The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-23

| HNN"'tN NlNtUlnH.. ana nIC Nlns
| Idly forming" Tfl 1f -
The rNpacity OF greed and ayaricc. y
"thc. graSping and needless cxac,ions OF
employers" "opprcssCl nnyortv nni
toll cNasperatcl BY Injustice and dis.
content" "The schemes perpctrntcl
for the purpose OF eXactlng tribute from
the poor for the benefit Of tho rich, !"
''SccheS TINT mOr'l thu homes of toll"
These and other nhrascs were used In
Mr.. Clcrcland's speeches aud letters AT
4 time when the country was never so
prosperous and never had been, These
phrases and continents sound like
Tillman. lie Gould not have SAID moro
nor worse things, and IL somn extent
| Clevclandlsm Is the father OF rlllman.
| ism. ~
| while stating these facts which have
become q part OF the history OF tho
country, do no with tho same regret
| that illlcd me when heard and read
them, must say. however, that Mr.,
| Cleveland deserves some credit, aud
should have It abundnntly ana I'M.
| stIntcdly. Atter becoming President he
did all In his power to educate the pco.
| liS and stop the free silver movement,
lie disappointed and angercd the an.
nrcaiSts and the dsordcrly by using
| the Federal troops TO prevent their do.
| sttoylng Chicago. | think the country
| owes him debt OF gratitude for these
md other brave ana good things no
| has done. \N
The money question, or free silver, Is
| subordinate to the greater or under.
lying question OF tho tariff, because
upon n protective tarlfr largely dcprnds
| our business interests. whether without
u S"s country can be prosperous;
ME to do hn s'I "o gnnd ,or "ss pew
send It abroad 10 be done; whether We
will build up our home markets and
give employment to our own people, or
l~'p foreign markets and give employ
meht 70 Foreign wage-enrnGrs
trade existed before money Money
docs not make trade and business, Il
only Facilitates both; nor does 1t make
country rich. especially, money that
does not have Intrinsic value and not In
demand by the people OF the world.
Paper money does not add TO the wealth
OF nation beyond the point where II
can b" redeemed In good money, nor
does silver money, apart from Its In
trinsIc value, beyond the point where II
can also be redeemed.
II would seem, then. that the most
Nh''H " " NN''- - " hAnN
adopt an Industrial policy which Will
promote trade, commerce. business,
progress. prosperity. building railroads
and running our factories. mills and
mines day and night. giving employ
ment 10 our people at fair wages, and
then discuss the Kind OF money VIC
should have.
R~,ults Under Protectiv. Tariff.
We con only orcur,ta,v iudre ~ Tho
.i,
''''''sS VI ""s 'e''Nue POM! UT S!s-
TEN after trying 1t and Knowing Its
results. SD
The material progress of the United
States under protective thrift. from
1860 to 1892, was the greatest. most rap
ID and the most marvellous OF nil his
tory. During this period occurred the
Civil! War 70 save .he Union, the great
est war OF all time. The debt Incurred
TO carry on the war reached the enor-
nous sum OF three thousand million OF
dollars, nearly two thousand million OF
which have been paid in TWENTY-FIVE
years: and all this under a protective
tariff. not only without hardship To the
people. but while they enioypd uney-
smpled nrosperity. Under n protective
tariff we have become the richest nation
In the world. leading all Others In agrI-
culture. mining and manufacturing
From 1850 Ia 1890 the Increase in ma
tional wealth was 2sI par cont
In 1850 wr had thirty rhousorh nIas
Of railroad and In 1880 one hundred
md siyty-sayen thousand r,,lss an in
crpas. Of nearly four, hundred and fffy
ner cent From 1850 ~ 1890 the CAM
t,l4Inypsted In mountaineering inrreas-
cd about two and one-haif times the
nurh.r ~ amnIov.s and wara-earnars
Increased n41rly one million. Th-, wages
earned In IsS0 were about 200 O0CI 600,
In 1so0 thev we're one hIIlion
tIyn hundred and t,ynntv milIInn In 1Sen
,he value ~ tho nrodIct ~ ~. cnuntr,,
~'o twsn hIIIinn saven hundred ari
eleven million In 1890 II was rorr hill
SSns arrht bundrnd and s;r,w milan In
1SSH tSa v,oa.eorners raraIvnd thrca
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