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Show control all the tariff schedules, j There may be differences of opinion among protectionists as to the rate upon particular articles necessary to effect an equalization between wages abroad and at home. In some not remote national campaigns cam-paigns the issua has been, or more correctly has been made to appear between a high and low protective tariff, both parties professing profess-ing the same solicitous regard for the. wage of our working people and for the prosperity prosper-ity of our domestic industries, but under a more courageous leadership the Democratic Demo-cratic party has now practically declared that if given power it will enact a tariff law without any regard to its effect on wages or upon the capital invested in our great industries. The majority report of the committee on the platform to the Democratic, national convention at Chicago, contained this clause, that "when custom house taxation is levied in this country the difference between the cost . of labor here and abroad when such difference exists, fully measures any possible benefits to labor, and the enormous additional impositions of the existing tariff falls with crushing force upon our farmers and workingmen." ,. Here we have a distinct admission of the Republican Re-publican contention that the American workman work-man is advantaged by a tariff rate equal to the difference between him and toreign waeres, and a declaration only against the alleged "additional impositions" of the existing ex-isting tariff. Again, this majority report further declared : "But in making a reduction reduc-tion in taxes it is not proposed to injure any domestic industries, but rather to promote their healthy growth. Moreover, many industries in-dustries come to rely upon legislation for successful continuance, so that any change of law must be at every step regardful of labor and capital and the business involved." Here we have an admission that many of our industries depend upon protective duties for successful continuance and a declaration that tariff changes should be regardful of workmen in such industries and of invested capital. Nothing is more indicative of th new and more courageous leadership to which the party has now committed itself than the substitute which was adopted. This substitute declares that the protective duties are unconstitutional. High protection and low protection are both unconstitutional. A Democratic congress holding this view cannot enact, nor a Democratic president approve, any tariff schedule the purpose or effect of which is to limit appropriations or give any advantage to , THE AMERICAN WORK.MAX or producer. A bounty might, I judge, be given to the importer under this view of the constitution in order to increase important importations. This destructive un-American doctrine is not held or taught by the history of Democratic statesmen whose fame as American patriots was reached a generation ago. Certainly not by Jefferson or J ackson. This crusade acainst American ships, bit-ter bit-ter epithets applied to American manufacturers, manufac-turers, persistent disbelief of every report of tne opening of tin plate mills or of increase of our foreign trade by reciprocity are as surprising as tbey ara discreditable. There is not a thoughtful statesman in the country who' does not know the enactment of the laws in keeping with the declaration of the Chicago convention on the subject of tariff would at once plunge the country into a business convulsion such as it ha never seen, and there is not a thoughtful working-man working-man who does not know -that it would at once formally reduce the amount of work to be done in this country by the increase of Importations' which would follow and necessitate neces-sitate a reduction of his wages to the European Euro-pean standard. It any one suggests that thi radical policy will not be executed if te Democratic party attains power whatshaJl b thouje-fr-I the" par tyrtixat Ja' capable jot thus-trifling with great interests. A threat of auch legislation would be only less hurtful hurt-ful than the fact that a distinguished Deio--erat rightly described this movement iVs a challenge to the protected industries.a'J a fight to extermination, and another sdeh rightly expressed the logic of the situation when he interpreted the Chicago platform to be an invitation to all Democrats, even those holding the most moderate protection views, to eo into the Republican party. HE. MUSI DOES ACCEPT The Nomination for President by the Republican Party In a Letter Replete With True American Sentiment. Sen-timent. . Points Out the Advantages fa ' of Protection to Home Industry. M ; " Nor Does he Shirk the Issue With the Ballot Box Stuffers. With Regard to Silver the President Expects Favorable Action on the lart ef the International Conference Confer-ence to Increase the Use of the Sletal The better Covers Every I'oint of Public Interest and Is Aot Ambiguous on Any. Washootox, D. C, Sept. 6. President Harrison yesterday made public his letter accepting the nomination of the Republican naii-jtial convention for president of the United States.' It is as follows: Washington, Sept. 3, 189:3. Hon. W. JTcKiiiley, Jr., and Others, Committee, Com-mittee, Elc: Gentlemen-: I now avail myself my-self of tUe first period oi relief from public duties to respond to tLe notification which you brought me June 20 of my nomination for the office of the president of the United States by the Republican national com. . xuiltce. I accept the nomination and .am