The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-10
HOBART'S LETTER
con,lnn,l from l.lr.t mo.

Continued from fIrt Page,
these propositions embody. lilt9}would
srrm that there could be butiotib scn-
tImcnt among rlght.thinkng citizens
Ss 10 the duty OF tho hour. All men,
Of whatever party, who heliov6 In law.
and have some regard for tho, sucrcd.
ness OF Individual Hnd Institutional
rights, must unite In defense or the en-
dSngcred interests OF the nntlnn
While tho financial Issue which has
been thus considered. and which has
come M tho result OF tho agitation OF
recent years, 10 occupy q peculiar con-
righteousness. IL admittedly OF primary
Importance, there IL another question
which must command careful and Sc
rlous attention. Our financial md busl-
meas condition Is at this moment one
OF almost unprecedented depression.
our great Industrial system Is serl-
ousy pnraly2cd. Production In many
important branches OF manufacture hns
altogether ceased. Capital lgSwithout
rcmunerntivc employment. labor IL
idle. The revenues OF the government
nrc insufficient TO meet Its ordinary and
necessary expenses These conditions
are not the result OF accident, They are
the outcome OF u mistaken economic
policy deliberately enacted and applied.
i, would not be difficult and would not
involve any violent disarmament our
existing commercial system 10 enact
necessary tariff notifications along the
lines OF experience. For the first two
fiscal years OF the so-called Mckinley
tariff the receipts from customs wero
s3SOS07,sS0. At this writing the Wilson
tariff act has been IN force for nearly
two fiscal years, but the total receipts.
actual and estimated. cannot exceed
SSl9,til, SiT. a steady deficit, constantly
depicting the resources Of tho govern
ment and trenching oven upon It's gold
reserve has brought about public dis
trust md business disaster. II has, too.
necessltated the sRla OF $26?, 900 900 OF
bonds, thereby Increasing TO that cN-
tent the national debt. II will be re-
membered TINT In no year OF the more
than quarter OF u century Of contlnu-
Gus Republican administration sue
cccdIng the civil war. when our In
dustrles were dIsintegrated, and all the
conditions OF business were more or less
disturbed. was the national debt in
creased by single dollar; II was. on
the contrary. steadily and rapidly d.
miniShed. In such condition OF affairs
us this II Is Idle TO argue against the
necessity OF some sort OF change In
our fiscal laws. The Democratic party
declares for q remedy by direct taxa
ton upon q selected class Of, citizens.
II opposes any application OF the pro-
tectlve principle. -;
The Tariff. ,.af
Our party holds that by n.wise ad-
justment OF the tarlff. conceived In mod
Grafton and with view 10 stability,
We may secure all needed revenue. and
1t declares that in the event OF. Its re-
storatIon to power II will seek to &C.
cOmpltsh that result. 1t holds, too, that
It IS the duty OF the government to pro-
tect and encourage In all practicable
ways the development OF domestic In
dustries, the elevation OF home labor,
and the enlargement OF the prosperity
OF the people. II does not favor any
form OF legislation which would lodge
IN the government the power to do what
the people ought to do for themselves,
bu' IL believes that II Is both wise and
patriotic to discriminate In favor OF our
0"n material resources, and the utllZa-
ton, under the best attainable coudi-
lions. Of our own capital and our own
available skill and industry.
The words OF the RepubllcAr-natlonal
Platform on this subject are at once
temperate and emphatic. II says Of the
polIdy OF protection: I'm its reasonable
application :. is Just, fair and impartial.
equally opposed to foreign control and
domestic monopoly. to sectional dlscrIm-
nation and individual favorhlsm." 4"
I'VE demand such an eQult-
ny aNl~ atFrfN lt,N.N I,tV
come Into competition with American
products as Will not only furnish ade-
Quate revenue for the neceSsarysxpcnses
OF the government, but will protect
american labor from degradation to the
wage level OF other lands. We are nOl
pledged 10 any particular schedules.
The question Of rates Is a practical Qucs-
ton, 10 De governed by the conditions Of
tn. time and or product!on: the ruling
and incorporating principle IS the
protection and development OF American
labor and Industry. The country de-
mands right settlement, and then It
wants rest"
The Republican party. In its first sue
Ctssful national Contest, under Abraham
Lincoln declared in favor ''of that policy
VI national exchanges which secures TO
the wnrklngInnn living wages - agrI-
culture remuncrAt!vc prices,Ito me-
chanIcs and manufacturers an adequate
reward !Or th4lr skill. labor and enter
Prise, and 10 the nation commercial pros
i,."lIy AMI Independence" The principle
thus enunc!atad has never Dc-a aban-
dnncl. In the crisis now up0usu s, IL
must be Technically adhered Io.-While
we mu3t Insist that our monetary stand
ard shall he maintained In harmony with
that Of th,, civilized world, tnat our cur
rcncy shall be sound and honest; wc
mus, also remember that unless we
InGkc It possible for capital TO find en-
plnyment and for labor 10 earn ample
and remun-rative wages. It VIII be I'M
Possible TO attain that degree OF prov
prrity which, with a sound monetary
policy buttresSed by sound tariff poll
Cy. viii be assured. -
in 1872, when by universal consent we
touched the high water mark OF our ma
t!Onal prosperity, we were under the
same financial system that we have to-
day. Gold was then the Iole standard,
and silver and paper were freely used as
the common currepcy. We had Htarln
framed by Republican hands under the
direction OF the great statesman who
TJw logically leads the contest for n res
tnratlon OF the policy whose reversal
brought paralysis 10 SO many OF our In
'hSllItS anu ilHbltSo tpOh az 49, ~ 80
body OF our people. We were under the
policy of reciprocity, formulated by an
other illustrIouS statesman OF the gcnu-
inc American type. We may. IL We
choose to do So return to the prosperous
conditions which existed before the pres
cnt administration came into power.
My sincere conviction Is that my
countrymen will prove wise enough TO
understand the issues that confront
them. and patriotic enough To apply safe
and sure remedies for the evils that OPP
rr'Ss us. They will mo- am sure, nc
Csli again at their face value, the prom