Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-09-02
FORCED IN FRONT.
Bryen's Nomination Makes Tariff
Prominent Question.
Democratic Candidate Rank Free Trader
Would Open Our Markets. Wide
To All Cheap Labor
Produces

willingly forced To the front the issue
Of protection against free trade. As
proof of this, IL is only necessary to re-
fer to Mr.. Bryan's tariff record i'm con-
yrcss during his brief experience there
rs member OF the house of representa-
tives, and. i'm order that the friends of
protection may have an opportunity to
refresh their memories in this respect,
we publish this week some extracts
from his speeches delivered during the
second session of the Fifty-third con-
gress, when the Wilson bill became law.
Mr.. Bryan Is an out-and-out free
trader. lie was dissatisfied even with
the original Wilson bill before IL re-
ceivcd the GOO amendments that finally
enabled it's passage through the United
States senate. lie regards - tariff of
ten per cent. levied purposcly for pro-
lection" rs being "just as indcfensible
rs tariff of n thousand per cent" OF
the original free trade Wilson bill he
| saidi II think the duties all the way
through this bill are higher than neces-
sary." But. low rs they were, he
viewed IL as ''step in the right direc-
ton. He also said: 81 am for free
ore" Again: "Thc duty on coal is in
defensiblc.''
These brief quotations will enable all
friends of protection TO appreciate the
imminent danger TO every American
wnge-earncr and every American in
dustry that would arise through the
election of Mr.. Bryan to the presidency.
IL is quite possible that he may attempt
To evadc any discussion of the tariff
| question during the campaign, or to re-
fer to 1t as briefly as possible. But this
must not be permitted. Wherever or
whenever Mr.. Bryan or any other dem
ocrat may chance To speak during the
ensuing months, every friend of protcc-
ton should see that the democratic can
didate's position on the tariff question
is clearly questioned and clearly de-
| fne1. His utter hostility to American
labor and TO American industry must be
exposed Mt every opportunity.
Contrast the words OF the democratic
| demagogue with those of Hon. William
Mckinley: when there is work there
rs wages, and when there is work wage
| carriers are consumers, who contribute
the best market for the products of our
| soil" How Mr.. Bryan can make the
| western farmers believe to the contrary
that Idle wagc-enrners can contrib
| ute the best market for the products
OF our soil'-it will he interesting to
observe. lie would close every coal
and iron mine, he would let our lumber
come from Canada. our wool from Aus
tralia and the clothes we wear from
| Europe-or else he would insist that all
American Industries, he paid only at
such low rates of wages as are earned
by labor engaged i'm similar occupations
abroad. Yet these lower wages, he says.
would contribute the hest market for
The products of our soil"
We have no fear that farmers will be
deceived by any such illogical argu-
ment or visionary reasoning. IL resem-
bles too much the clap-trap that capti-
waited them in 1892, and the sad results
of the experience into which they were
then beguiled still confronts them. But
Mr.. Bryan is II clever speaker and, unless
Ills fallacies he promptly and universal
" exposed, he is likely to carry away
some of his audiences to his own way of
thinking.
IL Will he our aim to watch and closely
follow the democratic nominee through
tut the campaign and rcfute his direct
statements in favor OF \ policy of free
trade by the incontrovertible facts
which have, time and again, proven that
the policy of protection is the only safe
and proper policy for the United states.
The coming presidential campaign is
one OF work to achieve an overw helming
81 rtn In,
champion of protection, and for all re-
publican congressman, and an equally
Overwhelming defeat for Hon. William
j. Bryan, the democratic champion OF
free trade, for all democratic congress
men, and for everything else that is
contrary to the spirit Of the constitu-
ton of the United States.
The wisest men of the republican
party worked for weeks on their ST
Louis platform. II is n political Glib
raltar. II is fortified by right and
oacked up by experience taught by the
disastrous failures OF the democrats.
The platform is sound on reciprocity.
protective tariff, pensions, money and
the Monroe doctrine.
What will the democrats do?
thfg WIZ hknI dIuInNt tniH pIut-
form, for they will fight against sound
money, reciprocity and protective tariff.
The World has commenced it's assault
u says that Cleveland got $50, DOC. 900
more revenue his first year than Har-
rison did during his last year. OF course.
Cleveland did. but 90 get this revenue.
having tariff 30 per cent. lower than
Harrison. he had 10 ship 30 per cent.
more goods from Europe than Harrison
did. When Cleveland shipped 30 per
cent. more goods from Europe. we man
ufnctured 30 per cent. less goods in
America. This kept 30 per cent OF our
.abor idle, dropped wages 30 per cent.
and closed down 30 per cent. of our mills.
and 30 per cent. more Of our gold went
10 Europe 20 pay for goods than went
there under Harrison. From a dollar
country we became 7O-cent country.
Then why did Harrison's revenue fall
on the last year?
u was because importers stopped inn
porting. They said: Eve will wait for
Cleveland's low tariH" When CIeve-
lands low tariff came. then our mills
began TO cut wages and stop. Steam
ships were loaded with foreign goods.
and Ciescland did get n Bigger rev
puUp { hmm Tfarricou buf IL ts,oo o. 81. go.