The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-27

aIs,.sonEz. ali the statutes. or an
act which entails q deficiency in
th1 public revenues We can boz
Inspire cor1dence by advocating repSzcia-
zion or practicsng dishonesty !" e can nos
restore prosperity. either 10 The treasury
or N. people. without q change n our
present tariff legislation
Tn. Tariff Of 1874.
Tire o.'v measure cf 4 general nature
sfat affected the treasury and the en-
rloynsnt Of our people passed by NE
Tssfty-thir6 congress was the general tariff
rct which dsd rot receive the approval OF
the president. Whatever virtues may be
claimed for that act. there - confesSe6.y
one which Il does not possess II lacks
the essential virtue OF It's creation. the
raising OF revenues sufficient 70 supply
the needs Of the government X nas AZ
no time provided enough revenue FOR ssich
needs. bur il has caused a constant de-
ficIency in the treasury and steady de-
psseion in the earnings or labor and lands
Il has contributed to swell cur nattona.
debt more than SIS. 90. a sum nearly
as ~reat as the debt OF The government
from washington 70 Lincoln. including
al our wars. from the Revolution 70 the
Rebellion Stree It's passage work az
home has been diminished: prices OF ssri-
cultural products have fallen; confidence
has been arrested. as 10 seen on every
hand
IarifTs or 1890 and 1894 Contrasted.
The total receipts under rho tariff Of
1894 for the first twenty-five months OF
Its enforcement. from September. lse4 10
June. 1886. were $50. us. and the ex-
penditares $50, 4lS.Ss3. or deficiency OF
S. Sc. 0Sa The decrease in our exports OF
agricultural products and manufactures
during the first fifteen months Of the pres
n~fR -r>, ~ tel
of the first fifteen months OF the tariff OF
1890, was $50 553. GO. The excess OF ex-
ports over imports during the first fifteen
months OF the tariff OF 1890 was $21S. 81. 9fS,
but only Sc, 75s e23 under the first fifteen
months OF the tariff OF 1854. loss under
the latter OF 572l4.s45. The net loss in
the trade balance OF the United States has
been sl96 sSs. tf during the first fifteen
months operation of the tariff OF 1894. "a
compared with the first fifteen months OF
the tariff OF 1870. The loss has been large.
constant and steady. az the rate OF Vs.
$50 900 per month, or $500, 900 for every bust
ness day of the year.
Losing in Both Directions.
1--WE have either been sending too much
money out OF the country, or getting TOO
little in. or both. We have lost steadily
in both directions. Our foreign trade has
been diminished. and our domestic has SUI
gest the cause OF our present depression
and indicate It's remedy? Confidence in
home Enterprise has almost wholly disap-
peared. Our shops are closed or running
on half time at reduced wages and small
profit, If not actual loss. Our men at
home are idle, and while they are idle men
abroad are occupied IN supplying Us with
goods. Our unrivaled home market for
the farmer has also greatly suffered, be-
cause they who constitute 1t. the great
army OF wage-earners, are without the
work and wages they formerly had. IL
they cannot earn wages they cannot buy
products. They cannot earn il they have
no employment. and when they do not
earn the farmers home market is lessened
and impaired, ard the loss Is felt by bo,h
producer and consumer. The loss of earn
ing power alone IN this country in the past
three years Is sufficient to have produced
our unfortunate business situation. IL our
labor was wen employed, and employed ar
remunerative wages as In 1892. IN few
months every farmer in the land would
feel the glad change In the increased de-
mand for his products and in the better
prices which he would receive.
Not Open Minis, but Open Mills.
at IS not an increase In the volume OF
money which Is the need OF the time, but
an increase IN the volume OF business: not
an Increase OF coinage. but an increase OF
confidence: not more coinage. bat more
active use OF the money coined: not open
minis for the unlimited coinage OF the Sill
yer Of the world, but open mills for the
full ana unrestricted labor OF the Ameri-
can workmen. The employment OF our
mints for the coinage Of the silver OF the
world would not bring the necessaries and
comforts OF life back 20 our people. This
will only come with the employment OF the
masses, and such employment Is certain
70 follow the re-establishment Of a wise
protective policy which shall encourage
manufacturing al heme.
Protection has lost none OF its virtue
and Importance. The first duty OF the
Republican party. If restored 10 power
in the country. viii be the enactment OF
a tariff law which viii raise all the money
necessary 10 conduct the government eco
nomicaIly and honestly administered, and
so adjusted as to give preference to home
manufactures and adequate protection to
home labor and the home market. We are
not committed TO any special schedules or
rates of duty. They are. and viii be. al
ways subject TO changeso meet new condi-
tons. but the principle upon which rates
of duty are imposed remains the same.
Our duties should always be high enough
10 measure the difference between the
wages paid labor at home and Ia cornpet-
ing countries and to adequately protect
terprlses.
our farmers have been hurt by the
changes ia our tariT legislation as severe
~ as our laborers and manufacturers,
badly as they have suffered. The Repuh-
lean platform wisely declares in favor Of
such encourage % our sugar inter-
ests as VIII lead 10 the production on
American soil OF all sugar which the
American people use. II promises TO our
wool ard wooden interests the most ample
protection. a guaranty that ought 10 com
mend itself TO every patriotic citizen.
Never was more grtevuus wrong done
the farmers Of our country than that so
unjustly inflicted during the past three
years upon shs wool-Erowers OF America.
Although among our most Industrious and
useful citizens their interests have been
practically destroyed and our wo-alen man
ufactuTers involved in similar disaster.
A. pa time in the past thlrty-six years,
and perhaps never during any previpus
period, have so many % our woolen fac
tories been suspended as now. The Re
publican party can Do relied upon TO cor
rect these great wrongs Il again intTUsted
with the oontrA q congress.
Reciprocity.
Another declaration OF the Republican
Platform that has ms cordial support IS
that which favo~s rc-5prcc{fy The Snfen-
dti results ~ the resi- ar3city arraueerneuts
tAss Wee made untsr the authority %
the tariT 5aw ~ lSSa are striking aua slg-
gestgve. The at.et crrjod THAI trey wera
On foree. tn most eases only three years.
was nos iapE enough 70 thoroughly test
tAeir great vaIl1e. hGt sufficient was shown
lT the triAl 20 cans} 1s.ra ly deuonstrats
the tGrortarce and wisdom % thelr aaop-
;ion. l. iS93 the export tra8e 81 the T-ntted
States attained THE highest point IN our
histo~y. Tae aggregate - or experts that
year reached &he iG1znense suHn ~ s. ESQ -
&'&I6s = sum greater bv 500 s0 90 than
the exports 81 any previous year In ISe3.