grateful for tho approval expressed by the convention of the, acts of my administration, 1 have endeavored without wavering to carry out the pledges roado the people in 1S3S and if the policy of the administration has not been distinctly and progressively American and Republican the fault has not been in tbe purp03, but in the execution. I bhall r.penk franklj' of the legislation of congress and of the work of the" executive departments, for the credit of any successes that have beuu attained is in such a measure duo to the senators and representatives and to the efficient heads of the several 'depart- , uicnts tbut I may do so without impropriety. A voto of wut of confidence is askc-d by two adversaries and this challenge to a review re-view of ' - " . . v -WHAT" HAS -JJEEJT. DONE, -'C ' we promptly am.VrTc!ly' accept The great work f the Fif ty-Crst confess has been sub-jeettd sub-jeettd to the revision of a Democratic house af representatives and the acts of the execute execu-te e departments to its scrutiny aud investigation. investi-gation. The Democratic national administration adminis-tration was succeeded by a Republican ad-' ad-' ministration and the freshness of the events have given unusual facilities for fair comparisons com-parisons and judgment. There has seldom been a time, I think, when a chance from if the United States would have such lines a similar policy must be entered upon. The Fifty-first congress enacted such a law, and under its beneficent influences sixteen American Amer-ican steamships of the aggregate tonnage of 574,000 tons and costing $7,400,000, have been built or contracted . in American ship yards. In addition to this it is now practically practi-cally certain that we shall soon have under the American flag one of the finest steel ship lines sailing out of New Tork for - any European ports. This contract will result in the construction by an American yard of four new passenger steamships of 10,000 tons each, costing about $8,700,000 and will add to our naval reserve six steamships the fa-test upon tha sea. Special interest has been taken by me in the establishment of lines from our SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF PORTS, and, though my expectations are not yet realized, attention has been called to the advantages possessed by those ports, and when their people more fully awake to their interests I do not doubt they will secure se-cure the capital needed to enable them to profit by their great natural advantages. The Democratic party found no place in its platform for any reference to the subject, and has shown its hostility to the general policy by refusing to extend the appropriation appropria-tion made during the last administration for ocean mail contracts with American lines. Patriotic people, workmen in our shops, capitalists cap-italists seeking new enterprises, must decide whether the great ships owned by Americans Ameri-cans which have sought American registry shall again humbly ask a place in the English naval reserve. The great shies now on the designers' table go to foreign shops for construction and the United States now has an opportunity to recover a place commensurate com-mensurate with its wealth, the skill of its constructors, and the courage of its sailors in carrying on the trade of all the seas. reciprocity and benefits. Another recent measure furnishing increased in-creased freight traffic for our ships and of great and permanent benefit to the farmers and manufacturers as well is the reciprocity policy declared by section 3 of the tariff act of 1890, now in practical operation with five nations, Central and South America, San Domjnsjo, the Spanish and British West India Islands, and with Germany and Austria Aus-tria under several trade arrangements, with each the removal of duty on sugar and the continuance of coffee and tea to us on the free list, while giving great relief to our own people by cheapening the articles used increasingly in every household, which was Of such advantage to the countries exporting export-ing these articles as to suggest the continuance continu-ance of those reciprocal favors shown in their tariffs to articles exported by us to their markets. Great credit is due Mr. Blaine for the vigor with which he pressed this view upon the country. We have only begun to realize the benefit of these trade arrangements. ar-rangements. The work of making new agencies and of adapting bur goods to new markets had necessarily taken time, but the results already attained are such, I am sure, as to establish a rule in ' ' FAVOR OF THE POUCT of reciprocal trade upon -free importation upon such articles as do not compete with the products of our own farms, mines or factories fac-tories in exchange for the free or favored introduction of our products'into other countries. coun-tries. The obvioua efficacy of this policy is increasing. The foreign trade of the United States at once alarmed European trade journals jour-nals and boards of trade. Tbe British board of trade presented that government a memorial memo-rial asking for the appointment of a commission com-mission to consider the best means of counteracting coun-teracting what Js caj WiV'-" 'commercial crusade of the United igf 18 cV t a meeting meet-ing in March last of tSf raJ, Cham bers of Commerce of OlSA wb.ercfv:J president presi-dent reported that tn5 17 1 fJ S.W Great Britain to Latin-Ame!4; Iirics during he last year had decrease- 3,750,000 and this was not due to temporary causes but directly to the reciprocity policy of. the United States. Germany