable words: II love my country and my
countrymen. l am an American, and r
ioice every day of my life that am. en-
joy the general prosperity of my country
and know that the workingmen of this land
are the best paid, the best fed and the best
clothed of any laborers on the face of the
earth. Many of them have homes of then
own. They are surrounded by all the COM
forts and many of the Injuries of life.
shudder, however, at the thought that the
time must come when all this will be
changed, when the general prosperity Of the
country will be destroyed. when the great
body of workingmen in this land. who are
now so prosperous, will hear their wives
and children cry for bread; that the day
na< 1pto fNo footop;os and
manufactures of this land will shut down,
and where there is now now life and activ.
ity, there is now life and activity, there will
be the silence of the tomb. And the reason
why this must be isShis: The great South.
ern wing of the Democratic party are de-
termined to establish the doctrine of free
trade in this land. They win be assisted
by their Northern allies. The fight is now
on. There is great body of visionary
but educated men who are employed day
by day in writing essays and arguments in
favor of that doctrine, which find their way
into every newspaper in this land. The
great of our people have never experienced,
themselves. the sufferings which always re-
suit when the protective principles are laid
aside. Poisoned and excited by the wild
statement of these writer's and the dema-
goglc appeals of Democratic speakers, the
result will be that in the very near future
these forces which are now working will be
strong enough to defeat at the polls the
party advocating the doctrine of protection.
1t must inevitably follow that uncertainty
and doubt will ensue. The business men
of the country, fearing the destruction of
the principles of protection, will decline to
engage in business, consequently mills will
shut down and thee workingmen will be
thrown out of employment. The people
will then see as they have never seen be-
fore, that they cannot be prosperous and
have work while this principal is threat
ened. In the midst of their suffering they
will learn that the only way they can be
prosperous and happy is to vote for the
party that has built up the industries by
which they have gained livelihood; be-
cause they will then see clearly that when
the mandatory is shut down there is no
demand for the only thing which they have
to sell, and that is their labor"