The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

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;ns35s.ss =, y sa 'ssskeaest evils 1t has
n I'M, u. ~ eoanSty e that because
.;,s,' ~. 8, 4 s9e and business de-
Il isf ~ 80 ~ s'mes Il brought on.
!,,,sss,,. s.ss syn..aon N part for the
Nm e s -, I. J.. l.assoh II times had
4 m, = 49, a.'aef cleveland after 1899
wo,,,s ~ -, s.s Ss l.Asiiison before. We
IN, !, ~ - -, nAa business 1epres.
have h"s,, .' ,s..,s ua.es anu there would
Ina s,,a.,sS y vr NO silver agitation.
liz h,,t,, 800 \. :, '. .se SILVER question had
4 ~ 80. ~. :. " business troubles and
periencing. Now ex-
Iknow some free t,aae I'D ,,,...
making much Of an Increase h ann a ~.
ports Of manufactured goods; hut mi,
y largely due to the fact that many ~
our abiishments, In order to rim az
selling their products at cost. vgi,ins
1or good times As soon as times ana
our nome markets revive, then nro.
ducts VIII be sold al home for ,Ivtn,
prices and not 80 abroad at starya,ion
prices.
From 1857 to 1860 we had a tariff for
revenue only as we have nov with
similar results. It took just thirty-two
years, from 1860 to 1892, for the neon,s
o. this country to forget the facts a,
history and learn again, through the
lessons Of bitter experience. how dis.
astsosls are the results Of q tariir ior,
revenue only and at will, i hope. TAXA
more than mother thirty years Tor them
10 forge the consequence Of me Dem
ocrat 70 tariff of 1894 and | an, sure n
VIII take stu another thirty years for
the country to produce a man like INTO
Grover Cleveland, VINO gained mower
for himself and his party by appealinv
to the prejudiees Of the masses char.
Ing that protection was robbery. and
successfully persuading the people that
they were burdened with taxation do.
frauded and robbed when they we're
the most prosperous people on earth.
The people, in the approaching t1ec.
ton, mean to place the sea. Of their
condemnation upon free trade and tar.
III for revenue only, and upon the Civ.
ing up of our honfe markets 10 foreign.
ers and employment to foreign wage.
ea1ners instead OF our own people. and
will not be diverted from their purpose
by the free silver cry or by threats a.
Anarchists.
Protection and reciprocity were never
SO dear to the American people and
they mean to elect the Republican tick.
ct and preserve both Of these principles
for themselves and their children for a
generation to come.
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AsS ~ 9 e a,,o a'''h u west
sissin'a.
But OF an people IN the United States
me people Of West Virginia have
me greatest reason to be dissatisfied
with the harmful effects Of Democrat
nc tartn.
Inc ptatform o. the Democratic party
IN 1917 declared IN favor OF free raw
matetaai. NO deadlier blow could have
oeen dealt the interests o. West Wiz
ginia. me wilson Dill, although Mr..
Wilson Is a West Virgtnian. placed all
the raw materials OF West Virginia on
.ne lree INST ne struck them down AZ
Sn Ne, ae.' , ulo,s.
ssess Ssstsln,a asp enos upon lts ium- Z
ossl, Mool. s,'ai, IRON ore, ssaie ana tne
I, an MI, ,. % il9n ana poae,y. ~
~ ssilsgn plli, - 1Iss Eepo'rsea, coai,
placed on the free g, list, and the dutie.
u ssssls sna Sns l'a ~ o.
l ~. s.s a W. ,s sas narass. q.