The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-04-30
THEIR EYES.

The financial editor Of the New
York Sun is not at all pleased with
the outlook. lie doubts the efficiency
OF the Dinglcy measurc H. u producer
and promoter of prosperity. lie per
ceiycS that the taxes which are lald IN
the measure must come out OF the
pockets Of the people, and he IS quite
ready To admit that people do not
grow prosperous as the result OF pay
ing higher taxes.
Consequently. the future is Tiled
with gloom and doubt for The sun
financial editor, who Is in favor OF the
gold standard. He, and others who
agree with hun have been declaring
that it was simply impossible That
the people could he induced to over
throw the gold standard. The very
idea was prcpu>tcrouS. what; tarn-
ISL the nations honor Violate
the public ''faIth?' Disturb a sound
currency for the mere sake OF pelnla-
lent prosperity? Why, the people
would never think OF such a thing.
But now all this is changed. Tue
sun pcrceiytS very clearly that the
Republicans have stakCd their whole
future ON the Dingley moustroSity-
on the proposition that a higher taxa
tiOn for the benefit OF a few mannllc-
turerS will Restore prosperity. "un-
fortunately, the efficiency Of the ne"
tariff in restoring prosperity" says
our contemporary, us c0nlcctural.
This is Il mild way Of putting a fact,
but it will do. The Sun says that II
the measure succeeds in its advertised
purposes, "thc domination OF the
party now in power. and the maintcn-
ance Of the gold standard are assured
for another presidential term; II 1t
fails"-and here comes our contcm-
pOrary's confessional Democratic
victory in 1900 is possible, and with it
the overthrow of the gold standard
and the substitution in its place OF
that Of silver ut the ratio of IL To H.
That certainly seems to be the out
look, and it. is the one ray Of hope
held ont to the people and to the bust
ness interests Of the country. The
real issue 10Y before the cOuntry-tlle
issue that will be voted upon next
year and in 1900 is, what shall be done
to restore prosperity? That was the
issue last year. One party offered as
Il ltllcuy dh lHClcdSc III VIZ 'oluh1c VI
specie, primary money. Inc 0tIer
/, party ohcred as Il remedy an .ncreaNc
Of taxation. They went before the
people saying that the more money
the manntacturcr could exact from
the consumer the more prosperous
would the consumer be. The people,
strange to say, took the Republicans
at their word, ana commissioned them
to restore prosperity by means OF hlsH-
er tarlll taxation. In Other words, Il
majority OF the people Sald at lhe
Il polls that they were Wiling TO pay
higher prices for hone'made goods H.
IN return, they could nave prosperity
These were the terms OF the contract
Now, when the fraud OF higll pro,
lection IS exposed to the people IN an
its n%akedncsI, what do the kepubll-
cans propose to Go about 1t? Assured
~, the up-Slut Of the whole business
will be the desperate ana disastrous
failure OF the Republican SclPlhe on
SpoIlatIon ana dcccptloh' Mr' NC
Il kinney cannot redeem ms front porch
pledges. Inc Dlngley Dill VIII NOT
bring Il dollar into TINS country. III
viii not put one extra dollar lhto the
pockets OF those whose aOlllly 10 OHy
- Is thC true ana only source OF peTIla'
g ncnt prosperity.
what, then, IS to become or thc lie
II publican party? what IS TO become
j. OF It's tlriil theories? what IS TO pc
u" come OF the single gold standard, tht,
cause ana occasion OF all our ,~rouoIeS'
Does any one suppose tlat thc neo!lt
viii continue to suller the HIS OF pow
erty and adversely simply because i
y few men VINO are pf4ltihg by the marc
times INSIST mat hlSher prices ilI
. cotton Whcat ana farm products ato
hlener wages Tor "orkii,eilleh are TIT
ut eVIocilceN Ml 'uhSo,'ho currency U
"dlsh"ncst, dol!afs? H..
we are gao TO- see ne sun alnl'
a. ting the posSiolilty OF lhc alltlllllIa
Iion o. Ilc ltepuo'Icn!' parry anu W.
uNertilro" OF the goIo stahua'u' W.T.
"0uld hoI nave tlesc events, ""lc'
we regard aS ihe''laolc' couie DIS I
a shock TO the worthy men VINO nlia /
ie 10 thelt prohU 10 exact taril IaAdIloi
from lne people, ana 10 cheaper. .t'
, products OF labor oy means OF th
" god standard we are Ul thc Opinion
that tue more ~thouS'Itlul among tHel
see cas- tle hhahclal edltor on ne SUI
sees that the exposure OF the hlEi
)" protection fraud VIII not ohly amin
VT l"uo y "o,'tnn rnlCS' ~
ulspoSc hlldllS VI Ihc solu oCd'iuIlu'