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y . V ’ a Tf !(• ON ■ H E W S A O T T H E . THE B E S T M E T H O D F O R D E A L I N G W I T H T H E M . T A R I F F , • A N D H e E x p e c ts t o V o t e f o r Mu. C l e v e la n d ’ .' • REASONS FOR DoiJJ Q. SO; ' • Tke.following. are some extracts :from lire copy:'of a.letter; settt;.by Mr; ScIrarz> who is‘ ■ to the.' AT. Y. 'J$venUig.. Post. The;letteri was written, .in answer, to. /one received from Aprpmirierit dtizeriof/Wis/ • cpnsin (whose name is withheld from jiubii-! . cation) asking that Mr, Scluirz co-operate Avith : himself ;arid others, who had;, deflected.from the Republican party in 1884,; du/ari; earnest, endeavor to elect Harrison'and/Mpiton: ''■.'J . F o r s t e c k , K i e l , September 15,1S8S.. :/ ' M t B ear ; S ir : ■ Your letter from Washing- . tori asking meto. fl.reptoss the ocean and take: the field'.’’: fox Mr,. Harrisoh-reached nie spine time ago, -. Being detained here .longer tliafl I ;anticipated.hy.chhumstaheeswitliwhich;o.ur' Presidential election has! nothing to do, I can • only comuiunieate to you iri writmg the. views ■ •which would govern niy course iii th e . petid- ; irigeampaign could /I/return liome in season. I do so after having ealriily considered the . subject far away from the excitements of. the an d ; Mills I s t i l L - l e tectiyia a liigb stress .<3 THE P| the dani iii the sp| embodied] sage . ’ necesshfil tjie.peoj eost'oidi clieapenS in a ‘ fadfeallj the seppp lican to tin _ is- todegti? it btiP'ii fallacipv it will-; piori ever hi wflo , ivliieh, protectt free o f c opera|i could, 1 truth is/ I k f 'Euro] busuri sion t< :berei| it i i pete; unt to tiff! ahleJil REPuijLICAES WOULD MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP /-/ • ; OF ALL OFFICEHOLDERS r;.; The ■ main vcpnsideratl6n 3s, after all; h o y the public interest in. the largest. sense can be dnetf best served. ’A n d .ftp certain that'the efforts - Sri ’ President ClevelaUd really did make/m the way \ ofteform fouUd nocountenance amoUgRepub- T -pd lican politicians. ' It is equally certain that a Republican victory now votiM he followed by - - M'\—-^ «TV'+.Uo> ' fpprrv'ITYT. Fgriff Commission ! The |ena,ct^d into, a law, would l^pne pf the highest, .pro- \ hfiS ever seem-raye, designed, under the 3A.GE A COMMON SENSE StTMENT. ; Ifig is the argument that, if Ift the M ilis: bill itself, it is Iting it, in: the principles lent Cleveland’s t-ariiT nies- fcOse principles ?. T h at “ the f e e d apd consumed by all ' : oii jwhicli adds to the; P hphie,' should be greatly that *1 the duties on raw. iannfacthres.’’;,ShdUld. be ’ or abol islied. Against hisprppositionthe Repub- its open iyar. According Ippbr tatipn of raw material ^dteptive system; and ‘vvitiv pNo more; self-evidently I has ever been. advanced, iy.tke greatest cbam:. Ike pdliey this country has Inis grave ; ’fpr; it. was he |re:; are four modes by of the cpuntry can be them is the admission, article: which aids tlie |nufactureiA ’’ I Nothing Jhe recpgnitibn bf: this ion sense... - '•., ■■ , ; 5nal observation, .that rs Who Understand their With grave apprehen- ^mericah industry Will ;s Which noiv hamper fs of file world to com- P hnolw Wefl th af the c bm- a* ingenuity Ahd . eriergy,; shackles, y ill be •titfp;ds the. most.formid- Syentiy e genius , aud pro- liter the struggle' with the i fair . ; terms^in .the first; latCrial as free to us as it is [ti; wfi^o pen a mpst fruitful V the str< (ngest forces of the in fiiany important respects, by its •ability, its fidelity to th e public interest, add its whole some conservati ve; spii-ib deseryedly and' ;in & j high degree won the approval and confidence of the people. And, finally, he has. by. ii.is tariff message identified himself and his can didacy with an eciono.mic policy which : bids fair to correct existing evils, to obviate destructive disturbances, to ; enlarge the re munerative activity 'of industrial labor, and to secure a steady development of tbe general prosperity. ' : ' , ' ’ . W e have conscientiously to, make our choice among the possibilities presented to Us, and thus to serve the; intereStspf the republic as best we may! ; IJpon due consideration of; these poSsibil itie’sj arid exercising iri th is as i n other cases my besf judgmen t as an independ-; ent citizen, I find that i cannot suppbrt Mr. Harrison, as you wish me to db; but I shall deeni it my duty to vote for JVIr. Cleveland if cireuriastances pernlit me to reach, home, iii time for the election. Very truly yburs, . - ^ .. . C; ScutRZ. GREATEST DISSATISFACTION WHERE PRO TECTION is SUPPOSED TO BE MOST r-. ;,v ;•••■■ \ PROTECTIVE. In inspecting, this table it sliotild be remeitn bered tliat tfie States o f New York, New Jer sey. • Pennsylvariia,: Massachusetts, Ohio and Illinois aie tlie States in; which protection lias done its perfect work. These are the States that operate the mills and many of the mines of the country. . Louisiana has the sugar tariff,;. West Virginia and Wisconsin have, mines arid. tijnbef..’--:’6 f all the establishments affect ed ..by stnkes 74.84. per cerit.; arid o f all those. affected by lockouts, 89.48 per cent, were sit uated in the States of New York, Pennsyl vania, M a ssachusetts.O h ioandlllinois/A d - New. Jersey, it may be fdurid. ihat tliere were 17,817 Strikes in the six States, and that over \ 10,000 o f these Were in industries that are supposed to be protected by the tariff tax levied , on the consumers of . their products. This is over 58 per cent, of the strikes, occur- | ririg iri; those': six States, ::an;d it gives: some reason fof the opiniori that as a promoter o f j SfflilrAfl /. V.5»-l- •- by establishments occurring in the Biz years from 1881 to 1880 to be as follows: : . , L o c k - Outs. 1885 \ ;1886.-; Striked . . . . . . 2,284 &.881 Lock outs. 183 1,509 Totals; ,;.,.2B;304 t 2.2I4 > Strikes; 1881.......... 2,028 1 8 8 2 .. ------ ...3.105 1 8 8 3 :...,. ; • 2; t 59- 1 8 * ; . ; . . . , , . 2,367 This is. a very poor showing of quietude arid; contentment that the high tax has to make'. Frorii riipe lockouts and 2,928 strikes, in. 1881; the iricreasehas been to 1,509 lockouts arid 9,861 strikes in 1886; Adequate com- ment is impossible. ’ ~ The. causes of strikes are given as follows : - Establish*; inents. . Per cent. 9,430 4,344 1,734.' For increase of For reduction of/hoiirs...v ..Against reduction of-wages. V For'• increase .of wages Arid - reducr .tioiiof hours... 