The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-08-19

He Predicts the Return of Mckinley Pros
perity-How Grover Secured His Supply
of Revenue-Elrs Method of Retaining
Our Gold.
The wisest men of the Republican
party worked for weeks on their ST.
Louis platform. 1t is a political Gibral-
tar. 1t is fortified by right and backed
up experience taught by the disastrous
failures of the Democrats The plat
form is sound on reciprocity, protective
tariff, pensions, money and the Monroe
doctrine
What will the Democrats do?
Why, they will fight against this plat
form, for they will fight against sound
money, reciprocity and protective tariff.
The World has commenced its assault.
1t says that Cleveland got $50, 900, 900
more revenue his first year than Har-
rison did during his last year. OF
course Cleveland did, but TO get this
revenue, having a tariff 80 per cent
lower than Harrison, he had 70 ship 80
per cent more goods from Europe than
Harrison did. When Cleveland shipped
so per cent more goods from Europe,
we manufactured 80 per cent less goods
in America. This kept 80 per cent Of
our labCr idle, dropped wages 80 per
cent and closed down 30 per cent of our
mi lis, and 80 per cent more Of our gold
went to Europe to pay for goods that
went there under Harrison. From a
dollar country we became 20 cent
country.
Then why did Harrison's revenue fall
of the last year?
1t was because importers stopped inn
porting. They said, eve will wait for
Cleveland's low tariff" When Cleve-
lands low tariff came, then our mills
began TO cut wages and stop. Steam
ships were loaded with foreign goods,
and Cleveland did get bigger revenue
than Harrison, but it was at the expense
of our home manufacturers. The result
was bad times at home, and $3.50, 0Oo,-
900 in gold has gone out to pay for this
overimportation, while our own labor
has been idle. Democratic experience
backs up Republican theory.
Still the Democrats jump up and
shrek:
Cleveland with free trade shipped
more goods his first year than Harrison
did his last year. ="
OF course he did, and the more Cleve-
land bought in England the poorer we
got at home.
Now, TO discern the shortsighted ar
guments which the free traders are be-
ginning TO resort TO, will give the
horoscope of the future:
The last year Of Cleveland will be
just the opposite Of the last year of Har-
rison. A good tariff prevented big i'm
portations then, but Cleveland's low
tariff will cause big importations during
the last end of his term. Merchants will
load up with low priced pauper made
English goods.
And when Mckinley comes in, what
then?
Why, for the first six months of Nc
Kinley importation will be small. The
merchants will have on hand loads Of
English goods. Mckinley will not get
the old time revenue. Then the free
traders will Jump and say, "We told
you sop'
When will the good times commence?
They will commence when the Nc
Kinley tariff begins to operate, when
the people begin to use American goods,
when our mills start up, when our
own workmen all go to work and the
gold which has been going to Europe to
pay their cheap labor will be kept at
home to pay our labor. Then the good
old times will be back again. When the
people see this prophecy, see our gold
staying at home, see the balance Of
trade in our favor. they will hold on to
the protection policy for 80 years, as
they did before. ELI PERKINS
UAomaud For