People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1894 — Why? [ARTICLE]

Why?

If the fear of free trade brought on the panic, why did the bank failures come before the suspension of manufacturing and commerce? If the fear of free trade brought on the present hard times, what was it that caused the hard times in 73, when everything was Republican ?ind

protection? If the fear of free trade has caused this panic, why did it not come immediately after the election of Cleveland? If the American people are so afraid of Democratic free trade, why did the silly fools vote Republican protectionists out and Democratic free traders in? If the fear of free trade is giving us our panic, what is giving England, Germany, Australia and other countries theirs? Why does this universal panic invade all countries regardless of their tariff laws? Has the whole would gone Democratic?