The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-21
Candidate Cary,. U,terauce.

Candidate Cary's Utterances.
 To tbe Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 We are on the eve of another general election, and are not wanting in oppor- tunities for being instructed in regard to our duties as citizens, especially by those who wish for our suffrages, to elevate them to public office. This is all right, and the writer spends more time in listening to what is said by those of opposite political faith than what comes from those who agree with him, and was especially interested to know what the Hon. M. B. Cary, candi- date for governor of this state, would say when he was visiting our city. With his reputation as a studious man and a careful thinker I supposed that we would have the best presentation pos sible on his side of the political ques- tion.
 So far as MT. Cary discussed State issues, in reference to the need of con- stitutional reform, I agree with him, but when l noted the careful way in which it is handled in the Democratic State platform I cannot see much diff ference between that and the Republi- can platform. In regard to the rest of MT. Cary's speech, it must be disap- pointment to those who were looking for something new in the way of argu- ment. We are told of tariffs and trusts, and with his vivid picture of the ter rible condition the country has got in by Republican misrule, which, if all he said is true, it will be a great revela- ton to many, even the laboring class, many of whom in their ignorance were thinking that the times in this country on the whole, were better now than ever before. MT Cary had to admit the great present prosperity of the country but says that it has come only to the trusts, to which the Republican party is tied hand and foot" But what are we to think of this assertion? If the Republicans had not placed a duty on anthracite coal, the present scarcity, with all it's attendant hardship and suf- fering. would never have occurred The speaker that would put forth that assertion must presume largely on the credulity of his hearers. As the highest duty on coal is only sixty-seven cents a ton does this account for coal going from five dollars to fifteen dollars @ ton? and is 1t true that without this small duty there would have been no strike, or the suffering that has follow ed? If this duty accrues so largely to the benefit of the coal barons, so that they are rolling in wealth, would they have been likely to pay higher wages without this advantage? Will taking the duty off from coal be sanctifying process on the hearts and consciences of the coal operators, making them so kind and altrristic that all questions in dispute would readily settle themselves by the miners getting all they desire, higher wages, eight hour days work, and liberal advance for all kinds of service, anything else asked for, as to weights. of powder. etc? Are strikes" found only under republican administrations? If there are greater number under such conditions than un- der Democratic rule it can readily be accounted for from the fact that in times of prosperity, with general en- ployment of the laboring class, there is greater prospect of success than in hard times, when many are unemploy- ed. Aside from the present coal strike, the next worse one we have had in this country was at Chicago, when the transportation interests of the country were so paraIyzed that President CIeve- land had to send national troops there to preserve order. This trying to make political capital out of the present coal strike must come from a poverty of tissues" and is not commenda ble in a man of the intelligence of MT. Cary. There are some serious questions that need to be settled, which will tax the energies of the wisest thinkers. but they cannot be settled in way that they will remain settled if made the football Of political exigences.
 Next in importance to the coal dues- tion is that of meats, as it comes home to the table of every family. Two ques- tions are involved in this the tariff and the beef trust so called. There is a considerable duty on cattle imported into this country; on all valued at over $14 per head, EYE per cent. ad valorem. If this duty should be removed there would be flood of cattle from Canada, which would increase more and more Gas that country is developing rapidly now, from imigration) and we would get ourbeef at lower prices than even at the lowest two or three years ago, but this would be disastrous to the western farmer who raises cattle, and in some sections would impoverish the people, preventing them from being the good customers they now are of eastern manufactured products. Now whether the duty referred to is right or wrong, if any party should try to remove it they would find the solid west against it, and be in the condition that the Democratic party was when in full con-
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