The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-14

srarsca. the Wit OF which IS
oniv esrussed By Il. wisdom. the cnlv var
thus far discovered to distribute cons1n-
able and enjoyable wealth is first TO give
the chance 10 create and then Les each
side struggle for It's share. | do net say
that this . ali the way there ever will Be-
I hope not No enc viii Welcome more
xladly than I anv method for fair and
peaceful distribution Bat there Is one
thang certain, until yoz have profits they
cannot te oissrib1ssd- Way do desire
fair distribution Of prozasx. IL il not be-
cause profess 10 be the special friend Of
those who labor. Anybody vho does that
from political platform had better DO
watched I have no such motive Ny
motive il that good selfish one, shat such
distribution leads 10 general prosperity. of
which hope 10 gst my share
rHr rowKg or PURCHASE
"what Is the motive power that lets On
the water and feeds with coal and sets the
machinery in motiong IL IS the market.
the power OF purchase. Whence comes
that7 From the rich and the poor; from
him who 10 rich. litfie' from the poor.
much II vou were TO give me alone for
myself s.. coo. 600 should not spend SO 90
of ii in consumable wealth. though 1
might pat il into plants, into works or
railroads: but If / were to give you
81. 90 coo distributed among You all. every
cent OF il would be spent. none in
looms or in machinery, bit IN
the products of looms and machinery.
This whist makes the market, which
is the motive power of production, not the
large contributions of the fex. but the
small contributions OF the many. This
large marke. also makes legitimate cheap
ness. / say legitimate cheapness. for
cheapness with no money TO buy is mock
cry to the soul, while cheapness with
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broader and richer the market, the more
OF each article will be consumed, and the
more there is consumed the cheaper each
will be made Machinery has IL foundation
on this. You would NOT build building
to make single az handle. Most manu-
facturers realize these things. and the
great fact is that good wages. so far from
being hostile to their progress, is its very
foundation. When manufacturers all see
their interest that way. We shall witness
the happy death, for this country ~ least,
of that old political economy doctrine,
that profits are dependent on low wages
Business prosperity will not come from
extension of business, and not from the
diminution OF wages
THE woRxIxexAs HAS FOUND our.
"But as protection tends to o division Of
the wealth OF the country, why have the
workingmen voted the Democratic tickete
Why have they, who are most concerned,
failed 20 see this great advantage 10 them.
of which you preach 10 my frlsndsg This
human nature of ours is queerly made up.
A man cares infinitely more for q little
thing which is present than p great
thing afar off and, he thinks, contingent.
A man will be set Wild with sand in
bis shoes, and give no thought TO
the question of tho final place OF pun
ishment for the wicked. A man will
be deeply outraged by bug in his cup,
and give no heed TO . thunder storm low
ering black in the distant sky, but when
the storm breaks ard capsizes his tent, as
this one has. beats him black and blue
with hail, aud leaves him damp and shiv-
ering he realizes the difference between
the storm and the bug. Therefore be-
lieve that the workingmen this year and
hereafter will say 70 this employer: You
and / will adjourn our fight: We will go
together to get something to divide. and
after that We will tight on the division. for
we can't longer fight when there Is moth
ing to fight for
THOUGHT PROSPERITY WAS PERPETUAL.
Another thing which led this country
into the error of 1882 was the history of
the last thirty years. During all that time
We had been prosperous, wages were in
creased, so all parties agree, in the ratio Of
from 81 to Sill, so that whoever got o
dollar I'm 1850. in 1891 got for the same
work Sill and that 81. II bought nearly ~
much as 81 did when the world was thirty
years younger. The generation which
lived under Robert J. Walker and James
Buchanan had passed away. new gen.
GRAFTON had come. Having lived all
their lives in prosperity, with increas-
ing wages. people came to feel that
prosperity was q natural thing. some
thing born of the climate. perhaps, or OF
Al a -. .s.L
government. For the last eighteen
months it has slowly crept into the minds
of all the people that there may have been
some brains put into the govern ment of
this country during its thirty years of
prosperity; that all this happened not by
luck and chance, but by good management
and sound ideas.
THE COUNTRY SICK OF PROMISES.
81 am not going to make any panegyric
of the Republican party. 1t is party like
any other, with many good deeds and
some bad ones. On the whole. the friend
Of currency, of honest living, of business
peoples wishes. Virtue in the world is
comparative. We never get perfect. All
We can say is that one man is better than
another, and that il Is wiser to choose the
better. One piece OF goods that Was
rescued from the general jeiti-
son of the last two years Is
the fact that the Democratic party
has been tried in actual command. We
can now make comparisons. / notice
that this fact troubles the Democratic
orator. The late governor of Massachu-
sets, in presiding over the convention to
nominate Russell. who had already been
soaked with the coming storm, demanded
to know what the Republican party pro.
poses TO do. He and all the rest want to
- . l. al x.fa
enc OF professions aud not of deeds.
THE country has had enough OF prom
ises: what IL wants Is character. Anybody
can make promises. Even the Democratic
party, dissolved and torn. continues to
promise, and is ready, Notwithstanding a
ream of dishonest paper already protested
at the bank and marked mo funds" to
issue all the notes anybody will take. l
do not wonder that when a politician back
in my own state. after helping to muddle
away $50, 600 out of the treasury of the
state of Maine, was asked by Mr.. Blaine
why he kept issuing his notes after
they could only be sold at 50 per
cent. replied that he thought that
he could stand it If the buyers could.
There is no reason why Democratic ora
tors should stop issuing promises as long
as the public will let them. They are
never redeemed. We Republicans cannot
compete. We try 10 pay as we promise.
IL We pay your notes you cannot afford TO
swap paper with a man who does not pay.
/ saying what l have about the Democratic
party mean no disrsspscs 10 individuals.
/ do not claim that we are much better as
individuals than they. perhaps not at all.
except in the average. a small average ct
that
IxsRArrrupK or THE SOUTH.
I'VE Republicans. 70 do Justice TO
Louisiana a state which gave Us no vote
bat iull quota always TO our enemies.
took upon ourselves the defense of q
bounty much denounced by all the Demo-
rras. .oA ,h.rahw and ~ tha rra..esfor