1,698 Beduetion; bf ■ hours and agaihst boarding vrith.employer; 800 F<»- change of hour for .beginning w o r k . ...... 360 ' t :s_Ti - - -• » -- * • 42.32 .19.48 7.77 > | strikesarid contentions the high tax system is A n F A l T f T f l IAueminent success.;f U UAlvuu ^ . a “ clean sweep,” with all that tlie.’ terrri; i’ni- .plies, involving not only all Beriiocratic office- .: .holders, .good; and. had, outside;of - the classi-- .fied.service,.hut the Republieafis left in office by President Cleveland;' tbO,; as- Republicans --'-*--3 AAVnn?,; ’Ar-TV>*’ . ■* I : ^oritrafct system:.^ For increase of wages and . .emplbyment of.n'oh-union irieh.; In syinpathy withstrikeelsewbere. For, nine hours’ Work with ten hours’ ■■. . . , ; Against rion-union employers... Eri'f* iririrnooQ • a / the ;22,304 strikes throughout. the Uriiori.in: the six years, more than 13,0{)();were . iri these L A B O R protected; enterprises, and that of the 2,214 ~ “ ~ . x.r . ;. • . lockouts only an insignificarit nuiribef oqcur- T R O F B L E S U N D E R A S Y S T E M red iri other industries. ; TTT„ ^ . Taking now the number o f persons striking, by ’; several industries classified as protected, aridiinpfotected, the folio wing is the; exhibit: ; ' . ' UNPROTECTED.' . , B u i l d i n g T r a d e s . . 94,998 Transportation,117,879 ' O F H I G H S u o w i n G t h a t t h e y N u m b e r i n t h e . I n d u s t r i e s . : . ; A B E Q k E A T E B IN s o - c a l l e d P r o t e c t e d PROTECTED. M i n i n g . . ; . . . ; ; . . 116,969 Metals and Metal- . ^ .Ue.Goods ..... 220,860 I Textile. Trades.. s. - 88,876 Tobacco.........; 69,612 7,940 . . . vty.i(,VI. UUIUllt-t »' For adoptipn;of Union, etc., scale 1 ' of prices; .. gainst'increase’ of hours;,:':« ; : : asr increase of Wages Arid enforci nientbf union indenture rules,. Fcfr reduction of hours dtid against : - reduction' of wages. .■ r. ' For reinstatement-;6t discharged AH Other causes (207).:.... i ,. Total... ................... Printing Trades. . Boots and. Shoes.: / 238 V 1.07 215 •to . . 173 i ’; ,77 : ’-' 172 ' ■ *77 . 1 6 2 ’.’ ,73 .. - ’. 145 .6 ? ': '- 149 :'.'-ie 4 '- / 138 : - .62 /1 3 ? ;-:v ;.69 ' < ‘ - -V •• '; 126 ’ *56 /; -■ : -124 .56 .-.A; 20/136 - - ; 90.28 ’ 2,168 • 9.72 ; 22,304 100.00/ - f reatly decfeased. For the last fiscal year of ’epublican administratiori from June 30tli, 1884, it co8t iri salaries.. and expenses ^3.86 to collect each $100 revenue. During the year - ending June 30th, 1888, undef Democratic ad-, ministration,; it cost only $3 . to do the same work. Where tlie Custom HouseB\ used to spend $3.77 for each $100 . revenue they took in, they; now spend, only $2.98; where the In ternal ; Reypnue department spent $3; 96 iri similar service it riow spends Only $3.02. The people’s ;.money; spent by the Republican party on rinnecessary officers arid in wastefril; methods, has berin applied by the DemoGratic administration., in the Treasury to effect the redrictipn of; the debfl . ; f. r ’ In the First Comptroller’s piffice during the three yearhof Democratic;administration flfty- eight clerks, at a cost of $256,940, have exam ined accountsinyolving $10,462*381,162, while under the last three years of Republican ad ministration it took nfty-five clerks, at a cost of $242,420, to examine accounts involyirig orily $7,506,974,153. In the Second \ BagA “ was the primary ob1cct of vthe public land legislation in the early days\of the Re public. ” . One of the brightest pages in the Yecclffolihe Admiriistraripn isftsWucc^ efforts.: to' effect • this • object.. ■; Iri\: fourteen year3 the. Republican party yoted\away ' to fitoi^d^^;raiifoadAffirfl# acres of the public domain arid t6; railroads Iridirectly through the. States 19^240,883 ncres more. Of tliia total of Over 181,0^j000 acres, tlie.Hnion. Pacific .Railroad was given 12;Q00,066;acfes, the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad 42,000,000 acres, and the Nprthem Pacific 47,000,000 acres more. What do tliese.vasf figures irie'an? The State of N e v York with its: 240,000 farms, has but 23,780,754 acres of farm laridsj 1 Indiana’s fafms..coyer Orily 20,656,259 acres* MinriC8ota’s : its, 403,019-^ acres, New J ^ 2 , 929,773 acres, Michigan’s .13,869,221 acres, Wisconsiri’s 13,353,118 jicfesi,\ Gohpiecticiit’s . 2,476,413 acres, Illinois’s an aoa - —— A>,- 83,403,843 acres, Ohio’s 24,529,226 3,674 18,585 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, TH E IR CATTSE: • AND EFFECT^’ This prevalence of strikes and lockouts is FI who con sentedto. remain, in .place urider. a Democratic admfhisteatiori aree^^ liate- 1 ful to Republican ppliXicians., > ” ; ikit reasonable to expect that Mr., Harrison, . :: if eleeted, would bppose such, a ‘ cl.ean;sweep;’’ With greater courage and .ii.rniness than' was *. shown by Mr Cleveland ? ' Mb flarrispn is, iri point. of .;.pefsonal character; no doubt, vastly • ■ preferable ;tb Mr. HlainC. ’. But ’neither his • : professions nor his antecedents stamp him as ’ a man Who would resist ;the .demands of the: ; influential politicians pf--his.'party. He. would on the; contrafy,. tp :the- extent of his; power meet .them, as he asked his demands to be . met under a previpus.Republican Admiiiistra.-' ; tion. The cause of civil-servlc.e ref prm 'would, • therefore, have to hope father less from Mr.; , . Harrison than froriiMri Cleveland.: BLAINE WOULD BE PRESIDENT IN FACT. . But, if I rightly understand tlie attitude o f: ^ --- - r, -anllTr. AT,-. 