and France have also shown a startled appreciation of the fact that a new and vigorous contestant has appeared ap-peared in the battle of the markets and has already secured an important advantage. The most convincing evidence of the And now a few words in regard 'to tbe existing tariff law. We fortunately are able to judge of its. influence upon production and prices by the market reports. . The day of the calamity prophet has been succeeded by that of the trade reporter. An examination examina-tion into the effect of the law upon the prices of protected products and of tbe cost of such articles as enter into the living of people of small means has been made by the senate committee, composed of leading senators of both parties, with the aid of the best statesmen, and the report signed by all member of the committee has been given to the .public. ,Ino such wide and careful inquiry has ever been made before. These facts appear from the report: the first cost o- articles entering into the use of those earning less than one thousand dollars per annum is decreased de-creased three-fourths of 1 per cent, while in farm products there has been an increase in prices, owing in part to an increased foreign demand and the opening of new markets. In England during the same period the cost of living was increased one-ninth one-ninth of 1 per cent. Tested by the power to purchase articles of necessity, the earnings earn-ings of our working people have never been so great as they are now. Second, there has been an average advance in the rate of wages of three-fourths of 1 per cent. . - Third, there has been an advance in the price of all farmwproducts of 18.67 -per cent and all cereals of 33.99 per cent. The ninth annual report of the chief of the bureau of labor statistics of the state of New York, a Democratic officer, very recently issued, strongly corroborates a to that state the facts found by the senate committee. His extended inquiry shows in the year immediately immedi-ately following the passage of the tariff act f 1890 the aggregate sum paid in wa-tes in that state to be $6,377,975 in excess, and production pro-duction $31,315,310 in excess, of the preceding preced-ing year. In view of this showing of increase in-crease in wages, of the reiuction in the cost of articles of common necessity and of the marked advance in the price of agricultural products, it is plain that the tariff law has not imposed burden, but conferred benefits upon the farmer and workingman. Soma special effect of the act should be noticed. It was a courageous attempt to rid our people of the long maintained foreign for-eign monopoly on the reduction of tin plate, pearl buttons, silk plash, lace, etc. Once or twice in our history the production of tin plate was attempted, and prices obtained by Welsh makers would enable our makers to produce at a profit. But the Welsh makers at once put prices to a point that drove Americans Amer-icans out of business, and when this was accomplished they again made their own price. A correspondent of the Industrial World, the official organ of the Welsh tin plate workers, published at Swansey, in tbe issue of June 10, 1892, advises a new trial of thase methods. He says: "Do not be deceived.- The victory of the Republicans at the polls means the retention reten-tion of the MeKlnley bill and mean a rapidly rap-idly aecruinglos of 80 per cent of the export ex-port trade. Had there been no Democratic victory In 1890 the spread of , THE TIJI FLATS MASUTACTUBE in the United States would have been both rapid and bona fide.- It Is not yet too late to do something to reduce the price of plate; put them down to 11 shillings per box of 100, 14 by 30 full weight basis. Let the men take half pay for a few months and turn out more, then let the masters forego the profit for some time." Again that paper aayt it i clearly to tbe interest of both employer and workman to produce tin plate, tariff or no tariff, at a price that will drive all competitor competi-tor from the field, but in spite of the doubts raised by the election of 1890 and of the machinations of foreign producers they maintain main-tain their monopoly. The tin plate Industry Indus-try has been established in the United States and the alliav between tbe Welsh producers pro-ducers and the Ifemecratic party for its destruction de-struction will not succeed. Official returns to the treasury department of the production of tin end iron plates in the United States during the last fioel year, (Continued om page .) : '' : ' ' -. - ; i ' - : - "-v .'-)- - : - ' the declared policies of the Republican to the declared policies of the Democratic party involved such serious results to the bus ness interests of the country. A brief review of what has been done and of what the Democratic Demo-cratic party proposes to do will justify this opinion. " - The Kepublican party during the civil war devised a national currency, consisting of United States notes issued and redeema-, redeema-, ble by tho irovernment and of national bank notes based upon the security of United States bonds. A tax was levied upon the issues of state banks and the intended result re-sult that all such issues should be withdrawn was realized. There are men among us now who never saw a statu bank note. Notes furnished directly or indirectly by the United States have been the only safe and acceptable paper currency of - the people. Bank failures have brought no frightful de-- lay or loss to bill holders. The note of an Insolvent bank is good and current as a treasury note, for the credit