The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-24

ports. In other words, in normal times
of peace under the democratic low
tariff we send our money abroad and
buy the products Of foreign labor
while under republican protective
tariff we sell most of our goods at
home, keep American labor employed
and keep our money at home. Under
republican protection our national
debt was reduced from two and one.
quarter billion dollars at the end OF
the war in 1865 to little over one.
half billion dollars when Cleveland
and the democrats first came into pow.
err. While in power the democrats in
creased our national debt in times OF
peace about three hundred million dol.
lars. The record further shows that
business was booming under our pro.
tective tariff laws. The clearing house
receipts under the Dingley law were
nearly double those under the Wilson
low tariff Freight receipts dropped
about 10 per cent, or nearly one hun.
dred million tons, in 1894, after the
passage of the Wilson low tariff law
Under the Mckinley protective tariff
the increased freight tonnage was one
hundred twenty-five millions over 1897:
the last year of the Wilson low tariff
law, and the increase in wages and
number of employees in the United
States under the Mckinley law KEEP
pace with the freight receipts. Bank
deposits likewise increased. Factor.
les, long idle, were opened. New ones
were established. Labor found EN-.
ployment at increased wages, and the
value of farm products kept pace with
the increase along other lines. From
bad times under the Wilson law, times
became good under the Mckinley law
The democratic plea for cheapness
|"Buy in the cheapest market" has.
when enacted into low tariff law, in
eyitably resulted in business depres'
sion, commercial stagnation, financial
failure, shut downs, unemployment
panic and disaster, with the further
result that after our industries have
been destroyed and our home market
is monopolized by the foreign produc.
er, that the price has been raised so
that the consumer, who has always
been the chief concern of the demo.
Gratis has not profited thereby. The re-
publican protective tariff system seeks
the elevation Of the American laborer
and farmer and the development of
American resources. The United States
of America will be what Its laborers
and its producers maze it. The cry
against high prices is scare-crOw. We
have always prospered in times of high
prices when labor was fully employed
at good wages and the farmer and man,
|ufacturer got good prices for what they
produced.
Abraham Lincoln, when q candidate
for congress about seventy years ago.
ANNOUNCED three fundamental princi.
tples OF government. Said he, II be-
lieve in sound currency. believe in
Ia system of internal Improvement. l
believe in high protective tariff"
These principles were then prophecy.
but the republican party made them a
ton OF the democrats.
The Wilson law during thirty-five
months of its operation produced a de-
felt of one hundred five million dol.
lars. The Dingley law, during the
same number Of months, on the con.
Itrary, produced a surplus of fifty-eight
million dollars.
Mr.. Kuehnle spoke of the great
wealth production of the United States
and stated that Iowa was the only BILL
lion dollar state; the only state which
produces over a billion dollars of orig
inal wealth annually. No other tract
of land OF equal size produces as much
wealth. 1t is the garden OF the world
and all the good parts of the surround.
Ing states are on the Iowa side. The
good Lord put His foot down on land
and called it Iowa and some of the
mud stopped off on the adjoining states.
He said the legislature made the
laws; that Iowa is dry and can be kept
dry by having the legislature dry. The
saloon, in his opinion, was gone for.
ever. He advocated the enforcement
of all laws. Said he: mo honest OFF,
cial could or would do otherwise" II
laws are obnoxious, their enforcement
will the sooner insure their repeal. We
should inculcate a spirit of respect for
law and order.
In discussing the road question, Mr.
Kuehnle said that the people of Iowa
are not vet ready to issue bonds with
which to build concrete surfaced roads.
He said the important things is to
establish grades, make the bitches deep
and wide SO as to drain the highway
thoroughly, put in permanent bridges
and culverts large enough to carry off
the water, have the rOadbed so con.
structed that 1t will shed the water
easily, drag the roads following rains
and if gravel is nearby and can be
bought cheaply it could be used for
surfacing. But that is matter for the
taxpayer to decide. 1t is a question of
time and education before we can
seriously think OF concrete roads or]
others of like expense. There is Inns
it to the tax paying ability of our PEG.
pie and there must be economy in thel
expenditure Of our public money, both