The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-10-18

ger that or 1901 ana Io4o. Our peepie
were blessed above all others, the admi.
ration and envy Of the world.s The mine
again gave forth its wealth Of coal and
iron, sturdy labor fashioned US raw ma
terial into machinery and articles of daily
use. The productive power of the couu-
try increased with rspidity unknown
The North was consuming, with increas-
! ing volume, the products of the South and
West, while the planter and the farmer
! were clothed with the products of Amer
ican industry. and their lahors ligbtened
and profits Increased By the ingenious
! Implements invented and constructed by
their countrymen. -Four short years had
converted the despair of millions into
gladness and joy; and over the whole land
grateful hearts gave thanks to God that
"the lines had fallen to them 10 pleasant
places" But working men of St. Louis
the demagogues will tell you that these
duties are laid on for the protection of
the manufacturer; and that they add, in
so far, to the price of everything you buy.
Now, ifthis were SO, would maintain that
you had better pay little more for the
things you bought, if steady employment
and good wages were guarateed to you,
than know the fact that such articles as
you need are cheap, but be unable to buy
them because you have no work, and of
course no wages. But such is not the
fact; protection leads to competition;
competition leads to the exercise of iDge-
nuity, trained skill and economy in pro-
ductioni end our experience under every
Tariff has been the result of just defense
of American genius, energy and industry,
has been to cheaper the price of articles
upon which they are employed. A little
while ago we used clumsy English screws,
but, under the influence of the tariff of
1912, they are driven from our market,
and you tuy at lower rates better articles
than England ever gave you of the kind.
Under that Tariff, nails were protected,
and you buy them now, of American
make, better than the English article, aud
at not much more than one half what
they used to cost you. So of edge tools,
surgical Instruments, and almost every l.
ron article that enters into architectural
or building uses. So with the articles of
ladies' wear; while the people Of their sis
ter States are prosperous, able to consume
what they need, and pay for what they
consume, Pennsy lvania. New-Jersey and
the manufacturing States IF New
England, will be found abundanly able
to compete with the cheapest countries in
the world in producing those fabrics for
the production of which the machinery
aud skill already exist. They may not
be able to make progress, and embrace
new branches of industry. but, thanks to
the bepefcent influence of the Protective
Tariffs of 1928 aud 1912, they ask but
the prosperity of their fellow citizens and
sister States to make them prosperous,
and enable them to 60 on in an advan-
chg career of prosperity and political
power.
The tariff Of AZ was supplaBted By that
of '46. During the intervening years, as
have shown you, aud shall more fully show
you, every interest of the country pros
pcred. Never was change made under
more auspcious circumstances; and if
there is virtue in ad UaLOrena free trade,
then ought the career of our country FROM
1876 to 1850, to be one of unexanped
growth and prosperity, for in 1916 the
potato rot created en- extraordinary
demand for the products of our fields,
aud added mously to the wealth
and power of the country by forced
immigration. Shortly after this, too,
California began to yield her golden
treasures. Now begins said the free ira
der, the great era of American prosperity
and progress Our trade is free and un-
-shackled. The fields Of Ireland make NO
return for the labors of her peasants. The
seeds they plant perish. England and
Europe suffer with them, and America
must feed the world. Our grain and our
cotton shall mako the world tributary to
us, and give US all her best products;
while the gold of California shall furnish
an undoubted circulating medium. ade-
quate to the wants of an increasing, ex-
panding, and prosperous people. Ours
shall ue the money ceutre Vi tue
world, and the white sails of our commerce
sba all shadow every sea. Have these
prophecies been fulfilled, men of St. Lou.
isl mol Are you prosperous now =
! mo. no. Is labor plenty and wages
hight [No.1 Is money plenty and 10,
terest low (No.) Has land increased
in value, and the price of farm products
gone upl (Cries of "No.") If this be
so with you, how must it be with the rest
of the couptryl | love my native State
of PenpsylvaDis with ell the devotion o.
proud and loyal son. never Chamber
her mountains, or pass day 10 ber pas
toral valleys, / never course or cross hel
noble rivers, or contemplate her agricul
tursl or mineral wealth, that | do not fee
prouder that am her son. Yet men o
Missouri, when look upon the map o
my country, or of the world. and ssk ny
self whether there is upon the whole eartt
State, Kingdom, or empire that 10 th'
far future shall equal her, find but on'
your own beloved Missouri.
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