Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-10

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the entire Western country was called
upon aS an agricultural community to OPP
pose protective tariff because il uniustly
favored the manufacturers of the East.
since then manufacturing industries have
travelled westward until Ohio has become
one of the largest manufacturing States in
the Union. Cheers Combining within
herself great agricultural interests and
great manufacturing interests she pre-
scnts all the elements of comfort and ma
tiOnal progress. As steadily as agricul-
tural States become settled manufacturers
gan are coming on rapidly after OhiunOw,
and Kansas and Minnesota will
come along i'm due time, the result
being that the protective policy now
upheld by the Republican party, operates
SO as to carry manufactures into every
county in the Union. 1t never was de
signed that one part Of the country should
be permanently agricultural and another
part manufacturing but it was designed
that agricult urc and manufacturing should
90 hand in hand. And whenever they do
20 hand in hand you have thrift, progress
and happiness.
If this industrial system. which com
| bncS the highest elements of human pros
| pcrity, by uniting the agricultural and
manufacturing interests l. worth prcScrV-
| ing, yOu should not forget that our pulit-
| iCal opponents have never failed in the
!
| they had power in Congress. either to re
! peal protective tariff, if one existed. or Ia
| try to- prevent the enactment of such Il
tariff. In other words. since lS33 the
| Democratic party in Congress has never
sustained by its vote protective tariff,
| not once.
We are met with the accusation that a
! protective tariff Injuries the commerce OF
the country. That is more frequently
made in the East than in the West The
answer to it is, that since the protective
tariff was enacted in 1861 the exports from
/ the United States. have been vastly greater
in amount ANA value than all exports, from
the first settlement of an English colony
on this continent down to the inaugura
tion Of President Lincoln. Cheers
think that it is worth repeating. i"Ges
yes If Youtake every export that wa,
/ ever made from the territory which con
sttiuteS the jnitCd States. from the time O
the settlement at Jamestown and at
! Plymouth Rock in l6Oi and 1920, Clcal
down to 1850 and add them together they
fail by several thousand million dollars t'
he rs great an amount as our eNpprt'
from 1851 to this time: so tha
the assertion that Il protective tariff
hinder> the development of the commerc,
of the country is not only disproved by
the facts, but that the contrary is true fO
agriculture and manufactures and com
merce 90 hand in hand, and We're design
ed to 90 hand in hand They are triple
cards which bound together make up thu
strength of our national prosperity.
assume therefore that the people O
Ohio are interested in maintaining a pro
tective tariff, aud if they are, it Is in thei
power to do 50. Ohio speaks her voice ol
Tuesday next. This district will thel
: have an opportunity To speak her voic,
and will say whether one of the most bril-
: liant advocates of protection that eve
served in Congress shall be returned
: [Chcers for Mckinley. With this oppor
tunity to Vindicatc by your votes tn
splendid experience which Ohio has ha
: in developing her agricultural and manu-
, featuring interests together, ii is for YOU
: men of Ohio, while the nation looks ON, I
| record your opinion and vour judgment
l | thank You for your cordial reception AM
: bid yOu good night.
= Gen. IIawlcy, eX-Secretary Window an
, Senator Cullom of Illinois, also mad
l speeches. In the evening there was
| large tOrchlight procession. Mr. Blan
took dinner at the house of Mr. SterS an
then after dark drove back with Alr VI.
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