of the United ' Slates w bchiud it. OCR MONEY IS ALL NATIONAL MOSEI. The Democratic party, if entrusted with the control of the government, is now , , pledged to repeal the tax on state bank is-' is-' " sues, with a view to putting into circulation gain, under such diverse legislation as the , states may adopt, a flood of local bank issues. is-sues. Only those who in years before the war experienced the inconvenience and loss attendant upon the use of such money can appreciate what a return to that system ' would involve. The denomination of a bill was no indication of its vaiue. The bank detector of yesterday was not a safe guide , today as to credits or values. Merchants deposited several time during a day, lest aa hour should show a depreeiation of the nocey taken in tbe morning. A traveler could not use in his journey to the East issues of most of the solvent banks of f"Nt.,J the West, and in consequence the money-'? money-'? changer's office was a familiar neighbor of the ticket office and luneh counter. 4 The farmer and the laborer found that the money received for tha products or their labor depreciated when they came to make their purchases, and the whole business of the country was hindered and burdened. Changes- may become be-come necessary, but the national system of currency is safe and acceptable throughout the whole country. It is the fruit of bitter experience, and I am sure our people will not consent to the reactionary proposal made by tbe Democratic party. OCEAN CARRYING TRADE. Few subjects have elicited more discus-ion discus-ion or exhibited more general interest than that of the recovery by the United States of its appropriate share of ocean carrying trade. This subject touches not only our pockets but our national pride. Practically all freights transported to Europe, the enor-mout enor-mout annual supplies of provisions furnished fur-nished by this country and for the large manufacturing products for many years have been paid to foreign shipowners. Thousands of immigrants, who annually find home under our flag, have been denied a sight of it until they entered Sandy Hook, while increasing thousands of American citi-eus, citi-eus, bent on European travel, hav each year stepped into foreign jurisdiction at the New York docks. The merchandise balance of trade which the treasury books show is largely reduced by the annual tribute which we pay for freight and passage money. The ships that are fastest upon the seas are now not only profiting by our trade, but are in a . secondary sense warships of tbeir respective governments and in time of war would, under existing contracts with those gevern- . ments, speedily take on guns, for which decks are already prepared, and enter with terrible efficiency Upon the work of destruction destruc-tion of our commerce. It is an undisputed ' fact that the steamship line of Europe ware , built upon and now in part sustained by the . direction of their respective governments, . the latter taking th form of liberal pay for carrying mails or of au annual bonus given ' in consideration of agreements to construct ihips o as to adapt them for earryiBg armament arma-ment and turn then! over to the government .in case of a demand, upon specified terms. it was plain to every American citizen that ' - . .. . ' ' ' ' - . ... - t r " COMMERCIAL STRENGTH T "' of our position is found in the . fact that Great Britain and Spain found it necessary to make special trade agreements with us for the West India colonies and that Germany and Austria have given us important concessions conces-sions in exchange for the continued free importation im-portation of their beet sugar product. ' A few details as to the increase in our trade can be given here. Taking all the countries with which arrangements- have been made, our trade to June 20, 1893, had increased 23.78 per cent. With Brazil the increase was nearly 11 per cent. With Cuba during the first ten months our exports increased in-creased $3,703,193, or 54.8 per cent ,The liberal participation of our farmers in the benefits of this policy is shown by the following fol-lowing report from our consul general at Havana under date of July 26 last: "During the first half year of 1891 Havana received 140,056 bags of flour from Spain and other ports of the island about an equal amount, or ajr proximately 280,112 bags. During the same period Havana received re-ceived 13,976 bags of American flour and the other ports approximately an equal amount, making about 28,000 bags, but for the first half .of this year Spain has sent less than 1000 bags to the whole island. The United States has sent to Havana alone 168,780 bags aud about an equal amount to other ports of the island, making approximately 337,000 bags for the first half of 1892, partly by reason rea-son of the reciprocal trade, but largely by reason of merit, and more largely by reason of the removal of the sanitary restrictions among American ports." The export of pork products to Germany increased during th ten months ending i June last $2,025,704, or about 32 per cent. The British Trade Journal of London, in a recent re-cent issue speaking of the increase of American Amer-ican coal exports and the falling off of English Eng-lish coal exports to Cuba, says: "It Is another case of American competition.