Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-09-25

| opposed to those things thought right
\ have been thinking and saying thes,
things for theIast 20 years, bat nevel
read or spoke worda of more bitter con
demnatiou than at last truth has wrunl
from the lips of my political opponents
MOUNTAIN OF RvIDRNoE.
The truth of their arraignment OF the
Republican party and its candidate, Mr..
Bsysrd said, is supported by such g
mountain Of evidence that he could moi
understand how IL could fail to convince
any one who would read 1t. Bu: there
has come certain indurstion of public
feeling that passes by things which would
have shocked and Mortified the people
yesrs ago. He could stand until sunrise
tomorrow reoapituiatipg examples Of the
grossest proflgaoy In all departments Of
this government, not one OF which has
bsen punished. He referred to the star
route cases as examples OF this sbsolute
failure Of Justice, duplicating officials Of
the post office department leading up
to the controlling spirit, Mr.. Brady, the
second assistant postmaster general. He
had seen these raseals retaining high
place In the confidence and direction OF
the Republican party; had seen Kellogg
Of Louisiana, occupying most important
ohairmanships on the committees of the
Senate; holding his place because he CON
stituted the numerical majority Of this
party In the Senate, and they could not
save the country because it would cost
the party too much. These thieves have
gotten away with millions Of do lars Of
the peoples money, and there has not
been one dollar recovered or one
man punished. What becomes OF society
when such things are irue;when juries can
be bought, bribed and prevented from do
ing justice what chance have you or wnhe
We come for properly or for life itself be
fore the institutions of our country 2
Can you not read your own fate in this,
il you stand by aud allow your govern
ment to go to pieces with dry rot der
your feet This is the Republican idss.
The houest uep who remain in that
party, and thank God the number ahc
are o1ming out and who will come ont Of
it is very mighty one, ars powerlets to
resist the course Of plunder, outrage,
shame and corruption.
CORRUPTION NOMINATED ITS CANDIDATE
at Chicago, and corruption will sustain
its candidate at the polls. The speaker
referred for proof of this to the great body
Of the press that was once Republican
and that is now striving its host to save
this country from the hands of Blaine by
eleoting Grover Cleveland to the Presi-
deney.
After briefly referring to the third,
fourth and fifth rate parties running for
the purpose OF selling ont at the right
time, Mr.. Bsyard proceeded to arraign
the Republican party with trying to
array class against class in a country
where there should be no such thing as
CLASSES, but where, standing before his
government each citizsn ia entitled to
demand equality before the law as his
right. If inequality does exist, depend
upon 1t it comes from evil administration.
Any law which keeps mp an egregious tax
upon an article uIon which an
individual or q very limited num-
bsr OF individuals are engsged
produces such an inequality. Each msn
who is honest and obeys the laws has as
good claim upon the government for
protection as any other man. He referred
10 the Republican party claiming to
champion American labor and selecting
for the chairman of its national committee
Senator Sabin OF Minnesota, a contractor
for convict labor who, when his work
shops were burned about six months ago
transferred his s'hands" to place OF
safety in hand cuffs. He also instanced
Senator Hoar aud General Butler as loud
mouthed professors in this line and fol-
lowed 1t up by reading the advertise
ment for bids for convict labor lately
issued In Boston.
WILMINGTON MANUFACTURERS.
This, aaid Mr. Bsyard,i ia large manu-.
featuring country. A great body Of the
wealth OF our town is engaged in manu-
tsctures Of all sorts, very diversified, able
and valuable and which have no heartier
friend in the United States than myself.
care for you too much 10 be uncar did
and care for myself too much to be
unjust.
Let me give you one thought that has
struck me. To-day, under the invention
of human ingenuity, machinery has ex-
tended its power into manufactures more
widely, resulting in power to mauuiac-
Lure that ia almost incredible. Yon are
all familiar with the difference between
hand labor and what can bs accomplished
by msohinery. 1t is absolutely wonder
tul. Shoes are stitched By the hundred
pair In day by machinery where a
single pair could net be- stitched by hand.
Manufacturers are increasing and they
are centrslizlng, but the largest are not
the most profitable. For instance, |
heard the other day from source en-
titled to belief thai the profit of one OF
our great sugar refnsries upon barrel
of sugar Weighing 200 pounds wss rather
less than 16 cents, Nov, you know IL
you wanted barrel OF sugar brought
from the wharf you could not
possibly get 1t carried to your door for
finer making 81, 900 per day. How 7
By refining more than 5000 barrels Of
sugar. AS you expand the scale OF msnu.
faoture you can afford to decrease ths rate
of profit, and to the same extended scale
yon must increase the labor employed.
The manufacturer can make 100 barrels a
day with small number of men; to make
5000 barrels he must employ 6,000 men.
So that we see as the manufacturer ex-
psnds his ecsle OF production, the profit
being lesaened the scale Of labor employed d
must be increased The small rate Of
| profit will be compensated by the ex-
| panded scale of the product.
So we are increasing our product day
by day, but, ask you, where are you Il
find your markets for this growing pro.
duotionH
We have In this country 55, 900, ,00C
people, We are increasing them, moi
merely by the natural increase OF popu
lstion, but 100000 immigrants are
coming here every year. With thi;
growth of labor and growth Of produc
tion. the speaker asked what ia to be the
resultH We must find markets elsewher,
when our home market ia supplied
They tell US OF overproduolion. Can ther,
be too much wheat and corn grown; tot
much cotton too much Of Gods gifts fol
the benefit Of his people Is that rationa
sensible, true Certainly not. It is tina
there is some obstruction in the exohang,
Of these blessings. Dearths in som,
places ought to be supplied from tn,
plenty in others, but there is an obstacl
somewhere that comes in and checks tn
natural exchange between them.
In other countries men OF education
students Of political economy or men vel
instructed In the commerce OF the worl(
may oonsider and pass upon these things
In this country it is the common sense Q
the whole people that must settle thi
question. LaboF-saving machinery /
not confined to manufacturers II /
found in agriculture and has turned tn
great fields OF the west aud northwes
into immense manufactures Of wheat. W
are sending abroad annually $500, 600, 90
worth Of exports, more than seven
eighths of which were the fruits OF th
soil. Wheat two days ago in Baltimor
was selling for 50 cents per bushel