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Show a protective tariff makes the rich richer and the poor poorer, and I reply certainly not. Protection has a well defined and 'certain operation as a general economic agency, and ; from no point of iew does it operate to im- tured articlea, while their quality is just as surely raised to a higher standard. Protection giyes us control of onr own country, its resources, its industries, its remuneration, re-muneration, its development in all respects. 1! . tones that will reach every citizen; print it in ink that will not fade, that the Republican Re-publican party believes protection of boine industries is self-preservation; that free-trade free-trade is a synonymn of business stagnatioa and national disaster, and that the xe-estab-lishmeat of sute banks, advocated by our friends, the enemy, would be a aura forerunner fore-runner of ruin. JACKSON A Sit PARKER, They are the Winners in thm Political "Face Contest.' The secret Is out. The whiskers of John T. Cain were guessed correctly by over three hundred citizens cit-izens of Salt Lake City and Utah territory. There were only five guessera In the whole number that failed to name the distinguished distin-guished representative of Democracy in Utah. Of the five, four said that it repre. we shall be industrially independent and self-supporting? Aa atilrmative answer to these interrogatories is an affirmation of the value of the protective system, and especially espe-cially as it bears upon the great masses of ! the country who are most interested in the i elevation and remuneration of labor. Hence protection benefits society as a whole, and in relation to special classes it is eminently important to the welfare of the laborer, the wage-earner and the farmer. JAMXS DEVIXf DISCUSSES TBI LABORER'S INTERESTS. Salt Lake Citt. Sept SO, 1803. To the Editor of The Timbs: Is it for the best interest of workingman to ally himself him-self with the Republican party, if so, why Most certainly it is, and that is why we are in it. 1 have not time to fully answer your second question, but it is enough to say that it is a recognised fact, not only in our "own country, but through- it they would stem the tide which seems to be in a fair way to carry them to defeat. CAJfNOX'a MAOJflTICEST RECEPTIONS. The appearance of the party standard stand-ard bearer, Frank J. Cannon, upon the Republican stump, has accomplished accom-plished a world of good. His trip through southern Utah has been more like a triumphal march than anything else. The people have turned out en masse to hear him, and in every town he has won votss for Republicanism. Oeorge Sutherland has accompanied him thus far on the trip, and the voice of this bright and active son of Utah has been heard on every stump. The Democrats have become alarmed and have sent their best speakers to camp on their trail and to precede them in many instances, but to no avail, if one can judge by the reports that have been received at Republican headquarters. OTHER SPEAKERS DOING GOOD WORK. A goodly force of orators for the Republican Re-publican party is already in the field, and night and day they have been addressing the people of Utah upon the live political issues. James Devine has been doing yce-man yce-man service, as has Judae Painter of Ogden. Ben Rich has accomplished no little by his eloquence, and J. E. Bagley is making mighty raids upon Democratic ranks. The coming week will be even livelier than the past one, and from now ou the territory ter-ritory will be covered in a satisfactory way. The Man in the Shoe. Do you know the man in the shoe? Of course you do, for "Billy" Rowe, as he is familiarly termed, is a man whose reputation reputa-tion Is not confined by the limits of Utah territory. He is the manaerer of a great protected industry, the Z. C. M. I. shoe factory of Salt Lake City, and hV'-? .S&'iSs NI4?? V .JjCLanJf ti? vt iff """J ' I Provo is the mecca toward which the Dem ocratlc pilgrim will be wending his way when the sun of October 5 bein3 to smile upon the Utah hills and valleys. Provo is the mecca where all the rank and file of the "great unterrified" will be supplied sup-plied with a wealth of hope and courage to jast them during all the days of doubt and gloom through which they must paas between be-tween this and that fateful November morn. out the civiiized world, that the home of the American workman is looked upon by the foreign laborers as the ideal haven of happiuess, wealth and prosperity, pros-perity, the acquisition of which is the ambition am-bition of every honest toiler. The Republican party' from its inception , has becu the staunch friend and defender of the cause of labor in Amerio. Under Its regime and through its administrations have laws been enacted that have made it possible for the son of the common laborer to sit in the presidential chair. True, such is not a statutory stat-utory law, but social conditions in the past twenty-live year have written a law that is unwritten because it is indelibly stamped on the minds of the American people that for all time to come no aristocracy shall ever again rule the people here, and