Show g cuss AB emar ahalt A halt lake contemporary lella us ns that our reasoning as tn ta democrats bein being the cause of cur hard bard times is placing tho the effect before the cause wo wa are livine under the laws the policy the conditions ru made aa for us by or under republican administration ii issaya says how comes it that the same policy Y which for tha last thirty years has made this thie country the most prosperous r on the I 1 lace ace of the earth should suddenly and denly lose its force there must be a cause in our opinion one has but bat to look laok ut at the last D democratic platform to see sea the fhe cause that party instrument declared said eaid policy unconstitutional I 1 aud the laws enacted under it f rands the party won dd on that dema demagogical logical declarations declaration and from that very day the industries 1 based on protective laws lawa became shaky was it any wonder here was a party in power that declared the laws under which these institutions 17 flourished frauds ands if jf if that party adal could d in any way jay be 69 trusted it mea nt a r now new bas basis isor ftc operation op for the futuik men vid in business 8 waited f for some declaration as to the future policy of t aba a party in power powe r the pie president in him hia inaugural I 1 address gave them but little satisfaction his words were opposed to fa the party platform mitchim with Mith him etwas it was not so so much froe free trade as it was wai tariff reform but the B g 0 W feeling ot 1 and to this day men know no more moie what will be done with the tariff than when the democrats first went into p power aw b r mill kill owners are not sure that the tariff will not be removed I 1 if f iaz they ey we were r e business would go on on the same aslant as last year neither are they positive that free trade will he the future policy it they were they could change tbt ilu ir basis of operation the result it ip ns the trade journals a ls L report this uncertainty causes our 17 al di those who have not already shut down their factories awaiting developments area are operating on a free trade basis in order to be on the safe side this ibis class of acol manufacturers sent out a L few buyers wil h instructions to pay ay no more for woe I 1 than they would under free frea trade to watch the english markets and give ive no more than they minus of course the cost of transportation I 1 |