Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-09-27
HERALD'S DIFFICULTY"
CAN BE TRACED BACK OVER
THIRTY YEARS IN HISTORY.

Free Trade Drain.
Under this caption the New York
Herald. July 20, endeavored to show
that the period of protection is re-
sponsible for the existing accumula-
ton of the National debt under the
free trade administration. The Herald
said that "the expenditures were ex-
tremely largo on account of the enor-
nous pension payments necessitated
by reckless Republican legislation.
Setting aside any discussion of the
"reckless Republican legislation"
which provided for the payment of
pensions to American soldiers, we
would remind the Herald that the
free trade majority in Congress, which
framed and passed the existing tariff
law, were perfectly we'll aware - what
extent such payments had to be made
when they voted for their tariff for
deficiency. 1t was the Incompetence
of the free traders in Congress that
led to this deficiency, through not
framing revenue measure that would
meet the known expenditures OF the
Go~ernment.
The Herald speaks of the ''enorm.
ous drain on the Treasury under the
Mckinley law" Let us look at this
"drain," using only the figures given
by the Herald, and we find that the
total amount of money paid out for
pensions for the fiscal years 1890 to
1894 inclusive reached 1866, 470, 702.
This includes the years of free trade
deficiency, when the pension payments
were $1S, 1S0,273 less than in 1898.
Next, let us take the excess of rev.
enue figures as quoted by the Herald,
and we find that for the fiscal years
ending June 80, 1890 to 1898, they
aggregated $12f, 1872, 900. If we even
deduct the deficiency during the free
trade year of 1894, amounting to $70,-
OPS, 900, we still have an excess of
revenue of $54. 4.107, 900 in the years
quoted by the Herald, to the credit of
the protection administration, over
and above all the pension payments
made, and even after loading the pro-
tectionists up with the 1894 years de-
ticit of the free trade party.
One point that the Herald has en-
tirely overlooked is that, during the
period which 1t has reviewed, the adj
ministration of tie Government un-
der the policy OF protection reduced
the interest bearing debt of the coun-
try by s244, 624, 660. We thus find
during the period of the Herald's re-
view, 1890 to 1891, that the policy of
protection enabled the following pay
ments and surplus
Pensions 49, !. ............... .S666, 40 701
Excess of revenue. ............ "a, l07 0o0
Reduction in debt bt.............. 244, ,S24 66V
Total. 80. ................ 1905, ,4O2, 1863
The Treasury Department was en-
abled to withstand "this enormous
drain under the Mckinley law" with
out any difficulty, although we have
charged against it the so. .O00,00 de-
iciency that arose during the first
year of the present free trade admin
istration.
We sympathize with tho Herald dur.
ing its present trials and Affections.
For upward of thirty years it has been
imbued with an entirely un-American
spirit; it has been hostile to the aa-
vancement OF American interests; it
has been hostile to the progress Of
American industries it has been hos
lille to the prosperity of American
labor. The "pension incubus" did
not prevent the policy of protection
from providing sutiiciencY of rev.
enue to meet all its liabilities, besides
decreasing the public debt and carry
ing over surplus. 1t was the elm
cubus" of free trade policy and the
'.incubus" of the fools who passed it
that have brought about the existing
| troubles that are such thorns in the
HeraId's side.
Why the New York (so-called) Her.
aid should be so intensely un-Ameri.
can and SO intensely unpatriotic we
are unable to conjecture. Its un-
! Americanism is now nearly as pro.
nounced as it was in 1851 when pro.
cession of loyal Americans marched to
the Office of the New York Herald,
compelling the display of the flag Of
the Union upon its building. Th'
portion of American history may have
passed from the minds of many of our
readers. Perhaps it is we'll that it
should be recalled, and we do SO in
the words of one who was partici-
pant in the scene referred to and who
has published his personal reminis-
cences of the Rebellion from 1861 to
1866. This gentleman described the
very interesting event whee tho New
York Herald was compelled to fly the
flag OF the Union from the top of its
building in the following words:
"Fifty or sixty men gathered in
the lower part of the city and started
up Broadway in procession, a small
American flag waving at the head OF
tho column, the fifer playing patriotic
tunes and tho drummer beating a
rousing accompaniment to the steps
Of the marchers. The curious pro-
cession Immediately attracted great
attention. Broadway was crowded.
At the top of Wall street forty or fifty
gentlemen joined the procession and
moved down Wall street. The effect
was electrical. All Wall street
emptied out and cheered for the Aag,
aud in immensely augmented numbers
the procession started for tho Journal
Of Commerce Office. That paper had
been worry disloyal, and demand was
made that the American flag should
promptly be displayed on tho build.
ing. There vas but little hesitation
before the flag was hung out. Then