1^1 inr* pfoitsihtS AkeVe I MAKESI BETTER WAGES. musingly audacious; Republicans to per- ■kinginan that his pn the iriaintenarice ’ erican labor, will be ‘ the- pauper labor der. any: part of oflr imore a! Me by in woi t tely lat A m ffiCvelpf srirfenj tows, wages range li.iglier in irdi^^d» thRR; ih ; pfotectionist'.G'er- that Wages depend :e trade must haVe gland, and wages'in depressed by 'protec- ^ t wages range higher i-ermany: somehow, in spite “ may it not he said with the. Republican part'y. it is really; Mfi; Blaipe . not Mr. Harrison, whom we are inv’ited to gut. ■ into power. Mr. Blaine is vociferously.pro- • claimed not only as the- ‘ ‘. greatest. si ate sm an, as the; “ real leader o f the Republican party,” blit also; as t h e . “ Premier,” the •‘.liead of.4ly BepubiiCan Administration ’’ that ;is :to .fi What Mr. Harrison’G administration shall nhder Mr. Blaine’s conti'ol seems to be taken’ for- fi-mhted. without any conspicuous dissent.; la true hen ft< inEn e ffoiethat Gidate appears /grotesque in.the extreme. '. It . :is an;entirely h ew .thing in our constitutional, history that one persoh is to he elected Presi- ' dent b f the United States f or the very purpose: - of permitting ;the;. Pfesideriifal power to be, .' ’ wielded;by another. -.' -' A POOR OPINION: OF MR. BLAiSEy , ■ Siich an innovation \■ would appear in the highest degree bbieetfonabie, even if A-better' iiian thanf;MTE;Blaine Vvete to he .-the; beheflr- \ eiftrv; - But as it is Mr. B-laine himseif, I-am wagei^; range higher in igland,' somehow7, in spite tion “ ' rige- upon the wages ques- ihentioii the further facts, e; as the removal of duties ^ t. has. heyer resulted in a rediitetijjl that wages' in the United ^ .:»■ rose dijfirig the low'-tariff .to 18fii ; that wriges have t timc, but most in tlie un- es, and. that wages in Eri- since the beginning of the. .hetweep 20 arid 150 per is therefore not fit of a rise iniwages. ■ or is. distinguished ius, skill and pro- ,ke' i f intrinsically .ga’ labor;-that; .in wofkinginan earns ii p f.tie Old World, ces inorri; arid .that ■>hiripttOnly be. re best chance of fericah industry^ be iments lA'from; ppeiritiote by relieving Which in :a, great the markets of the ’ both.conspicuousiy. arid I helicwe, potentiaK > opposing the election .ofMr; .Blaine, .for-ji£r . stantially the saine reasons,’” Those reasc I then elaborately-explained; to the public, .a • . they nfeed not be recapitulated,. They w i siricereiy believed in and are' as valid nowl '. were then. Wluii lias happened; sincJ ; ' certainly riot calculated to weaken tha . . Those who.acted ;W ith us in 1884 upon sinoefei , -rriotives can hardljr deeni itsafeor creditablriitc| the American- people riow to' iriveSt with thtl , power of “ head qf the Administration ; flame man whbiri they repudiated' four ye^p : ago. aridwhom this year, theprudent.Tnen o fhisl wpuld/ have feared to . nominate Uridefi) : . ;his; own name. I do riot- kiiow. whether:. il f . would not, in some respects, be.-safer On 'thiil! ; -. w h o lefo make him President;iri riame as;Well •, as iri fact, than to puthim in control Of a Pfrir* '■’ ; ident’s power ’without a Presiderit’s responl hility; . C C' ;:* A ^ : ^ . ’ri' 1 ;,. ' TNDUSTfliAL INTEHEST • SAFE: WlTH TnE; . . SENT ADMINISTRATION, . . V ■ ’ Neither A m i frightened by; the • Repnbli' . • campaign Cry that,' ifM r i. Cleveland bbt elected, >fhe xndustHeG’' of ,tlieJ 'eouati:y , , surely be ruined and general,,distress foil ■ 5: A For riiany years if .was i ' : admitted by.the. Republic arts’ that' 'the - tariff, | - originally intended to mdet the flurincial hee^«'-; - '. iof^ihe w ar 'period,;^arid^ad^pte'&tq' a yriry.1' ferent iBternai-reyenue system, was frill o f , lust and offensiVe> features, and-- that M f lA revised arid reduced in its rates. ; • A tariff commission, appointed urider] ||e protected interests pro-, i p o u t li. pf the Repiiblicati b ready to sacrifice almost |dAlmost anything, “ father, v. portion Of the protective: blamation .has; a peculiariy fbere is something p.f the s in it which; in the career usually precedes the day I remiuds one somewhat of / to his. accusers, . ‘‘What abbut.it ? ’’; v ; YOUNGER TARIFF... :- BROTHER OF The state of urirest that in late years .has characterized the condition of. our laboring, has given Cause for alrifm throughbut .the whdle industrial syste.m and made it the , . .. . . .. imperative duty of those Whp. make .and exe-: at .once the'.pause .and the-result,of ,the labor cute our laws to investigate the conditions .organizations of recent years, Unorganized that surround those Who A » rn tflpiV Hniw: - -------- bread in the sweat nish sorne/ measure - ——.i- vavuw uiuyy yuy yuCVV/V* either by the enactment of new, or tbe repeal,, merit of the higli tax; whether attributable to, modification; or different application o f ex- that system or not, has; forced the toilers to istitig laws. . combine for that protection that the national ■- ■; '; .. faxes so utterly failed tp afford them. the panic OF 1873. It is a’ somewhat interesting fact, arid one * •: . ’ ’ . . / * ihY-iaf* .io Yi/sf ■'” * * —- — ' * • -• The year 1873’ behe\' of a period of financial . . . - - 7 . 7 - - ..oi k ,400 iaDor organizations in the country iri depression that .continued through several i 88 o . 2(155 were in the protected industries. Bullions of men were This demands some ex^&nation at the harids The influerice of prgariiVatibriS iflBfiowri by this table of strikes and 1 ockouts ordered by; | them, takenvfrpm the report: ; troller’s oflice seVeuty-one clerks, at a cost of $103,434 a year, have examined during' the last thi’efl years.cjaiiris ainounting to $513,326,- 990, while under the last three years of Rer publican Administratibri seventy-one clerks drew $lfi2;0(M in salaries for exairiiriingclaims amounting to $308,877,086. Under Demo-: cratic admiriiBtration the First Auditor’s office has; passed, bn 63;000 accQrints at an average cbst; per account to the people; pf only $4.13i Under three yeara o f Republican administrar tion 54,900 accourits were audited; and the aVeiflge cost was $4.62: . The Secorid Auditor’s pffibfe has allowed : $2,700^000; in elaiins of Union soldiers for hack pay and bounties, ' * VI-J.lA- _‘.A- a- - - where only $1;350,000 ;wi8 allowed' during the Years.; 1 8 8 3 . : ; . , 1 8 8 4 . ; . . . 1 8 8 5 . . . . . 1 8 8 6 . . . . . ' S t r i k e s , * | tipH A a n f \ L o c k o u t s . (D am ^ — m A • \ . LCllv,/ . .* ..7 5 ;5 8 . vL Vl CvQv. /. '■ 22,22 .....7 6 . 0 1 26.19 .....8 3 . 9 8 41.03 ... * 82.85 79.10 .....7 0 . 9 3 : 71,58 87.53; 84.8? , ..82.24 ’ 70.18 ^ .... ... —r uuuxuBi ui peisuns eugasie<imgainiui occtipa- state of affairs reaehed -its high tide, so far as flons in that year Was 17,392,099, classified as it affected the employment of the Working follows: . people.. The couritry was brier-rim hy an . ' : Agriculture,.... honest laborers unable to earn an professional and personal occupations...., ..,.4,074,238 arid the word “ tramp ” was Trade and tran s p o r tation -.'