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MEROUR MINER
GRY & JAKIIMAN, Publishers
MERCUR UTAH
FOR REVlNUE ONLY
DEMOCRATIC POLICY AND
HOW IT WORKS IN PRACTICE.
The Wltson Tariff Law unit It Bill
pendous and Disastrous Fnllure,
with Four Yeura of Accompanying;
"""" Ilualiiess Disaster.
The Democratic policy has often been
announced to ho "A TARIFF FOR
UBVBNUB ONLY." Andwhntthls high
sounding policy always In practice his
produced Is DIMINISHING HBVBNUK
AND INCRBASINO DDFICIT.
The Rreit business depression which
overtook Uie country during the lint
Democratic nilmliilKtrntlon was due not
merely to the null-protection features of
Democratic tariff tinkering, hut to tlio
very serious fulling off In government
revenues which It occasioned.
lien there Is a condition of uncer
tainty and Instability" In business, which
Mr. Parker himself 1ms Admitted follow
ed past attempts In tho tariff tinkering
line, tho Imports of certain classes of
dutiable Roods are always mire to fall off
' even with the decreased tariff, for the
reason that tho people consume less for
eign luxuries In hard times than In good.
With the foreigners flooding the Ameri
can markets with articles that can Just
I well be produced by American labor,
our own people naturally have less finan
cial moans with which to buy foreign
laces, silks, toas, wines, perfumes, dla
I toonds, works of art, etc.
As a revenue-producing mcasflrc the
Wilson tariff law was a stupendous full
I nro. Its authors showed colossal bus!
uess lucompctence In their failure to
make It supply auj where near the
mount of revenues required to meet the
expenses of the government. The reve
I nuc from tho Wilson bill fell short of the
estimates of its Democratic framers by
no less a sum than $87,000,000, cjid
this, Including Its sugar Import tax, to
I which many of the Democratic leaders,
t Including President Cleveland himself,
! had been bitterly opposed. This bill not
only did direct damage to manufacturing
Industry everywhero throughout the
country, but It had disastrous enccts on
!tho nation's credit, because In causing
the revenues to drop heavily below the
expenditures it forced the government to
draw for Its routine expenses on the
i treasury gold reserve, which was needed
to preserve the gold standard of vnluc,
l and this shrinkage In the gold reserve In
turn necessitated the enormous bond Is
sues In which syndicates secured their
notorious "rake-offs."
All through 189-1 trado demoralization
' Increased, and the government revenues
for the first six months of the year turn-
I ed out to be nbout $40,000,000 less than
' the Democratic Secretary of the Troas-
1 r ury, Mr. Carlisle, had estimated they
' ' would be In his reiwrt of December,
u 1803. Nevertheless tho Democratic lead-
I ers failed to heed the warning, but went
ahead with their free trade tariff bill
without paying the slightest attention to
whether or not the bill could produce
enough revenue for running tho govern
ment. Da via Looks Out for Ilia Own Itevenne.
The House of Ueprescntntlves not only
truck off the Import taxes on coal, Iron
ore, and wool, which were exclusively
protective duties, and therefore logical
subjects for revision, from the Demo
cratic ntandolnt, but It refused to con
tinue the sugar duties, which were n
' revenue tax of the most productive char-
; actcr. The Senate, through the influ
ence of II. O. Davis, now tho Demo
t cratlc vice presidential candidate, whoso
, vast fortune was represented chiefly in
coal lands, replaced tho duty of 40 cents
.8 per ton on coal, which was an utterly
li 1 insignificant source of national revenue,
,' but It restored only hiicIi part of the
migar duties as could play directly Into
I the hands of the sugur trust. Cotiaid-
ereil merely as n law contrived to pro-
i duco suttlrient revenue, tho Senate bill
, was undoubtedly miporlor to the House
J bill. The Semite sugar tariff. It Is true.
