The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-10-27

business men OF Louisiana who for years have
been trying themselves TO believe that tho
democratic party is the friend OF our great In,
dustries. should be compelled 10 abandon that
position and declare that the national inter-
ests OF the country are alone safe In the hands
OF the republican party i cannot but COM
mend your patriotic movement
You need no assurances OF the devotion %
the republican party TO all the material tntss-
ests OF the south. No ono charges that In all
its industrial legislation for a third OF .
century past II overlooked . single southern
interest With little aid from the south and
with almost its entire representation In both
branches OF congress standing IN opposition 20
the republican party. still IN the stormiest
years OF sectional prejudice, moved by no other
consideration than the good OF the whole
country the republican party has sacrcdly
guarded the smallest as well ~ the grcateas
interests OF the south.
Nothing Affords the republicans OF the north
more pleasure than TO welcome 20 fellowship
this great body OF representative American
citizens. who propose heneeforth 10 stand up
for American interests, not In one. but Ia ell
sections OF our beloved country.
ON the Sugar Topic.
you will expect me 20 refer 70 your chief In
dustry, the production OF sugar In the Fifty
first congress. the committee on ways and
means seeking 70 frame law on the principles
| OF protection. wishing on the one hand 20 give
tho people free and cheap sugar. and desiring
on the other hand 90 do no harm 20 your chief
Industry. recommended an abolition OF the du-
ties upon sugar up TO ana including No. rs
Dutch standard Then, mindful as the repub-
lican party has ever been OF our own indus
tries. the committee gave 20 you two cents
upon every pound OF sugar produced In this
state and throughout the country. "a sum equal
20 the duty then imposed upon foreign sugar
/ imported into the United States. We thus gave
] the people free and cheap sugar. and at the
same time We gave 10 your producers, with
their Invested capital, complete and absolute
\ protection against the sugar produced by tho
cheaper labor OF other countries.
In 1880 we paid So, 0lO 900 out OF our pockets
for the sugar we consumed, not merely TO pro-
tect the cane planters OF Louisiana, but Ia ef-
| feet 70 help enrich the sugar producers OF tho
world, because your product was insufficient To
meet our entire consumption only about one
tenth OF the total amount Of sugar wo con-
sumed was then grown In the United States
\ The republican party believed that II was bet
/ ter policy 10 put sugar on the free list and pay
bounty 30 every sugar producer In our own
country. In this way we paid out as a bounty
about Sli 600 600 annually and saved siiOooo0o
each year 10 the people OF this country.
Repeal OF the Bounty.
THE democratic party in congress last Au-
i gust repealed this bounty, made duty OF 40
4 per cent ad valorem, and then the house
! passed "a supplementary bill making sugar
free 80 that We are TO have neither bounty nor
tariff
my fellow countrymon the question OF tho
/ tarin Is n business question do not know
i how IL may seem 70 you, but 1 would rather
have my political economy founded upon tho
everyday experience OF the planter and tho
manufacturers and the tradcsman than on tho
! learning OF the professor; on the experience OF
\ the farmer ihe mechanic. the factory hand.
4 than on the theories OF tho college faculty.
I Men whose capital Is invested In productive
Il enterprises, who take the risks OF business
ett.l,- al.
development OF our resources In favor OF
our protective system
Tho planter. the farmer the rice grower
/ the miner, tho vast army OF wage-earners from
one end Of the country 70 the other, the chief
/ producers or our wealth. men whose capital IA
their brain and muscle. who aspire 20 better
their condition and elevate themselves and
their fellows; the young men whose future IL
i yet before them. and which they must carve
n out with thoir hands and heads who are with
out the aid OF fortune-these are steRdfast al
i lies In the great contest for the preservation
OF the American system
All Industries Intcrdepcndent.
zone OF the great lessons OF history which Il
especially pertinent 70 your people Is that
/ agriculture cannot rise 20 It's highest perfcc-
tion and reach It's fullest development without
the aid OF commerce, manufacture and the mo-
i chanical arts. All are essential TO tho healthy
Il growth and advancement OF one another. Tho
Il progress OF one insures the prosperity OF tho
\ other. There are no conflicts there should Do n0
4 antagonism between them. q They are intordo-
pendent and are Indispensable TO each other
Whatever enfeebies one IN certain TO cripple
Y the rest
washington. in his annual address 20 con-
Rrcss Ia 1880 referred 10 former and success
/ ful endeayor 10 encourage agricultural prog
ress and diversity in industry, and emphasized
his views by declaring tho object OF too much
I consca uenoo not TO receive a continuance OF
their efforts in every way that shall appear
eligible
president Jefferson wrote. in 1916, that no
\ who Is now against domestic manufactures
must be for reducing us either 90 n dependence
\ on Great Britain. or be clothed Ia skins and
1 live like Wild beasts IN dens and cayorns.
lin his fourth message John Quincy Adams
said that the great interests OF an agricultur-
I al. commercial and manufacturing nation are
40 locked in union together That no permanene
cause Of prosperity to one OF thcm can operate
without extending its influence TO all too
\ others
President Monroe. IN his inaugural address
\ IN 1917, said; Possessing rs We do Oh the raw
I materials fruit of our own soil and industry.
! we ought not 60 depend upon supplies from
I other countries While we are thus dependents
u the sudden event OF war, unsought and unex-
Y pected. cannot fgii 70 plunge as into the mosb
serious dinicultes'
jackson. IN is3, declared that upon tho
success OF our manufactures. rs tho handmade
\ OF agriculture aud commerce. depends IN
great measure the Independence OF our coun-
\ try
Good Advice In Bygone Years.
what was true seventy-one years ago Il true
/ day, ana the words OF the hero OF New Or
II Jeans are ns applicable 60 the present situation
l as the time m which hc lived. Let accopt
\ the advice OF tho fathers OF the republic Let
us heed their patriotic counsels and walk stead
\ fustly IN their faith. Let us preserve tho
mutual helpfulness and harmony OF the indus
I tries. LET us maintain our Independence mn
\ tioual. Industrial. individual against all tho
world. and thus advance TO the destiny that
awaits upon us and our sperity
I'm The truthful words OF a true American
who spoke IA q seer and prophet forty years
! ago, We may still declare TINT industry has rs
campaigns and its battlonolds and Is not YET
/ beyond the need OF entertainments and fortin-
I cations. God grant us the wisdom and virtue
\ 90 press forward ON tho shining path thus
! opened plainly before US, 10 the en4 that our
labor may be fully employed and fairly recon-
/ pcnsed. and that age after axe may witness
the rapid yet substantial progress and growth