The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-04

Lewis in the Prescott (Arizona) Miner
! Journal:
Wichita. Kan. Feb. %.
Hon. R. c. Powers. Prescott, Arizona.
| Dear Governor:- beg TO acknowledge
your valued favor of the 23rd ult. l agree
with you that Major Mckinley is the
warmest friend of free silver of any OF the
Republican candidates yet named.
We Republicans OF Kansas. however. are
supporting him almost unanimously, more
I think, because Of his protective ideas
than because of his known friendliness FOR
| the white metal.
| Our people are intelligent enough 10
| know what ais them. Like the fellow
who swallowed the seidlitz powder IN sep
arate decoctions. they know where the diff
fculty lies. They are not seeking quack
| doctor to diagnose the disease that af-
| fiicts the body polite. but they have To-
| Gated the trouble and all they are now
asking Is an opportunity TO administer
proper medicine 10 the patient and that
remedy is protective ballot.
The people have learned that protection
| means for the laborer plenty of work at
fair wages: for the manufacturer de
mand for all his finished products at re-
munerative prices; for the merchant ac-
tivity in trade; for the farmer a ready
market for all his commodities. They
have learned that under protection Amer
lea consumes % TO % per cent of all she
produces, while under free trade her mar
kets are glutted with foreign goods. her
gold drained out TO pay for them, her
laborers thrown out of employment and
her markets destroyed.
Five times in the history OF this n zion
has free trade had a fair and impartial
trial Without a single exception II has
been accompanied by general commercial
disaster. relieved only by a return to a
protective tariff. 1t was so after the
war of the Revolution, up to the protective
legislation of 1889. Then followed period
of prosperity up to the practical free trade
policy of 1916. Then again ensued gen
eral depression. until 1924 congress passed /
a decidedly protective tarff. more rigid /.
than that of 1883. Once more the nation /
began an era of prosperity hitherto IN I
known. The relief TO the country at /
tanned through the tariffs of 1924 and ISIS, |
as stated by Daniel Webster, was pro- |
found and general, reaching all classes
the farmer the manufacture, the ship |
owner, the mechanic and the day laborer /
The change was as great as was wrought |
when Hamilton smote the rock and public |
credit and abundant streams OF revenue
gUshed forth"
But in 1889, under the demand Of South
ern leaders-always the most persistent: |
advocates Of free trade. ard their people /
always the greatest losers thereby-au the
protective features of the tariff were
wiped out, and then Immediately again
followed all the calamities OF the former
free trade periods, and continued up 10 |
1872 During that period, in Ohio, horses
sold at s.. cows 81, hogs at ca cents per
head. and other property. not only in
Ohio. but throughout the country. in pro-
portion. In the midst OF this terrible
period came the great financial crash OF
1887. the most appalling, widespread and
disastrous that had ever been known.
In 1872 the Wings again came into power
A highly protective tariff was passed.
Prosperity came Ike a sun burst through
the gloom; factories. long Idle. started up.
new ones were built. ten thousand enter
prises. utilizing the best Drawn and brain
of the land. were set on foot. labor was
in demand, business of every kind re-
viveG. and the hum OF industry sYeiled
like an anthem Of JOY and gladness from
every hill and valley OF the nation.
But once more came the dread night
mare Of disaster. when, by dupuc!ty OF
James X. Polk, he was elected president.
and, in lS4S, The fourth free trade period
was inaugursted. The inevitable results
SIS always before. eliminating
in the awful crash Of 1851. and continuing
with appalling severity up 70 ISL. when,
again, under Republican rule. a prOtec-
tive policy was for the fourth time tri-
umphant. This period Of protection con-
tinued up % 1Ss2. The degree OF pros-
perity attained ny the nation in these
thirty-oue years is unparalleled BY any
country since the world began. TO re- /
count the progress and give statistics 90
our growth in commerce. manufacture.
agriculture. wealth and population would .
ienE-hen THIS letter beyond endurance.
You ana are Old enough 20 have watched
with auazemeut ard taken note or ne
ard countless eyolauo1s OF tslIs +
period
But "a ISee the san 81 lC-e s1isndor hal .
liumLned our country s-1 dazzled the na- 4
tons OF the earth for a score AMI half
- years, was doomed s-a5n 20 set fl the .
darkness. II WAS written il the s-als
hat the Democrats parry. as tne cub
ninatlug and most s1upsn6ous sin CT SIS
existence. a. The crownlBe ard mos co.,
cssal curse Of q century Of errors. shoald.
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d he American republic ~ I trBs- ard
believe. o1ce z.ore plunge u headIong into 8
. period o. financial res8lsicu a-l r - q
ress. over which Tie very imrs c. Fer1i- G
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