-- The United States now supplies Cuba with about 150,000 tons of coal annually and there 4s every prospect of this trade increasing increas-ing as the forests of the island have become exhausted as the use of steam machinery on the estates has developed. Alabama coal especially is securing a reputation in the Spanish West Indies, and the river- improve ments of the Southern states will undoubtedly undoubt-edly create an important Gulf trade. The new reciprocity policy by which the United States is enabled to import Cuban sugar will of eourse limit the American coal exporter more effectively than the new lines of railway." rail-way." Ihe Democratic platform promises are-peal are-peal of the tariff law containing this provision, provis-ion, and especially denounces as sham reciprocity reci-procity that section of the law under which these trade arrangement have been made. If no other issue were involved in the campaign cam-paign this alone would give it momentous importance. Are the farmers of the great grain-growing states willing to surrender these new, large and increasing market for their surplus Are we to have nothing in exchange for the free importation of sugar and coffee, and at tbe same time to destroy tbe sugar planters of the South and the - beet sugar industry of the Northwest and of the Pacific coast, or are we to have THE TAXED SUGAR AND COFFEE which a tariff for revenue only necessarily involves, with the added loss of the new market which have been opened? As I have shown, our commercial rival in Europe do not regard this . reciprocity policy as a "sham, but as a "serious threat" to trade supremacy tbey have long enjoyed. They would rejoice and if prudence did not restrain would illuminate their depressed manufacturing cities over the new that the United State "had abandoned lta system of protection and reciprocity. They see very clearly that the restriction of American products and trade and corresponding increase in-crease of European production and trade woeld follow and I will not believe that what is so plain to them can be hidden from our own people. The declaration of the platform in favor of "the American doctrine doc-trine of protection" meet my most hearty approval. The convention did . not adopt a schedule, but one principle I to party necessities and habits still compel them to declare our people oppressed and our trade restricted by a protective tariff. It is Dot possible for rue to discus at this time many of the topics presented in the resolutions adopted by the convention. Upon all thai have not been discussed before be-fore publicly I have expressed my views and the chancre in the personnel of the national na-tional administration is comparatively of little moment if those exercising public functions are able, honest, diligent and faithful. Others possessing all these qualities quali-ties may be found to take' their places but chances in laws in administrative policies are of great moment. When public affairs have been given direction and business adjusted ad-justed itself to those lines any sudden change involves stoppage and new business adjustments. The Democratic party offers a programme of demolition as its protective policy, to which all business, even that of the importer, im-porter, is now adjusted. The reciprocity policy, new merchant marine, all would be demolished not gradually, not taken down, but blown up. To this programme of destruction de-struction is added one of a constructive feature, fea-ture, the re-establishment of state banks of issue. The policy of the Republican party on the other hand is directly a policy of safety, progression and development. It will not subject business to a perilous change, but offers attractive opportunities lor expansion expan-sion upon party line. Very respectfully yours, Bexiamin Harrisox. party would rejoice at such a solution, as a healthy and patriotic local sentiment is the best assurance of free and honest elections. 1 shall again urge upon congress that provision pro-vision be made for the appointment of a non-partisan commission to consider the subject of apportionment and elections in their "relation to the choice of federal pincers. pin-cers. The civil service system has been extended ex-tended and the law enforced with rigor and impartiality. There have been no partisans in any of the departments or bureaus, but appointments to classified service have been made impartially from the eligible lists. Tho system now in force in all departments has for the first time placed promotions strictly upon a basis of merit, as ascertained by the daily record, and the efficiency of the force has thereby greatiy increased. The approval so heartily given by the convention con-vention to all those agencies which contribute contrib-ute to the education of children of the land was worthy and meets my hearty approval, as does also the continued separation of church and state. The safety of tue republic is in an intelligence and the increased interest inter-est manifested in the states in education. The cheerfulness with which the necessary taxes are paid by all classes and the renewed interest manifested by the children in the national flag are hopeful indications that the coming generation will direct public affairs with increased prudence and patriotism. Our interest IX FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS open to all children of suitable age is supreme, su-preme, and our care for them will be jealous and constant The public school system, however, was not intended to restrain the natural right of the parent, after contribution contribu-tion to the public school-first, to choose other educational agencies for his children. It is gratifying to notice that many states are with commendable liberality developing their school system, increasing their school revenues, to