where no aristocracy exists, there lies the hope, the M I THE FOUR-LEAF CLOVER OF UTAH DEMOCRACY. ij St . I -Ye.i- i It is at Provo that the , lamb will be prepared Ifor the slaughter, and (the Democratic territorial territo-rial convention will perform per-form the task with ceremonies cere-monies most fitting the occasion. Who will be the victim? vic-tim? Will it be that aggressive aggres-sive young man who has already been heard on mauy a stump in this territory and who says, in a modest way, that he is the most desirable de-sirable candidate at this time William H. Kins? Will it be the man who hurled defiance in the face of Weber county Republicanism last night, and who has in years gone by held close counsel with the leading Democrats of the nation Judga H. P. Henderson? Will it be him who is held by many to be the "WHO IS IT? ' sented Don M. Dickinson of Michigan, and the other said that it was intended for the ' smiling face of Dr. Higgins. The man who made that guess was Ed. A. Franks, the local detective. C. M. Jackson of this city was the first man to return a correct guess. Hi reply came about thirty minutes after the paper was on the street last Saturday after poverish one class and enrich another; neither are its benefits unequally distributed. If in any respect protection exhibits unequal munificence, its special favors are shown toward to-ward the small landholder and crop producer in furnishing a convenient market and diminishing di-minishing transportation, time enhancing the value of the farm and farm products. Protection has its first effect on the market, mar-ket, insuring it to the home manufacturer and laborer. Its next effect is to diversify industry and beget all forms of material, industrial, in-dustrial, mechanical and professional occupation. oc-cupation. It thus multiplies the avenues of labor and increases its volume just as much as the industry and work of the whole country coun-try now exceeds in the aggregate what it would be were our people all employed in agricultural pursuits and the production of the crudest raw materials. Protection organizes organ-izes and classifies labor, and it brings into exercise and educates the skill and inventive inven-tive powers of the worker. Hence those states wherein labor is the most ful)y diversified diver-sified are most fruitful of useful inventions. mm It shields us from deleterious foreign influences, influ-ences, for competition with social and industrial in-dustrial conditions that are far beneath us in the scale of progress and civilization. Especially Espec-ially does it shield the laborer and wage aaruer fjoui the necessity, which would otherwise fall upon him, of measuring the value of his toil by the scale- enforced upon the abject and iroprovished subjects of unbridled un-bridled monarchical rule in the more benighted regions of the world. We get the benefit without the baneful effects ef-fects of competition of the world's cheap labor la-bor through the immense free importation which now constitutes more than half the total amount of goods that are transported to our shores. These free importations, the j tea, coffee, sugar, spices, drugs and other ar- j tides represent pauper labor, but they do us no injury for they do not come into competition compe-tition with our industries. We profit by the toil of the outside world in return for our higher-priced and more intelligent labor. Were our tariff a Democratic revenue tariff that would be laid upon the non-competing son will not be a candidate, and that he has made an agreement not to accept any office for a period of five years. This story is not vouched for. Another rnmor that was being be-ing discussed today was that after the first ballot Judge Henderson's name would be withdrawn and his forces swung for Joe Rawlins. It was claimed that the - whole convention is now a cut and dried affair; that Will King will be given the chairmanship, chairman-ship, C. C. Richards re-elected chairman of the territorial committee, and Joe Rawlius named as the nominee. This will leave Judge Henderson and John T. Caine out, but tho former gentleman has received assurances as-surances of a senatorship some time in the gloaming, when Utah becomes a Democratic state, and John T. has been told that he should give the other boys a chance for a little while at least. But there are others who will clamor for recognition in the great political pow-wow. The dark skinned Webber of Ogden will be anxious to get his fingers around the chairman's chair-man's gavel. The plaintive voice of ex-Governor ex-Governor West will be heard in behalf of some pet scheme he wants railroaded through the great convention. CoL W. L. P. Peyton will embrace every opportunity to air his eloquence and will do some hard work to get ou the committee on resolutions. resolu-tions. Elias A. Smith has been talked of as chairman of the platform committee aud Dave Evans of Ogden is said to be slated for the same brainy aggergation. Moses Thatcher will cut no small figure fig-ure iu the party deliberations that day, and the "Pericles" of the B. T. C. will want recognition, you bet. Col Lett will be there first, last