...... .:;i, 810 ,a 56 indVlstrin.l An-aaifi-, Mahtifn^t.iirpK monh.r,:/.. „ armyof hoiiest \ ... ...... . ........ . . . . — - .... - .... added to the vocabulary p f industrial classifi- Manixfactiires, mechanics and numng. cation; to indicate that; great contingent of. Of the unemployed. ;.. about live per cerit. Tramping has ceased' to be 0 • ' .. ...,8 ,8 3 7 > l i s these fewer than a million,;or only about five per cent., are; engaged iri .occupar .. „.. .. ... ...... , ~ - .FWB^lBerit- ;;;jj 0 n S that can have foreignAompetitibri:; p r , feature pf'theiSifuati'bn, .but the reCurrerice of m.ofher. Words; Could -by any possibility; need difficulties. betweeri employers and employes protection. Agricultural labor is. not arid, h a s c o n t i n u e d w i t h A l a r m i n g .fr C q r i e r i d v ; a n d - - - - • : , . v fl'i ,;FlVtcv.nyu#. .• , A gli.UUIturUj -J alarmmg frequency, and cannot be protected, yet it is not: greatly less even now it is estimated by coinpeterit authori- tliari orie-haif of all orir labor. . Compare the tips that about 1,009,000 o f men are unable tb condition of tliis labor with the cbndition, of jwoxk at their accustomed pccupatioris; its eiriploye'esj.thericbriiparethe; epriditibndf trast! ./ .The pccupatioris of those engaged in the recent labor legislation. : . , professions arid in personal^^ services^^^ are not m .a . Is t i e .causeef thl, inder contract, and la all having fordheir pi uiauya of the.cbnditiori o f Wage earners, have: ... The report says: ‘‘Of the' 22,304 estahlish- meri.ts in wliich-strikes occurred, the: strikes in 18,342, or 82.24 per cerit. of the whole, were Ordered. by labor orgariization8; while pf the. 2,214 establishments in which lockouts pccuf- ied 1,753, or 79.18 per cent., wbre ordered by coiribinations of managers.” ; - DEMOCRATIC LAW PROHIBITING THE IMPOR-; ; . T A T I O I l O F L A B O g : ; The combinatibris of manufacturers are eri-‘ couraged . by the tariff tax, and uptil 1885, when the Democratic law against imported labor Went into effect, these managers had. but ! to import a force of the “pauper labor of Europe’’ to fill the places of American v wage earners.: The labor /organizations are. many times denominated, conspiracies by statute, . The highest compliment that can ’ be paid the law makers of a generation ago; is, to say that -thev • enaefpd nn ■ Inlflvr »> enacted no “ labor legislation ... or kindred special flaws. So just arid equal were their laws that no one demanded special favors. Bounties were unknown, trusts arid combines, were impossible, and labor was Able to take care of itself: B E D U C T I O N A k r i MONEY AND now the And itflis a notable fact tliat,; in proportion * -., .. to the total number of persons engaged iri:our , . various industries. the largest riuriiber of these It is not to. be asserted that the evils that, immigrants and imported laborersthatcome tp afilict labor are all trftfieahlp dtarvlsoftfoitr •«««»* «. « ' NOT THE MAN-' EMPLOYER. . . . Q*.w»av y vu uiiv- a qwt, yiittib changirig- ttfe- employer froiri .th e . iridiyidAal theJiniportod . ebritract labor is brought, here to the corporatipn or other moneyed, brganiza-. mMbly by the protected mill and mine opera: tion, and making the dollar, rather than the torsr Indeed the number of voluntary immi. ' teclionists,. st:ron'gly recommended an a\ reduction of tariff rates of 20 to 25 per cd . demerided by the public interest. T h f . the teaeli.ing we heard in., the ■ V . school, Brit now, when . the Di . ; tempt to do in a very moderate .way A.tel :.: Republicans had for years been pfonil? . . do, . we are, told that, unless, this atte'M stopped, . the country , wiil go iii. ruin . ; ' very men wbo constantly declaim ahoutl “ magnificent, past ’’ ;bf the Repubiican pa . give us tp UnderAarid that if tliefliolidl .: tariff reduction advocated during that^W nifieent past ” by .Republican; platfofirisl : ■ statesmen had been carried outi distreA I misery Would have been the lot of the Ail ’ ’ can ” - : I I'. riot whether . tariff reform irimc. I t is Stire to - come ie near future... It,; i f moderate tariff: reform Isucli an angry Teaction w iii ferixeieyste By tlie hppeafarice Vpfli^svf, the: “ Trusts;” I tfepribiictans grbatly exert Me tbe.. .impression that, tlie ulsts lias nothing to do with f. But ari intelligerit peo- see that.toe twp contriv- to .serve the same object. Ipe ’ o f goods. b y cutting off gority of cases the Trusts tofiustry wiiich are at the tCcted ” by; the .. tariff . ’ In fe Tariff and the Trusts ;are Tie parentage; tlie Trust is ef of the Tariff; .. . - ; made to reach the trusts Jions and penalties. The liends of the trusts Will, -if at legislation, eXert all trieif gle clauses,: into ’ it which lm becoming effective. In le peOplc will. continue to nd. tyrauny frbm. the very lore’expedient Will: it be, at effective law-making go lanufacturers combined in ipt let the peopto have re eempetition, you. shall fitpf.pfotectionfromforeigri lie Tariff duties pri your Irefpfe. he prbirij)tly . done i/shad not eat the cake arid THE SPIRIT OF SIONOPOLY IN THE REiH , CAN; PARTY, ' - \Wheri I thus see the Republican par ; fipe the professions arid pledges of. it days—sacrifice the often repeated pro| reduce the tariff—sacrifice tlie wliisli f- ; whicfi but yesterday the Republics . would have almost unanimously sccr abolish—sacrifice the idea of an; eca adiriihistratlon of government sb; cssq the morals of a democratic republic-Jpi / see it ready to sacrifice everything than, surrender any.part of the protectiv tem,” I am forced; to the conclusion to Republican party has fallen completely I the control of selfish, grasping iritflrel which the spirit of monopoly, is runtt' THE MILLS BILL A HIGH TARIFF ] The very arguments currently used! of that policy are calculated tb maW distrustful of the cause, they are to Au How in the world can anybody have tl to say that the Mills bill would, desta protective system and thereby the irid of the country—the Mills bill, Which prl tariff reductions much smaller than tho| ‘ time and a/ain by Republicans 1 authority, in fact averaging considerab. than those recommended by the Rep FOITICY ONE OF /PRUDENT, SRATE REFORM, lextprtiori nndisguised. . It: sople ‘‘stand And: deliver,” pure the relationship between fvefariffwillnbtsucceed fed at all, I am in favor of eratc reform, arid wisli to of abrupt, sweeping ■ and live' criariges. I am, there- tariff .policy proposed by fl agairisfthat of tlie Repub- 1 , in my riumble bpinibri, the Iweil as Itrie. laboring men. a interests if: they act upon aesubjecri : p.ABIJjITYANDFII FIDELITY. country has been ipldtt Aefiulbusjy fostered Iffbtii withiri. three ■years fed. by many good citizens,- pie Were disloyal and ffori, and that the republic -tion if the Government ids; of one party to those a gain to the morals of ch canribt be too highly it Cleveland has. given stfatibn of public affairs fiig its sriortcomirigs, has, in the good feeling of the men, aud who Are;:. The Aoal and offiermmmg regions are alive answerable only to a. board of directors bent w^ri the|e .mep, while they ^arna^ntp. the upon securing the'largesti dividends,: the mem- riiilR pf /Pennsyiyania-, New York, New Jer- w, ■ --------------------- 10 SJ. ^.i..... . . . . . ;669,431' a few.men to reap;rich; harvests ip prosperous 1882 . . . 788,902 years-'and to accuiririfatefottnsAsittG years/ ’and to accumulate fortunes that, before its eriactmerit, were seldom> if ever, heard : of; .in America. Millionaires have multiplied; pauperisiri has become A common state and the modefatelywdl-to/dohavegroWnfeWerand fewer year by year. Great ; corporations: and syndicateshavedrivenout theindiyidual oper ators that used to give persbnalsupervision to their shops, and of ttimes worked side by side With -their men. The chasrii between splendor arid squalor has thus been widened and deep ened’, while the margin of moderate compe tence: has been greatly narrowed.;.. /; ■ Iri many employments this personal relar tiqri of ernployer arid empipyee still continuesi but these are not. the protected industries, and in such bccupations, left to trie natural and | legitimate conditions; of operation, only mod erate fortunes have been accumulatea, arid tlie condition of ■labor/ is still the best and, best; conterited, still more eoinparable to the; condition of its employers, It will be observed that a few: more than half .tlie - strikes Were for an increase arid against a reductiori of .wages. nearly one-fifth for a reduction of workirig hours, while near ly all the others wore for these combined with other causes. The number of persons striking in tbe sev eral years is shown iu this table: .-V 6 6 , 1 1881..;..... 1882 ....;. 1883...... ....129,521 i... .154,671 .....149,763 1884'... 1885. 1836 . i. .147,054 ; .242,705' ,,.499,489 1884;...,. 1885..,.,..,/.': 1886 ....... .,.'518,592 --- 395,346 , .’. 334,203 :// WHERE THEY FOUND EMPnOYilENT. The newspapers for these years have told some thing as to the distributibri oftliese la borers And: of the employment of .armed de-: teptives and police to overawe those whose places they took.: Wherever iri. any mine,Or in which unskilled labor is/employed a GOOD: RESULTS OF TARIFF: ....- reform ; : Glrincing at the figures’ here, presented, it iriay vefy readily he speri that where, protection issaidtobeniostprotectiVethereisfhegreatest number of labor troubles, And the report shows thatfln these districts the’, strikes are less, suc cessful than elsewhere,; What,; then, must be the verdict 1. Shall the working people , con tinue tp pay $47.10 taxes ou eyery $100 worth of goods; they buy, to increase the already enofmqus surplus in the Treasury, and to enhance... the private • fortunes. . of the ! miliionaire; mill arid mine: owners,; or shall these taxes be reduced iu order that the neces saries of life may. be reduced iri price? Taxes on raw materials curtail productiori. and in?, crease the prices of the products,. sriutf ing us out of foreign markets arid thttsflessening the demand jfbr our mariufactrifed. goods, and of course for our labor; V . Free raw materials. Will greatly enlarge pur : markets by reducing the cbst and increasing the volume of prbqrictibn. Paying less, for raW materials, employers can pay more for wages. The demand for our: products Will increase the demand for labor. High and steady Wages with constant employment, to supply the increased demand for our goods in foreign lands,, low priced necessaries and increased comfort WiIl be tlie share of labor in the benefits of lower taxes. The larger sales will bring larger profits in .the aggregate, though smaller on each biii of goods.ThusWillcapitalreceiveitsproperre- wafd without injustice to .the consumers. of the products ; of pur .factories. Strikes and at a yearly cost of $i98.3’39, have' disposed of 41,055: claims during three yeare Of .Demo cratic ’ administration, while during the last three years bf Repurilican. administratiori it; took : 159 clerks, drawing . $227,335 a- year, to examine 11,26$ claims; ; Thikbureau has put 1440,442 names on the pension rolls duririg the past thfee years, where only 121,059:Werp so placed by it during the like period: of Repub lican administration, ; ... -.; ’.;/ The Fourth Auditor’s office, at a cost of $206,319, has settled in three years.. 11,969 accounts and claims; while under Repub? lican . administratibri for: the.. correspond ing threeyears itcostlSOt.Saa tosettle only8,G17 claims. .’V ./- :. In the Government printing office actual ex penses have rieen reduced from. $2,634,469 in 1885, and $2,762,560 in 1886 under tlie Repub lican printer Rounds, to $2,500,078 urider the Democratic printer,; Benedict, while 361,907 inore. bpoks; have been bound for Congress. That 110 toris more paper has. beCri used in IOwa’s 25,055,163 acres, . .... .. aeras arid Massachusetts’s 3;359,079 :acres. . The Democratic National Administration has set to work to right this great wrong done the people and coining generations. I t has already, since March; 4, i885, recoyered and restored to trie people 80,690,720 acres of; the public lands, including 28v253,347 acres of TailrpM grants forfeited and 2i;323,60P . acres of rail road indemnity iarids restored. In otlief words, the present Admiriistratiori has already reeoyered for the use of future actual settlers eribuglvlands to make over \500,000 farms of 160 acres, more’ land than there is in Great iri: :?