New-York tribune., 1895-09-18

trade and unpatriotic foreign policy on the other
workshops deserted and their industries paralyzed
They saw great financial institutions and enter
all and sfss ss demand 70 FOR r h proae
field and factory rapidly decreasing They saw
vast army OF unemployed anxious for Work, with
no demand for their labor, They saw tariff for
revenue enacted which did not not and could no, not
gaherer prepared to extort an unconstitutional tax
levied upon the hr s od the pe9pe tns
competing with the products Of American labor
They saw the public si reyenIes RAPIDLY d"ndng and
the public credit impaired and private capital stand
Of OF the Nation They saw the American flag hauled
down at Hawaii and the guns OF American ships
and American sailors turned upon people strug
Cling for freedom against the .autocratic rule OF
inhde Queen; they Samoa deserted, the Monroe
Doctrine apandoned ana Aihsr,cah lnteres,s sacrl
these conditions with those Of two years before and
the cry y Ss as 0Th 1h for
for day OF the policy and craftsmanship Of
James s G e. BsnS e told Cheirs Sy hc Democratic press that
prosperity has returned and that revival Of the
RHgTing themselves in an ecstasy OF delight at the
discovery that the introduction Of their policies can
Nation We agree with them. and gladly The
prosperity OF this resourcefu and Industrious people
while II may be checked and impeded may not be
permanently ruined. even by the unpatriotc egis-
iation Of namboyant free traders
LOSSES THAT CAN NEVER BE RECOVERED
Let us trust in the bottom Of hearts that
prosperity Is here. and is here to stay. But 1t has
taken long time 1t Will take long
time to make up for deficiencies and catch up with
lost opportunities 1t is Handicapped at the start
with a deficit of more than four thousand millions
of dollars lost 10 the people by the runous con
dltons of the last three years. And If in the ful-
ness of time II shall reopen our factories and re
store wages to the level OF the good old times. how
are our Democratic statesmen going to make up for
the wages that reduced and the wages that
were not paid all during those three long years
Of depression? Let them answer that conundrum
II they can. 1t is not strange that whatever pros
perity we enjoy and there seems to be quite DIFF
ference Of opinion that point comes TO us in
branches of trade which, for political reasons, the
Democratic party was compelled to protect. In iron
and steel for instance. what comes to us through
the medium Of importers who are now flooding our
country with woollens and linens or foreign manu-
facture reducing American production and dis
placing American labor. 1t appears also In the tram
Of succession of Republican victories ana the
election of a Congress Overwhelmingly Republican
These may he all mere condolences, but they are
% the kind that strongly coincide. ana we may,
without offence. be permitted to call attention 20
them The people are doing their own thinking
his year: campaigns founded on deceit are not up
10 date In the words OF honest old Abe, y on
NAV fool all the people part OF the time. YOU may
fool part OF the people all the time but you cannot
fool all OF the people all Of the time And neiher
rhetoric nor sophstry will deceive the man VINO
struggles along without wages or on reduced wages
when he Is told that new era or prosperity II
da wnng for him under prevailing conditions ,,
Prosperity condition is comparative. me