North Park union., 1896-07-31

nouncing the surrender of thi.
power to the banks, but the refer
ences to the protective system ar,
distinctly partisan in spirit, and
anything but conciliatory to those
bimetallists who believe in protec.
tion, and without whose aid Demo
cratic success is impossible.
In short the platform does moi
rise to the occasion. A crisis con
fronts our producing classes. and
it cannot be met with success un.
less all true Americans will pu,
patriotism before partisanship
The money cliques arrayed in de.
Tense of the appreciating gold
standard that is sapping the
vitality of our people, are bold,
aggressive and united. They are
leaving no stone unturned to
saddle the apprecia,ing gold stan.
dard on our people and their
efforts will be crowned with sue
cess unless bimetallists of all par.
ties can be brought to stand
shoulder to shoulder and cast their
votes for common candidate re-
presenting the interests of our
producing classes and standing for
financial independence as opposed
to Major Mckinley and the money
cliques, financial bondage and sub
serviency to the dictaiion of the
creditor classes of Great Britain.
For bime,allists to divide against
themselves is to play into the
hands of the money cliques who
are striving, through the agency
of an appreciating dollar, to en-
slave our people.
1t is therefore misfortune that
partisan spirit should prevade
the platform adopted by the Demo
cratic Convention and the comven-
tion that sought TO unite all bime-
tallists under the Democratic ban
ner and to marshal the forces of
the producing classes against the
money cliqnes, showed little wis
dom in bringing into the platform
and in a partisan spirit denuncia-
tions of the protective system to
which all proteciionists must take
exception. We believe bimetal-
lism and protection to be INSOFAR
able, just as we believe gold-mono-
mctalliSm to mean free Trade, and
there are thousands Of bimetal.
lists, hitherto Republicans and now
protectionists who hold this belief
in accord with us.
On the narrow grasllr.s OF class
interest we have never supported
tariff duties but we have urged
the maintenance of the protective
system as national policy, in the
interests not alone Of the manu-
facturer but of the whole people.
1t is with view to freeing our
people, both as consumers and pro-
ducers, from dependence on for
eign monopollists, that we give
our earnest support to the protec-
tive system, for we are convinced
that such n system leading to the
upbuilding of industrial centers
and the development of our natural
resources leads not to an enhance
ment, but to reduction in the
real price of the protected article
to the cosumer and at the same
time by making an enlarged home
market for our agricultural pro-
ducts, enables our farmers to
realize better prices than they
otherwise would. We recognize
that when there is surplus pro-
duction of agricultural products
for which we must find market
in Europe, that foreign price fixed
in such markets in competition
with all the world, fixes the home
price as well. but still the build
ing up of the home market, even
though insufficient to absorb the
whole product, has tendency to
advance prices, for the smaller the
surplus seeking an outlet in
Europe the less severe must be