Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-10-22

II l have read to you thess extracts II
, view Of the fact that Mr.Garfeld Is CON
stantly accused Of being free trader,
II he is free tradsf Ls ID the kind of ,
face trader we want. II is my purpose
TO refer to some OF the illustrations o
which / have spoken. know Of non'
better than the silk industry which hal
80 lately grown up in this country. Il
has been within nine years that tht
frst silk was made in the Uni
ted States, and now 1t ranks as 8
leading industry of the country. Ii
the town Of Patterson, N. j., there are
silk establishments in operation EN-
ploying thousands Of workmen. AL
though this new Industry has been es
tablished withinso brief q period Of time
the silk trade of the United States
which is principally carried on in New
Jersey, manufactured in 1875 ovel
twenty niae million dollars worth o
silk. The ad valorsm duty Is so POI
cent. but suppose that this duty should
be taken off of the English and French
importations, what would become o
that young but prosperous indus
try which has grown 50 rapidly
What do you imagine would become
Of that vast number Of people who are
now employed in the silk works at Pat
terson, was it not for the protection
which the sixty per cent. ad valorem
Igive. That enabled the silk manufac.
turer to get his start, SO that he could
put his silks in the New York market
and compete with the French aud Bel
u n importer. Give him few years
more and he will compete with all the
world in manufacturing silk Give him
q start! Does that benefit the silk man
alone? 1t benefits every farmer who
brings butter and milk into the Patsr.
son markets.-Every man who works
in those silk factories buys butter and
milk the farmers produce.
The man in that silk factory or his
wife may get sick and employ physi-
cian, may purchase property and want
the title examined; will go to church
and have pew and help sustain the
preacher. Take of the duty What
becomes Of the silk manufacturers OF
the United States I They cannot COM
pete with the French. Where goes his
factory and his plant? Is any man
foolish enough to say the silk manufac-
turer is the only man benefited by 1t ?
Does not every man in the same place
enjoy the benefits Of the industry !
Does 1t not add to the wealth Of the
Surrounding country Now let us
take another illustration. The clocks
and watches of America. You all have
heard Of Yankee clocks; you have all
heard of Yankee watches Why 1t is
only within few years that such a
thing as an American watch was known
The engineer on every railroad now
runs his train by an American watch.
He formerly carried an English watch.
For that English watch he paid from so
to 100 dollars. By the protection that
came to American watches what can he
do? For ten dollars he can buy watch
that will keep good time. [Applause. ]
[ OF course do not mean to say it will
be as good time.kesper as an English
mans watch at from 80 to l20 dollars.
But still he has a good walsh. There
is scarcely an engineer in the country
who does not carry an American watch.
| mean the higher grades of American
watches. And to-day that American
watch will keep as good time and will
run as true as any watch that any Eng
lishman ever made.
How mary men do you suppose are
employed in the watch factories Of
America. by the last ststisoal account,
the men, women and boys employed in
the watch factories of the United States
were %, 900 people. 1t is fair to pre-
sumo three times that number would
be fair count, with their families and
we will say one thousand hundred
mouths are to be fed.
Where do they get their food from.
From the farmers. Whom do they go
to when they get sick ? TO the doctor?
Where would they have been if you
had not protected the american watch
es ?
During the year 1879 there were
three hundred and seventy nine thou
sand clocks manufactured in the United
States and sent to England, and they
are now in the English farmers housssh
Not only have we the clocks, but the
watches manufactured by American
ingenuity, by American skill, by Amer.
lean labor and American energy, to-day
compete with England, with Switzsr.
land and with France. If 1t was not
for the protection where would they
have beent
I say this to you men of the Demo-
cratic party: The Statesmen, the San
ators, and the Philosophers may make
speeches that cannot be understood by
those who read them. (applause.) But
let us talk common sense. No nonsense
talk of the rush on the Treasury, NO!
talk about A paying B. for his indus
try. Let US talk sense that school
boy can understand. say where would
those industries have been ii you had
a tariff for revenue only
Thore is but one road to Free Trade
and that is by American protection.
The road to Free Trade is by way Of
American protection for American in
dustry. Give the industry that pro-
lection in its youth until 1t can com-
pete with the old world, and when it
gets a mans strength it will take care
Of itself. Americans havs brains,
industry and energy equal to any
men in the world, and will compete
with the world. Now let me oeme
nearer home.
come to Wilmington and her indus
tries and will commence with any indus.
try you may name. I do not care what it
is will give any man in this audience
an opportunity to name any industry
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