New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-11

be forgotten: every dollar paid for the product OF
the foreign lathe. spindle or loom is doilar taken
from American labor. and every article pui
chased abroad which can be manuiac'urcu III 'n i
country must be paid for by money earned ~, ny
American labor II is all very well to tel us tnat
should open our ports to the world tiiat our
markets should be the market Of the world. ana ana
manufacturers throughout the world may lay
down their wares on our shores IN compeu.l93'
with our home manufactures and nome WORK
men Ii sounds beautiful to say that the world
is my country and all men are my orothers.
but self representation is the first law or nations as
we'll Of nature. and while | bear no animoslty
TO any nation. TO any people to any creed or car,
ing. my land comes first In my aHec,ionS anu
to her do I owe my first and only allegiance.
THE question comes UP whether some. perhaps
much. of this great total of annual agricultural
imports aggregating in value some three hundred
and fifty million Of dollars. ought not to he pro
markets where this immense demand exists. And
the truth is that it could and should be so grown.
WHERE THEY WERE LOSERS.
The fact that s35ocOo0OO worth of agricultural
product imported to this country in enc year
and that it bought and consumed by Amer-
cans. proves most conclusively that TO that eN-
tent. at least, the agrcultursts OF this country
were the losers and had they been protected IN
their industry by a iudcious tariff law the con-
sumers of the land would have bought the prod
uct of their hands instead of that when caile
from foreign lands and that vast sum OF money
would be circulating among the people OF me
United States. paying taxes and debts IN the
United States instead of enrching the producers
of foreign Landslide "robber barons' of Europe.
The farmer is told that the cause Of his ills Is be-
cause he has not been blessed with free silver
But whoever tells him that deceves him to his n
jury. Those who advocate free silver tel me
farmer that the crime of 1872 is responsible for
the ills he bears. If the farmer will reflect for a
moment he will recall the fact that AT me close
of the Civil War the evolution of the truck wagon
10 the freight car was in the United States,
scarcely noticeable; that the introduction OF m, ma
knowT d From an g 10 & 1Re Conditions
but little so far machinery ana transportation
were concerned Since 1913 farming IN lhe ,il, .i
At has nOHe- "A
change and causes other than the demonetizauor
of silver have combined to cheaper his product
One man with gang plough which turns TWO Iur-
rows al once will plough five acres a day. before
the introduction of that plough it took two men hNe
three gang plough the difference will be 30 per cent
greater and with steam plough the work accom-
olden times the harrow followed the plough. but
since 1873 the cultivator which pulverizes the sod
PRODUCED 10 the fields of the Nation and has dis
placed from 10 to 30 per cent of hand labor Inc
farmer longer sings his pouch. filed with seed
over his shoulder to rudge from one end of the fur
row 10 the other while scattering he seed The seed
length, which is attached to pair OF wheels. a
boy takes his place on the seat. directs the course
twelve times more ground Is with seed 10y
that boy than could be done by hand in 1873
CONCERNING THE TOWN WORKMEN.
While these changes were taking place among
the farmers. how has It Jared with the town
workmen? Since Che close of the Civil War he
machinery which caused displacement OF from
10 10 100 per cent of hand labor What required
sixty hours of the hand labor of the mechanic IN
1873 may now be done inside of six hours with
a machine where 20 or lOJ men stood at labor
twenty-five years ago. one man and machine
may be found doing the same work. shoes
manufactured by millions where only thou
sands could be made a quarter Of century ago;
in 1873 it was said that human ingenuity could
never invent an instrument or machine winch
would be able TO set type; tonight the cylinders
OF the presses in this great city are revolving
types which, no human fingers ever touched
and glOomyfaced printers stand looking on In
idleness Within the last sixty days locomotive
made its trial trip which will travel faster. draw
heavier load, and through its operations dis
ployed while extending the life of the steel rail
third longer than at present
The moulders OF the Chicago platform Wou:d I'M
press US with the belief that they are walking IN
the footsteps of jefferson and Jackson; But Jeffer
son never saw a locomotive ana neither Jenerson
Jackson ever saw an electric car; lightning ex
press train an ocean grey hound or bicycIe; :
neither one ever received message over the tele-
graph wire ever heard the sound or neighDor 5
voice coming TO him over the long or short lance
telephone. They never saw Npr"rlter' never
heard an electric bell, never read line by the aid
of an electric light but were Obliged to 80, depend ia
upon the slow post and the monthly paper FOR Their
news. jefferson never saw a great daily paper and
Of The whole world of the day before while seated
at his breakfast table in the morning. Neither one
TO which l have referred. and which have marked
complete revolution in the methods OF industry IN
men and not capitalists who invented this machn-
cry. With the coming of the machine me wants ants
o
same time the prices of farm and factory product
have fallen. What were luxuries IN Jackson 5 day
citions which surrounded jefferson and Jackson DO
not exist to-day The same standard which would
the mechanic and laborer of Jefersons day have
been laid away with the old stage-coach and the
and would be snecred by thos, who pirate about
jefferson should any one attempt to make use OF
done service Oh all sides IF all questions cham
pioncd by the Democracy Four years ago the
ito nlxeb he
in Aid of the platform Of 1892; to-day they conjure
with his spirit to speed the Chicago platform.
MUST HAVE HOODOOED 1T.
jefferson right when he lived. If his spirit per-
yaded the atmosphere Of the Democratic National
Convention and inspired the platform of four years
ago then the ghost Of jefferson must have hoodooed
tho Chicago Convention of 1896. fo- the convention
OF this year condemned the man and platform ii
lauded and applauded four years ago. When Jeffer-
lived. beyond tho Mississippi was an uneXplorel
land. the State from which the Democratic cdEdi
date for President comes was designated on ihe
maps Of my schooboy days as the Great Amer
can Desert" jefferson presided over that part Of
the Nation now known as The East. now desisnat-
ed by some the enemys country. The legislation
of the stage coach was what jefferson was called
upon to consider. He never dreamed that il was
among the possibilities to pick fruit from the trees
Of California on Monday and find that fruit on the
week. Were he alive to-day he would model his
opinions according 10 the needs OF the times; he
him. and he would be statesman enough TO realize
that the City of NewYork. containing population
or l.s I33. or t45-ZS people IMAM reside III lne
State OF Nebraska could provide good market for
the products of that State. and would never dream
Of calling 1t any other part Of this great Nation
the cnemy's country
THE COST OF PRODUCTION.
In his speech Of acceptance the candidate OF the
Democracy said:
'In reply to the argument that improved machln-
erv has essened the cost Of producing silver. IT is
sufficient to say that the same IS true OF the pro-
duction Of gold.
lie might have added that the same Is true Of
everything else produced by the aid Of improved
machinery for the Introduction Of machinery has
marked a complete revolution In methods OF pro
duction and in prices. The improved machines have
worked wonders have upset the calculations OF mo
wiscst and their introduction has worked total
change in commerce trade and transportation. Not
long since city not far from here. the streetcar
companies introduced electricity on their lines, and
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