; produced eventually hardly one-half as
; S much revenue as had been yielded by the
sugar tariff of 1883, but there was never
theless collected from this source. In the
first full year under the amended Wilson
act, the mini of $20,800,000, nunc of
which revenue would have been obtained
bj th government under the IIouso bill's
free-sugar provisions. Hut the public
refused for very obvious reasons to give
the frnmers of the Senate amendments
any credit for this achievement. On the
eve tl the passage of the Wilson bill
In the upper house it was discovered that
several Democratic Senators, whose
votes coirtrolled action on the sugar du
ties, were speculating In WnU street In
j sugar trust stock. The nngry public
j clamor over these disclosures was follow-
! ed by an eu totter from President
' ' Cleveland to his supporters in the House,
j declaring the senatorial changes to be
"outrageous discriminations and viola
i tlons of principle" an assertion which,
i In view of the platform of the majority,
was certainly not unwarranted. From
, the floor of the Senate, tho Democratic
leaders retorted publicly with much
I allow of Indignation. When, finally,
after a long nud stubborn Mriiggle, the
Senate tarlrr btll prevailed nud passed
birth homes, President Cleveland refused
to put Ills name to It. and left the bill
to become a law without his signature.
, From Had to Worse.
j' ' The result of this haphazard reckoning
U on the revenue was a law which never
, produced a surplus. Bven with its sugar
import tax the yield of the Senate bill,
In Iho succeeding jear, fell short of the
stluiate of its authors by uo less sum
turn $87,000,000. for this exceedingly
ill-tluiel miscalculation, the Democratic
Fifty-third Cn.sress Is properly held re
apoiuihie for the necessity of subsequent
bond lsu. It Is true that Ixitli houses
hid addrd to th bill n tax of two per
eiit on incomes over $4,000, and In a
vague. Indefinite way bad reckoned that
the rroluct of this tax would mako s.d
whatever dencleueles might urie from
I other schfdii rt. The Income tax did not
, stand the text of examination by tho
I T.'nltad State Supreme Court, and no
public rviM'ie was ever derhed from It.
Kreu after the Income tux wus knock
ed out bv the Supreme IVtart. and eieu
i' s folly demonstrated that the
i -.-ill . was a stupendous failure as a
I i iln it of revenue, the Democratic psr
t in Congress refused to ami . It j
t'i it it oouhl produce enough rf eir
The k tying, "Millions fur defense, bt
not una cent for tribute," in this case
might hive been expressed, "Millions of
cost to the country in increasing deficit
and loss of credit rather than one cent
of protection to any industry In which
Democratic leaders themselves did not
happen to have some personal financial
Interest, like coil and sugar."
WHBN NBRO PI.AYBD A FID-
di.b whim: romb hi'rnbd nn
siiowni) no morb uttbu in
diffbrbncb to tub intbubsts
OF HIS COt'NTllY THAN TUB
I.DADBRS OF TUB DBMOORATIO
PAUTV IN CONORBSS DID IN
THAT D1STRBSSFUB VBAR ISO!
WIIBN THBY PI.AYBD PBTTY
POLITICS, AND ALSO TUB MAR
KBT FOR SUCIAIl STOl'K. AND
WITH IHiINI) INDfFFBRBNCB TO
A FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT
WAS ABRBADY DANGBROUS.
PUSHBD TO ITS PASSAOB A
151 M. THAT IN TURN WAS TO
PUSH TUB NATION TO TUB VBltY
YHlM.li: OF HANKRUPTCY.
The rtone lnatenit of the I.oaf.
The one single proffer of relief from
the Wilson Mil deficit during tho entire
session of the Flft -third Congress, Dem
ocratic in both branches, wus a bill di
recting the treasury to coin and uso the
$55,000,000 "seigniorage" theoretically
acquired by tho government In bujlng
slhcr nt the market price and palug It
out in over-valued silver dollars.
