Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29
WHERE THE BLAME LIES.

Our Present Business Depression u tho
Logical Result Of Democratic Success.
j! This state Of affairs was not caused
by the Sherman law nor remedied by it's
repeal at the dictation Of President
Cleveland It is the natural and logical
result Of the success Of the Democratic
party, a success that carried with it, for
the first time since the farof days Of
poor, old, pottering, hesitant, irresolute
Buchanan, the executive and both
houses Of congress Times had been
good up to that event The country had
weathered q financial depression, and
under the provisions Of the Mckinley
tariff was coming once more into full
swing Of prosperity when this blow.
was struck. HILL .z#.r...s - n. .....=1@-
The elections Of November, 1892,
placed the Democratic party in posi-
ton when it could-nay, when by its
own pledge it must overthrow the pro-
tective system SO carefully planned, so
firmly maintained, and under which
we, as a nation, have achieved a mate
rial prosperity unknown in any land
under the sun, and in its place enact q
tariff for revenue only, like those of
1888, 1846 and 1867. $3.50.
What has happened, what we face to-
day and what we must expect in the
immediate future is what was fully
predicted by Republican speakers for
years. This was we'll understood by all
who studied the situation from q ;prac-
tical business standpoint. It was not
theory, but a hard, unavoidable condi-
ton, which had arrived.
The solid south, with it's whip, but
slightly modified, was once more in the
saddle. Throughout the whole country
those who furnish labor it's opportunity
for honest and profitable employment
saw the danger signal close at hand.
They were admonished by Mr.. Cleve-
lands free trade message OF 1887, by
the passage through Democratic house
of the Mills bill, by the attitude of
Democrats in both branches of congress
in recent years, by the action Of the
Democratic national convention of 1892
in substituting the radical Neal resolu-
ton for the moderate resolutions on the
tariff reported by the committee on plat
form, that the south has not changed it's
attitude on the tariff since South Caro-
lima declared protective laws to be un-
constitutional and null and void, and
! that if the United States should attempt
! to enforce the tariff laws within her
borders she would destroy the Union.
Actuated by the instinct Of self preser-
walton, these managers and promoters Of
American industry and enterprise paused
| to see where the threatened blow would
fall, and, diminishing their products,
getting rid of their surplus and forcing
collections made ready for the threaten
ed storm. Every industry, every calling,
felt the shock, and the wheels of our
great industrial system were stopped. =
The result is visible to all the world
Ito world which never saw the like
before. Here in this free, broad land
| 8, 900, 900 honest laborers clamor or wait
| in vain for chance to earn an honest
days work; the poor are growing poorer;
| suffering hitherto unknown among
us is abroad in the land, and with south
ern free trade and cheaper labor they
will soon be forced to level with that
Of Europe.