The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-03

yer we now have in circulation on q parity
with gold by maintaining the Piedge OF
to gold.
Farmers and Laborers Suner Most.
1T there is any one thing which should
be free from speculation ana nuctuatlon
Is the OF o
ton. When we part with our labor. our
products. 'or our property: we shou ~ re- re-.
and unchanging in value as the ingenuity
of honest men can make It. Debasement
Of the currency means destruction a lion, o. h Va
money as the farmers and laborers. They
are the first to feel it's bad effects and the
ths to nfor Of ali s
and here, as elsewhere, the poor, and not
the rich. are always the greatest sufferers
from every attempt to debase our money.
Unlimited Irredeemablo Paper Money
1.-THE silver question is not the only issue
affecting our money IN the pending con-
test. Not content with urging the free
coinage Of silver. its strongest champions
demand that our paper money shall be
issued directly BY the government Of the
United States: This is the Chicago demo-
e. ha ST. aonalp
shall be issued by the general government
only, without the intervention Of banks
% M Of ali debts Public and % ate
through lawful disbursements of the gov
L.
coinage of the worlds silver. we are asked
TO enter upon an era of unlimited ire
deemable paper currency.
Protection of Supreme Importance.
Another issue Of supreme Importance
yer is a menace to be feared we are already
experiencing the effect OF partial free
The Re
to the doctrine Of protection and was never
more earnest in its support than now. II
&ofiom to the neSqee
to increase the hold Of that system
on the, party and people 1t is found
three years. Men realize in their own
daily lives what before was to many of
them only report, history or tradition
and know what each has done for them.
Of President Harrison in December 1892
country at that time. In comparison he
quotes from the messages Of President
of the
and financial condition of the country
during his second administration. He con-
tinues:
Cause of the Change.
what a startling and sudden change
fronfDecember. 1892. to August, 1898; What
tom ton U ali branches Of the government had
been entrusted to the democratic party
which was committed against the protective
SGy that had ysals
exampled prosperity to the country, and
firmly pledged to its complete overthrow
only. The change having been decreed by
the elections in November, its effects were
at once anticipated and felt.
Good Money Never Made Times Hard.
1T is mere pretense to attribute the
renSy is on a gold basis. Those who as
sert that our present industrial and finan.
clal depression is the result Of the gold
Alright, or been careful students of the
events Of recent years. We never had
ea ep IN and
during ali Of Witch time this country was
money in it's fiscal and business operations
than ever before: We had, too. protective
tariff under which ample revenues were
cumulating surplus which was constantly
applied to the payment Of the public debt.
Comparing the tari9 SOILS OF 1889 ana 1884, MI;
loss OF revenue by the operation Of the later
act through the decrease in exports and
increase Of imports. He says:
1--WE have lost steadily in both directions
Our foreign trade has been diminished and
our domestic trade has suffered incalcul-
able loss: Does not this suggest The cause
remedy? Confidence in home enterprises
has almost wholly disappeared: Our shops
and pr #
loss. Our men at home are idle and while
they are idle men abroad are occupied in
home market mai for the farmer has also great
~ suffered because those who constitute
1.-THE great army of American wage-earn-
formerly had: If they cannot earn wages
they cannot buy products. They cannot
earn # they have no employment m and when
is iessencd and impaired, and the loss Is
felt by both producer and consumer. The
loss Of earning power aione n th1s country
produced our unfortunate business sttua-
ton. If our labor was we'll employed, and
employed at as remnn erar wages as IN IN
land would feel the glad change in the in
erased demand for his products and in the
better prices which ne would receive.
should Open Mills, Not Mtnts.
eft Is not an increase in the volume of
money which is the need of the time, but
an Increase in the volume of business. Not
an OF CON- put an me-, OF
mints for the unlimited coinage OF the
silver Of the world t put oS open mills tor the
Workingmen. The opening to the world
Of our mints for the coinage Of silver would
net P acE To oSr peo % on3
come with the employment of the masses,
and such employment is certain to follow
the reestabl1shment Of a wise protective
policy which shall encourage manufactur-
Ing at home.
"Protection has lost none Of its virtue and
Importance. The first duty Of the repub-
lican party II restored to- power in the
country, will be the enactment Of tariff
law which will raise all the money neces-
sary to conduct the government. econom-
ically and honestly administered and so
adjusted as to give preference to home
manufacturers and adequate protection to
home labor and the home market. We
are not committed to any special schedules
or rates Of duty. They are and should be
always subject to change to meet new
conditions, but the principle upon which
rates Of duty are imposed remains the
same. Our duties SHOULD always be high
enough to measure the difference between
the wages paid labor at home and in com.
peting countries, and to adequately protect
American investments and American en-
terprises.
Our Farmers and the Tariff.
s'Our farmers have been hurt by the
changes in our tariff legisla ton as severe
" as our laborers and manufacturers,
badly as they have suffered. The republic.
an platform wisely declares In favor OF
such encouragement to our sugar interests
'as will lead to the production on Ameri-
can soil of all the sugar which the Amef1-