This bill was a case of offering to the
fmamially distressed nation a atone
wheu n ioif was asked for, for with the
gold reserve crumbling to pieces owing
to tho Increasing desire of persons ap
prehending a slump to the filler basis
to exchange paper and silver money for
gold, and owing to the encroachments of
tho government Itself upon the gold re
serve because of tho increasing deficit,
It was obviously a caso of trjltig to sup
ply the straw to break the camel's back
to furnish this additional load of silver
for the gold reserve to carry at a parity
with gold.
Hut what did tho Democratic Con
gress cure If t'le seigniorage bill was to
further damago tho credit of the coun
try? Never for a moment did the Dem
ocrats care to go luck on free trade,
even to prevent a deficit in the treas
ury, ami never for a moment did they
care to go back on free silver, even to
provent the fatal consequences to the
national credit that the increasing deficit
Iniolvcd.
The seigniorage bill, howcier. was for
tunately vetoed by President Cleveland,
who on the nllver question at least was
right while his party was wrong, and to
whom credit Is due for refusing to con
cede anything to the free sliver, senti
ment during the simo period wheu Al
ton B. Parker and Henry O. Davis were
both actively aiding and abetting free
silver with their money and with their
votes.
Vindictive Treatment of the Pros
perity Uooie.
The Democratic party during those
lour years acted as If It deliberately
sought to kill the goose that lays the
golden egg of prosperity. It was a case
of give the goose n hit in tho head with
a big stick, then In order to ward off
any returning signs of animation, n mora
severe hit, this time in the heart; and
then, lest there should be a few sparks
of vitality left, a violent Lick with the
foot, and then another, and tlicn another.
And there is nothing in the Democratic
platform this year, or In tho personal
records of the Democratic candidates,
Mossrs. 'Parker nnd Davis, to suggest
that tho Democratic party would not
again nttempt tho killing of the prosper
ity gooso it it got the chance.
Tho Democrats want reduction In the
tariff, but unless they should pursue n
niggardly, dr.utlc lli.'y of cutting down
present expenditure in furtherance of
the honor and prosperity of the nation,
they would tieed every bit of the present
revenues from the tariff to make both
ends meet. However, even by pursu
ing a policy of ultra niggardliness in ex
penditures for the public good, extrav
agance in other ways, coupled with their
tariff revision iollcy, would probably
more than neutrallre such saving and
necessitate largo lond issues. Why should
the Intelligent voters of the United
States give tho Democratic party tho
slightest chance to nllow history to re
peat Itself in another doleful chapter of
incompetence, scandal, business disaster
and hard times for all classes of people V
Parker nnd Davis lielong to tho same
school as Cleveland as regards free trade,
except that Davis has been n protection
ist when protection to himself through a
high tariff on coal was Involved. Hut
as regards free silver, neither of them
showed the moral strength that Clce
laud showed in trying to prevent tho
prosperity of the country from being ut
terly crushed for while Cleveland
fought freo sliver, and fought it hard,
Parker and Davis both voted for it.
Parker and the Trusta.
Trust magnates having furnished tho
funds to carry on Parker's campaign,
will now tie relegated to the rear. How
ever, Cord Meyer of tho sugar trtibt and
other representatives of grasping corpo
rations have such a hold on the Denis
tratlc candidate that they will continue
to control him. Their relegation to tho
rear Is merely a "blind" to deceive the
people. When Parker visited New York
he told his managers ho did not wish
his remarks on the trusts "queered' and
that during the remainder of the cam
paign the magimti-s who have been pa
rading and Jubilating over his nomina
tion should be less open in their demon
strations of Joy, Ho further said he
could not get close to the people as long
as the trust magnates openly shouted for
him. What tho Judge meant was that
his wealthy sponsors should "keep dark"
until nfter election, when they could
come to the front again.
"rrotmlilytlie urrntrst Iinrra clone by
vast wealth la the harm thnt we of
moderate mean (In ourselves when si
Ut the vices of envy nnd hatred enter
deep tut our own natures." From
It k welt's iiecti at Provide no, K. I., Auguit
MM, 190.
