Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-29
BLAINE.
He Reaches New York in Damp
Wentbpr.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-At Port Jeryis, Blaine
spoke as follows: This town is the center OF
railway industry, and Iwant to call the at.
tentlon OF the railway men, who do me the
honor to listen to me, to the fact that when
the Republican party came into power In
the milton. there were not $1,000 miles OF
railway in the country. That was twenty
three years ago. There are now nearly 120,-
900 miles. and the railway industry is not
merely the capital employed in running
trains but the general employment of men
has increased in even larger proportion
than the four-fold ratio mileage of the roads.
Is there any man here who doubts that that
outgrowth of the railway system of the
country Is simply an accurate measure
OF the growth Of the industries OF the
country Industries. whose growth was
stimulated by protective tariff?
see before me men engaged In the various
avOcstions; some OF you in the railway bust
ness, some OF you In manufactures and some
you IN farming but there Is not one OF
you whose prosperity is not effected, not one
whose fireside Is not reached by the infiu
ence of a protective tariff Men speak OF the
city OF New York as interested In free trade
because II Is great commercial metropolis.
Why, there are five men, do not know but
might safely say that there are ten men. in
the city Of New York whose bread
depends ultimately upon protective
tsal tss ..a to every ten who depend SIgS,, SSgSS,R
of speaking of commercial cities as though
they hash Interests antagonistic to the pro-
tective system, but New York never had so
vast a commerce as she has had since pro-
tectiye tariff has been IN full operation. and
from New York have more than doubled
all that she had exported from the time
when the first Dutchman set foot on Man.
haitian Island down to 1861. Prolonged
the protective system If 1t injured any
OF the great interests OF the country,
but the fact is that there was never time
when agriculture, manufacture and com
merce went forward SO rapidly Or 9r w,.h 1rnits3 SO
States during the last twenty-three years,
under the operation Of protective tarih.
Al Middleton Blaine, in the course of HIS
remarks, said: II have just returned from
a long tour through the great prosperous
States OF the West, OF Ohio, Michigan, Indi-
ana, Illinois and Wisconsin, and every.
where 1 found Republicans strong and
in New York. II you haye had any differ
ences in yonr own ranks; II there have been
any little dissensions. trust that you will
forget them and that there will be but one
Republican party in the State of New York.
PATTERsoN, MI, Oct 2s.-There was an
immense multitude awaiting the arrival of
the train here, certainly not loss than 40, 600
persons. Blaine spoke briefly. A short stop
was made at Rutherford Park, and then at
about O'Clock the train ran into the depot
at Jersey City. The Ferry Company had p.o-
vided special boat which carried the party
to the foot Of 23d street, whence they were
driven to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where
Elkins, Senator Hale and Mr.. Blaine's wife
and daughter were awaiting him. 1t is six
weeks since Blaine left Augusta. In that
time he has travelled by rail more than 5000
miles, and made from ten to twenty-nine
speeches per day. He Is in excellent health
and spirits, even better than when he start
ed. The run from Elmira to-day, 272 miles,
was one OF the longest made In any one day.
At 10:30 tomorrow Blaine will receive q
convention Of ministers at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, witness parade In the afternoon and
attend Delmonico dinner In the evening.