The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-05
&c
ss no The same Old Free
Trade II eresy.

sfs nee etency1Th he Same Old Free
rade ieresy.
Estraets from remarks Of Hon
Elmer Burkert, of Nebraska, il
lai1 Gongression Record, June 80
Ess5sI ge4 5
There never was an hour from the
ss tine that thu civil war closed, on an
acreage town "a To- the beginning OF
dIninist ration OF Grover Cleve
hen the r publican party did
z not pay OF $174, 900 of the Indebted
ness5 81 this connt every blessed
8SssLI o,ir you and 1 have lived since
war applause on the Re.
publ lean side. they paid that in
debtedness Because they had sur
and they had q surplus only
eeause they did follow those rules.
he genflem viii go back six
tbs previous to the time of the
eiaetion of Grover Cleveland, he will
ind sstheS North American Review and
hi Forum and the financial journals
DC he country with this sort Of arti
les hem B: What shall we do
plus In the United States
treasury 49, What shall we base
II
ss9St, nj notes pom when the national
ads loss a 2@S That was the problem
sssd tiring al those later years of the
arrison diminish
Irover Cleveland was nominated
ind ne was elected, and between that
snae and the 4thSo Of March the income
q country was absolutely shut
sssof and why Because business
stopped The people of this country
nderstood. OF: fought they did, at
least The cond lions under which
1eg could bring goods into this
conn try as soon as Grover Cleveland
should beSinaugurated and Democrat
sic olieies put into operation, and
4 they absolutely stopped importations
Into TIL country, as the records show.
HE Inportations were decreased,
sIheSsreNenuesW We're decreased, the sur
pIlls decreased, and in that last year,
s5nsfeadsso having an enormous sur
Plus st as we had had every year
Il before ns@1 1888 our income was cut
ss@doWnto thin two and half mil
4 lions Of our expenses.
4zsss vas close call, admit, for a
ssaepnbIican administration, but it was
M SHE surpl u.s. Twas a pretty thin mar
ST sto skate on, but. sirs, thin al it
was. close to the line as it was, it
was miles and miles better than your
ski y-nine mil lions of deficiency the
very nextgyear.
SSssAIter@you had had control Of affairs
sfonr8 years you handed them back to
ms glad to escape the responsibility.
and he very first thing that the Re
pub Ican party had to do when it came
int power after that Democratic
CONGRESS and that Democratic admin
sIstfat on was to appropriate in def
seieneiss ,Hto pay5sthe debts of this gov
SsInn hat our party did not have
sthe8n money to- pay, to an amount Of I
sssssfA I65.0 oI.s2 Not only that, but
sdurin those four years you went four
4 stin1ess to- the money markets of the
#'ysoralE s d and you borrowed S1l3, 100000
sspscl Zeal to pay running expenses.
and lssaed bonds for it You issued
more bonds during that time. but this
amen l IatKi sd olutely traceable to run
MIN n expenses of the government. In
Ss hor on borrowed S113, 900 900 on
hsSSSbon6ss Of the country and three
cred and forty-seven millions on
era .a ecoHnts and then left the Treas
g ry2sse and official salaries unpaid.
~ osyy;3ESt l,at was the mana cement of
stllsSsiE3 Democratic party during the time
the g ll adj he reins of government in
Their hands%in this country Why
81 ott4al we expect you to do better in
sstIasSfsl'a tIl:.e han you have in the past
ssvia zen en- lyon adhere to the same old free
trade sheresY?
sl E osHs leE me- continue where left
;;o1f7s ssyAaa en55i Interrupted. The last year
IS gave Se.$ssE GU was 1897, when you Dem
33acraa 81 a ll inc Of peace had def
Glen ey3of more than $4,000 900. The
next q sea year or that of 1898. was
the fItssty year und erI the Mckinley adj
m ~ 11sfration. 1t took us a little while
toss get Q ar machinery started, and
SttaerS..1he Spanish war came upon us,
and hen the Philippine war, and they
n Az EMIL lions of extra expense
sSs$I Ne E5 & first year of that administra
II Ion or!.i So b we had a deficiency Of
fhirfs-eight millions. In 1899 we
sfe'111lIEse ighry-nine millions more than
ONT esgir a5lla come. But there the story .
chansed. In 1900 our surplus was