/> m . _ . , .ople duced about $300,000 a year.. In brief, in ev ery bureau o f the Treasury department Rresi- dent Cleveland’s’administratibn has done more aridbetterW b rkAtlesscosttotbcpeoplethau; haAever been dope before, arid the saving ef fected has been Used to reduce the national debt and to pay pensions. , / GENEROSITY. IN THE PENSION: BUREAtT; Driririg the fast three years of Republican administratipn, ’ • 191,221 pension : certificates were issued. Duriftg the last thirie yeara of President: Cieveiand’s Administration 359.462 I pensibn certificates have been issued. •. During 1 the last three years of Republican admmistrav tiori $183,399,216 was disbursed for pensions; During the three years; of Democratic admio is? tratibri $217,399,757 paa been disbursed for pensioris. Under the last three years of Re-. publicah: admiriistratiori . 198,121 new, names WCre added to the pension rolls. During three years of’ • DeiriQcrAtic adriiiriistratiori 156,223 new ’names have been Added to trie pensiori ;rolls’ President Cleyelarid, iri less than four years, has approved; 1,264 private pension bills. . The Republican Presidents _____________ a j-ypiUVHw from Lincoln tb Arthur in twentyffour years approved :bnt: 1,524 private perisiori bills. 1s i bed , bu t mb re is be irig; done. AbillisnoW pending t o } ;54’323i096 jitor^/morW of laridrigrarited to railr^dsduririg .Republicah. ’ Administratibns, and tlie, restoration , o f 10 ,- 600,000 acres still;:riAWA toflhe? public'domain : : is recommendeda arid .beirig = presfeed. When final favorable actfbri; onVtriese- feepmmenda- ? , tiotts has. been taken, thri fldtal o f : lands fe- . stored by President: Cleyeiarid’s Administfa? ; tion to the public domai h-. and hericefortli re- / . served for actual settlers w ill amount to.l45,? 611,258 acrefe. ’ The whole Qeririan Empire., comprises 1351738,246 acres,: or less than the territbry Which tips Adriiinistration will tlms ’. . hAve restpfleti to the people.: In the pursuit of irilf/policy of maintaining/public lands for .. actual: settlers F rc‘si.deut, Cleveland and tliis Administratiori bave defied the great Pacific Railroad corporation, :The .President took up ’ the ease, of; Guilford Miller, a hard-woiking farmer of Washingtori Territory, Whorii. the .Northern Pacific Railroad /tried to: drive from .’. his farm ori the claim triati it \ was part of one of its Republican “ indemnity: land grarits,” : . and tlie decisiori rendered; on;August 2, 1888,; not only' corifiriiiS’ Millerfl right to. hifl fairii,; but also the right of ;2,000 other fanners in that territory; whom the corporation sought to evict, .-’.v . : r BUSINESS METHODS IN. THE;FOST OFFICE. -/ ■, The receipts of the Post,Office Department for the last fisdM year of.Republicari Admiri- istratibn, begitiBing July 1, 1884; were $ erein d in , . 0 .- --j -• 560,843, and the expenses $49; 782; 619, show- ' ing a deficiency of over $7,000,000* The re*: . ceipts for: the Deriiocratic year closing June 30; l8$8, Were $53,233,579, and the expenses: :. $55,250,000,. showing a deficiency of only $2,-. - 000,000, yCt 2 ’886 new- toutes have been . put . in operatiori, giving inaii facilities, to thpus- arids -of citizens wbo never had them before... . . While 1,935 new special star services have ■ been added. the annual cost of this hranch of . the postal service has been decreased $473;862, .' : or over $1,600,900 for four years. While; the railway: mail servlce rias been increased by : 386 routes, traversing annualiy qver 28,000,000 niiissj. the eost has been decreased Per . cent, a mile; /In the mail iriessenger ; service §60 pew routes have been Added, and ’ the: .ex- pense of this branch ha^ been decreased $16, - • 478.' Iri the mail eauinment; :sprVir-» 41 i « oko -o - ..... pension president.- Cleveland approved the :act of mill , —_ — „ —. y u ,.H demand for an increase of Wages or any other improvemerit of cbndition .lias been made,/it, has beefi promptly met by/the owners with the importation of men to take the places of the dissatisfied employes, ./;.// - ' HIGHEST WAGES. 'IN UNPROTEeTEp / INDUS TRIES.: . . V,/ ., It. is a fact too Well known to require more: than. A/ passing statement, that tbe wages of bookbirider8,brickiayers,carpenter8,alltriose ontrflrro H i n flh r i K n i l r l5 A « ■ 4 .— ----- - — their Uuder a system of tariff taxatioii so levied as tp bring about these results we may, while excluding the Chineseand coritractflabori safe- ly continue to invite to orir cbiiritry the honest arid intelligent Workinen pf all nations^: to be- coine a part of our pebple, and to enjoy with us the blessings o f ’pur free ,and prosperous land, with the/ assurance tliat their coming among us will result ouly in prombting their own welfare arid that of the people, already here, .; /.. Tfie; Mills hill makes a tender of just these .hings, Without in jury to any. workman or in-. dustry inthe UriioO>; . The issue presented is ribt free trade; it is tax reduction and tariff reform. . ....... / j: .: •. ';// . L, L> C arlisle . SUCCESS, FAILUBE AND THEIR.COST, . Of these 518;583 sueceeded in their strikes, 143,976 partly succeeded, While 660,396 failed, arid the total loss of wages ; sustained by the. strikers by reason of these attempts to main tain themselves arid jbetter their condition was. $73;06d;000, an enofmous sacrifice to a dis ordered iridustrial systerri. ; The strikes and lockouts by States during trie six years were; Alabama....... A rkansas . C a l i f o r n i a .. . . . : . C o l o r a d o ............ Gonnecticut..:. •Delaware,,.'..., Florida Georgia.... to. •c . CO * 3, oS ® S i4 14 .2 niinois. .107 109 268 41 184 18 Indiana...... Ioiwa . . . . . . . . . K a n s a s . . . / Kentucky-.... Louisiana ' Maine;;. .... Maryland-,.. Massachusetts. .8,768 181 286 31 65 190 41 374 995 28 83 . 6 127 ..\2 io 84 . ,7 147 % ■ m Michigan....... 858 Minnesota.....484 Mississippi ' -4 Missouri .1,104 Nebraska 26 New Hampshire ”■6 2 New Jersey ./ . 625 . 4 13 48 New York .9,247 1,528 Ohio......,,i,840 Oregon,,...... g Pennsylvania ..2,442 Rhode. Island; •Tennessee .'... Texas.,'.;,..... Virginia.;..... West Virginia. Wisconsin... 24 82 100 105 76 862 . 