the great advantage of the children of both races. The considerate attendance of the farmers of the whole country is invited to the work done through the state and agricultural departments de-partments in the interest of agriculture. Our pork croducts for ten years have.ua? only been excluded by the continental nations na-tions of Europe, but the value discredited by the reason given for this exclusion.. All previous pre-vious efforts to secure the removal of these restrictions have failed, but the wise legislation legisla-tion of the Fifty-first congress provided for the insDection and official certification of MR. HARRISON BOES ACCEPT (Continued from page 1.) show a total production of 13,340,830 pounds and a comparison of the first quarter &3C.9-3 pounds with the last 8,000,000 pounds. This shows the rapid development of the industry. indus-try. Over 5,000,000 pounds during the last quarter were made from American block plates and the remainder from foreign plates. Mr. Ayer, treasury agent in charge, estimates esti-mates as a result of careful Inquiry that the production of the current year will be 100,-000,000 100,-000,000 pounds, and by the end of the year our production will be at the rate of 20J,-000,000 20J,-000,000 pounds per annum. Another industry that has been practically created by the McKinley bill is the making of pearl buttons. Few articles coming to the United States from abroad are so distinctly a product of starvation wages. But without unduly extending this letter I cannot follow in detail the influences of the tariff law of 1890. It transplanted several important industries and established estab-lished them here, and revived and enlarged all others. The act gives to miners protec- j tion against foreign silver , by giving lead ores free introduction, which threatened the great mining interests of the Rocky mountain states, and to woolgrowers protection pro-tection for their fleeces and flocks, which saved them from a further and disastrous decline. The house of representatives at its last session passed a bill placing those ores and wool upon the free list. The people of the West well know how destructive destruc-tive to prosperity these measures would be. This tariff law has given employment to many thousands of American men and women wo-men and will each year give employment to increased thousands. Its repeal would throw thousands out of employment and give work to others only at reduced rates. THB APPEALS OF TREE TRADERS toworkingmen are largely addressed to their prejudices or passions. The new Democratic Demo-cratic leadership rages at the employer and seeks to eomraunicate his rage to the employee. em-ployee. I greatly regret that all employers of labor are not just and considerate and that capital sometimes takes too large a share of the profits, but I do not see that these evils would be ameliorated by the free trade policy, the first necessary effect of which is a severe wage cut, and. second, the our meats, and owing to our president a power to forbid the introduction Into this country of selected product of such countries coun-tries as shall continue to refuse our in-spected in-spected meat, enabled us to open all the market of Europe to our products. The result re-sult has been not only to sustain prices by providing a new market for our supplies, but to add 50 cents per 100 pounds to the market value of inspected meat. Under the rec proclty agreement special favors were secured for agricultural products, and our exports df such products have been greatiy increased with the sure prospect of further increase. The agricultural department de-partment maintains in Europe an agent whose special duty it is to introduce there the various preparations of corn aa articles of food, and his work has been very successful. success-ful. The department also sent skilled veterinarians vet-erinarians to Liverpool to examine, in connection con-nection with the British veterinarians, live cattle from the United States landed at that port; and the result in connection with the sanitary ' methods adopted at home have diminution of the aggregate amount of work to be done in this country. If the injustice of his employer tempts a workman to turn his back he should be very sure bis blow does not fall upon his own head or upon hia wife and children. The workmen in our great industries are aa a body remarkably intelligent and are lovers of home and country. They may be roused by injustice or what seems to them to be such, or be led for a moment by others into acts of passion, but they will settle the tariff tar-iff contest in the calm of November and with sole reference to the prosperity of the country of which they are citizens and of the homes they have founded for their wives and children. No intelligent advocate advo-cate of a protective tariff claims it is able of itself to maintain a uniform rate of wages without regard to fluctuations in the supply of and demand for the products of labor. But it is evidently claimed that protective duties strongly tend to hold ip wages and are the only barrier against a reduction to the European scale. The Southern states have had liberal participations in the bene-fits bene-fits of the tariff law, and through their representatives rep-resentatives have generally opposed a pro. tective policy. I rejoice that their sugar, rice, coal, ores, iron, cotton, clothes and other products have not been left to the fate which the votes of their representatives would have brought upon them. , In the construction of the Nfcaraugua canal; in the new trade