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Show THE COMING .ELECTION. .In the clamor that is being raised in this Qity and spreading more or less through the State, w trust that Republicans are not losing their heads, Not many of them want a Democratic State government gov-ernment in Utah during the coming four years, not one of them wants a Democratic administration administra-tion in the country during the coming four years. The interests, the highest material interests, of all these intermountain states rests on the continuation con-tinuation of a protective tariff. Without it the sheep and wool interest would perish, the sugar beet and sugar factories would become profitless; without it lead-silver mining would cease, the woolen factories close; the great bulk of workers would be driven into channels that are already crowded; the earnings of labor would fall quite 40 per cent, and that would cripple every merchant, every professional man; it would take half the profits from the banks; it would reduce the prices of all farm products quite 40 per cent; it would, in short, amount to a public calamity to do away with the protective tariff. Every farmer in debt to the extent of 25 per cent of the value of his farm would lose the whole farm, the same cause would cripple the merchant and professional man. In Judge Parker's letter of acceptance he affirms that the Democratic idea of a tariff is a tariff for revenue only. That means such a tariff as Great Britain levies, a tariff on tea, coffee, liquors and a few other articles which aro deemed luxuries. That is Judge Parker's Idea; the other prominent leaders of the party like Cleveland, Bryan, Champ Clark, John Sharpe "Williams, "Wil-liams, wish that every custom house in the Union was torn down. The same men who vote for Parker and Davis will vote for Democratic .Congressmen .Con-gressmen and Legislators. The, election of Judge Parker would be an expression of the will of the people, that they want tariff for revenue only. Those candidates are sure of the votes of the solid south. They hope to get New York and enough more northern and western states to make up a majority. Utah, Nevada and Idaho may decide the matter. Are not the Republicans of Utah interested in-terested enough, concerned enough, we should say, to let the local differences rest until after the 8th day of November, and to bend their exertions to securing Republican National and State rule for the next four years? We stated above some of the effects that would follow a repeal of the protective tariff law. There is one result that we did not mention. The first effect of free trade is to fill a country with foroign goods and to stop the pay of laborers formerly for-merly employed in shops and factories. This always al-ways results in draining a country of money. It never falls. It kept Canada and Australia strand-oxl strand-oxl until they got home governments and forced tariff laws. It has always stranded business in this country. The reason is that property values depend upon the volume of money in a country. Reduce the volume 20 per cent and prices will fall 20 per cent. We saw the same effect when silver was demonetized and the volume of standard money fell off 50 per cent. The value of property likewise like-wise fell off 50 par cant The election will determine deter-mine whether this country is to go on in its prosperity or whether wt art to have a rapatition of what was experienced in 1893-94. Can not the Republicans of Utah, Nevada and Idaho sea that they are vitally interested In the result? |