Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-11

very serious They know that thelf III =
terests are bound up with the success OF
the free-trade Democracy III America
Coy Mckinley would not be lioni%eu III
London. Chairman Wilson Is Danque'eu'
! toasted and cheerea. >.
.'Chairman Wilson has allowed hlmse!t
to be drawn TOO easily for the good OF
his party. His reception IN London - ah
object lesson for unemployed Ameflc'!h
workingmen and for American voters IN
this year Of commercial depression. Inc
new tariff is recognized abroad as SUP
Stantial gain for English interests. lhat
ought to be enough to determine the re-
suit Of the approaching elections IN every
industrial state Chairman Wilson mas
advertised English sympathy WIN lne
! Democratic cause precisely rs Lord Sack
| Vile succeeded in doing III 1888: ana the
effect upon wage earners' votes ought to
be the same now as it was then.
/ Something that the Democratic Congress
Did for the Sugar Trust
When Gov Mckinley made his Bangor
speech he said something about sugar,
which is strikingly interesting to those
who want to study important facts con
nected with the new tariff law. The
| governor said:
THE sugar schedule of the law
| (Schedulc e. provides for continuation
of the treaty of 1879 made with the King
of the Hawaiian islands under which all
sugar from those islands was and is I'M
der the law of 1894 admitted free. The
language of the schedule quoted is: Pro
vi ed. further that nothing herein con
| Il. ned shall be so construed as to aOro-
| gate or in any manner impair or affect
! tho prov; ions of the treaty of CONNER
cial reciprocity concluded between the
! United States and the King of the said
islands on the 3Oth day of January. 1879,
or the provisions of amy act OF Congress
heretofore passed for the execution OF the
same This provision was inserted in
the law by the Senate, 1t gives to the
great sugar trust. said GOV. Mckinley,
IN advantage which has not heretofore
been suspected. The sugar production OF
the Hawaiian islands is under the control
of the sugar trust. The Democratic par
ty took away from the sugar ralsers OF
the United States the bounty of $4,000
600 year and bestowed Il bounty or
S6.OOO.OOO Il year on the sugar producers
of the Hawaiian islands. giving them an
advantage over not only the sugar pro-
ducers of the United States but of the
whole world outside of those islands.
The revolt of the Louisiana planters
against the part which had smltten them
so heavily was referred to, and Gov. Me-
kinley pointed out that it was the Repub-
lican party so freely accused CT sectional
ism. which had conferred benefits upon
them which had been opposed by Demo
cratic statesmen and removed rs soon as
they had an opportunity to do so. The
governor maintained that instead of being
sectional the Republican party had shown
itself to be entirely unSectlonal. brSld
and unseltsh in its purposes and national
in its politics.
when we made the tariff law of 1890
and took away all the tariff from sugar.
said the governor 1--WE gave to the cane
producers and the beet producers, and
the maple sugar producers Il bounty
equivalent to the tariff. and we said III
that law that bounty should stand for
fifteen years. That is all wiped out by
the law of 1894. MOI even the bounty Of
this year is given to the crop that has al
ready been supervised by the government
of the United States. BY this law this
is taken from the sugar producers of the
country. What is there more sacred in
Il reciprocity treaty with Il foreign coun-
try than solemn contract made with
our citizens.
Democracy was criticised for increas-
ing the salaries of certain officials At Il
time when the revenues of the country
fell below the expenditures.
The Records of Maj. Ipham and GOV.
Peek as Employers Compared.
A printer in Milwaukee sends the fol-
lowing to the Evening Wisconsin. show
ing the difference in the character of
Maj. Upham ana Gov Peek us EN-
ployers:
Editor Wisconsin: The partisan news
papers that are so industrio,,sly' looking
up the record of Maj. Upham as an EN-
ployer might do we'll to turn the search
light OF investigation on Gov Peck. who
until I few years ago employed men and
glrls to do the work of printing his news
paper. 1t is Il notorious fact that Mr..
Peck always ran Il rat printing office,
and long rs he had men in his en-
ploy was an enemy of union labor This
fact is known to all printers Time and
again efforts were made to make the com
posing room of Peck Sun II union office
There was time when Petk's Sun had
Il large circulation. and it was Il yerita-
BILE gold mine to its owner. Even in
these palmy days it WIS run as Il .'r1t''
shop. The prices paid for composition
We're little more than half the union scale.
and much of the work was done hv girls
and apprentices. The foreman of the Of
flee. under the direction of Mr.. Peck.
refused to have anything to do with
union men and union prices. | don't
know anything about Maj. tpham rs an
employer. but | do know that George
w. Peck, the Democratic candidate for
governor has always been a steadfost
enemy OF organized labor. or at least he
was SO long as he had anyone in his en-
ploy. AS professional politician he
may be otherwise man who organized
anu ran Tor years rat printing of
nee. paying very small wages ut tbat
ought not to be Il party to the warfare
made on pham 1t would be an infer
estlng exhibit to place the wages paid nv
Peck and tpham side by side, and then
let the masses judge for themselves rs 70
the relative merits of the two candidates
on the wage question. Peck's record
would be blacker than night itself
give TINS as campaign pointer
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