with South and Central Cen-tral America; in the establishment of American Amer-ican steamship lines, these states have also special interests and all these interests will not always consent to be without representation represen-tation at Washington. The placing of our sugar on the free list has saved to the consumer con-sumer in fifteen months, after paying the bounties provided for, $87,000,000. This relief has been substantially felt in every household upon every Saturday's purchase of the workingman. Oue of the favorite arguments -against the protective tariff is that it shuts us out from participation in what is called, with swelling emphasis, "the markets of the tvorld." If this view is not a false one, how does it happen hap-pen that our commercial competitors are not able to bear with more serenity our supposed sup-posed surrender to them of the tmarketa of the world," and how does it happen that the partial loss of our market closes foreign tin plate mills and plush factories tat still have s.11 other markets? Our nAtiiml aH vnntnrrd been that we hear no more about our cattle being infected with pleuro-pneumonia. A judicious system of quarantine lines have prevented the infection of Northern cattle with Texas fever. The tariff bill of 1390 gives better PROTECTION TO F1BM PRODUCTS on the subject of foreign competition than they ever had before, and the home markets for such products have been enlarged by the establishment of new industries and the development de-velopment of others. We may confidently submit to the intelligent and candid judgment judg-ment of the American farmer whether in any corresponding period has so much been d"ne to promote nis interests. I have often expressed my strong conviction convic-tion of the value of the Nlcaraugua canal to our commerce and our navy. The project is not one of convenience but one of neces-sity. neces-sity. It is quite possible, I believe, if th United States will support the enterprise to' insure tho speedy completion of the canal without taxing the treasury for any direct contribution and at the same time secure to the United States influence in its management manage-ment which is imperative. It has been the purpose of the administration to make its foreign policy not a matter of partisan politics, poli-tics, but patriotism and national honor, and I have very great gratification in being able to state that the Democratic members of the our protective tariff and reciprocity policy make it possible for us to have a Urge participation par-ticipation in the "market of the world" without opening our own to competition that would destroy the comfort and independence inde-pendence of our people. The resolutions of the convention 15" TAVOK OF BIMETALLISM has my cordial adherence and support. I am thoroughly convinced that the free coinage coin-age of silver at such a rate as will maintain the equality in the commercial uses of the two coined dollars would conduce to the prosperity of all great producing and com. mercial nations of the world. One essential condition is that these dollars shall have and retain equal acceptability and value in all commercial transactions. They are not only the medium of exchange but the measure of values, and when unequal measures are called in law by the same name commerce is unsettled and confused, the unwary and ignorant ig-norant are cheated. Dollars of unequal commercial value will not circulate together, togeth-er, the better dollar is withdrawn and becomes be-comes merchandise. The true interest of all our people, especially farmers and working work-ing people who cannot closely observe . the money market, is that every dollar of paper or coin issued or authorized by the government govern-ment shall at all times and in all its uses be the exact equivalent, not only in debt paying, pay-ing, but in purchasing power of any other dollar. I am quite sure if we should now act upon this subject independently of other nations we would greatly promote their in. tercste and injure our own. Monetary conditions in Europe within the last two years have, I think, tended very much to develop a sentiment in favor of a larger use of silver, and I was much pleased and encouraged by the cordiality, prompt, ness and unanimity with which the invitation invita-tion of this government for an international conference upon this subject was adopted by all powers. We may not only hope for but expect highly beneficial results from this conference, which will now soon assemble. It seemed to me that an appeal to our people peo-ple to consider the-question of readjusting our election laws upon absolutely fair nonpartisan non-partisan lines might find some effective re. sponse. Many partisans have had occasion to say that the laws and election methods designed to , give unfair advantages to the party making them would some time be used to perpetuate in power a faction or a party against the will of the majority of th people. Of thia we seem to have an illustration in the recent state election in Alabama. There was no Republican ticket in the field. The contest was between the white Democrats. The Kolb party say they were refused the representation repre-sentation guaranteed by law upon the election elec-tion boards and when the courts by mandamus manda-mus attempted to right the wrong, an appeal that could not be heard until after tne election, elec-tion, was made ineffectual. The ballot boxes were thrown out for alleged irregularities, or destroyed. It is asserted on behalf at least of the whits voters of Alabama that the officers to whom