St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-06

his hearers to turn their attention to other pro-
auctions In which they will have no competition.
Wheat TO day is cheaper than 1t has ever been
before. See toit that your transportation Is
equally as cheap. The speaker next re-
ferred to the tariff, which he de-
fined as toll placed upon the
productions of foreign countries. The farmers
and laborers OF this country should see to it that
no foreign food should be brought into this coun-
try without paying toll, and in this connection
he said that there not railroad on earth
that Disseminated against foreign production
Our remedy Is y home market. There is no such
thing as over production, but there is such
thing as too much under consumption. Under
consumption means that You cannot get enough,
and 70 illustrate this point he said he was
wooden manufacturer On his way west he saw
n man with several patches on his pants That
man was an under consumer of the productions
OF his mills. All these evils can be reIneded by
law. Soc to it that your laws are so framed that
by no trick device can the price OF the neces-
stiles of life be raised by unholy combinations.
Your railroads need regulating. But it is said
that the railroads are making no money. Tn is
ia true. Why is it trueg Look at the low prices
of Your productions. In 1868 they were nearly
double what they are now, and at that time the
passenger rates were three cents per mile, and
the railroads made money. To-day your produc-
tions have been reduced one-hslf. but the rates
of passenger travel on railroads remain the same
as they were in 1863, and why cannot they make
money? 1 viii tell you. Because the railroads
about own the railroads. Laughter. The stock
holders have nothing to do with it. Tho roads
are run by middle men under the guise OF the
''Star Line the ''White Line the s'Blue Line"
and l may add the "Black' some
other line. They make skin bargains
with the railroads, who in
turn make skin bargains with tho producers.
Scratch the back of one OF these middle men and
you hardly fail to find under his skin one of
the stockholders OF the railroads. These men
produce nothing. but they ruin the railroads aud
they ruin you. They not men who live by
honest toll There is no one more responsible
for these evils than the farmers themselves.
You have the power and the remedy in your own
hands. You don't vote for yourselves. You
get split up in the fancied notion that you mnst
stand by your party, whether it be the great
Democratic party or the grand old Republican
party. Resolve TO stand more to either party
Emancipate your business In life from these
great wrongs. Study and understand your
wrongs and then vote together to
emancipate yourselves. Do not listen
to political cant-stand togethersnd vote together
Let go these party claims and vote for your
selves. The general concluded by saying that
if what he had said was good take il home with
you anu ponder over it, il what he had said was
wrong it could be quickly found out.
As the general closed his address Col. King
called for three cheers for Gen. Butler which
were given with all the power of thousands Of
voices after which he was escorted TO his car
rage and driven down TO the city, where he ad-
dressed an immense audience in the evening.