Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-09-03

q meet and effectually defeat 1t.
Q In the Hishest Degree KeprehensIbls.
! 1T Is a cause for painful regret and 80
I licitude that an effort is being made b.
\ those high In the counsels Of the allied
| parties to divide the people Of this country
: Into classes and create distinctions among
I US, which, In fact, do not exist. and are
repugnant to our form Of government
+ These appeals to passion and prejudice
: are beneath the spirit and intelligence Of a
free people, and should be met with stern
} rebuke by those they are sought to infiu-
! ence. and believe they will be- Every
attempt to array class against class, the
classes against the masses, section against
. section. labor against capital, the poor
! against the rich. or interest against inter-
est In the United States, Is In the highest
degree reprehenslble. 1t Is opposed to the
national instinct and interest and should
be resisted by every citizen
we are not nation Of classes. but OF
sturdy, free, independent and honorable
people, despising the demagogue. and never
captivating to dish0nor. This ever-recur-
ring effort endangers popular government
and Is a menace to our liberties. 1t Ia not
new campaign device or party appeal
II Is as old as government among men,
but was never more untimely and unfor-
tunate than now. Washington warued US
hSdHol III anu VtD7tti ndlu III tHt srIhtct
In words which | feel are slngularly ap-
proprlate at this time: admonish the
people against the object Of outcres like
these. ] admonsh every Industrious la
borer Of this country to be on his guard
against such deuslon. | tell him the at
tempt Is to play Off his passion against his
interest, and to prevail on him In the name
Of liberty, to destroy all the fruits Of
liberty
Protection Of Supreme Importance.
Another issue Of supreme Importance
yer Is menace to be feared: we are already
experiencing the effect Of partial free
trade The one must be averted; the other
corrected The republican party Ia welded
to the doctrine Of protection and was never
more earnest In Its support than now. II
argument were needed to strengthen de-
votion to the American system or
on the. party and people II is found
In the lesson and experience of the past
three years Men realize In their own
daily lives what before was to many Of
them only report, history or tradition.
They have had trial Of both systems
and know what each has done for them.
Demanded by Public ExigencieA
washington In his farewell address,
September II, 1855, 100 years ago, said As
very important source Of strength and Sc
curity, cherish public credit. One method
OF preserving It Is to use II as sparingly as |
possibly avoiding the accumulation Of |
debt, not only by stunning occasions Of ex- |
pense, but by vigorous exertions In time |
Of peace to discharge the debts which UNI
av0idablc wars may have occasi0ned, not |
ungenerously throwing upon posterity the |
burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
ITO facilitate the enforcement Of the
rnaxims which he announced he declared:
1t Is essential that you should practically
bear In mind that towards the payment Of
debts there must be revenue; that to have
revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes
can be devised which are not more or less
inconvenient or unpleasant; that the In
trlnslc embarrassment inseparable from
the selection Of the proper objects (which
Is always q choice OF difilculties) ought to
be decisive motive for candid construc-
tion OF the conduct Of the government In
making 1t; and for a spirit Of acquiescence
in the measures for obtaining revenue
which the public exgencies may at any
time dictate.
Animated by like sentiments the people
Of the country must now face the condi-
lions which beset them. The public ex-
lgencies demand prompt protective legis-
lation which will avoid the accumulation
Of further debt by providing adequate rev.
VuuCo lOl tnU cApcnbcb VI tH6 governments. |
This ia manlfestly the requirement Of duty.
II elected president Of the United States
It will be my aim to vigorously promote
this object and give that ample encourage
ment to the occupations Of the American
people which above all else Is so impera-
lively demanded at this juncture Of our ma
tlonal affairs. L
Our Condition In December, 1899.
IN December, 1892, President Harrison
sent his last message to congress 1t was
an able and exhaustive review Of the con-
dltion and resources OF the country II
stated our situation SO accurately that | I
am sure 1t will not be amiss to recte his | /
official and valuable testimony There i
never has been time In our history said he =
when work was 30 abundant, or when b
y ages were 80 high, whether measured by
he currency In which they are paid, or
~ their power to supply the necessaries
Ind comforts Of life The general average n
II prices has been such as to give agri- q
ulture a fair participation in the general q
abllshed since October 0, 1890, and q,
Up. to October %. 1892 number S45, n
md the extension Of existing plants, g
0S. The new capital invested amounts to y
Y, 446,O6Q, and the number of additional en- v
'!oyes S7.2S5. During the first six months q
7 the present calendar year, 1856 new fac u
cries were built, Of which 40 were cotton u
nils, 4S knitting mills, rs wooden mills, is 6
Tx mills, plush mills and 2 linen mills. q
" the 40 cotton mills, q have been built !. u
the southern states, This fairly de- T.
oribes the happy condition of the country IL
n December 1892
Our Condition Since and Now.
THE messages Of President Cleveland Il,
rom the beginning Of his second admins -,
ration to the present time abound with Ia
descriptions OF the deplorable Industrial ~
nd financial situation Of the country. IL
While no resort to history or official state M
1ent is required to advise us of the present m
ondition and that which has prevailed h,
uring the past three years, | venture to ar
uote from President Cieveand's first mes ar ar
age, August s. 1893, addressed to the Fifty al
bird congress- which he had called to- %
ether In extraordinary session. The ex- ra
'tence or an alarming and extraordinary ga
uslness situation said he involving the EN-
'elfare and prosperity of all our people, In
as constrained me to call together In ex- pc
"a session the peoples representatives In Al
ongress, to the end and that through the te
Use and patriotic exercise of the leglsla-
We duties with which they solely are
narged the present evils may be miti- Oh
ated and dangers threatening the future w.
Jay be averted. Our unfortunate financial ~
light Is not the result of untoward events 90
or OF conditions related to our natural re- en-
lurces Nor Is 1t traccabe to any Of the s au'
filictlons which frequently check national ~
rowth and prosperity. With plenteous e a
ops, with abundant promise Of remuner- m
I've production and manufacture with f.,
nusual invitation to safe investment and m,
18th satisfactory assurances to business N,
lterprlses, suddenly financial dstrust and III,
ar have sprung up on every side Nu- IN
erous moneyed institutions have sus. ve
'nded, because abundant assets were not III
available to meet the de- ma
ands of frightened depostors Surviving mr.,
operations and individuals are content NJ,
keep In hand the money they are usually no
ixious to loan, and those engaged In In
ultimate business are SURPRISED to find In
at the securities they offer for loans, sm,
ough heretofore satisfactory, are no on,
niger accepted, Values supposed to be Wr
ted are fast becoming conjcctural, and fro
IS and failure have invaded every branch
business
Cause Of the Change. ~
What startling and sudden change Il
thin the short period of eight months. ddi
I'm December, 1899. to August, 1893. What M,
d occurred? A change OF admristra- a r'
m; all branches Of the government had r rIo
en-. entrusted to the democratic party III III
itch was committed against the protective o eu,