Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-30

and read this, now, ifyou so desire n. uov
much money do those protected captsllsts
aggregate and $4,000 0j0sJa Isl the cost of raw
materials THE total value OF the manu-.
featured products was over Ave billions IA
1850. Deduct from the product ofthe mauu-
ncturcrs the aggregate wages OF the work.
men and the raw material. then you viii
have the money mnde by these protected o.
tahllshments each year.
In tnis way 1t shows that they made Ia
1881 thirty.seVen cents upon every mortal
a9ilhf OF tuer lhNettmant Those are tho
ielloWs protector, How much IS tho work
ingman proteeted9 You know the object OF
all Just laws Is 10 do Justice 20 nti alike,
putting them all nat footed and equal before
the laws, How much does the iahorer get
In protection skilled labor, II IS every.
where conceded, IL equal 10 the cost of raw |
materials. So you see he does not mako /
per cent Take into consideration too, that
one-thitd OF hts time hn II In enforced IDLE /
ness. ocoasioned by shutting down shoos
from the iaborlns mans pront.
He illustrated the proposition by |
reference TO the practical working OF |
the tariff law on wheat aud lumber.
The trouble is the tax Is too high on
the necessities of life.
The speaker showed how the tariff
is as to the wooden goods which 20
next the body OF the laborlng mans
little child, the hat on his head, and
many other articles of necessity.
Say, how is It with you farmers herclln In
! diana9 How aTeyou prOtected2 Nou take
| ing horses. plows, etc. Wei every manu-.
mcturer who puts IN q $1,000 Investment, ac-
! cording to the census, realizes about gltOl on
/ 10 each year. How much Is that? Say, faro
er, how much VIII your SIT, 90 bring youg
| You sell your corn NJ nny cents per bushel,
| and wheat at 76c. n bushel, and take of the
| taxes and all that I want TO know to-day
| how much money You can realize for your
sil000 Investment In your farm2 Do you
| make bper cent? No / see many of you
| farmers shaking your heads. Hundreds and
| thousands already In Indiana have said 90
me that this year, with wheat at seventy.
1--WE cents, they did not expect TO make per
cent You see, for you nj least, this famed
projection isa very dear one. "Oh IL is the
iife oflabor"(?l And how does It protect the
| 10000 strong, willing men OF this country
| who are ont OF employmcnt2 Three hundred
thousand family-loviug men out OF the
workingmen Of Indiana thrown out OF en-
ployment, too, Four years ago, you remem.
Der, these Republican leaders said
en- enough over alone ne III They said "g 10
you farmers that your wheat owing TO our
tarifi, is worth 81 a bushel. Yoa elect HAM
cock and English and our mills Will stop. our
business Interests Will be damaged and
all that, but how IL II to-day2 II, now pro
lection don't protect wnest, in the name
OF God what does II protect? Today your
wheat Is down, your corn Is down, aud
10000 men out OF employment in the United
States
Truth IN tell, protection doesn't protect,
snve on one side, II does protect the capital
ist . have observed that wi'h many of
those firms that shut down, and lhus throw
their employees out pf employment, that they
shut down at the faintest semblance OF
| overproduction in their line of business.
From that moment the whiz and whiE
OF business is cut oil and these un-
happy men and their poor chill
dren go out (oftentlmes at the approach
the shops and deiectedly return home. In
deed, many fthem have no homes TO 90 20
FNNNs riaaEn
closing firms fail ia buslnsssG No, Il. @.
Dun has shown that there Is not one Ia a
they break up. No. they only shut down TO
keep from having any losses in their capita
-that j. all. don't know hat we ought iu
blame them, but the system Is all wrong,
| and therefore bamRble, II is protection, as
| i have said, on one side.
When was a young lawyer In my state OF
| Texas, thirty years ago, Just commencing
I my practice, we had distinguished judge
sitting on the bench; One day an old man
came to me and said drhey nave
our federal court aud don't
, feel that / can serve, because l am
! deaf an hev not heern on one ear for forty
years, an now please get me excused" ]
. said: u will and shall not charge you cent
for It," SO, when court convened, addressed
= the court famed for his wit, and after eN-
Q planning the situation besousht the court Il
I let the old man oil. as he had not been able u
10 hear In one ear for a number Of years. Their
, was twinkle in the courts eyes as con
! cluded and then he said: "fhat don't MAKE
4 any difference; mnp who sits on grant
] jury only has 10 hear one side, II is Apart'
| business lApplause,l SO, my friends, as Il
|, this prot ctive policy and with these pro
y | tectlonlsts: thev have only one ear and tha
o is open only Ia the Jay GOulds AVID such Eel
r lows when II comes TO lifting up the hand
4 of American labor, They tel you farmer
o that this high protective tadh IL for You
y protection and that without II you viii so t.
i ruin. Then, why in the name of God has /
not protected yous lApplause.l
n MIR hlaine just now told you that th
v Democratic pan " were free traders This /
o number TWO. ILanghter:l NO one know
n better than he. Why, my f"llow-citlzens, h
l. Democratic party never was free trade par
3 ty: no more than Blaine and other promi
II nent Republicans We are II, favor ola rev
! enue by custom-houeo duty. We have ha
n This doctrine In our national platform sine
N the days of Jackson. voice: "Blaln
~ knows better ~ The great point that IN
IA Democratic party contends for Is, You shel
a raise by import duty, such sum ms is sui
Client for only the absolute needs OF goyel
a mental expense when fairly ascerta ned. w
q. are NOT Tor free trade-we a;e for Justice. Tn
A. | Democratic party has always commended f0
~ the lowest possible taxes
Is Gov Hubbard went ON at consider
! able length to show specifically hoy
UNEQUAL and inconsistent the tariff is
N making many telling points.
Iheard Mr.. Blaine 'sy this morning chs
,e the ppOsitlon TO our pTegent tariff was onl
r chicanery in pOlit c.; that the TIME mus
OF come when It win be as much as You can q
IL 10 supply your miners with breadstun
Id We'll, N this tariff long cor tlnues there Wi
h not be many OF Won left 10 raise anything
Ia The world gets hungry three times q day:
ne do. tIAuRhterl NO1 ran tell that from m
N presence lGreat laughter.l
at In this connection the speake
SO showed the vastness of the crops
~ wheat and grain we raise In this cour
adj try. and insisted that in view of III
rs Importance and absolute necessltie
Ok for breadstuffs the world over. tina
i'd therefore, we "a a people should len
a, our energies in the direction of opel
e. ing up markets for our farm product
nd as we'll as in laborlng to add to OF
y, natural possessions in wheat and corr
se. etc
~ BuRNISo CORN AID WHEAT.
Did you not hear MI Blaine to-day 2
these many thnuSand Of Indiana farmer
he with a sheer that under Democratic tarll
40 you often had 10 burn your corn and Ths
-, Tor fuel for want ora market2 Good lOt
" deliver this land from such appeals 70 the
ng norance OF facts and hgur-sl IN the ga
he when no railways checked your fertile lane
and VOu had 10 haul your pro II