Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-10
TO THE DEMOCRATS.
Eli Perkins Gives Them Some Advice.


Brother DemOcratS-Backed by the
World. Herald and other free trade
newspapers, you are commencing your
assaults on Mckinley three months
before the republicans are in power.
You are still saying Cleveland got
$50, 900, 900 more revenue his first year
than Harrison did during his last
year OF course Cleveland did. broth
er Democrats, but to get this revenue.
having tariff of 80 per cent lower than
Harrison. he had to ship 30 per cent
more goods from Europe than Harri-
son did. When Cleveland shipped 80
per cent more goods from Europe, we
manufactured 80 per cent less goods
in America. This kept 80 per cent of
our labor idle, dropped wages 80 per
cent and closed down 30 per cent of
our mills, and 80 per cent more of our
gold went to Europe to pay for goods
than went there under Harrison.
From a dollar country we became a
seventy-five cent country. Then why
did Harrison's revenue fall off the last
year?
1t was because importers stopped
importing. They said, tive will wait
for Cleveland's low tariff When
Cleveland's low tariff came then ouI
mills began to cut wages and stop.
steamships were loaded with foreign
goods, and Cleveland did get bigger
revenue than Harrison, but it was at
the expense of our home manufacture
ers. The result was bad times al
home, and $3.50, 100000 in gold has
gone out to pay for this overimporta.
tion, while our own labor has been
idle. Democratic experience backs
up republican theory.
Still the democrats jump up and
shrek:
''Cleyeland, with free trade, shipped
more goods his first year than Harri
son did his last year"
OF course he did, and the more
Cleveland bought in England the
poorer we got at home.
Now, to disarm the short-sighted
arguments which the free traders are
beginning to resort to, | will give the
horoscope of the future.
The last year of Cleveland will bt
just the opposite to the last year o
Harrison. A good tariff prevented
impOrtationS then, but Cleveland'
low tariff will cause big Importation
during the last end of his term. Mer
chants will load up with low priced
pauper-made English goods.
And when Mckinley comes in, whar
then?
Why. for the first six months o
Mckinley importations will be small
The merchants will have on hanC
loads of English goods. McKinle.
will get the old-time revenue. Thel
the free traders will jump and say
1--WE told you so!''
They will commence when the Nc
Kinley tariff begins to operate, whel
the people begin to use American
goods, when our mills start up, whel
our own workmen all go to work, ant
the gold which has been going to Eu
rope to pay their cheap labor will b,
kept at home to pay our labor. TheI
the good old times will come bacl
again. When the people see thi
prophecy. see our gold stay at home
see the balance of trade in our favor
they will hold on to the protection
policy for thirty years, as they did be
fore.
And what are the democratic news
papers doing now?
They are opposing every move o
the republicans to get back to protec
tion, high wages and a revenue, and
with Cleveland still in power, thel
are screaming:
''Why don't prosperity Gomez"
This prosperity will come after Nc
Kinley has been in power one year
wait. Brother Democrats. you art
still running this government.
ELI PERKINS.