The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31

HIS SPEECH AT SOUTH BEND.

hlo 6EEENR M oGNtOh n
SoUTH BEND, Ind, Oct 19.-The following
Is Mr.. Blaine's speech at South Bend:
Men Of Indiana: The struggle in all human
society is first for bread. There is no use In
propoundlng fine theories to a man who Is
hungry. There Is no use in commencing a ,po-
iitical principle to one who Is in need or shelter.
There Is no use in talking philosophy to one who
Is naked. Food and clothing are the primary
requirements Of human society, the primary
elements Of human progress, and 70 secure
this Won must put the people in the way
of earning good wages. lShouts OF That's
right" and cheers.l never saw any man moved
to enthusiasm by silently contemplating the
prosperity Of another laughter while he him
self was in needs To move him you want TO
make him feel his own prosperity. ICheers.J
The beginning, therefore, and the end OF wise
legislation is to give every man a fair and equal
chance, and to leave the race OF Life open and
free for all. [Cheering.l What agency VIII best
accomplish thatp What legislation VIII most
tend to that end? Certainly it will not tend to
that end to throw open our ports and say, Send
ne all here your fabrics, made by the cheapest
and most distressed labor OF Europe, TO compete
with our own people, who are just opening their
shops. buildings and their factories, Tor II
YOU do that you cannot spin q wheel or turn
a lathe In these factories at home, unless YOU can
get your labor at the European prices F-Ihats
so's We begin right there. From these consid-
~,rations we deduce the conclusion that the pro-
tective tariff Is primarily for the benent OF the
laboring man. because II you take IN your nsna
any manufactured article. or cast your eve upon
ANYTHING which cannot be taken In the nanu,
Won find that the chief constituent element In
it's cost is labor. In many cases the ma1erial ls
Int / per cent and the labor is % per cent
In the cost OF the article. Therefore all ieg-
islation of o protective character Is ana must %
mainly
AF FOR TIE BENEFIT OF LABOR.
hacanse labor ia the principal element in the
cost OF the fabric; hence. II there be any man
| who is pre-eminently and above all otners IN
terested in the tariff 1t is the laDoring man.
Cheers III you compare the two great poiitl-
| cal parties In relation to this question, you VIII
and that the Republican party lives, moves,
| breathes and has its being In protection. lGreat
eheerinQ.1 A protective tariff was one OF the
6rst fruits of the election OF Mr.. Lincoln. We
have had 1t for twenty years on the statute
hooks. with various amendments when NAYS
been added from time to time to make II more
rrotactiye- and the result Is that all history,
ancient. modern and medieval, may be
challenged for q national progress ike
s,aDss09 that tRss.w wsi9 sseer vi h am ms msSs reo aaaos
the facts and figures OF your assessors Ioohsf
and of the United States census tables. wnen I
saw that In the last twenty-tnres years OF tne
history Of this country we have added IoJre
wealth. double over. than W. had acquired from
the discovery Of the continent py columbus
down to the election OF Abraham Lincoln. LPro-
longed cheering.J There must havc been sons
pecnliar and potent agent at work TO produce
This great result. That agent was the protective
tariff, operating to nerve the arm OF iaDo1
Whether that policy shall be continued
ar whether tt shall be abandoned Il
the controlling issue OF ms csmpsign.
All other questions are laid aside for the time.
Trhera arc many which are worthy OF considera-
tion. but TWO weeks from Tuesday next we snaii
have an election IN every state IN the Union 70
determiue with reference to this question, the
chararte, or the next congress and the future
,aIicv ~ the government. You have before you
sI = vnnpn 70 SUSTAIN THE ~PRoTEcTTyE TARIFF
and Illustrating that pledge by q specific and
consistent example extending through tne
ast twenty-thrce years. You have. on the otner
n.nd the Democratic party. which In hfty-one
Years. aimee 1853, has never In q single instance
voted for projection. and never controlled r q con-
cress that ii ail not oppose protection IInats
So I sav therefore to the labofing men and the
mechanics who may do me the honor TO listen,
your unions, your leagues. all those ASSOCIATIONS
which YOU have formed for your own aavantage
sra yonr own advancement are we'll and proper
~ their way. IL Is your right to have them, and
to administer them rs YOU Choose, pus tney ms
maid labor OF Europe II You take away the pro,
tectiye tarin. which Is now your pacK2founua ho