The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-25
DEMOCRATIC SHAM.
Editor Of THE TRIBUNE:

Editor Of THE TRIBUNE:
DEAR SIR: Your spirited remarks on the
Gorman-Brice tariff bill have suggested TO
me a thought or two. By what you say,
it seems that the wooen manufacturers
arc well satisfied with the free wool sched-
ule of the bastard tariff bill Just enacted
Aud why not? By it the price Of the raw
material is reduced TO the manufacturer
nearly one-half, while the price of the
woolen goods manufactured to the CON
sumer remains virtually the same. This,
indeed, is free trade logic. The famous
friends of the people, have at last shown
their full hand. They have kept the coun-
try in state of constant turmoil for years,
have brought us to the verge of civil war,
have ruined thousands of families aud
spread want, misery and starvation broad
cast throughout the laud. Aud for what?
Simply to reduce the duties of the much-
abused Mckinley bill the paltry sum of
SIS, 0G0, 600 for the benefit Of the poor
people," grossly oppressed, they claimed,
by the horrible Republican policy Of pro-
lection; while at the very same time and
with a stroke of the very same pen they
increased, as they themselves are forced
to admit, the net profits Of the sugar trust
to the amount OF over $40, 000, 000-to say
nothing Of the millions the whisky trust
is coming daily out of the bonded liquor
dodge that they have devised to fool the
people.
Furthermore, this wooden manufacturer
to whom they have just given free-wool
at the expense Of the American farmer and
people, was styled by them-previ GUS to
the late presidential elections-the ''rob-
Der manufacturer Then he was the ter
rible wolf in sleeps clothing-now he is
the pet lamb of the household. Unfortu-
nately, however, this gigantic farce ceases
to be funny, when we think that it has
cost the country dead loss of about four
thousand millions of dollars. There's the
rub" And to gain what? Nothing for
the people, who have lost enormously by
the operation, but millions for the trusts,
which the Democrats had pledged them
selves TO annihilate- the free trade
gang are at last eating at the public crib,
Of which they had been deprived for over
a quarter Of century, These are the
only practical results visible of the i'm.
mense political farce that has been enacted
on the national political stage in the past
two years. And tho Democrats had full
power There was none to hinder them"
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The trick hns been certainly we'll played
Never in the history of our country were
the people more completely fooled by poll
| tiCians and demagogues combined greedy
of the public spoils In word, the nut
has been cracked, the kernel eaten, but
the shuck5 have been given to the people,
while, on the other hand, the old dragon
Of the rebellion has had his last inhuman
revenge upon northern industry and pros
perity, that the southern free trade wing
of Democracy might rejoice. Now, how
ever, the great free trade ghost dance is
about over, and the whole scheme is laid
threadbare, thank heaven! The people
fully understand it. They see it with
their own eyes, and will prove it at the
next elections by an Overwhelming Re.
publican majority. The lesson has been
severe, but the people have proited by it.
Let us hope so, at least, for their own
good. II not, | almost despair of my coun-
try. Yours very truly.
DANIEL B. STRONG.
STARRUccA, Wayne county, Pa, Aug. "a.