St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-23


ate the oysters and, recovered. The doctor
forthwith made the following entry in his
note book: ''Mem: Picked oysters are a
sure cure for typhoid fever.n The next day
he had another patient afflicted with the same
disease, Frenchman. ''Give him picked
oysters,' said the confident doctor. They
did so, and the Frenchman died. Then the
doctor went home and made this further en-
try in his note book: ''Mem Picked oys-
tiers are a sure cure for typhoid fever in an
Englishman, but are certain death to a
Frenchman." Laughter.
THE TRUE SOURCE OF OUR GREATNESS.
"This is continent continued the
farmer, Sin process of colonization, with the
whole world focking in to take possession of
it. The real cause of high wages is the gen
eral prosperity, the demand for labor, the OPP
portunities for growing rich, the sparseness
of population compared with extent of terri
tory. If you could run another Mississippi
valley of vacant or half vacant land through
the heart of Europe, the rush of settlers to
take possession of those lands would for a
generation or two raise the price of labor over
all Europe
PROTECTION NOT NECESSARY TO THE MANU-
FACTUREs OF THE COUNTRY.
But" says Brother Jonathan, ''you
must continue to suffer what you
call these wrongs for if you do
not all manufacturing will cease in this
country, millions of men will be turned out
to starve, and the country viii be ruined,
and you with it.''
81 don't believe word of it, says the
farmer, "look at the growth of manufactures
and of the whole country between 1850 and
1860, before this high tariff was adopted, and
under one of the lowest tariffs we ever had
The United States census gives these figures:
The total value of domestic mana
features, in 1850, including fish
cries and mines. 81 ,019, 106, 616
The total value of the same for the
year ending June l, 1850, was
over. Observation-Disclosures. 1900 900, 900
The prodult of pig iron in 1850 was 13,491, S29
The product of pig iron in 1S6Owa 19,487, 100
An increse of a per cent.
The product of bar and rolled iron
was, in 1850. ......... 1898, 1855
The product of bar and rolled iron
was, in 1860. ............. 22,24s, 1866
An increase of 39.5 per cent.
The coal mined in the United
States in 1850 was worth. .. 100000
The coal mined in the United
States in 1860 was worth. 1890. 100000
The manufactures of cotton goods
were worth, in 1850 .... 65,5O1. 6S7
The manufactures of cotton goods
were worth, in 1860. .......... 115, 137, 926
The manufactures of wooden goods
IN 1850. 45,2ol, Toi
The manufacture of wooden goods
in 1850 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6s.s65, 96S
THE manufacture of boots and
shoes were worth, in 1850. ..... SO, 000,0G0
The manufactures of boots and
shoes were worth, in 1860. S9000,O00
In Massachusetts the manufacture of boots
and shoes increased 90 per cent. in ten
years. In Rhode Island it increased 357
per cent. in ten years.
Was not this growth enough to satisfy any
man!n
WHY SHOULD WE GREASE THE FAT SOW.
But human nature is so constituted that if
is making 10 per cent. on his capital at the
expense of B, c and D., and he sees that he
can rig some kind Of cunning game whereby
he can make B, Cand D pay him so per cent,
be is sure, in nine cases out of ten, to do it..
And the people of the whole eastern section
OF the Union see that it is to their interest to
help the men who are thus plundcring the
west and bringing home the spoil to their
doors, just as the peasantry of the mountain S
of Sicily help to shield the brgands who rob
the strangers that pass along their highways
[applause]; and hence the demand for s'pro-
tection' has grown until for the first time in
the history of our politics, the Republican
party in national convention assembled has
been forced by the manufacturers to resolve
boldly as follows:
1--WE demand that the imposition of duties
on foreign imports shall be made NOT FOR
REVENUE ONLY but for the protection of
manufacturers; that is to say, that national
taxation shall not be levied to support the
government, but to support our fellow
citizens. Great applause.
TURNING THE TABLES.
What would the east say if We were to re-
solve as follows:
''We demand that direct taxation shall be
levied on the accumulated wealth of the
country, not for revenue only, but
to create fund to support the wheat raisers
of the westl Great applause]
Would such a proposition be any more
unfair, any more unreasonable, than the
one for which we are called upon to vote
If government is a machine to take the
money of A and give it to B, why may it not
with equal justice be used to take the money
of and give it to A! And where is to be
the limit Of such a SYSTEMS. 1t is simply a
question whether or B has the upper hand
and government becomes in the end, merely
an engine of extortion and robbery.
HOW PROTECTION PLUMBERS Us.
And look at the extent and diversity of
the ratification of this tariff iniquity
Mr.. Turner, (Democrat,) of Kentucky, in
a speech in the house. March Z, 1882, said
Here is a statement showing few Of the
burdens of the farmer: Under this tariff he rises
in the morning, puts on his common flannel shirt
taxed 95 per cent. his coat, taxed 81 per cent ;
shoes, taxed 35 per cent, and hat, taxed % per
cent; takes the water from bucket taxed IS
per cent. and washes his face and hands in tin
bowl taxed 35 per cent. dries them on cheap
cotton towel taxed As per cent He sits down to
his humble meal and eats from q plate taxed 80
per cent, with knife and fork taxed 35 per
cent; drinks his coffee with sugar taxed IS per
cent: seasons his food with salt taxed SO per
cent pepper, taxed 81 per cent He looks
around on his wife and children all taxed in the
same way; takes a chew of tobacco taxed 1919
per cent. or lights cigar taxed 11S cent. And
sir, even the sunlight from heaven that pours
into his humble dwelling must come through
window glass taxed SO per cent and vet he
thinks he lives in the freest government under
| heaven. Then ne starts TO work: puts q
bride taxed IS per cent. on his horse and takes
his horse that has been shod-the nails used in
shoeing being taxed SO per cent, driven by a
hammer taxed 20 per cent.-and bitches him TO
pillow taxed 45 per cent. with chains taxed SO
per cent; and after the days labor is closed.
and his family are all gathered around, he reads
a chapter from his Bible taxed IS per cent. and
kneels to God an humble carpet taxed 81 uer
cent. and then he rests his vearied limbs on a
sheet taxed IS per cent, and covers hims with
| q blanket that hiss paid 1O4 Der cent Nnr 40