The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-26
INGERsoLL AND THE TARIFF.
He Does Not Believe In the DOCTRINES OF
the wheeling Register.

The Nation rests upon the shoulders O
It's workers, and want the American
laboring man to have enough to wear;
want him to have enough to eat; Iwant
him to have enough for the ordinary mis-
fortunes OF life; / want him to have the
pleasure oil seeing his wife well dressed
l want him to see few blue ribbons fiat.
tering about his children; l want him to
see the flags OF health flying in their beau
tiful cheeks; want him to feel that this
is his country, and the shield Of protection
is above his labor. [Applause.l
And will tell you why am for protec.
ton, too. 1--we were all farmers we would
} be stupid. II we were all shoemakers we
would be stupid. II we all followed one
business, no matter what 1t was, we would
become stupid. Protection to American
labor diversiHes American industry, and
to have 1t diversified touches and de-
velops every part OF the human
brain. Protection protects ingenuity;
it protects intelligence; and protection
raises sense; and by protection We have
greater men and better looking women
and healthier children. [Applause.l Free
trade means chat our laborer is upon an
equality with the poorest paid labor OF
this world. And allow me totell you that
for an empty stomach, "Hurrah for Han.
cock" is poor consolation. Laughter.l
/ do not think much OF government
where the people do not. have enough to
eat Applause.l l am materialtst to
that extent; want something to eat. l
have been In countries where the laboriDg
man had meat once a year; sometimes
twice-Christmas and Easter. And have
seen women carrying upon their heads
burden that no man In this audience could
carry. and at the same time knitting busily
with both hands, and those women lived
without meat; and when thought OF the
American laborer, l said to myself, "After
ali, my country is the best in the world"
IrApplause. And when came back to
the sea and saw the old flag flying in the
air It seemed to me as though the air from
pure 10Y had burst into blossom. APP
plause.
Labor has more to eat and more to wear
in the United States than in any otherlan
OF this earth. Applause want Amer
lea 10 produce everything that Americans
need. want it so II the whole world
should declare war against us, 80 II we
were surrounded by walls Of cannon and
bayonets and swords, we could supply all
our human wants In and OF ourselves.
lTApplause.1 want to see the American
women dressed in American silk; the
American man in everything from hat TO
boots produced in America lapplause]
by the cunning hand OF American toll. l
want to see the workingman have good
house, painted white, grass In the front
yard, carpets on the floor, pictures on the
wall. TApplause. l want to see him
man, feeling that he is king by the divine
right OF living in the republic. [Applause.l
And every man here Is just little bit a
king, you know. Every man here is a
part OF the sovereign power. Every man
wears little OF purple; every man has
little Of crown and little OF sceptre; and
every man that will sell his vote Tor money
or be ruled by prejudice is unfit to be an
American citizen TApplause.l
| believe in American labor, and ! will
tell YOU why. The other day man told
me that he had produced in the United
States OF America one million tons OF steel
rails. How much are they worth? Sixty
dollars ton. In other words, the million
tons are worth S60000.000. How much ia
ton OF iron worth in the ground? +?
TWENTY-FIVE cents. American labor takes
25 cents OF iron in the ground and adds 10
1t $50 75. [Applause. One million tons
OF rails and the raw material not worm
S24, 600. We built ship in the United
States worth $500 900, and the value OF the
ore in the earth, OF the trees In the great
forest, OF all that enters into the compost.
ton OF that ship bringing $500, 600 in gold
is only $4,000; $3.50, 600 by American la
Dor, American muscle, coined into gold
American brains made q lescl-tender the
world around. [Applause.J
SOURCE OF TIE FREE TRADE DOCTRINE.
propose to stand by the nation. want
the furnaces kept hot. l want the sky to
be filled with the smoke OF American in
dustry, and upon that cloud Of smoke will
rest forever the bow OF perpetual promise.
["Good," "good;" great cheersl That is
what am for. "A voice-"so are we all. y
Yes. sir. [Laughter.1 Where did this
doctrine OF "a tariff for revenue only"
come from? From the South. The South
would like to stab the prosperity Of the
North. They would rather trade with Old
England than with New England; would
rather trade with the people who were
willing TO help them in the war than those
who conquered the rebellion. Great
cheers They knew what gave us our
strength in war. They knew that all
the brooks and creeks and rivers OF
New England were putting down the re-
} bellion. They knew that every wheel that
turned, every spindle that revOlved, was a
soldier in the army Of human progress.
1t won't do. [Great applause. They were
so lured by the greed OF Office that they
were willing to trade upon the misfor-
!, tunes OF nation. Itwon't do. don't
wish to belong to party that SUCCEEDS
only when the country falls. dou't wish
to belong TO party whose banner went
up with the banner OF rebellion. don't
wish to belong to party that was in part
nership with defeat and disaster. don't:
rApplause,1 And there isn't Democrat
here but who knows that failure OF the
crops this year would have helped MS
. party. [Applause You know that an
early frost would have been a godsend to
them. daughter. You know that the
potato bug could have done them more
good than all their speakers [Great ap'
!. wish to belong to that party which is
9 prosperous when the country is prosper
Gus. belong to that party which is not
! poor when the golden pillows are running
I over the seas OF wheat. belong TO that
i party that is prosperous when there are
oceans OF corn, and when the cattle are
upon a Thousand hills. l belong to that
party which is prosperous when the fur;
!, naces are ahame; and when You dig Goa
= and iron and silver; when everybody hsI
enough to eat when everybody Is happy
!. when the children are all going to sChoo
9 [applausel; and when Joy covers my ma
q tion as with garment. Applause ] Ths