Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-08-08

81 IS go ~ *311HHET lSH e.. "a .
Never by 7Is. There were z47z votes
polled for John u Danie1 III cife.,;t
clerk. which waa nearly tle fiji vote
he having ne opposition.
The nauch-used phrase, silver j
the poor mans money, has 4 good
deal Of truth il It. All silver conn.
tries are very poor. There IS not !
silver standard country in the world
whose lahorers receive over 60 cents !
day i IS the poor mans money !,
the same sense that skins i The
poor mans clothing. presidential
hnts are the poor mans houses. J, and
'despotlsm IS the poor mans govern
ment Guuton's Magazine.
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Protection Against Free Trade.
To the Editor Of the Herald
As this matter has agitated the
minds OF the American people for
some time, and is TO-DAY potw;tb
standing the cry of the Free silver
men and the whoop of the Populists.
that more silver will relieve all the
distress and restore again the good
times. Protection is and should be
the leading principle in this cam
paign and is the only and sure road
to the return of more prosperous
times. The working of Protection Is
not understood by many of our peo-
pie but its principles were clearly
demonstrated here in our town a few
days ago. On or about July i a par.
ty opened a miscellaneous store in
town, and sold goods at such prices
that none of our dealers could cope
with him, selling goods so cheap that
all were surprised and of course il
hurt the business of our merchants
the right or wrong of which l do not
question, but the consequences we
will look after. Our merchants
squealed, and sought our CITY gov
eminent to protect them. WHY.
Because cheap goods and low prices
drove their trade away and they felt
1t, and therefore called for protection
Now, four years ago, some of these
very men, who call for protection
when their policy comes home tc
them, voted for just such policy 70,
the American people. Voted tc
throw open the gates of our country
to cheap foreign manufacturers and
labor and let them come in and sell
their goods while our home manu-.
lecturers and laborers sat in idleness,
Just as did our town merchants while
Mr.. Boyd supplied the people with
his cheap goods. Now let Boyd rep
resent the foreign dealer with his
cheap labor and goods and Martins
burg and her merchants the American
people and our city government rep.
Tesents the U. S. Government. Now,
says the city government, at the re.
quest and petition of the business
men, If you want to sell here you
must pay S. per day license Cor tar
ifA into our city treasury or stay out
as you pay no tax on anything nor in
anyway help to keep up our city, so
This you must do to protect our home
people or you can't sell here.
Now this is the policy of the Re
publican party and the laws it will
enact. It says to the foreign manu-
facturer pay into the treasury of I'm
Gle Sam certain tariff duty on your
goods to help run this government
and to protect our h6fne industries,
or you stay out with your goods.
Now if our city government must
and will protect our people (Which is
right why not the United States by
its laws protect the manufacturers
and laborers of this great country
from the cheap labor of foreign coun-
tries3 ! ask the question: Why3
PRoTEcTIoNIsT.