The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-27
The Effects.

AhH AaAGNNAs
The tariff was reduced regardless OF
your needs, and ncw you, who mart
work as you can get work, and live Us
the strlngency Of tho times permits you
to live, must give your portion towards
the support of those Hhn obtained your
vote through false pretense, and who
now make use of your means to strike
You down. Under Democratic rule
Europeans are gradually usurping the
manufacturing Industries on which
coal producers depend for support. The
mines are either shut down, or running
on half time. or less, at greatly re-
dUced wages. heGause Democratic tor
III had lessened the demand for your
product, and the stores refuse to sell
To you on time; tl.Js your homes aIe
becoming desolate, and hunger and
starvation is staring you In the face.
In your condition, can you still sup
por. the rarty That has brought on tails
misery and suffering, or will you MAKE
an earnest effort to utilize 1t, by voting
for the party that advocates protection
to the WOrklngmen and American In
tcrests. generally.
But the miner Is not the only labOrer
effected by these hard times, the suffer-
ing is felt by labOrers Of all classes. The
prosperity Of our different American
Industries are dependent, more or less,
on the products of each other, and II one
IS allowed to suffer a relapse, by bad
legislation, the business of the others
are also retarded to a certain degree;
thus effectlng the wage-earner OF all
classes. Even worse than this, the
Democrats, by the passage of the Will
son bill, aimed direct blow at all busi-
nj oil InnOFnFg
alike.
imagined myself standing on the
American side OF the Atlantic the day
the Wilson bill went into effect. and
looking across on the other side could
see the factories starting up, and hear
the click of the hammers, and the
crc8king noise OF the machinery. that
had grown rusty with time and dis
use / could see men and women with
cheerful faces, hurrylng to and from
their labor and happy children playing
about the streets in new clothes.
thought to myself, surely here is a coun-
Try az enterprlslng as my own dear
Arirrlca, and the people are just as
happy and contentsd, but while thus
mudng, ] turned face about, and see
Ing the distressed condition of my own
country, Immediately OWNED the
cause Of the prosperity in the land
had just beheld.
What Has Been Witnessed.
The factories OF America were closed
and over the doors were pasted cards
that read, in substance, something like
this:
shut down for an indefinite period.
No orders"
Business was paralyzed, and the la
boring men thrown out of work. There
was no demand for their work, for the
business 1f America was transported to
European countries.
We have seen since the advent Of
Democracy, men walking idly about
with their hands in their pockets; chill
dren pInched with hunger; women,
with infants in their arms begging
from door to door; soup houses estab-
llshed all over our land to feed the
starving thousands. and even, the very
government, by lack Of revenue. had to
be mortgaged to the tune of nearly a
quarter billion dollars. or more, In less
than three years. Such condition Of
our country was never known before
The reduction of the tariff wRs a great
Injury TO our nation. and almost
death-blow to the workingmen.
Aud now. farmers, and fellow-work-
Ing-inen, let us consider our condition
carefully, for the country looks to us to
rcctify the mistake made In the election
OF 1892. American works stand idle
waiting for the business TO be redeem
ed from the clutches Of European coun-
tries, and our wives and children look
to us to relieve them from their misery
and want Let US raise ourselves from
the slums Of Democracy-the name ty-
pical Of misery and oppression, and
cast our ballots this fall against the
party who has reduced us to n level with
the half-paid paupers OF Europe. Let
us elevate ourselves to the position
we fell from four years ago, by voting
for the party that advocates protection
10 American industries and American
worklngmen. and also for William Nc
KInley, whose election win restore us
to the prosperous times Of yore.
A. d. ANDERSON.
Hailacl. Monongalla County, w. Va,
May %, 1896.