Under the lead of the Republican
party nearly all of the time for over
forty years the United States, from be
ing a thlrd-clafs power among the na
tions, has becovuo in every respect first.
"The poorer classes nf farcical Hilt
crates are US'ld to conditions with
which, happily, our workmen ar nn
familiar." benstof FslrUski Is ths Stoats,
Jsnuary II, liet-
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BACKED BY THE TRUSTS.
The Democratic Cash-Ilox la Kecelv
Inn Liberal Contrlbutlona.
The trusts long ago recognized Presi
dent Itoosevclt as a dangerous foe to Ille
gal monopolies. It the money power of
the United States could have defeated
Uooscielt's nomination At the Chicago
convention it would hare hastened to do
so. It paw, in time, that tho people had
set their hearts upon Hoosevclt'a candi
dacy, and, leaving the llcpubllcnns out ot
the case, they turned to the Democrats.
In Judge Parker they found, apparently.,
a man of that cast of mind which toler
ates questionable behavior, procrasti
nates decisive action, and leans to prece
dent no strongly as to balk advance tho
very man for the giant trusts to play
with.
When Judge l'orker's speech of accept
ance was retid, his remarks upon the
trusts were anxiously senned " y the peo
ple. Disappointment came to thoso who
were not already nwiiko to the actual na
ture ot David Hennett Hill's manipula
tions in connection with tho nomination
of Parker.
"Wait till we sec where the trusts put
their money," said ono wavering Inde
pendent, not yet willing to give up the
hope ot a Democratic fight upou Illegal
trusts.
There was not long to wait It is a
matter of public knowledge that the
great trusts are pouring money Into the
Democratic campaign treasury. The to
bacco trust, the sugar trust, the oil trust,
tho New York transportation trust, oil
nrc known to have contributed liberally
to Helmout's treasure chest. These com
binations of capital well know how and
when to be liberal. They see In the
election of Parker their only protection
against n straightforward, courageous
chief executive who will enforce the
United States laws for tho control of
combinations of capital and illegal mo
nopolies. The trusts do not want lioosevelt for
President. The great combinations of
capital have delicate susceptibilities when
it comes to their Immediate or remote
prospects for gain. Hut money cannot
carry tho presidential election. The cer
tainty that tho trusts are working for
Parker will only send hundreds of thou
sands of voters to the polls to cast their
ballots for lioosevelt. Their own em
ployes will vote against the candidate of
the trusts. Judge Parker's sliutlllng sen
tences altout a nonexistent "common
law" and Its possible dealings with the
ti lists gave the American people their
first "Jar" as to the iosItlon of tho Dem
ocratic nominee on this question. The
heavy contributions of the trusta to the
Parker campaign fund have completed
tho awakening as to the attltudo of the
great combinations nud monopolies In
this presidential election.
Parker may well say, In this connec
tion, as well as in the contemplation ot
most of his close associates, "Save me
from my friends!"
Per Cnpltu Cost nf Government.
Democrats are circulating the state
ment that the per capita cost ot main
taining the gove nmeut of the United
States Is greater than In any other one
ot tho leading countries. Tills is not
true. In New Zealand, the cost of gov
ernment to each Inhabitant Is highest.
It Is $3S.nS. In Australia It is $37.00;
In the United Kingdom, $21.39; In
France. $17.8!: Helglum, $17.10; Para
guay, $17.30; Austria Hungary, $12.08;
Argentina. $1'.'.(W; Cuba. $1'J.40; Neth
erlands, $11.40; Portugal, $11.45; Spain,
$10.00; Sweden, $0.54; German Empire.
$0.45; Canada, $9.30. In the United
LUates the per capita cost of govern
mtnt is $7.07.
The PavliiBS-Itank Teat.
