Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-01
Garfield and Arthur.

Enthusiastic Meeting in the Grays' Old
 Armory-SIngfng by the BigeIow Glee
 C1ub-Address by R. s. Pickett.
 An enthusiastic meeting of the Bigelow battalion, Boys in Blue, was held in the Grays' old armory on Chapel street. last evening. The meeting was called to order by Franklin H. Hart who introduced the glee club, which had met in the adjoining room for rehearsal. The club responded and sang an excellent selection to the tune of ''Tramp, tramp, tramp" They were loudly cheered and responded with song set to the tune of "Du-da."
 On the conclusion of the singing Mir. Hart said: On last Monday evening a campaign club was organized to be known as the Pro- tective Tariff association. A gentleman who was present this evening would address the club on the tariff question. He then intro duced R. s. Pickett, Esq, who proceeded to address the meeting on this important ques- tion. MT. Pickett, on rising, made 8 few preliminary remarks and then proceeded to a discussion of the tariff He said that any man or any body of men who would attempt to injure the manufacturing interests of New Haven should be ostracised, and this was what the Democratic party proposed to do by Ca tariff for revenue on1y," which they had incorporated in their platform. Should they succeed in the coming election there would be alarming decrease in manufac- turing interests and the entire com munity would suffer. The great object of every man is, or should be, to promote the welfare of the whole nation and the entire people. The question of a protective tariff comes home to every mans conscience and to every mans pocket. The speaker then referred to the fact that while there was specific duty some articles like St. Croix rum, there was an ad-valorem duty on articles of manufacture that protect ed home industries. He referred to the duty on silks which he said was. .6O>per cent and no silk goods could be made in the country without such duty. If the duty was reduced to 10 per cent it would silence every loom in the country and this industry would be entirely destroyed by tariff for revenue only" The question of pottery was then referred to and the speak CT said that we had the clay and skilled labor for making the purest ware, equal almost to China, and with the 40 per cent. tariff we could make articles in this class of goods that would compete with those of the English and French, other wise the industry would be ruined. Cont1nulng the speaker Sald: when the fur naces are cold and the potteries are chilled and the looms are still, the prices will go up and the industries of the nation will be stop ped. Silence the manufactories and give us Ia tariff for revenue only'' and factories like Sargent's in this city would be stopped be- cause the 30 per cent. on English goods would be taken off and no life would be left in these factories. They need protection and cannot manufacture their goods unless they are pro- tected by the tariff as advanced by the Re publican party. The Republican party has fostered the industries of the country, and with the cry of the Democratic party for "a tariff for revenue only"we can expect nothing but disaster to the country's industries. Mr. Pickett's speech was received with many manifestations of approval.