, 1880-10-24

criuean war as well as from the potato ,,+
yet were In poverty? Why were our hs,'us, ~, ant
other moneyed institutions insOlren13a as ~ md
@a were = OFT States under embarrassment, ~
Was S the General Government brought itse's ~ Y
the two other instances the reyenna' '9a ~ ia
| tnem our working people into ldlenras +tIas19
our manu- faeturers into embarrassment ~!
people could pay for them, but fdlenaae on9 ~
-oeget prosperity. We went through tha a. >. not
of. :. VAC va astosy
-. THE UNEMPLOYED woRKXEy, .-'-
the bankrupt village shopkeeper, the baot,,;,..
city merchant, the bankrupt moneyad fGs,auu ,auupt
tion' and SO we went along. Iappea{ n tsltq. ~
| men present whether they don't remaaso .1s old
every Item that refer to. .ts@oer
revenue tarir OF 1sI7, followed bv on. a5 at 6!eed
60 Of 18S!. brought the credit Of 6nr@ @ rs. mora
During ehe War we could borrow money st + g:
egnn Ion or ~ ~ 2er tS could rs
thousands OF millions. We can borrow NV n,oass ,as
now at per cent: yes, at 33s per cent: VA bss
borrowed 64ooooooO at per cent. And, II taase sss
+ il Chicago, Philadelphia, New {otk. III qae9ad e9ad
Paris, Amsterdam, or any other 9rt,,r r,aao9
centre. although the interest Is but per ean!
Now, thnt Is our condition to-,Isv 49,
twenty years of protection. That & ;he aoe1 aos
EDITION OF the country. Are the people nrosas a-
ops: SAY that procession to-day. 1t toIa ns
published in this city OF tie growth Of Gh,Scspes ,Sspes
! find manufacturing establishments nESa n,,mEsa.
aesa Win G. capital Of 81, s5s: employnT1 o1es ~
Consulting siisss7o wortS sSgS1 of ~ IN .sSes
and turning out S24S.s44 LIS worth Of uroiMa,s.
annually, IS an. exhibit that Chicago has ues shHss
Could 1t hare come under refeniiet,a,
which sent us to the other side Of tie watar u
to buy our products! -["No! -No:'] 1t il fss a
I'D -
fitted. protected. defended in bis riThts hT r.
protective tariff which the Republican 1as4v ~
ortlmned in 1851 to sustain Abraham Lineol11
and has maintained ever since. .[Applause.1
Now, let us see where that blessed tarif n, =,
revenue oniy had got the Government IN 1Ss1
1n 1880 Il became necessary to borrow 50olfia
met, and other officers. The country was banf:
rupt. There was no employment for aFiited
workbench in any city. In 1861, when they gers
phia, company advertised for zoo hands aT n
cents Il day, and more than 600 men, amOnSthsSs w
skilled mechanics OF every character anplai
Tor the rough work OF constructing street.rsll-
throughout the land! The farmer had no nrica
for his grain. In Illinois corn was burned ~
fuel over the coal fields The county MA
bankrupt! A'
NOW, LET Us SEE HOW MICH CREDIT rry1 cov.
ERSMEyT HAD.
In the course OF speech OF mine on tha door
OF Congress, when was challenging contradfe
ton, said the Government itself was without
the year It advertised for loan Of $5,0M0D.,
Forty bids were made. -Four were made. Fl
diderenE rates, BY the Farmers Bank: Of Lam
President Of the United States, and which was ras
In suspensipn.; But while 1t would :nor
r. redeem, ;s A. 2 dollar Of its paper, it proposed
rate OF S, sN, $, and ID per cent interest in asI
Now, mind you. first, the enormous amount that
it was ready to lend. ss5 ,ooo!, [Laughterl Then
again, # M would y not redeem its notes In godor
Sa5. 600, divided into four equal sums, at & Yk.a
and 10 per cent interest, payable In gold, That
is the bunk James Buchanan, President Of tie
to have known whether 1t was safe to trust 10
But let i Us look 1T some Of the rest ofthasn -
IaomasJ =, ~ warsen' OF New York, offers 70 1ate
Iausater Field es McLeen Of pfE Kew a0e%. 9erR
Offer to take S;d9p at II per cent. $saaM
teri Nov you @ see WHAT Wat splendid ISd. thiu4! !a1sg tss
for revenue only Is fot the credit Of the Govern
mcLr- lLaughter-1 = T.