certificates had been given were not honestly elected. There is no security se-curity for personal or political rights, power of states over the question of qualification of electors ample to protect them against dangers dan-gers of an ignorant or depraved suffrage, and the demand that every man found to be qualified under the law shall be made secure in the right to cast a free ballot, and to have that ballot honestly counted cannot be abated. OCR OLD REPUBLICAN BaTTLI CRT, "a free ballot and a fair count," comet back to ns not only from Alabama, but from other states and from men who, differing widely in opinions, have come to sea that parties and political debates are but a mockery if when the debate is ended the judgment of honest majorities is to be reversed by ballot box frauds and TALLTSHEET MANIPULATIONS in the interest of the party faction in power. These new political movements in the states and the recent decisions of some of tho state courts against unfair apportionment encourage encour-age the hope that the arbitrary and partisan election laws and practices which have prevailed pre-vailed may be corrected by the states, the law mad equal and non-partisan and the , flections free and honest. The Republican , r.' .. it committees nave responded in a true American Ameri-can spirit. I have not hesitated to consult freely with them about the most confidential and delicate affairs, and I frankly confess my obligation for needed co-operation. They did not believe as some others seem to believe, that to be a Democrat a man must take the foreign side of every international question if a Republican administration is conducting the American side. I do not believe be-lieve that a tame submission to an insult by any nation at the hands of any other can ever form the basis of lasting friendship. The necessary element of mutual respect will be lacking. THE CHILEAN INCIDENT, now so happily and honorably adjusted, will I do not doubt place our relations with that brave people upon more friendly basis than ever before. This already appears in the agreement since negotiated by M-. Egan for the settlement by a commission of long unsettled un-settled claims between the two governments. The work Mr. Egan settled was advantageons to the United States. The confidence which I refused to withdraw from him has been abundantly justified. In our relations with great European powers the rights of the United States and our citizens have been insisted upon with firmness and strength. 'Our cause and not that of our adversary was given to our correspondence in the Samoan and Bering sea questions which come over from the preceding administration. One hat been settled and the other submitted to arbitration upon a fair basis. Never before I think in a like period have so many important treaties and commercial agreements been concluded and never before, I am sure, has the influence, influ-ence, national and commercial, of the United States been held in higher estimation in both, hemispheres. Union soldiers and sailors,' now veterans of the late war, deserve the kindest treatment from the nation they saved. Increased infirmity and years give minor tones of sadness and pathos to the mighty appeal of the suffering and he who does not listen with sympathy and a heart that does not respond with generosity has the ear and the heart of an alien and not an American. Now soon again the surviving veterans are to parade upon the great avenues ave-nues of the national capital, and every tribute of honor and love should attend the march. Comrade in the column of the victor's parade in 18(55, 1 am no less a comrade now. I have used every suitable occasion to urge upon the people of all sections the fact that no good cause can be promoted upon the lines of lawlessness. Mobs do not discriminate, dis-criminate, and punishments Inflicted by them have no repressive or salutary influence. influ-ence. On the contrary they beget revenges and perpetuate feuds. It it especially the duty of the educated and influential to see that the weak and ignorant, when accused of crime, are fairly tried before lawful tribunals. tri-bunals. The moral sentiment of the country coun-try should be aroused and brought to bear for the suppression of these affenses against law and social order. The necessity for careful DISCRIMINATION AMONG EMIGRANTS seeking our shores becomes every day mora apparent. We don't want and should not receive those who, by reason of bad character charac-ter or habits, are not wanted at home. Industrious In-dustrious and self-respecting lovers of law and liberty should be discriminated from the pauper, criminal and anaickist, who become be-come burdens and disturb our communities. Every effort has been made to enforce the laws and soma convictions have been secured se-cured under the contract labor law. Th general condition of our country and the great protperity it a blessing. Our foreign for-eign commerce has increased more than $400,000,000 over the average preceding ten years and more than $210,000,000 over 1890, the last year unaffected by our new tariff. Our exports in lfW3 exceeded those of 18VK by mora than $170,000,000, and the annual average for ten year by $205,000,000. Out export of breadstuff increased over thos of 1890 more than $144,000,000. of the pro-visions pro-visions $4,000,000, and of the manufacture! over .$8,000,000. The merchandise balance of trade i in our favor in 1802 $202,944,342, No other nation can match the commercial progress which these figures disoloee. Oui compassion may well go out to those whos |