The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-19

|'"'JNS1 W Cue poliCy ot Tue BRUSH m
chants. It is true we should become q
little more AmericaniZed, and instead o,
teedlng the paupers and laborers of Eu
rope, iced our own, or else in q short
Tine, by continuing our present policy,
we snail all be paupers ourselves"
cannot deny, | will not deny that I
ueSne to see the industries Of Wisconsin
more diversified than they are. 1t griev.s
| me 10 see our lands worn out in raising.
WIN little or no profit, breadstuff, and
raw materials to be sold and consumed in
distant market, in competition often.
with the i'll paid labor of Russia and
he ether cheap grain growing nations of
Europe Nearly all the wealth that ia
Grated by the sinewv hands of the farm
ers OF Wisconsin, finds it's way to Eurone
or New England 60 pay for gew gaws or
articles that you could Just as we'll nro.
duce at home. [ doubt not that there
are Idle hands enough to-day in the
county Of Fond dG Lac to run ten thous-
and spindIeS III the city CT Fond du Lac.
How much better 1T would be for those
hands to be thus employed, than living
around corner groceries, or engaged in
spinning street yarns? You have almost
az your very door the finest and most
! eady ana reliable water power in the
world WITH this great lake here as
reservoir Fox River is one continuous
water power from Neenah and Menasha
to Green Bay, and there is to dav power
exceeding nat OF 100000 horses running
70 waste, between here and Green Bay,
The farmers ought to chmb:ne their saw.
lngs and build cotton mills, wooden mills
and rolling nills, establish tannerIes,
work up their own leather, and keep
3 me of the wealth at home that goes to
enrich distant and perhaps an alien PEG
pie. Your beautiful and thriving city is
much indebted to home industry for
what she is Look at the city of Milwau.
kee, that most beautiful of all American
cities, and IN which every citizen of Wis
c0nsin has just and honorable pride,
and tell me what has caused its growth
IN population, wealth md power? Ii is
her manufacturing industry; which ac-
cordiDg to the report Of the State Agri-
cultural Society reached the enOrm us
sum Of $18 100000 the last year, and
there is one great fact beg you not to
fail to notice, that these results have
sprung from one system, call it bv what
name yOn will The value to the city of
one such establishment as that at Bay
View can hardly be over estimated, ard if
he cnterprising gentlemen who have
placed their capital there shall find it q
source Of Profit to themselves and their
employees, shall rejolce With them, and
| took TO see her growing and increasing,
and occupying the same relative position
towards Chicago that Philadelphia does
toward New York
There is one otter point that I will
speak upon, and then pass from this sub
ject. It is common fallacv that duty
on a gIren article is so much added to its
price That ia true, so far as it is levied
on articles that cannot be produced here,
but it is also true that duty on many
articles has had the ultimate effect to re-
duce the price of these articles. For
many years after [ came to Wisconsin |
had the happiness to remain in tic lead
mines. At one time, there was a specific
duty on lead of three cents per pound,
yet at the same time lead sold for from
212 to 2M cents per pound, or cCnsjdera-
bly, less than the duty. The question of
supply and demand regulated the price,
without regard to the duty So of the
manufacture Of steel rails Until we be-
gan the manufacture of steel rails, we
were content to pay Great Britain $3.50
per ton, and did not know that we were
paying 100 much, but the moment we
begun their manufacture Great Britain
put the price down one half. Had not
our system induced the establishment Of
steels mills, we should, no doubt, be pay
ing much higher for steels rails, than we
now are. When fabric known as de-
lalnes was first introduced from Great
Britain to this countly, our ladies were
glad TO pay for 1t twenty-five cents a
yard, and did not know that they were
paying exorbitantly for it, but as soon as
its manufacture was established in this
country they bought the same article for
fifteen cents a yard. A large manufac-
turer OF furniture in the city of Milwau-
kee said to me the other day, that it was
but few years ago that all the coverings
for furniture known as reps, were i'm
ported, but that now better article was
being made In this country and sold for
one-half the price. | might go on to
enumerate other articles, but my time
will not permit, as have promised to
speak upon the subject of San Domingo.
The Democrats, in their state platform.
having denounced the attempt Of Presi-
dent Grant to acquire that island, feel
that I may speak with propriety upon
the subject. Having, as a member of con
gress, opposed the best OF my ability the
worthless acquisition of Alaska aud st.
Thomas, / feel that have the right to
speak OF San Domingo.
On the 4th of March, 1870, the 40th
congress assembled at Washington. Tt
remained in session only three or four
days and then adjourned The senate
was Immediately reassembled for an ex-