The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-10
DEMOCRATS KNOCKING UNDER.


To the Editor Of the Eagle.
1t is a well known adage that when
rogues fall out honest men get their own.
The late unpleasantness between the
president and representative Democrats
verifies the predictions made by Republic
can editors, speakers and writers in regard
to the evils which reduction of tariff
duties would bring upon the country.
German of Maryland. whose massive in
tellectuality lifts him head and shoulders
above his fellows, declared in his place in
the senate, eff coal were free the coal Of
Nova Scotia would displace that of the
United States in New England, and the
treasury of Canada would be enriched by
money that ought to 20 into the treasury
of the United States"
/ have many times contended in the
columns of the EAGLE that the principles
enunciated by the Democratic party ii
formulated into law would benefit foreign
nations at the expense of all the people of
the United States. But in my most
sangulne moments l could not believe that
these opinions would be corroborated by
Democratic senators; therefore l rejoice
exceedingly.
The Maryland senator also declares
sit is better to err on the side of n high
tariff and let laboring people go TO work.
than on low tariff that would conslgn
wOrkingmeu to idenesS, thereby making
il necessary to keep them in order 0y the
bayonets of United Soldiers"
When Democratic senators have the
courage 10 give utterance to these self
evident truths, we may reasonably enter
tain hope that the workmen of America
in the near future, under the beneicent
-, l.
ployed at American wages. The Truth Il,
practical statesmen fOresee that the
principle of tariff for revenue only" must
be eliminated from the Democratic
creed, the Chicago platform 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding. The very
threat OF putting this un-American
system into operation has closed our mills
and manufactures. and as capital is
proverblally iimid, they will remain closed
until certainty takes the place of the IN
certainty fog which CeyelandSm is re-
sp0nsIbe. In fact, the destruction of our
national prosperity is President Cleve-
lands single achievement The cost of
producing any article is the highest factor
in determining its price. II therefore log
icHlly follows that If Cleveland wins in
his fight for the Wilson bill the gates will
be thrown open and we shall be deluged
with an influx of European goods. An in
crease of fOrel Cn-made goods IN the AmeTi-
can market nthuS utCEtdScQ ploET0eDE
FOR the American workman. This Is such
An elementary principle that its mere
statement carries conviction TO
reasoning mind. \ few weeks ago
delegates to an international conference OF
cotton spinuers assembled III Manchester.
England. The Belgian delegates assured
the convention that competition with 9TH
er countries was SO keen that they were
forced to work seventy nine hours week.
The delegates from Calais aud Lille,
France. stated that they worked twelve
and thirteen hours d Gay at wages which
averaged fourteen 20 eighteen francs a
week. \ franc i equal 10 - cents Of our
money therefore shear wages Is from 3. 50
u 81 per week The delegates from
Holland assured the convention that their
WAGES were 30 low that they could not af-
ford 70 eat meat except At rare intervals
horse tieSl, aud their unchanZing diet con-
sisted o. potatoes and rye bread.
We can now see the nature Of the COM
petition American workmen are confroou-
ed with II an auti-protec.I0a policy be
CONES the law Of the land
i Cleyeiaudi>m becomes firmly estab-
li~ted n America II VIII be waste OF
effort to place among our statutes,
any law CI>cOu-aCin- emigration. No
foreigner Will theu seek these shores that
were formerly under the American system
OF protection. = paradise Tor woTkiagmeu.
No man viii break the many ties that bind
him 20 father!and without the hope OF bet
teriug his condition. This English system
Of tariff for revenue only" viii bring the
workmen Of all other nations down 10 the
level occupied by the lowest Il was
70 merly asserted with a good deal OF truth
that u workiugman's family 10 America
wasted more than would support a family
IN Europe living IN the same station Ia
life III other proofs are required,
aau proofs are as plentiful as
blAckberriss in harvest. IL car be
furnished by the report o. committee Of
skilled mechanics sent here from "Bonuy
Dundee Scotland 70 visit the worlds fair
and make an extended tour among the
diversified industries Of the United States
and report thereon. These csuui= and
.CnG-besd=d Scots reported TO tee propTIe-
tors Of the Dundee Herald tha; wages paid
In America were from - 10 20 per ceat
gre ter t1an 4 Sc5tlAud.
American freeUeu swear By the memory
Of your heroic forrfat hers that the English
system Of "iaEIf Tor revenue only wlll
never obtain permanent fOotbold - this
land thrice coa>ecrated 10 liberty by
BAPTISM Of blood. and that On lsGI No