The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-09-14


tors 80 show that the apparent prospcrit,
throughout the country Is the result OF demo
cratic tariff legislation. I do not think that
those who assert this honestly aud sincerely
believe H. 10 II worth remembering. and can
never be forgotten. that there was no revival OF
business, no return or confidence. no CLEAN OF
hope in business circles until the elections OF
1894, which. By unprecedented maioritIes. gave
the popular branch OF congress- TO the repub-
lican party and took away from the democratic
party the power 70 do further harm TO the IN
dustrles OF the country and the occupations OF
the people This was the aim, meaning and
| purpose OF that vote. With the near and GER
tain return OF the republican party 10 full pos
session OF power I'm the United States come
naturally and logically increased faith In the
country and an assurance 70 Business men
that for years 10 come they will have rest and
relief from democratic Incompetence in the
management OF the Industrial and financial
affairs OF the government Whatever pros
perity we are having land inst how much no
body seems 10 know. and with all hoping for
the best, and hoping that II will stay and IN
crease, and yet all breathless with suspense.
Is in spite OF democratic Legislation. and not
because OF n
You would suppose IN reading some OF the
democratic newspapers and democratic litera-
ture OF the country that there has been won
derful increase OF wages, and the democratic
leaders are claiming Il as the direct result OF
AtuAOtfuttt tuIAN lttlnltllOn ~ - true luttt
has been on Increase Ia wages in some banches
OF industry. but careful analysts will show
that wherever the increase has been had IL has
been In those departments OF industry where
protection was not wholly Withdrawn or the
least Withdrawn. or whore the home markets
are secure from foreign competition; and
where there Is the most protection there Will
be found the best wages.
Considering the condition IA which tho
country has been for two years and half, any
amount OF work resumed. no matter how lit
tie, any Increase In the demand for labor, no
matter how Insignificant, would mean more
and better wages For two years and q half
wages were not only abnormally low. but en-
ployment was so scarce and employees so plenty
that they could be had upon any terms and at
any price. II was not a question OF wage; II
was question OF work; and men, rather than
accept charity, and In order that they might
give their families even scanty support. were
ready 10 work at any price and at any en-
ployment
1t must be remembered also that IN the
fcwest branches OF industry. II any the wage
scale has been restored 70 what IL was In 1902
The increase OF wages In 1895, much as IL may
be and gratifying as IL Is. does not equal the
decrease OF wages from 1892 70 1895, and there
is yet vast difference, as every workrgman
realizes, between the price paid labor now and
the price paid labor before the democratic
party took control in March. iS03 This differ
ence represents much, very much, TO the work.
ingmen OF the country and deprivcs many
nrcsides OF the comforts they enjoyed before
1883 Moreover, not only are the wages less
now than in 1872. but vast number OF mon
employed then are out OF employment now.
Il do not propose TO make comparisons be-
tween the wages paid labor now and the wages
paid labor prior TO 1891 That Is unnecessary
Every man who labors Ia this country knows
whether he As employed now as satisfactorily
and steadily as then, and whether he is paid
as well now as he was whom republican poll
cies were In operation curing republican sd-
ministratons. Every workingInan knows
what his pay roll Is now and knows what his
pay roll was then; and he knows IL better than
anybody can tell him and he knows better than
anybody else the exact measure OF difference
between the wages he receives now and the
wages he received then. Nor is he In doubt as
TO the cause OF this difference. He knows
when he lost 1t and how he lost IL: aud he will
vote at every opportunity In opposition TO the
party whose policy he believes produced IL.
This subject. therefore can well be left with
the laboring men OF the country"
The governor discussed at length the
democratic policy of the tariff, and
then said as TO the republican policy:
fortunately, with majority IN tho repub-
lican house OF the Fifty-fourth congress, no
further legislation can be had in the direction
OF free trade for the next two years. and no
ltEln4hlluu nttu uN AttItus MONO IL
feared This Is u business mans cup OF con-
ISOLATION Whatever may be our future tarin
legislation, IL will be founded and built upon
the protection principle. II will provide adj
eQuato revenue for the government. sustain
American Industries and oxalt American
labor No man can tell what the schedules
and rates win be, for these must depend upon
existing at the time But this Is
that whatever the great principle OF
protection OF American interests and labor i'm
dictates essential 10 good wages, expanding
production and general prosperity, these will
be the rates that are bound TO prevail Sched-
ules may be altered and rates changed TO meet
existing conditions. but the principle OF pro-
lection cannot be changed. IL Is unalternblc
Reciprocity. too, will not be overlooked. A
policy will not be abandoned which extends
and wIdens our foreign markets without sur
rendering our own markets 10 commodities
which we can produce ut home; policy that
takes the products OF other countries which
we do not produce. condition that they
freely admit our products and manufactures
into their markets on terms of mutual ndvan-
tage and profit II viii quickly be restored.
for the party which gave IL to the country will
be swift 70 replace and strengthen IL.
III anything was demonstrated beyond dis
pute by the elections OF 1894 II was that the
people are devoted to homo and country. and
that they realized, as they never did before,
that protection Is linked with the highest
good OF both. We must restore the happy and
homes that were so universal Ia
1892 and advance the material intellectual
and social interests OF our country TO higher
plane. II possible, than even free America has
ever known before
THE republican party has written, and will
write again, that purpose In It's platform with
courage and confidence IL will
blazon II on it's banners with the proud GER
tainty OF popular approval II there be
party In this country competent 10 the task. Il
alone is the party that can restore full bust.
ness confidence and real prosperity through
out the land. Protection means something 70
do; IL stands for WORK and wages Il is the inn
plecablc foe 70 idleness ~ home; IL made us
tho busiest nation In the world, with the most
and best employed working people"
The Pleasures OF Rad Taste.
Tho t,oonle ~ had taste are reonla