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

q In Newark, N. j. (Applause.) They ex
i pect to remain in politics so long as ths
' Democratic party can and do bring uI
j the subject of the tariff for revenue
= which TO our industries is equivalen
i to Free Trade.
Now what ia the tariff | will no
20 further back than 1892. | will TAX,
the tariff Of 1882 as my starting point
i While Andrew Jackson was President
+. In 1882, when American manufacturing
= industry was just commencing its strong
growth, when the men in this country
% who built up our American manufac
u lures had felt the first successful pulse
Q OF this great heart beat, what did the
Democratic party In Congress do' In
> 1892 they reduced the tariff from 81 G. 1C
. per cent. to Is per cent. What was the
RESULT There are not many of US old
4 enough to go back TO 1882. But history
tells us all. Following the reduction
Of that tariff from 81 Clio to Is pei
csnt. we had the first and the greatest
. panic.
There are scores of men in this town
who worked in the year 1886, 1887 and
1888 in the manufacturing establish
msnts Of Wilmington for SO cents q
day and glad to get it. There were
labsring men in the city Of Whining
ton, who although they would beg on
their knees for work in the machine
shops would have the answer "no, our
gates are closed, our shops are fasten-
ed up, we cannot taks you, the re.
duetion Of tariff has ruined u.s."
Remember now the country at this
time was out of debt, and the surplus
revenue of the country amounted
to about one hundred millions of dol
lars, this surplus was divided between
the states, We got our share. NV re-
collection Of 1t is that 1t founded our
school system. Martin Van Buren's
election by the Democratic party fol-
lowed. He was inaugurated Ash OF
March, 1887. During his administrs-
tion, never to be forgotten by the busi-
ness interests Of America, they suffered
more than any nation on the face OF
the earth. What thenf General Har-
rison, with his tariff Of 1912, protsc.
tive tariff. The strongest tariG that we
had known. ----,
| Business every where sprung up, fac
tories revived, and all the industries Of
the nation swelled in the glow of busy
Improvement. What followed! The
Democratic party came into power
agaiu with James K. Polk and George
NJ. Dallas from Pennsylvania. They
thought II they took Penneylvsnian
he could not favor lew tariff. 30 he
promised but he broke his word.
remember reeding his speechw herehe
promised If he ever had the casting vote
he would gi7e 1t in favor Of q protective
tariff. He had casting vote and
he cast II for tariff for revenue only,
such q tariff as the Democratic party
wants to.day-what followedf again a
panic. The business troubles OF lS47.
We went on still struggling as best we
could until 1857 under James Buchan-
an.
What then The South still in
power. The Southern States were rul-
ing this country with rod of iron,
under the full power Of national su-
premacy. Then 1t was they reduced
the tariff from 22-7. 10 per cent to 1876. 10
per cent: the lowest tariff We have had
in this country. What then ! The
worst panic of modern times. The
panic OF 1857. Mr.. President, If there
ia q mechanic here who worked in
Wilmington in 1875, IL there is a
laboripg man who worked here in
1875 he can never forget those times.
The balance Of trade in six months
against the United States amounted to
$50 900 900, that Is the United States
received more goods from foreign ma
tions than she exported to them OF
| $50, 900, 900. So we went on with no
more changes in the tariff until 1861,
when the Morrell tariff bill was passed,
of which will speak hereafter. l have
thus given you the changes which were
made In the tariff from 1888 down to the
Morrell bill. You may ask me what
the Demoora attic party has to do with all
this When the tariff of 1912 was
passed, the best tariff that has ever
existed in this country, the Demo-
cratic party in the Southern States,
with the exception Of five votes, voted
solid against it.
Now consider the state OF things a
year later; in 1846, under the admin
istration of Polk and Dallas, tarin
wa, passed, which was a revenue tariff
with what was called incidental pro-
lection, but which never gave the in
cidental protection whish 1t protessad'
At the time of its passage every mem.
BE-. of Congress from the South voted
for it with the exception OF seven vo-
ters, including Florida. 1t was tariff
for rev 4 ae which the Democratic rsr-
~ now desire. In 1916 We find that the
southern Representatives with the sx-
canton of seven voters were solldly
az ainst protective tariff and in ts'or
OF a tariff for revenue only.
What was the condition OF AFFAIRS IN
1887. The South was then in power
\ holding the reins Of the government In
bar hands, with Mr.. Buchanan as Presi-
dent. and now invite your attention my
fellow .laboring men to the fact that
when It came to the reduction OF the
tariff Of 1855, which made all the trouble
as Won remember In 1857, the South to
man voted solidly In favor OF reduc-
tiop from % TO to 15 6'lO per cent.
Thea followed the long remembered
napio of 1857. The South was then IN
the fall pride Other glory. Everything
in both houses Of Congress crooked the
knee to the power ofthe South. It was
them that the industries Of the North
we're in the hands Of q Southern ma
ioritv in Congress. God knows they
n "a fsono n aunuQh.