In lSftO, -when McKinley was first
elected, there were 083 savings bauka:
now there nro 1,078, an Increase of 10
percent. In 180(1 the number of depositors
iti savings banks was 0,0)15,404 and the
total deposits $1,14)7.000,000; In 1903 thi
number ot depositors had Increased to
7,305,288, and tho deposits to $2,035,000,
000, an increase in round numbers of
$1,028,000,000. As deposits In savings
banks are mainly by wage earners and
persons ot moderuto means the great in
crease In tho number of depositors and
the aggregate deposits indicates general
prosperity the result of Itcpublican pol
icies and administration.
ASSAILING THE TARIFF.
Democrats Poem Determined to Vorce
9 a Disturbing lesue.
Signs iucrease that the Democratic
leaders are determined to forco the tariff
Issue to the front In tho presidential cam
paign. While Republicans will welcome
the discussion of this question, well
knowing that It is sure to add many
thousands of votes to their majorities,
they cannot but regret the selection of
tho tariff as tho main Issue, because of
the unfortunate Influence It will have up
on tho business interests of the country.
So far this year the presidential cam
paign has not blocked business and finan
cial activity. Affairs proceed as usual.
Iu all lines of business thcra is a hope
fulness and confidence which Is most en
couraging. Hut it tho country Is to be
confronted with another visitntlon of tar
iff revision agitation, with even a re
mote chance ot succeM In tho election,
thcro is bound to bo a great slump in
the Induitr'al world and n corresponding
depression iu nil business interests.
It is well remembered what happened
ten years ago, when, as President Koose
elt puts It, "the last attempt was made
by means of kiwering the tariff to pre
vent tome peoplo from prospering too
much. Tho attempt was entirely suc
cessful. Tho tariff law of that year was
among the causes which In that year
and for some time afterwards effectually
prevented anyliody from jirosperlng too
much, and labor from prospering at nil.
Undoubtedly It would be possible at the
present time to prevent any of the trusts
from remaining prosperous by the simple
expedient of making such a sweeping
change In the tariff as to paralyze the
industries of the country."
The people of the United States will
uot soon court again the destruction and
panic of 1803. Owe Is enough for one
generation. There will lie a tremendous
vote against tariff legislation by the
Democrats.
The confidence of the country may
stand even throughout n tariff revision
campaign, hut it is risking n good deal
to raise that Issue iu the manner con
templated. They, however, have every
thing to gain and nothing tn lose. They
have got to have something to stand
upon, and complete fulluro In every other
attack Hindi) upon the Hepuhllcau, posi
tion has driven them upon the tariff as
a standing outpost of Itepubllcimlsin
which can always bo assailed, wheu
nothing else afford a convenient target.
llrynn'" Nnine Cheered.
It is not believed the Hon. Charles
A. Imvne wus lery much iiiiiiillliittil nt
Fort Wnyne, Ind., when lilt audience
wildly cheered mention of Hryan's name
and remained silent when Parker's naino
was spoken. Mr, Towne was once a
leader of Sllverltes who went to New
York from Duluth, became counsel for
corporations nnd Is now campaigning in
behalf ot tho candidate of the trusts.
Though Towne ostensibly deserted Ilryan
for business reasons, lie is believed to
be still an ardent admirer ot the Ne-braakan.
One ot the Incidental benefits of Re
publican rule Is the general Improvement
In the condition of the roads Unversed
by rural free delivery carriers. This Is
particularly truo Iu Western States,
where the Improvement wn . most
needed.
The New York Herald has printed a
facsimile ot Judge Parker's cold tele
gram. It should furnish a companion
piece by printing a facsimile of his silver
I JJot In 1890 or 1000.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
A Man at Action. Who C.in He Uetlsd
on In Kinergonclea.
