River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-30
Rlaine's Tour.
BIS Beech At SOUTH BEND.

HIS BEECH AT SOUTH BEND.
SOUTH BEND Ind, Oct 10 The following
is Mr.. Blaine'sspeceb at South Bend
Men Of Indiaa The struggle r. all human
propotnding fac theories TO man who is
hungry Iheras no use ia commencing po-
.ltical principiato one who Is in need Of shelter
There is no use.n talking philosophy 70 one who
Is naked. Fool and clothing the primary
requirements q human society, the primary
elements of hanan progress. and TO secure
of earning goul wages. lShouts OF That's
right" and cheerga never saw any man moved
to enthusiasm by silently contemplating the
prosperity OF anlther laughter while he him
self was in need To move him you want &c
make him feel his own prosperity. LCheers.l
The beginning, therefore, and the end of wise
legislation Is to Iiye every man fair and equal
chance. and to cave the race of life open and
free for all. Ch,ering.l What agency will best
accomplish thag What legislation will most
tend to that end Certainly it viii not tend to
that end to throF open our ports and say, Send
We all here yorir fabrics, made by the cheapest
and most distressed labor Of Europe. to compete
with our own people, who are just opening their
shops, building and their factories, for If
YOU do that vol cannot spin wheel or turn
lathe in these actories at home, unless You can
get your labor stthe European prices. l"That's
so. J We begin right there. From these consid
crations we dedtre the conclusion that the pro-
tective tariff is primarily for the benefit Of the
laboring man, because II you take in your hand
any manufactured article or cast your eve upon
anything which lanIot be taken In the hand,
you find that tie chief constituent element in
its cost is labor In many cases the material IS
but / per cent md the labor is 50 per cent
In the cost of the article. Therefore all leg
islation Of protective character Is and must be
mainly
FOR TIE BENEFIT OF LABOR
because labor isthe principal element in the
cost OF the fabric hence, ii there be any man
who is pre=emiIently and above all others in
terested In the tariff it is the laboring man.
[Cheers.l If yaI compare the two great politi-
cal parties in reation to this question. you will
find that the Republican party lives, moves,
breathes and haSits being in protection Great
cheering.l protective tariff was one of the
first fruits of tt election Of Mr.. Lincoln. We
have had it for twenty years on the statute
books, with valous amendments which have
been added froa time to time to make it more
protective andthe result is that all history,
ancient, modem and medieval, may be
challenged TO national progress like
unto that witch we have maae since
1861. [Renewd cheersl ] am mereAeciting
the facts and igures OF your assessors books,
and OF the Unied States census tables, when
say that in thela twenty three years OF the
history of this country we have added more
wealth, doublelve than we had acquired from
the discovery II the continent by Columbus
down to the eletion of Abraham Lincoln. PRO
longed cheerful There must have been some
peculiar and otent agent at work to produce
this great result. That agent was the protective
tariff, operattg to nerve the arm OF labor
and reward Il fairly and literally. tCheersl
Whether tina policy shall be continued
or whether. it shall be abandoned is
All other questions are laid aside for the time
There are man which are worthy Of considera-
ton, but two weeks from Tuesday next we shall
have an eectie in every state in the Union to
determine withreference to this question, the
character of tho next congress and the future
policy of the ioyernment. You have before you
the Republican party
PLEDGED TO sjSTAIN THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF
and illustrating that pledge by a SPECIFIC and
consistent example extending through the
asst twenty-thrc years You have, on the other
hand the Democratic party, which in fifty -one
years, since ] So, has never in single instance
voted for protection, and never controlled con-
gress that II dill not oppose protection IIhats
sol ] say theisforo to the laborlng men and the
mechanics whe may do me the honor to listen,
your unions, your leagues, all those associations
which you have formed for your own advantage
and your own advancement are we'll and proper
in their way. 10 Is your right to have them, and
to administer ihem us you choose but they are
not as strong d rope of sand against the ILL
paid labor OF Europe If YOU take away the pro-
tective tariff which is now your BACKGROUND and
support [Cleersl So do not DE deIuded by
the idea that you can dispense with
the PROTECTIVE tariff and substitute for
it your labor Unions. Renewed cheering.J do
not distract your attention with any other
question l dGnot stop to dwell upon the great
issues that hare been made and settled by the
Republicans within the last twenty-thrce years.
That party hal made deeper and more glorious
imprint in hiftory than any other political or
ganization that ever was charged with great
responsibility, and it Is the patriotic pride OF
every man WHO mas belonged to It that he has
belonged to it and has shared in its labors its
responsibilities, its triumphs and its honors;
[Great cheersl