The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16
A TARIFF FOR PROTECTION.


The question Of tariff for protection IL pri-
martly Of interest to the lsborinl: msn- The
original material THAT enters into any fabric
constitutes very smnll element In the cost Of
that fabric. II you tske steamship that costs
100000 when she IN launched. the material In
her costs 81. ooo the labor $4,000 r. you take
. ton Of pig iron thai sells In your market to-
day for $40 the material thai goes into 1t does
not cost originally over % cents; 8 90 Is labor.
1 ment on these facts, which might be varied In
definitely for ilIstration IN many Departments:
primarily or especially Of interest to any one. 1t
IL TO the laboring man tcries Of You're right,
with his Sow ean he ask othsfs to Do H.
eject q tsrir for protection s is n lot
ton Of fact. question on which you sU can
appeal to figures. You are citizens Of the
State of Ohio. You have new city which has
grown mp here within the last fifteen years. You
are one OF the evidences Of the great growth of
the State. Ohio Is the third State In the Union
In population and in wealth. and i have had oc-
now say to You and what beg to impress upon
your minds. i want you to take two epochs
In the history OF Ohio. Take first the year 1860.
Your State was then about sixty years old. 1t
was seventy-three years then from the time
Ohio was organized ss part of the Northwest
Territory: In those seventy three years of Terri
torial and State existence the citizens OF Ohio
have accumulated wealth to the amount of ST.
100, 100000. The United states census of 1859
shows that the total wealth Of Ohio was then
little over eleven hundred millions, a very large
sum or money. In 1851 the industrial and finan-
cial policy of the United States wds changed by
the incoming of the Republican party, and in
consequence of that change n protective tariff
was enacted, which has been ever since In force.
In 1880, twenty years after the census OF which
have just spoken, another census was taken,
and 1t was found that I'm those twenty years the
aggregate wealth of the State of Ohio had increas-
ed from ~, 100 600 900 to So s0O, You had
added to your wealth in those twenty years
double as much as had been created in the sew
enty-three preceding. You had added upon an
capitalized wealth of your State lapplausel,
and that was done largely by virtue Of and in
pursuance of the effect of the protective tariff
upon the labor and the industries of your State
IRenewed applausel Do you want that to con-
tinue? [Cries Of Yes, yes Do you want to
Do you want Congress to be convused with the
question so as to unsettle values and check en-
terprise and frighten capital, and generally, to
produce condition of uncertainty throughout
all the financial and business interests OF the
United Statesl rho, no, no. y Whyl Look at
what has been the effect simply of the Morrison
tariff bill They did not get 1t through the
House OF Representatives even, but they kept
the country in turmoil and agitation, and thus
effected injuries to the interests of every labor
States. l-That's truel That's truei"I Do you
want 10 organize. not merely change in the
tariff, for that might be done, but do you want
to organize a perpetual Congressional agitation
of that question: l"Nol" "Nol"l IL you do not,
the matter is In your own hands. lGreat cheer
ing Ohio has the power to command that 1t
shall not be. You have the power to Join in that
command, and the opportunity will be given
you on the I4th day of Oct. through your indi-
vidual ballots prolonged cheeringl