Theodore Roosevelt occupies a unique
position In the estimation of the Ameri
can people. It is not that other men Iu
public life are not honest, or earnest or
incorruptible these qualities are not
rare. It Is that Mr. lioosevelt combines
them 111 an unusual war. He is nossess-
ed of great physical vitality and mcutnl
energy; he has ut his own taste and his
own motiou entered Into various occu
patlotM that have put him In touch and
sjmpathy with oil classes of men, high
and low. When he was a ranchman he
made the cowboys ills friends so that
when lie became a soldier they clamored
to be of his regiment. He became Police
Commissioner iu New York, not for "the
money there was iu It," us was tho cus
tom In New York, but to see that certain
abuses were remedied. They were rem
edied in spite of tho opposition of other
members ot tho board. Ho became As
sistant Secretary of the Navy In order
to carry out certain plans of naval pro
gress, lie enlisted In tho Spanish war
from patriotic motives and made a rec
ord. He was elected Governor of New
York on account ot his public services
and was nominated for Vice President
against his own wishes for the ssme
reason. In all these iioslllons and as
President of the United States he has
done his duty fearlessly nnd honestly.
The people hare learned to regard him
as a man of action; as a man who does
things, and who can lie relied on In an
emergency. In common phrase be Is
regarded as a man "who will do to tit
to."
Agnlust such a record ns this the neg
ative record of a man who has done
nothing but write legal opinions ami In
dorse Democratic platforms amounts to
nothing. As a man of executive ability
nnd ot action Judge Parker is "not In
IU"
Xesl!utlve I.nmtninrts.
Some of tho landmarks ot historic
legislation created during President
Roosevelt's administration are; (1) Tin
law for tho civil government of tho Phil
ippines: CI), Corporate legislation, chiel
of which Is that creating the Department
of Commerce nnd I.ilior, with broad
powers, which, In the mture of things,
must steadily grow; (3), Cuban reciproc
ity, conferring material benefits on lioth
Cuba and the Frilled States; (I), The
treaty and laws that make the Panama
canal n certainty; (5), The law for the
Irrigation of the arid lands ot the great
West. '
Against these accomplished results dur
ing one administration of the party that
does things, the Democratic party has
nothing tn offer but empty words and
high-sounding promlnes.
"If nur nnpnnent enme Into pnnrr
nnd Attempted tn enrry nut their
promise tn the 1'lllplnos liy ulvlnB
them Independence, nnd wltlnlrawlnir
Amrrlrnn control from the Islands,
the result would he frightful cntnmlty
tn the Filipinos themselves, and In Its
lamernaiirct wniltd umniiut tn an In
ternatlnnnl crime. Annrrii.v would
follow) ami the most violent tnnrrhlc
force would tiedlrected partly nunlnst
the civil Rnvernnient, pnrtly aunlllit
all form of rellulona and educational
civilisation. Illondy conflict would
Inevitably enaue In the archlpelauo,
and Just a Inevitably the Islauda
would become the prey nf the llrat
power which In Itanwn eetfliM Interest
took np th taik we had cravanly ahau
dolled." Itouievelt'i letter of acceptance.
TauKurt'a 1'rophecle.
A tip to Republicans: Don't be scared
by Chairman Taggart's prophecies or
claims regarding tho political outlook. In
1S04, when ho was chairman of tin Dem
ocratic State Central Committee in Iu
diana, he claimed the State by 10,000
votes up to the night before the elec
tion. The next day the Republicans car
ried It by 40,000 pluttlity.
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Young man, what makes the nation H
Not mart or boundary or ntate, H
Not argosies that sweep tho sea H
'Tis none ot these tint make us free; H
"l'ls none ot these tint keep us grand. jH
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Young man, who la the country's gnidet H
Who stands her guard on every side? H
Not men of war that ride the foam,
Nor mountains piercing heaven's dome, H
Nor rhera rushing to tho strand.
Who has the sure and guldiug hand? H
Young man, who is the nation's guard? H
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Not harlior mouth or mountain pass B
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MR. FAIRBANKS LETTER. B
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many jenrs ago by a Republican Sena- BaB
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