49 380 3 - 4 1 12 . occupatibns, are greater than are; paid in. the protected mills and mines of the country, yet it would require a very, pliable conscience to sanction the assertion that high takes are, to he credited with these higher/wages. ’ WAGES ■ AND THE TARIFF • TN- PENNSyiyANIA. ■ The high tax scheme should be able to point to Pbriri8yivania as the scene of its most wonderful accbriiplisliments in the way of high wages, . y e t : here : is a table of the daily wages paid in a number of /bbth the prbtected arid the unprotected industries of that highly protected State, and. it discloses the; fact that the rates iri those industries tbat staud dn theiri natural foundations are higher; than, in those, bolstered up by; high, taxes; ..’ PROTECTED. Iron ore. Iron i n i U s .. Plate g lass..,..,,.. Other glass Planing mill's......; S i l k m i l l s . . . . . . . . . . . C o t t o n . , . . . . . . . . . . . . Woollen..;.;...,;.. Weavers............ Carpets. . 1 75 2 64 1 60 1-58- - 79, .1 05 1 '25 1 58 1 20 u S pkotected . ■ Blacksmiths ./ 7 .... ;-$2-50 Butchers.; , ; . . . ___ 2'0O. Bricklayers.,,.. ..... 3. .00 ' Carpenters u 75 Engineers (station’y) 2 50 .8.00 Millers.... ...... / 2.50 Painters. ..., 2: 25: Printers.,. ..;...v;...2 50 Stonecutters ........ 3 00 THE TARIFF,. STRIKES ANfi LOCKOUTS, . ;. • Surely if this high tax system is for the soie benefit bf labor it should by this time be. able to exhibit some of its results in the shape of contented workmen, There shbrild be steady employment and good wages, and disagreements between the employers and eiriployes should be decreasing as the syaVSni t rows older, until We might now' expect to rid that strikes and lockouts have been re duced to a minimum ; but what is tlie fact ? Mr. Carroll D* Wright, the head of the Labor: Bureau of the United States, in his report for | W h a t eEEYELAND’s a d m i n i s t R a - . TION Hffk ACCOMPLISHED T he G ovrrnjient G onpucted fob the ’ B e N efi T pF THE PEOPLE^EcoNOirY anr ' ■ -\ F idelity in E ye H y D epartment — • A B bief R eview of F acts / ,:/ ;/ : ! {From, the Albany A rgui.) - The Democratic party welcomes an exacting scru tiny bf the admiriistration of the .exehtttive power Which four, years ago' was committed to its trust in the election of G rover Cleveland President of the United States; and it challenjges' the most searching inquiry concerning its fidelity and- devotion to the pledges which then invited the'SuHrages of the people.—(No- / ftotial Deimcratic platform,,. : / lit the cbhscioushess that much has been done in the direction of good government by the present ad- ministratioh, and submitting its record to. the: fair in spection of my countrymen, I endorse the platform thus presentea: with the deter 1 March 19,1886, increasing to $12 A morith j the pensions of 102,568 widows and depen dent relatives of Union soldiers; the Act of August 4, 1886, increasing pensions of ;. 1.0,092; crippled Union soldiers from $24 to $30, from $30 to $36, ahd from $37.50 to $40.A. month/ the act of June 7, 1888,/ granting arrears of pensions to over10,000 Widows fr°m the date of tlieir husbands’ deaths, amouuting to aborit $108 iri each .cato, : /,. ■./:// ' ■' HONEST, WORK IN THE /NAVY; DEPARTMENT, ‘‘When the war ended the United States had attain ed- a position as a naval power n e v e r before : reached by the Republic and could claim to be able to meet: either France or England.‘ ’^Admirdl. Dmnd D. Por ter. ■ “Our navy, taken as a'whole, is worth nothing, and the sooner the country understands tha fact the bet- ter.’’—HdOTirai Dat'Id Z). Potrer iii.1876. ~ The testimony ofi the Admiral of the Navy, hiuiself ori Republican^ mismanagement of the Navy is conclusive of the fact. During the ten years of absolute Republican coritrol, from the close of the war to 1876, $234,191,119, or; $23,? 400,000 a year was spent on the Navy, arid after : that expenditure we. had A Navy: ‘ ‘taken as a; whole worth riothiflg.” Here is a sample rif Republiean;handiwork: . ‘ pairs. Total... _ , . ...St. -Repa'i .$1*856,075 $3,021,: . 806,609 803;449 . 892,iW 678,595; .$ 8 ,O M ,9 ^ :$ 8 ;o i) 8 l2ra^ licari Admi n;i st ration, $1.25 was The United States Mail Service now comprises; '24,814 roufes/of 401;634 miles,; / , , 286^363,887 miles are'trayfeied a year by the ; mails, arid this immense increase iri,the service has been effected at a saying of $2,496,945 to ■ / ; the .people Gri Republicim : contracts. / The nurnbCr.of free deiivery offices has increased ; under Deriiocratic Adriiinistratiori frbni 177? ; to 350, employing. 6^349 lettef-carriers: wiiere ., 4,348 Were employed, and the total numher o f r post-offices has increased from ,50,017 to 57,- . 376. / , / / > - :; - ' / / . / y -: / ;./;/'- AG.TiyiTy ' IN AGRICULTURE. : President Glevelarid,. on/August 2 ,- 1886, ... sighed the bfii iniposing the internal.Tevehtie ' tax on olebmargarine. and the.Internal Revenue ,,, departmerit, by new microscopic tests, is en forcing the law vigorously. The Agricultural department now circulates; 358;000 copies of buiietins and special repbrts among farmers, ~-j.1l j—l 1^ . 1 if'- J - - -! •Sold for junk. •: , . ; tSunk by coal barg*. ’ jRepnbiican yacht. ';,-/’ Almost $5,009*000 ihfown irito the sea “ to prevent a surplus!” During the following ten ycafs of almost continuous Democratic, con trol of the House/ appfopriations for the _ Were reduced to $153;310,832, anffthri $80,900,000 thus saved froiri the previoufl Republican: extravagance is now/ .being used iri constructing one of; the best navies iri flfie. world. The- total cost; wheii: cbriipteted,/ of; al;i the vrissolsthusfMbe^n/QrcOritracted’for by thepreserit Adriiiriistratiori Wiff b $19,943, - 046; For ; this expenditure we shall get the following cruisers: / -\; / /;?-■ . - Cosp-. Toi Texas............... ..$2,4*,w* NeWark,.. , determinatibri that if I aUi again'caUed to the chief magistracy, there shall beft cbntinuance 6f devoted endeavor to advance the In? terests of the entire country .—iPreaidertt lleveland's. letter.. ;\ •• ' .- • ■\ *' ; The Democratic party presents to the people r judgmerit a record of aecpmplished results d performances. As. the; surety for the ful? filriient of. its; pledges, it offers the people the facts of itfl over three years’ administrafionpf jwl . Governmerit. Faithful. Leal 'work has been don«- in every department and. branch of the Eed- eral.Aqministrktiori. ' ECONOMY IN THE TBEASURT.C g the three years of: President Cleve land’s administration the national debt ha.