Show THEY ARE RESUMING our democratic friends now about hosanna every time any mill in the united states resumes operations we are delighted to note this patriotic reformation among men who acted last year as if they never could glory in alio dignity the hope the prosperity of their own land it is almost worth the danger of domination just to hear ilia jubilation from democratic lips at last th n these pessimists and calamity howlers who derided every industry in america during the period of progress have learned that it is possible to manufacture goods foi our own consumption and havo learned to lift voiced in praise every time a furnace fire is and every time a ie set to the throb of labors music they who would not bo grateful nor even content with a blessing upon thia land are now glad to pray andT hope and boast when a crumb drops into the mouths of starving thousands the lesson lias been quickly learned let us hypo that it will not be so quickly forgotten hut our democratic friends aro now adding to their shout the claim that mhd mills had closed down because of the pernicious effect of protection and that they are resuming because of the prom ise ol 01 tariff smas liing held out by the democratic party in this they err and also in this they i proclaim alie insincerity of their last years declarations it will ba remembered that our democratic friends claimer that alio llio mckinlay bill enabled the manufacturers to acquire sudden weal th that it gave to them the monopoly of home markets at their own price if alis bo true how can the almost in stoppage of tho wheels be attributed to protection manufacturing the employment of millions of in du atrial hands the keeping of money within the borders of our own land all these flourished and increased constantly under the beneficence of tariff which recognized no other country so magnificent and no other people so as our own almost in the twinkling of nn eye there was universal cessation the hammer ceased its anvil song the elno longer whirled whirred the spindle gathered cobwebs instead of fleecy wool and furnaces grew cold as the hearthstones and the hopes of the evicted boilers toilers toi lers why principally because the threat long impending but hereto forel impossible impo seible of protection removal last within democratic power to execute producers of goods could not continue to manufacture under american wages when their articles were likely to compete with a stupendous surplus mado under the starvation wase ot other lands and bicker by a cruel and aggressive capital which bonete its ability to sell at a loss until all competition is wrecked but within a few days there comes the welcome news of opening factories paper mills leave begun to bend forth again their miles of print iron furnaces are gleaming once more with tho light of promise and thousands of willing men idle yesterday but today to day re em aloyed are marching to their toil with dinner palls not so well filled as they artt year but still containing a crust sufficient when sweetened with hope to sustain life not all the dismantled factories have been re animated not all the evicted laborers leave been restored but today to day instead of an unbroken list of suspended works we read 0 thirty old ones resuming where only twenty five new close down a gain of five why is tins resumption Is it due to the promise of democratic destruction of the protective tariff no for if that were a reviving reason there would have been no cause for tho tremendous industrial desolation which has come upon the country since tho election of last november factories are resuming for two reasons first the supply of manufactured goods in many lines ia becoming exhausted and mills are now running to fill modest orders for immediate use second grover frienda announce with a strong appearance of authority that he 1 not in favor of radical changes in the mckinley bill and eliat ho will not consent to have protection pulverized the democrat party cannot claim laj credit for either of these reasons the first reason ia duo entirely to tho fact thaU protection is still in existence tho second reason is duo to the hope that despite democratic threats protection is baill to bo maintained BLAIK the new postmaster of adan ia a capable man who will no doaby do honor to the position his appointment will go far toward reconciling some of the cache democrats toward the low price of wheat if the post offices will only go democratic with the rest of inanimate ti lings the lucky ones of the hosts of the will find balm in gilead |