The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-19
CAMPAIGN ISSUES.


Secretary Hay's Lsftsr ts chsirnsu Dick
Of the Ohio Hepaslie.n csnnisfee-
Our opponents this year are in an
unfortunate position. They have lost.
for all practical purposes. their politi-
cal stock in trade Of recent years. Theis
money hobby has collapsed unde>
them. Their orators still shout 16 to
from time to TINA from the force o.
habit. but they are like wisdom cry
Ing In the streets. In one respect q
least. because mo man reg=rdetl
them" with our vaults full OF gold i.
with 4 suficIency Of money to mee'
the demands Of volume Of business
unprecedentedly vast and profitable
with labor generally employed at faif
wages. with our commerce overspread
Ing the world. with every dollar thf
government issues as good as AM
other dollar. with our finances as frn
as rock and our credit the best ever
known, It is no time for anAncia'
mountebanks to cry their nostrums In
the market place. with any chance OF
being heard.
1t is equally hopeless to try to resur-
ttAH-E thE wi PoE VI iiIt lAa0Es ao
Dingley tariff. the legitimate successor
OF tie Mckinley bIll--that name o.
good augury-has Justified itself by It's
works. 1t Is not only true that our do
mestic trade has reached proportion
never before attained, but the Ameri-
can policy OF protection--the policy Of
all our most Illustrious statesmen, of
Washington and Hamilton, Lincoln,
Grant and McKiniey-has been tri-
umphantly vIndicated By the proof that
It Is as effcacious In extending our for
eign commerce as In fostering and
stimulating our home industries.
Our exports OF domestic manufac-
lures reached in this fiscal year the un-
exampled total Of $a60.000. 900. an
amount more than 5000, ,o00.o 900 in ex>
cess OF our exports ten years ago.
These figures sing the knell OF those
specious arguments which have been
the reliance OF our opponents for SO
many years. and which are only fruit
ful in times OF leanness and disaster.
What Is left. thcn, In the way OF o
PLATFORM The reign OF trusts, which
the Republicans themselves manage.
having all the requisite experiences
both Of legislation and business; and
finally. the war. which. 1t seems. was
too efficiently carried on. and has been
too beneficial to the nation to suit the
Democratic leaders. We have been
able to give In our time some novel
ideas to the rest OF the world, and
none more novel than this. that
great party should complain that the
results Of war were too advantage
GUS.
Our trade is taking that vast devel-
opment for which we have been pre-
pairing through many years Of wise
American policy. OF sturdy American
Industry, OF thoughtful Invention and
experiment by trained American In
tellIgence. We have gone far toward
solving the problem which has SO long
vexed the economists OF the world-of
raising wages and at the same time
lowering the cost OF production some
thing which no other people have ever
accomplished in an equal degree. We
pay the highest wages which are paid
In the world: we sell our goods to such
advantage that we are beginning to
furnish them to. every quarter of the
globe.
We are building locomotives for rail-
ways in Europe. Asia. and Africa: our
bridges can be built In America, ferried
across the Atlantic. transported up tho
Nile and flung across river in the
| Soudan In less time than any European
nation. with start OF four thousand
miles. can do the work. We sell iron
ware In Birmingham. carpets In Kid
derminster. we pipe the sewers OF
Scotch cities. our bicycles distance all
competitors on the continent; Ohio
sends watch cases to Geneva.
All this is to the advantage OF all
parties: there Is no sentiment In 1t;
they buy our wares because we make
them better and at lower cost than
other people. We are enabled to do
this through wise laws and the Ameri-
gan genius for economy. Our working
people prosper because we are all work
ing people; our idle class is too meagef
to count. All the energies of the ma
tion are devoted to this mighty task
to insure to labor Its adequate reward
and SO to cheaper production as to
bring the product within the reach
of the greatest number for least
money.