The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

Read what a former rank free trader
says In regard to the tariff. There 10
not one thing that We know OF that 10
truer than The saying Of the writer
whose story tells the whole truth 10 re-
gard TO the conditions OF our country
today. Read II carefully and then vow
that, II you live, you will vote the repub.
lican ticket from this time henceforth
"THE WILSON
Tho prosperity Of a country is depend
ent upon it's emu Whatever policy
may be adopted, the expenditures IL a
people should not be in excess Of their
receipts. This 10 just as true of a gov.
eminent as 1t is Of an individual, and it
will bear emphatic repetition. It is not
difficult to foretell what will happen to
the man who spends more than he earns.
The same principle, adopted by a gov
eminent. leads to the same results, az
fecting not only its agencies and powers
bit also its component parts-the peo-
pie.
The existing s~tagnation Of the coun.
try's industries and the depleted condi-
ton OF the treasury are attributable, fer
the most part, to the present policy Of
the government in its system Of even.
ue. What 10 called free trade IL des.
tructive Of the interests Of the great
majority Of the people. Wherever it
has been adopted the many have been
compelled to labor and toll at wages in.
sufficient to supply the necessary wants
OF an honest livelihood. The alternative
has always been either starvation or
immigration. This accounts for the
landing Of thousands upon thousands at
Castle Garden during the past quarter
Of a century. Many American indus.
tries were compelled to close when the
free list" 10 the Wilson bill became op.
srative. The Express pointed out dur.
ing the tendency Of the bill that tho
golden visions of free raw material were
II visionary, and would create precisely
The state Of affairs which now exists.
Behold the decrease OF industrial activ.
ity; the great army Of the unemployed,
and the balance Of trade against us to
the amount OF nearly eighty millions
A tariff below an economical admins.
tration Of the affairs Of the government,
in excess of tho demands for the
character OF administrations, are
two extremes which should 10 avoided.
The safest course lies between the two.
Neither the people nor the interests OF
the country derand q pauper.making
free trade or q rsbber tariff.
The cry and clamor for free lumber
and iron; free glass and glue; free wool
and free raw material OF almost all
kinds has had lie effect upon the people, |
and the industries OF the country Ia ne |
uncertain way. The injury which il
has wrought has fallen upon those least
able to bear, while the benefits which Il |
has entailed hxs redoundsd to the En-. |
slish manufacturer and the Australian
wool grower.
The present system for creating rsv.
enus has been in operation about one
year. What ara its fruitsf Has it
producsd plenty, or want? It does not
require much observation to answer
these interro9ations simultaneously. |
The distressed or destroyed industries Of |
many kinds, tho hundreds Of thousands
Of American workers driven out Of en-.
ployment; American freight carried in
British bottoms. with the balance OF
trade in favor Of foreign nations supply.
ing the gold IT the treasury through the
manipulations Of foreign Syndicstes are
90 many monuments To the colossal stu
pidity that devised the system which !
has wrought this rssult."-San Antonio
(Tsxas) Express. (Democrstic.l