Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-09

MT. Harrison on being introduced spoke in substance as follows:
 Ladies and Gentlemen and Fellow Citi- zens-In presiding over this body I desire to express my qualification. Memory carries me back to the dark days of 1861 and the fact that many who are here tonight wore the blue. The question then was whether it was Union or rope of sand. Then it was
 that plain "Joe" Hawley, not then Governor,
 not then general, and O. Platt placed
 in nomination William A. Buckingham
 for governor. Joseph R. Hawley was chair
 man of the committee on platform and it was
 then resolved that the constitution of the United States was constructed to establish a more permanent Union. The resolutions thus passed were received with great ap- plause and the author of that platform was
 Hon. Henry B. Harrison. This is not a
 State campaign, it is a national campaign;
 and we propose to follow the leadership of
 our standard bearer, James G. Blaine. In
 conclusion MT. Harrison introduced Senator
 O. H. Platt, who spoke as follows:
 There are two ways of conducting political
 canvasses. One is to ignore all real issues
 and to spend the whole time in calling hard
 names, saying that all persons in office are
 rascals and ought to be turned out. The
 other method is to avoid scandals and discuss important questions. And I like the latter kind. So I am going to ask you to listen to a discussion of the tariff, the leading issue
 before the people to-day. I don't care to go into the history of the Republican party. Yet it is the history of this country for the past twenty-five years. Go count the stars in the old flag and you can't forget the history of the Republican party. Think of emancipa- tion, resumption, the protective tariff and other questions and you can't forget the his tory of the Republican party.
 1 will speak about the protection of Amer ican people and their industries. We all know where the Republican party stands on this subject. But it is conundrum where the Democratic party stands. It is in it's platforms 8 party for tariff for revenue only, it's records in Con- gress are for tariffs below the protective points. The free traders and the non-protec- tionists a-e going to vote for the Democratic ticket. Their candidate is a non-protection- ist. The leaders of the party are non-pro- tectionists. They don't dare to avow them selves; they are playing @ double game. They are, ,Janus-hke, having two faces. The people demand that the party shall declare where it is. You tell me ex-Senator Eaton IS protectionist. Let us admit tn at he is Is he going to convince David A. Wells, Pro- lessor Sumner, Frank Hurd, MT. Carlisle, MT. WattersOn and Senator Beck that the Democratic party protection party? Why two-thirds of the States the Democrats rely on to elect their candidate are free trade States The candidate of the Democratic It., His letter is thinner than homeopathic soup; it has no ideas on the tariff You tell me he stands on the platform where does the platform stand? Two men in the Democratic convention knew what they were about, Mir. Morrison and General Butler. MT. Butler said he wanted @ protec- tion resolutions but he only got few votes for his platform. And the platform adopted tries to deceive the people in the matter but the people demand to know how the party stands on the great subject
 Free traders tell us that we can't under stand the tariff question, but think we can. In the first place let me ask what is a tariff? A tariff is when the government puts upon certain articles of foreign growth or manu- facture a toll or duty. That toll or duty goes into the treasury. Certain arti- cles it puts no toll duty upon. And what is protective tariff? A protec- tive tariff is when the duty added to the cost of it, as made in the old country, equals the cost of the article produced in this coun- try. Suppose that the cloth for my coat made in England cost $10 for production and $15 in this country. If there were no tariff there would be no factories here, but if the government stepped in and put tariff of government put tariff of $6 the manufac- lures would develop faster. Now about the revenue tariff. Suppose the government put 8 $4 tariff instead of $6 or $5 Under this tariff there would be more goods sent in here and more revenue derived, but the trade would be hurt here Accumulated capital, system of business and the price of labor enter into the cost of goods. In the first two England can beat us, as they have more capital and have been in the business longer than we have. But labor is better paid here than in England. And that makes all the difference in the world between happy and unhappy citizens. Connecticut is a manufacturing State. It is the 18th State in population, but in manufacturing the seventh. It has 488 manufacturing establishments. We have here more diversity of industry than any State or country on the face of the globe In 1880 112, ,000 men, women and children got their living by working in the manufacto- ries.' The average payment per year is $400 the highest average paid anywhere to la borers
 Professor Summers testimony before the tarIH commission was quoted, and his idea ot labor compared to that of Pharaoh and the slaveholder in the South. Blaine's letter of acceptance was also read from to show that protection was not robbing the farmers to enrich the manufacturers Tta snaaL-ar said a protective tariff did not raise prices. Home competition brinos down prices. I believe my friend My SarGent wants free raw materials He in. OenQS ILdG LIS nduu1hcLur0S small De dofend- ed and protected. That is utter selfshness. Those who talk about the markets of the world should remember that we have 55,- O00, ,000 of the best buyers of the world and that this market is enlarging at the rate of IL, ,O00, 900 every ten years. This country has not got it's growth yet.
 The Democrats say that protection does not protect; that the times are hard; that the employers don't pay as high wages as they