- been reduced $819,649,493; While during the corresponding last thrae years pf Republicalv admiriistratipn it was reduced but $298;745;001. In iispri'irihase Af; bonds the Treasury depart ment hSsflaVed the pebple ultiiriat ely $14,790,- 3®i. Economy lias been enforced in every branch Of Government. In the;Treasury de. i f i n o t s Ig H k n o t s k n o t s 19 . k n o t s , . . . 19 knots S a b F r a n c i s t o ; . . / , . . ...1,428 ,000 / 4,100 ... 1 9 : k n o t s The British riavjr now has but seven cruisers Which: exceed pigh.toen knots an hour; and the f-^GS't'bf.; Eiirope m s but eleven more.. This ^^yOar’s^^ripyal a^prOprihtibri^^^biff for., $10,943/225 is for sevenAew fast cruisers, one of 5,600 toris to makri twenty knots—faster than ainy war yeSsel now afloat and equal in speed to the “ ocean^ Iroyhburid ” steamerBr-ohe cruiser of 7,500. tons: making nineteen knots, two 3,000 ton cruisers .making nineteen knots and two 2.000 tori cruisers making eighteen knots. The fastest Republican cruisier, the Atlanta, makes only sixteen And a half knots, the Chicago arid Boston only fourteen knots.: For less than $^000,000 this Admtnistratioh has partially Cpttipleted arid contracted for twelve, cniisers dyer eighteen knots, in event of war able to drive the commercb of Oiir enemies frorii the seas.. I t is building five of these cruisers for only $400,000 more than the Republican Administration spent ori the Tal lapoosa, Tjrimessee and; Despajtch. / Withiri 19.900.000 named it is also building the gun- boats Yorktowri’ Concord, Behnirigiori, Petrel arid Yesuyius; the armored battleship Maine of 6,QpO tons, speed; seventeen kpots, armor- ing the fiyridoubie turreted monitors, Puritan, Miantonoiriali, Amriliitrite, Monaduock. and Terror, besides buudirig tornado boats. The ordinary expenses of the Navy department have been reduced from $6,142,266 in 1884 (and evriu. then there was : a deficiency of $149,935) to $4,870,522 in 1887 (with a surplus balance of $280,310. Provision: has Been made for building armor arid guns for the Nayy in our own country, arid the navy yards have been p u t iri repair. , ; where/ orily 145,500 were/ circulated . iri 1884. It has promuted the estabiishment of experi- ; / mentaragriculturalstatioriiinseveralStales.iri- vestigatodaduIterationsand imitatiOas of food products arid iri the suppression of pleuro:pneu- moriia ariiorig cattle has irispccted oyer 31,000 herds./ It /has established a special weather Signal Service for the benefit of farmers, arid tested:_.8Ceffs'^hiRfih'ayri/b6Cri'' distributed by the Govenimerit, a. work never done before. this Admiuistratiou, as many a f armer knows to his riibrtifieatiori. . Where/ under Republi- . can Adriiinistratiori, this brariich of gpyern? - / mmf: was /treated ias of little account arid only .... $598,452 voted: fbr its work for. 1885, the .. . appropriation^ forit this year have beeti in- . creased. to $1,746,000, of which $585,000 is '; for experiinerit statioris to test all the improve- ments of modern progressiye farming, arid tho department is/placed in the first rank of the . bureaus of tlie gOvernmeut, / .: / . .. CIVILIZING THE tNDIAN./ / Duririg tffe. entire COrirae of : this Adniinis- tiori therA Kes been but one serious outbreak among’ the 250,000 Indians: urider care of the Indian Rureau^ran uripfeCedented record, due to the firm and wise policy of the Administra tion. - The one outbreak of Geroriiuio arid his / band iii 1885, the first, year Of the Adminis- : :tratiPrii/?bceurffed^^ befofe^flte opCTatiori;/' Farmings has rapidly increased . among the Indians ;* great, care is taken in the . selection o f lndian<agentis, Arid tlie number o f / Indian children in the schools has doubled. Z The object of the Admiriistratiori -has been, . the ciyihzatiori of the Indian:And/to enable him to: fluppbrt^^ Aliriseif^/by//ijgcicuitorc as ;/ soon as possible. Its sriccess mHy be meas- . ured frorii the fact that although: the expendi- turies for Iridiari service* haVe been reduced froiri $19,518,613 ririder the/three Republican years, tb $18,872,791 for the three years o f ; Deriiocratic rule. ; President/Cleveland’s Ad-» ., ; miriistratipn has been; able to expend $ 3 , 215 , 430 o f this amourit on indian schobie on which the Republican Admiriistratipn spent only $1,149,024. Money which was. ‘‘ absorbed ’ / by Indian agents arid unnecessary pfiSoiais is . now spent in/educating the Iridian children. -;'Z . . ’ THE CIVIL’ SERVICE,. Bettyeen Jariualy/ifi,: 1885, and fluly 1, i887, there were;. examined ;i5,852 applicants for. admission into tiie Civil Service of the GOV- erniRent, o f yvhom 10,746); passed and 5*fl06 failed. Qf flhose who passed .2,977 . applied .. for positions, in the departments, 2,547 for ad-. . mission into the Customs service and:ff,222 tor admission into-the Postal service. Froiri those who passed 567;were appointed to the depart- riient positions. 641 to the Customs service and 3,254 to the Postal service. . The application of the law has been iriuch extended . : In view of these facts- the following com- mendation of the Adi.niuistratiOri of President -- . ___ >**v * y j/VI U lul l partment: the revenues have increased, wliiU 7 | 1887, states the nuriiber of lockouts and strikes | the; .expenses of collecting them have/ been R E S T O R IN G T H R F U B L I C LA N D S . ‘“To secure thri widest distributi on of pub lic lands in -lirilited quantities .among settlers for residfencfe and cu tiration and; thus make the greatest riumhprof intliyidual horiies, ” said President Cfcvelahd in his second Annual naes- »t, 1.888, Seems:deserved: Gieveiand’s Adriiinistration has been free from official Or peR?orial. scandal; has beep holiest and clean;. Thera; have been no Star. Route rdbberies ; no War Dcprirurient corrup* tiohs; no profligate waste by Uuited States marshais; po corruptbpOra.tioiis in or through the IAud Office, N o American at home or abroad has htid/6cc.atiOn to d i oop iiis. eyes in shame because Of any such: tilings, under Mr* Clevelaiid’s Adriiiuistration, On the contrary , ; j there has been a resolute effort to 'promote. . iionest goyerhinent, to increase cfflOiency arid to lessen Expenses.M -. ?://;?- ... i ■ - -
