The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-01-26
Appleton Debating Society,

anu 1ufoviVh GUN hhNNi
discussion: els Protective Tariff Bene.
fit to the Masses of the American Peo-
ple?" was resumed. The attendance was
large, composed principally of farmers
from far and near, who paid marked
attention to the debaters throughout.
The President called the meeting to order
and Mr. David Scott, of near Appleton,
opened the debate. He said that this
question was of vast Importance, and one
the people should well ponder over.
Tariff on wool and lumber was benefit,
and as for using all timber, and this
country going to ruin was a mistake;
there are substitutes for wood in paper
and glass, which is being manufactured
into many useful articles every day; some
men believe in dog-idolatory, and would
rather keep miserable cur than several
fat sheep; believes this would be the
greatest wool growing country on the
globe if this dog-idolatory was done away
with, the timber along the Susquehana
had been cut away back, and perhaps
cost little more to ship it, but was as
cheap as ever, and why should it be left
to stand and rot. y /" Protection, is the
first duty of the Government to protect
all from inroads Of other countries; let
us be protected from pauper clothing and
pauper wages: against q food of foreign
goods to come here and glut our markets,
shut down mills and men walk about
idle; the unemployed want protection,
and not the employer, not land or mill
owners who do not need it; the Ameri-
can laborer receives now fair compensa.
ton for his work, and why try cut him
down on an equal footing with labor in
England, where men work for sixty cents
a day and after deducting board have ten
cents left. Mr.. scott's time having ex-
pired was raped down by the President.
Mr., John Mullin, of Newark, next took
the floor. He supported the negative
side. He referred back to the last meet
ing night, and showed the audience who
were protected; at Washington's time
men lived for each other, now thoy live
for themselves: the masses who have to
sell their labor are the ones who are not
protected; what pitirul tale they tell us
of England and Ireland; how the poor
people live in squalor and misery under
thatched roofs. Why all who argue on
protection carries us to foreign parts and
picture to us a woeful tale how women
and girls work sixteen hours day,
every day of the week, at miserably low
wages; how laborers in England work. ed
at sixty cents day, and look at this
country where men were working for "a
per week with family to support; if free
trade has done half they claim it has
done, give me a little free trade. Though
some men in England had done very well
under free trade for they were able to
come to this country and buy some of
our best farms; to tax one man to keep
another is not just, and the masses who
sell their labor pays this tariff; it was not
worth while to go to England to find
pauper labor; look at the mining regions,
and what do you see
Mr.. VIM. Home wood of Newark, said
he would try and argue so tat all could
understand. There are four millions in
the Treasury, lying idle, why not pay off
the National debt or use it for educa-
tional purposes; the National debt curse,
it makes the poor man poorer, because if
mortgage hangs over man he is
always down until it is paid off; how forty
million people came to this country every
year to escape the curse of free trade
country, they come because they could
get along better, as they were protected
against free trade; how this country has
grown in Opulence, and heavy debt
hanging over us; pay the National debt
and let emigrants come as fast as they
choose emigrants will tell us wha
country is The best to live in-one will
free trade or one with protection.
Mr.. VIM, Dean OF Newark next tool
up tho question. He thought it was
tariff question that was under considera
ton; would like the gentleman of til,
affirmative to talk of this question; want
ed little to do with England, cared moth
ing for England, wanted 10 talk of tb
question before the meeting; il tn,
country wants to get rid of the surplus il
the Treasury, reduce the revenues, ant
the surplus will be diminished; in 1882
seven hundred and fifty millions of dol
lars went out of the country, and seven
ty five per cent was agricultural products
why not protect this mass who till tn
soil who was the tariff made for, NJ
doubt the other side will say the work
ingman, but has The workingman beef
benefited when they have reduced wage
twice in a short time. Is this protection
Look at other manufactures; the Anal
gumated Nail Company when they mad
a reduction in wages the men struck, ant
the Company sent to England after men
and they were protected at the rate o
one cent and a hall per pound; they car
nothing for the workingman; this pro
lection is all humbug, and he questionet
that the gentlemen knew what they wsr
talking of. Mr.. Dean told funny stor.
about the rich men of Pennsylvania AM
the farmers there. How one rode in ele
CANT coaches and the farmer in joggle.
old carriage.
The above is short synopsis of wha
was said. If there be any errors W
ask the gentlemen to send us corrections
We would like to have been able to pub
lish in full all said, but it would tax
too much space. The same subjec
will be discussed on Monday night
All interestested on this question are in
vited to be present and say few words
7 at nc hama this next mating will EN-