and all the time, fighting for some great principle, if such a thing can be found in the Democratic convention. con-vention. W. L. Maginnis, who was at one time a member of the supreme court of Wyoming, Wy-oming, is now a prominent member of the party in this territory. He has been mentioned men-tioned by some as candidate for delegate, but it is safe to say he will not get it. He will have to content himself this fall for some minor office If he gets one at all. The Times doesn't often indulge in pre-predictlons, pre-predictlons, but it will do so at this time and to this extent: For Delegate Nominee "Joe" Rawlins. For Chairman Territorial Committee C. C. Richards. THE WORK OF THE WEEK. Party Orators and What They Have Accomplished to Date. The political week which closes tonight has been one of the greatest encouragement to those who hope to overcome the Democratic Demo-cratic majority of one year ago. Republican principles are taking root in every town and . hamlet of Utah territory, aud when once planted they grow and thrive in a most satisfactory manner. The people are thinking for themselves; and, judging l from returns up to date, they are not thinking think-ing in a way that pleases our Democratic friends. The Democrats are worried worried wor-ried more than they are willing to aeknowl-edge. aeknowl-edge. A week ago ihey were ready to claim the earth; today they only acknowledge a mortgage on a portion thereof. Their party organ, in the first place, is not half aggressive aggres-sive enough to suit them. In the second place, their speakers have not been well selected, and in many instanoes they have turned votes to the Republican ranks rather than strengthen their own position. The leaders realize all this and they feel that they must do something and doit right away ambition, the futuro welfare of the laboring class. That the Republican party brought about this condition of things is. to my mind, beyond question, as it can be established estab-lished by facts familiar to every American. And that is why I think every workingman in America should be a Republican. jcdge Leonard's idea or campaigning. OanEW, Utah, Sept. 30, 1892. Editor Salt LakeTime: Youhaveasked me "what kind of a campaign the Republican Republi-can party should wage sn Utah. In a word it ought to tell 'the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth," becauso tue people are searching anxiously for that precious jewel, and "truth is mighty and will prevail." The truth is a complete justification jus-tification of Republican principles. No party can with more contidenec submit the result of its work to the final arbitrament of an earnest, intelligent people, than can ours. This is a campaign of education everywhere, because it involves one question, at least, that demands unusual study and investigation. The success suc-cess of our party depends greatly upon an accurate knowledge by the people of the beneficial tendency of the McKinlcy bill ! upon all branches of American industry. Let the protective policy of the Republican party be tested by its results, and the principle princi-ple of self-preservation will sustain it at the polls. For the first time in the history of Utah voters are now required to investigate the principles of the two great contending parties. par-ties. No people are, or can be, more open to honest conviction, than are they. They want to separate the chaff from the wheat. They intend to discard the husks of demagogy dema-gogy and retain the kernel of truth. . Show them that the Republican party can look backward with pride and forward with hope; that it has always been and is a party of advanced thought, patriotism and courage a pioneer in the political world that has conceived, promulgated and put in active operation principles worthy of the last and best of all the centuries, and that the party that saved the union in time of war, and placed it in the forefront of great nations, is able to keep it there. Let it be known every where; speak it in most eloquent pleader at the Utah bar of justice Joseph L. Rawlins ? Will it be the politician of auld lang syne, whose whiskers are the most beautiful in all our fair country John T. Caine? Will it be one of these, or will it be a dark horse ? WHAT ARE THE CHANCES ? The convention will be called at 11 o'clock on the morning of October 5, and 500 delegates dele-gates will be entitled to seats according to the call of the committee. That will necessitate neces-sitate the winning candidate's receiving 251 votes. Salt Lake, Weber and Utah counties cast eight votes more than necessary to nominate, nom-inate, and if they could unite on a man would be able to do the job up quick and brown. But they won't do it. Will King is said to have captured a good share of the Utah delegation, in the hope that he can prove as popular as did George Sutherland in the Republican convention. He be;ievcs that in the event of a protracted contest he can stampede the vote to himself an tho compromise candidate. candi-date. A friend of Kings said that he would have nearly 100 votes on the first ballot. Salt Lake, Weber, Cache and Davis will cast 251 votes just