The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-17


TO = stranRer, or tho uninltiatsd. ons
would suppose the American working.
man was The hnppicst and best -cared
for being ID the universe. and hls
lot would b. envied by angels Here
are Two great partIcs, With nearly i've
millions Of voters III each. and nj.
though tho leaders OF both parties are
lawyers. bankers, railroad kings. land
grabbsrn. gamblers In money and the
products OF labor. yet their sole object
and only aim 10 to benefit labor.
Themselves and THAR own interests
arc mover thought OF by them; tho
laborer. the dear worklngman, only
occupies their minds and thoughts.
Read the speeches OF the statesman
and the editorials of the press of the
two parties and you would think
America was the worklngman's para
diso. Even Senator Gray deplores the
price ne has to pay for bis dinner
kettle. not caring even II 1t Ia empty
aud unused.
The bankers can have an association
to advance their interests. The rail-.
roads can poole to levy all the tariff
will bear. Commercial exchanges can
form to set the price to the producer
first. and then to the consumer after.
Trusts can form to control the ''out,
putt and the price; even physicians
can form societies to say how the
dear people shali be treated when sick
and so 1t Is all through to these dear
workingmen. In Democratic States
Democrats have made cons piracy
laws; In Republican states. Republl.
cans have conspiracy laws also. What
are these laws aud against whom arc
they directed, II 1t Is not these dear
workmsn. for whom they have 30
much concern?
The Republicans desire a high pro-
tectIye tariff, to protect labor. That
tariff 10 giving the manufacturers that
much more for his products than the
outside market price, which 10 good
enough. but what has become OF
wages Of labor them As there ID no
tarih on them, why not put protec-
tive duty on the lsborer Of say fifty
dollars each one Imported. Why have
not the Republican leaders made a
sliding scale of tariff, TO be based on
the price Of iabor? We know what the
highest tariff has been In this country,
and what has been the highest price OF
labor, and while thoee who are bene-
lifted by tariff. keep the price OF labor
10 the top OF the scale. let the secre-
tary OF the treausry keep the tariff
duty to the top Of the scale also.
As the beneficiaries of the tariff seek
TO reduce labor. reduce the custom du-
ties In the same ratio. and with head
tax Of fifty dollars on each emIgrant
who comes, We would have no more
tariff tinkrring by Incompetent, aud
Inconsistent Congresemen a. Al pres.
ant, and with an American system OF
finance made In tho insersst OF the
people. and not for bankers, and gam
blers, panics would be unknown.
Another monopoly that should DO apol-
iehed, 10 the patent monopoly; repeal
the patent laws, and to stimulate In.
ventioDs would be for the government
to pay premium or useful inventions.
and let the public have the benefit of
them, by the government taxing the
manufacturer small sum to rein.
buse itself. AZ It would be 80 email It
would not be felt. and the inventor
would receive the benefit. As 1t 10 now
number OF inventors die in thel
aim shouse, and his invention becomesl
a monopoly for the benefit Of the few
only.
Take as an example tho sewing ma
chine; the sewing women OF this coun-
.ry paid at least eco. 000. 600 to mo-
nOpoly, more than q fair price for
sewing machines. Note tho difference
In the price whom no more patentsl
could 10 obtained.
The present administration, as al
Democrat. / must acknowledge. Ia ut
trrly Incompetent to successfully con-
duct the affairs Of this government, |
and TO guard against repetition Of
this thunder. the tariff and finance OIL
thie great country SHOULD be adjusted (
and fixed beyond these disturbancesl
every few yeare, causing panics, dis
a6ter, miserp and an fIerinQe
This country, II pushed to Its capa-
city, can feed the whole world, and
yet We lind several millions OF curl
own people In poverty, tdleness and
want. No over production. but under
consumption; no famine, as the earth
never was moro bountiful In her
yield TO man. Who're Is the fault,
thenf Mismanagement In COVER n
ment, utter incompetency. In 1855
the Democrats elected James Buehan-
an as President and the ndministra (
''aristocraoyn alone, and
we oil know the result. as 10 killed.
tho Democratic party for thirty years
In 1852 the Democratic party was
successful efeetlng the petty, In
competent would-b be deepot, Cleveland, \
and both branches OF the Congress-
also. Now what do We find Cleveland,
and them doing. shaping and usingl
the government for the benefit alone,
OF moneysd oligarchy. ten times
worse than the shareholders aristoc.
racy." But before Congress and the
Ind he 10 not bigger man" than all
these American people. But he has
The consolation that he has killed the
Democrats for the next tn irty years.
DR. ]. b. WEIGH.
Wilmington, Del.