But iooh at the generous Offers the other fet.
offered to take $3.50 tlaughterJ. and Johu +.
Wright, Of New: Orleans, offered to take <O1.
NJ per cent. And SO they ran OF. Here was
SFa 81 Sum Ss & @ Vt? ssa
but he wanted also 10 tnke the $1,5D at per
cent. Then. ]. F. Huntington, OF New York,
u e.eN 10 LIKE FoO,uuG dt- 10 per cent, ana S-50W
# = per cent. and 50 they r:ln on. tortyot
hem, in that way: And DON'T know but what
hey took too btG risk for the credit Of
ioysr1mene rs f that was trying to live undera
Now, MY friends, ] am known ut home, and, is
learned as 1ass ysar tn foreign lands, as Cd
or the speakerl. because stand resolutely Ia
avor OF securing to that class to which belong :
Y birth md eAriy tttt9tnx, the WORKING ctass
'lause.l When labor is in demand, labor cfa
command its own prices. When the want of
'rosee1on susRsnas @ pT9ucton the p b laheree
very 100, US labor is 90 per cent against captal
q every construction. EApptnuse-l
Now. my friends, 1 have been speaking fl the
o Paterson, the great silk manufacturing place,
Ind called to the minds Of the men there IN
ncident that-,happened In The Committee Of
Ways and Means room when it was attempted
Q reduce the duty on silks and impose duty on
he raw material enterInR into them. The an1-
'loyers had been heard, and q plain man aro7s
II. Strange and these gentlemen know me, but
am hero alone representing another interest
han theirs: He wns called to be heard. and be
aid: II worked in Macclestleld, England, andl
earned my trade there I worked until! ta5
anchinery was sold to an American drn.-aDd
1as TO come to Paterson, and made up ny
And an :. that I and my girls would come
nd beep helping me to work IN the mill; ana xe
ot friends 70 assist us, American friends xhQ
'anted work people as we'll as machinery. and
hey assisted us over. Now, said he. y ha4a
een ut work in Paterson 80 many Feafs ahds9
1any months. lbcgan on such dug; and !
'nnt to tell you, gentlemen, that have siyed
ut of my own labor moro than and my three
lonths in Atacclesaeld-" Wei. tiat prodieeda
cod deal Of sensation. There WAS doubt on
he H minds Of snme as to whethcr 1t was true
DO YOU mean to say" said one gentleman
that you and your three daughters worked y
lacelesheld, and th1t yon speak Of tho pay thas
i four Of you got2" - Yes" said he, ".that Y
atcrson?" "No," said he, ): they; are zig
ne bigger one to 90 in among the nttla
iris thar She had to go among but sna
Aid she could not think Of her younger sister,
aving educnhon- and she haring none. and sae
cnt into the primary School. almost woman
she was, nnd they are all three goipK 70
,hooi. tLoud .applausc,I and you ! ass hase
ved IS well as yoa ityea there and Saved Iss Tors
pod deal better; get meat nov every day u
~ week. and so do my girls; and, said he.
ot it but once week there, and not atTay1
Int, on Sunday: and.'' said he," we, hare car
cts not only on the little room we call the par
'r, but on the chambers, and have melodegga
nd the girls are learning musfc.-HGat:W ven
10" "a. voice; ''That's good," and loud; spt
aved morei' "Yes." said be, Il thought yoa
onld not believe It. SO brought 3 couple oT
lent witnesses: with me- You can calculate,
lc5s,' said he. ~ told you that hare worte4
IRE 80 many years and SO many months, ana
I'D you that got SO much week; yol 81
eIcs1tate how mitch I got there, It cov@e1
! four Of u.s. Now" said be. II hare wor1es s