the necessary number to nominate. Joe Rawiins is vry strong in all these counties and will come as hear carrying carry-ing them as will any one else. The solid vote of Salt Lake, however, cannot be depended de-pended upon for any one. Caine, Rawlins and Henderson are Salt Lake men, and can count on a certain following in this delegation. delega-tion. It is said about town that Judge Ilender- Ohio has more patented inventions to her credit than the entire solid South. The reason rea-son is that labor is more fully diversified I and stimulated under the influence of protection. pro-tection. That nation is most prosperous whose labor resources are most fully utilized; for labor is the foundation of wealth. By protecting our own market, labor is made secure in its remuneration; for it ministers min-isters to a demand that is enlarged just in proportion to the multiplication of independent inde-pendent industries. Each class becomes producer and consumer for every other. Security of market stimulates competition. Invention, skill and competition combined inaugurate cheapness, abundance and perfection per-fection of manufacture. Labor, lands and farm products rise in value under the influence influ-ence of Republican policy, while manufactured manufac-tured articles become cheaper with each succeeding year. This is amply and irrefutably irrefuta-bly shown by the Peck report on the effects of the McKinley bill on wages and aggregate aggre-gate products of manufacture in the state of New York since 1S90. It is shown in the voluminous report of the finance committee of congress. For the first time the tendency of prices in the United States is put upon a scientific and statistical basis. In all this it is clearly evident that the protective system is working out to the advantage of people of moderate means. Protection tends to the advsncement of the prices of labor and farm products, as also farm lands ; but it constantly con-stantly diminishes the prices of manufac- products of pauper labor, it would in every case enhance the price to the consumer and be by so much a burden to the poor, while the rich could easily pay the much smaller proportion that would fall upon their more limited consumption. Democratic revenue under avowed free trade policy, must necessarily neces-sarily be raised mostly from the consumption of the masses; hence their policy burdens the poor, and there is no possible escape from this conclusion. It is the case in England, Eng-land, and it must be so in this country under a free trade regime. Tour question is fully answered by other questions. Is it beneficial to society as a whole to diversify labor so as to give full play to the diverse mental and physical aptitudes ap-titudes of all the members of society? Is it beneficial to the people to develop and utilize util-ize to the utmost all the vast complement of resources that nature has vouchsafed us as a national heritage? Is it beneficial to the laborer la-borer to raUe him above degrading and impoverishing social conditions and competitions? compe-titions? Is It beneficial to the farmtr to give bim a market on the confines of his homestead and thus enhance the value of bis products and his lauds? Is it desirable that labor shall constantly rise in value and dignity while manufactured articles as regularly reg-ularly grow In abundance, perfection and cheapness? Is it desirable that Americans shall control their country, its labor, resources re-sources and progress in civilization? Is it good for our country that in peace or war EILLT ROWS Or REPUBLICAN FAME. isn't afraid to say that he is a Republican first, last and all the time. He is a hard worker in the party cause and has done no little toward bringing about the present satisfactory condition of the national na-tional party organization iu the territory. Clear headed and aggressive, the Q. O. P. has in him a stanch and faithful lieutenant. OPINIONS OP THE LEADERS. What They Say About the Political Situation Situ-ation in Utah. The opinions of prominent politicians are always interesting to the general public, and particularly so at this time, when the situation situ-ation presents so many complications. The Democrats are very firm in their belief that the territory will be carried for their party, and the Republicans are very hopeful that the great majority of one year ago will be swept off the face of the earth. Below will be found a discussion of political doctrine a it affects Utah and her great interests. JUDGE BENNETT ON DEMOCRATIC FALLACIES. Salt Lake, Sept. 30, 1892. To the Editor of th Timet: Ton ask me If JOHN T. CAINE, OT COUBSE. noon. Bright and early Sunday morning the guess of C. W. Parker was received at the office. He named John T. Caine, and, his was the second correct guess. From that time until this afternoon letters have been coming into this office with great regu larity and they all say Caine. The Time! therefore believes that the gentleman's whiskers are exceedingly popular. The announcement is now made that C. M. Jackson of this city is entitled to year's subscription to The DailT Times and O. W. Parker a year's subscription to The Weekx Times. |