Fair play., 1895-08-31
a PULLING PROBLEM.
Protectionists Are Unabie to Account for
Increasing Prosperity.

Increasing Prosperity.
If the average reader can divcst him
self of the anxiety induced by trouble
between capital and labor at a time
when their harmonious action would
~ 81 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 paper,
| 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
| tiate the boom of ,iov Mckinley. They
may possibly be embarrassed by the
/ fact that they are publishing their own
/ Inconsistencies broadcast, bat there Is
/ a heroic effort TO conceal this conces-
! sion To common honesty behind bold
I front and a reckless indulgence i'll un-
supported assertion.
No explanation is attempted OF their
contradictory claims that prosperity
! has come because a repu blican congress
/ has been elected. ana that tn ,re are
! serious labor troubles because of uu-
/ wise legislation on the part of the
/ democrats when in power. Whatever
pieascs the people these organs credit
| TO their party. Whatever is regretted
by popular Judgment they charge to
the democrats. Pursuant to such poll
cy they of course attribute the present
strikes to repeal of the Mckinley
| laws II would he sufficient answer 10
this absurd claim to recall the disaS-
trouS uprisings of labor when those
laws were operative, but this would
rive an inadequate idea of the gro
tesoue attitudes which these boomers
are assuming.
Those who own the ore mines in the
upper peninsula are still the bene-
ticiarics of protective tariff, which
they acknowledge t. be entirely satis-
factory The demand for their product
,, hriskcr than it has been for years.
ans if they are not bagging all the
profits incident to advanced rates Il is
attributable to their own lack of bu>i-
ness foresight. The carpet mauufac-
turers of Philadelphia get free wool
and hence pay less for their raw ma
terial There IS an ample demand for
their products and il i difficult 10 see
how a reduction Of expenses would i'm
pair their ability to meet the demand
of the weavers or better wages. The
same fact has like significance with
the manufacturing clothier> ot New
York. and they are ali the better off
because of market that Is greatly ex
tended since the Wilson bill Wen. into
force. There j no attempt on the
part ot the protectioni>t> 10 tell hat
causes the conditions they affect to
lament but they go il blind and de-
clare that there is safety only in ,he
restoration Of Ncklnley:su Detroit
Free Press.
when the republicans are in
power the treasury always takes care
Of itself" says the ilohe- Democrat. re
ferrin- 70 the assistance rendered by
the bond syndicate. Yes. we all re-
member how il took care OF itself dur
ing the administration o: President
Harrison The gold reserve amounted
- nearly 500. Vtl. .oo0 when he received
il from President Cleveland. ana only
about S,o0. opn. 600 when delivered to
him four years iater.->t. Louis De
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