The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-17
CONTRAST DRAWN

Between the Principles and Perform
ances Of tho Republican and Dem
ocratic Partics-Trust Question
Made Simple-About Labor and
Capital.
To tho Editor OF the Inteligcncer.
sIR:-What have we In our platform
to be afraid OF? What have We in our
record but OF what we should be proud?
Look how every time our nation has
gotten down In the slough OF Democ-
racy, the Republican party has put Its
hand to the pillow and turned the even
burrows Of solid government. Look at
the condition OF our country after
two terms OF Democratic rule. Busl-
ness was dead, Industry paralyzed.
and the nation was in disastrous
condition. There was no such thing as
| getting hold Of capital, the working
man was unemployed. and his family
distressed and miserable.
Our President took the chair under
the worst possible conditions. and look
what he has done for US. Confidence
soon brought the money to the front.
| We were not obliged to have 1s to to
| fill our pockets with silver; that wasn't.
a receipt calling for one dollar In gold.
but by the means Of n protective tariff
and a law making gold the standard Of
value, prosperity more general and
more abundant has followed.
Value of Government Obligations.
We know the value OF every govern
ment obligation. Every American dol
lar is n certificate for one In gold. and
the American credit stands higher than
that OF any other nation to-day. In Mr..
Bryan's speeches he nsked great
many absurd questions, the worst being
| do you want your young men slaugh-
tered: sent down In Cuba to be killed?"
While the American people have
triumphed In business and commerce,
they have concluded 4 war for liberty
and human rights and right always
wins. Mr.. Bryan, like to answer your
| questions. so l will say 1t was war un-
sought and patiently resisted. but
when 1t came, our young men were
| ready, and so was our American gov.
eminent. To ten million of the human
race there was given "a new birth OF
| Freedom" and the American people q
new and noble responsibility.
a Curse and IN Enemy,
The Democrat party. has always been
n curse and an enemy to our nation.
What Is essential to business prosper
ity Is confidence. That confidence the
Democratic party has never earned
We renew our allegiance to the gold
standard and declare our confidence In
the wisdom Of the Legislation OF the
Fifty-siSth Congress, by which the pur-
ity OF all our money and the stability Of
our currency on gold basis have been
secured" We declare our steadfast OPP
position to the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver.
Bryan asks what ought to be done
with trusts? But have never read In
one OF his speeches what he will do.
Let's look into the trust business for
few minutes. There were thirty-seven
| trusts formed during Clcveland's terms
| OF Office. among them the oil trust, the
| largest trust In the world to-day, and
you Will find they pay their men the
| largest wages. and have put the oil
| within the reach of consumers In itself
the trust Is n blessing; It Is n comblna-
ton OF funds enabling us to meet the
foreign demand In trade which Is rap
| Idly increasing.
Good Example of a Trust.
If had small business and wished
to increase It, and did not have the cap
ltal to do so. but had u friend In the
| same business who was willing to go In
| with me. would 1t lie any breach OF the
law should he accept. SO long as We
did not hold our goods from the consul
mcr and make cXorbitant prices2 Well,
we might be two mean business men
combined and do such n thing. then the
Americans would condemn nll trust
systems. But the Republican party
condemns all conspiracies and combina-
TONS. Intended to restrict business. to
create monopol!es, to limit production,
or to control prices. and Will restrain
such abuses. They want to protect and
promote competition. and secure the
| rights OF all who are engaged In indus
try and commerce.
Favor Reciprocity.
The Republican party favors the as
ISOLATED policy OF reciprocity SO direct
as to open our markets on favorable
terms for what We do not ourselves
produce In return for free foreign mar
kcts. They also favor a more rigid re-
striction put on the emigration OF cheap
labor from foreign lands and the extern
sion of opportunities OF education for
working children.
The working men are always combin-
Ing; building iron walls between them
selves and capital. Why. II capital did
not combine. what would protect them?
Labor would get just what 1t asked for,
be 1t Just or unjust. -
So the trust is simply one force pro-
tecting itself against another and Civ
ms the working man better wages, and
when confidence Is again restored.
| more work.
MRS. ETHEL LoCKARD.
Bridgeport, Ohio, Oct. Is, 1900.
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