The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-29
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in the history OF this country. Where has
there ever been such an era Of progress
and advancement, Of accumulation oil
wealth and enlargement OF freedomH The
like was never known before In any land
under the canopy oil heaven. There have
been two causes which conspired to pro.
duce this; equal political rights and the
Republican party's policy OF protection to
home industries by high tariff on i'm.
ports. This last Is the main issue here
You do not build ships ont here. 1iyou
did you would find that industry Ia mem
aced even as the tariff. We used to hear
charges that British gold was used in our
campaigns, but II go 1t was In an under
band way, and this year for the first time
we witness the actual and active partiCi'
patton In our campaign by English clubs
and association. think our Government
would be justified in treating this as
A BREACH oY INTERNATIONAL COURTESY.
What would have been thought lin the
recent contest between Earl Beaconsaeld
and Mr.. Gladstone in Great Britain an as
ISOLATION Of men here had sent docu.
ments over there 10 influence the DRIFT Of
public sentiment, advocating the over.
throw OF the one and the substitution OF
the other In the lofty position OF Premier.
Don't YOU think they would have resented
IL? How long would II have been until
Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister
TO this country, would have been protest.
ing in the name OF Her Majesty against
such course? And yet the free trade
leagues OF Sheffield aud Manchester and
Leeds and London are flooding this coun.
try with tracts and phamphlets calculated
to produce such a revolution in public SEN
timent here as will give them the free
entree to our markets with their wares. IT
| it fragrant violation OF that courtesy due
from one country 10 another, aud think
President Hayes could not do anything
that would commend him to the pluck
and patriotism OF the citizens otthis cour-
| try ia greater measure than protesting,
through Secretary Evarts, against this un-
warranted interference In our affairs.
loud and continuous cheers But II
their interests are 30 identified with the
adoption OF free trade policy
Ia this country that they will
electioneer in this manner is 1t
not more than probable that they will use
money in less open ways. They would be
! fools II they didn't. Aud Il l were Dem.
ocratic agent appointed to enlarge the
campaign funds without regard to the
means employed to DO it, | would go TO
London and say to the large manutactu'
rers OF England ~ propose to give you
command OF the American markets. II
you do not believe it here Is our platform"
| would 90 to the Clyde where they build
those large ships, and would say: "lpro.
pose to lay the commerce OF the United
States at your feet. II you doubt 1t, here
Is our platform II calls for free ships
Between these two classes l am sure
could raise the largest campaign fund ever
heard .of.
THE FREE SHIP QUESTION.
This is little out of the latitude to
talk of the ship question, but the Demo-
cratic policy leaves absolutely no safeguard
in the matter OF commerce. Perhaps some
OF you never saw a great steamship. l was
raised within forty miles OF here, and l
never saw one until was man grown.
Let US take one that cost $500 900. How
much OF that price do you suppose repre-
sents raw material and how much labor2
Five thousand dollars will paw for the ma.
terial, and the other S495, 900 is paid for
labor. The proposition OF the Democratic
platform, which Hancock in his letter Of
acceptance endorses and approves, Is in
effect that this S495, 900 shall be paid TO
laborers on the other side OF the ocean.
tell you you had better vote with Maine
for principle THAI with Alabama for o
prejudice.
THE BENEFITS OF PROTECTION.
1t is like carrying Goals to New Castle to
talk to you citizens of Wheeling of the
benefits OF protective tariff. You not
only believe in them, you feel them; and
you not only know 1t, but live it. II is
what has made OF struggling town on
the banks OF the Ohio the magnificent
city In which you live.
4 striking instance oil what the tariff has
done for this country ia in the improve
ment in the manufacture OF carpets.
| was told by Mr.. Sloan, the carpet man
in New York, that In 1850 the people OF
the United States imported $1,000, 600
worth OF carpets, aud last year they i'm
ported $500, 900 worth, and meantime they
were using four times as many carpets as
In 1860. Who thought, twenty-five years
ago, OF buying an American watch2 H.
deed, / don't know as one could be had.
When there was protection on them the
manufacture increased.
To-day we have outstripped the world
In the manual OF watches. The British
India Railway Company, who wanted 81
900 watches TO send out to Calcutta TO their
employees, bought them Of the Waltham
Company. We undersell the Switch
watch in Geneva, the German watch in
Berlin, the English watch in London. l
hold in my hand one that | am proud to
exhibit to an audience, watch, that keeps
admirable time. 1t Is stem.winder, is
not cased in gold nor even in silver; 1t Is
only nickel.plated, and bought 1t at re-
tail for 81 so. daughter. told man
that offered me $40 once for 1t that would
rather carry it with me to the Senate Of
the United States as a product OF American
skill and an instance Of what an American
protective tariff will do. [Applause. A
young friend OF mine; practical man,
some few years ago came into an inherit.
ance OF 100000. He examined the statls-
tics OF our imports, to see what article we
were exporting largely, that he might go
into the manufacture Of that article and
rupply tue demand himself. He struck
on the idea Of making French corsets.
The consequence is that to-day we are ex.
porting corsets to every country In Eu'
rope. tCheers ! am not touching upon
IRON AND STEEL AND WOOL
and the great interests with which you are
all familiar, which have been fostered by
the Republican party's policy OF protec-
lection until they have attained the mag.
nitude they now possess, but oil the little
incidental which illustrate the same thing.
THE gLEcrIoN LAWS.
Mr.. Blaine referred to the ridiculous
claim of persecution by the Army at the
polls, as made by the Democrats, and,
after showing that the soldiers averaged
about one to every two counties, added
that the real design OF the outcry was to