Show jtb BEREl tha reproachful ghost of murdered I 1 national prosperity will walk after the murder and the murderer will have to make expiation jj v ignominious a and n d permanent retirement t from public 1110 tile the latter of which events is not to be deplored but because the crime so long as thi threats ea ts of its are rife makes countless thousands mourn because it frightens frieh tens capital disturbs public and private credit and so BO lessens the demand for and we tho compensation of labor it were well th atthe first catastrophe were hastened basten BO that the recovery may follow quickly in that strain the chicago inter ocean talks the cause causa ct c our national depression is undoubtedly the crime of free trade that threatens us ng this deadly instrument of legisla legislation tio n hangs hangs over the heads ci cf manufacturers threatening that ening to rob them of their prosperity if the instrument would but fall and clit away the protective tariff it would be better suit snit our 1 manufacturers than to have it suspended suse in the threatening man manner n e r that demoe democracy racy keeps it the owners of factories fear to stock up in the very face of a declared policy which if carried out will cause a readjustment of the financial basis of our country hitherto our Ame american laborers have been paid double and in many pursuits more than double the wages paid to laborers in th 6 bame lines across the atlantic ocean what has made this difference why the beneficent tariff system of the I 1 republicans that system has placed our country on a higher s sale ale I 1 of prices than others and madkour made our nation prosperous and independent nowa cornea comes a party and jasys bays that I 1 i our manufacturers and laborers must compete with t the he manufactories manu factories long established established and the pauper labor of the old ivorid vo ald that policy wll wid naturally SN y tend to degrade conr laborera they will have tj came down to the same level as the pauper labor of europe or else how can our factories compete with those of europe T the tha prospect is not a bright one to be sure and the doicy po icy carried out ont wiil I 1 entail worse labor tro troubles taso n ever before experienced in america but inasmuch as free trade has haa been declared for or at alexat that protection has been voted unconstitutional manufacturers would be pleased to see tile the policy of the democrats inaugurated augu rated when once certain of the future then they can agin work on that basis As I 1 it t now stands they are met with uncertainty and thousands sallas are afraid to launch out in business fearing the readjustment of trado ada which the removal of the tariff will necessitate will causo cause f financial in ancial rain to them it is 13 the uncertain policy of the administration that is kil lillig our prosperity today |