The Monticellonian., 1895-09-06
A PUzzLlNG PROBLEM.
Protectlonlst5 Are Unable to Account for
 Increasing Prosperity.


 If the average reader can diyest him self Of the anxiety induced by trouble between capital and labor at a time when their harmonious action would be SD potent in the promotion of gen eral prosperity, there is amusement in the efforts of some of the organs that are trying to make political capital out of the strikes now going on in the country. This disposition is especially noticeable on the part of those papers that think the republican party should make the tariff question the leading . issue in the next national campaign and are doing all in their power to in- fate the boom of Gov. Mckinley. They may possibly be embarrassed by the fact that they are publishing their own Inconsistencies broadcast, but there ls a heroic effort to conceal this conces- sion to common honesty behind bold front and a reckless indulgence in un- supported assertion.
 No explanation is attempted of their contradictory claims that prosperity has come because republican congress has been elected, and that there are serious labor troubles because of un- wise legislation on the part of the democrats when in power. Whatever pleases the people these organs credit to their party. Whatever is regretted by popular judgment they charge to the democrats. Pursuant to such poli- cy they of course attribute the present strikes to repeal of the Mckinley laws. It would be sufficient answer to this absurd claim to recall the disas- trous uprisings of labor when tbose laws were operative, but this would 5, give an inadequate idea of the pro ] tesque attitudes which these boomers ar> assuming.
 Thos~ who own the ore mines in the upper pen.. .sula are still the bene- ficiaries of D. etectiye tariff, which they acknowledge to he entirely satis- factory. The demand for ,5eir product is brisker than it has beep l. years, and if they are not bagging ali the profits incident to advanced rates 1t is attributable to their own lack of busi- ness foresight. The carpet manufac- turers of Philadelphia get free wool and hence pay less for their raw ma s, terial. There is an ample demand for 'heE products and it is difficult to see hoy. reduction of expenses would inn pair the ability to meet the demand of the weave for better wages. The same fact has 4se significance with the manufacturing .ssthiers of New York, and they are all U, better off because of market that is gr, fly ex- tended since the Wilson bill went to force. There is no attempt on the part of the protectionists to tell what causes the conditions they affect to lament, but they go it blind and de clare that there is safety only in the restoration of McKinleyism Detroit i Free Press.
 -"When the republicans are in power the treasury always tykes care of itselfn says the Globe-DeA re- ferring to the assistance rgpdered by the bond syndicate. Yes. we aa re- member how it took care of itself dur ing the administration of President Harrison. The gold reserve amounted to nearly S200 600, 900 when he received it from President Cleveland and only about sl0Oooo,ooo when delivered to him four years later. Est. Louis Be. public.