Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-23


Wallace. of San Francisco The Cleveland
Guards. Del Vale Guards and Cleveland
Cadets marched with y torchligh, process
sion Of three hundred torches, accompanied
by a band Of music aud drum corps TO the
81. Elmo and escorted Judge Wallace up
Main street TO the Plaza thence To Temple
street, thence to the speakers stand ON the
corner Of Temple aud New High streets.
ON arriving at the stand the meeting was
called to order by stephen NJ white, Chair
man Of the Central Committee, when John
D. Bickneil. Esq, was called to the chair and
VIM. 3. Waters was chosen Secretary. The fol
lowing
were then named. Orange, n. y. Gardner
3 IN Juan Capistrano, X. Eagan; 1ustiii,
B Wall; Anaheim, Theo. Stanley; West
minister, !. T. Anderson; Los Nieio-. b.
Guirado; Downey, Y. ,. Kerns; Wilmington,
Geo beaver Santa Monici, y. G. Carriilo
Pomona, X. ~ Loucks; Azisa, Danl Reich
art; Los Angeles, l. W. Hellman, Hancock
Johnston, &. W. Schroeder, u. V. waldron, &.
y. Harper, Heury iirmmell, e. y. Rowan, II.
r. Coulter aud Worth Keene.
After few appropriate remarks by Mr.
Bicknell he Introduced Judge Wallace, who
was enthusiastically received By the i'm.
mense crowd Of people that blocked the
After Judge Wallace speech. which was
enthusiastically received, ". y. Heathm IN,
Esq, candidate for the Assembly was called
aud made telling speech for hal an hour,
which was well received. when the meeting
adjourned.
JUDGE wALLAcEs SPEECH.
Judge Wallace said In substance;
Ftliow Citisens NJ Los Angeles: The posi-
tion Of President OF the United States Is So
lofty that human ambition cin aspire to
nothing greater. II dwarfs kingly state aud
imperial grandeur. when citizen Of the
United State aspires to be lifted over the
heads Of his fellow citizens to that high
station, he ought to show that he has valid
claims to the honor, What claims has James
q. Blaineg His life for the last twenty ye YRS
has been spent In the full view of the pub
lie What has he done for the people that
they should make him their PresidentY
During the last twenty years the great qnes
tion Of the day has been the never ending,
all.absorbing contest between the people
aud the corporations. ON which side Of
that contest has Mr. James q. Blaine been
found2 II ever In anyepniroversy inyoly,
ing the rights Of the people on the one hand
and the claims Of corporations on the other,
Mr. Blaine has once by word vote or act.
taken the side Of the people, have yet to
ind II out. have searched his record and
| nnd that during his term In Congress, on
twenty occasions, the struggle between the
people and the corporations came to an
Issue. ON eighteen of these occasions, there
being votes enough TO carry the corpor ition
measures through, Mr. Bl tine lodged the
vote. On the other two occasions he voted,
and on one occasion, he spoke In behalf of
the corporations. ! do not desire to do In.
justice TO him or To any man But can fnd
nothing In his record which shows that he
ever opposed land grant, or q subsidy, or
a favor Of any kind TO the. greedy corpora
Al. a
domain and the public purse for the past
twenty years. II he ever did, should be
glad To be shown when and where and un.
der what circumstances he 80 acted Under
these circumstances, has not Mr.. Blaine
made u mistake In appealing Ia the people
Of the United States to make him President
Ought not that appeal to have been nd
dressed to ,he corporations, whose faithful
servant he has ever hecng
THE TAHITI.
But Mr. Blaine, and his orator. aud his
newspapers tell lis that the issue of the
pending campaign il Protection against
Revenue Reform. BE il so. Weaecept the
issue That the Republicans are high pro-
tectionists, that they believe high pro
tective tariff benefits the country, they adj.
init. That We. Democrats are revenue re.
formers, we also admit. Persons who are
equally ignorant Of the English language
aud Of political economy, cill us free trad
ers. hut you are too intelligent to require
to be told that there never was free trade
party in thi, country, and never can be, 81
long as substantial portion of the public
revenue Is raised from customs duties. We
are revenue reiormcrs We are what we
were forty four years ago, when the Demo
cratic platform stated that the Democracy
was inexorably opposed to fostering one in
duStry nj the cost Of the others, or one por
ton of the country at the cost of the other
portions, This platform was repeated In
isli, IN 1913, IN iS,2, and In 1855, in the same
"A. II ~.
creased strength In the platform OF 1875,
when on II, we elected Stmuel J. Tilden
President Of the United States by majority
of quarter of u million of the popular
vote. This Is the position Of the Democracy
today
now PROTECTION ORIGINATED,
The Republican protective tariff was first
enacted In ls6i-not for the purpose OF pro-
tecting American industries, but for the pur-
pose OF raising large revenue tn carry ON
the war. II was a war tariff II was passed
ON the express understanding that II was
war measure, to expire with the war. But
for that understanding II could not have be
come law. But, when the war ended, and
the time came to repeal the war mrih, II was
found that the manufacturers were too
strong for the people. They resisted the re-
peal Of duties which had made them mil
lionaires, and their lobby was so active, so
ingenious, so liberal, that they defeated all
attempts to reduce duties. They went fur
ther. They demanded an increase of duties,
on the impudent and fraudulent plea that II
was necessary to protect American labor
against the p1uper labor of Europe, and they
got II. Year by year, duties which ought to
have been reduced, were increased. The
people-who have no lobby-were unable to
contend against the m tnufacturers, who keep
well paid lobby at work, and the infsmy
grew stronger year by year, until now, In the
year OF grace 1884, candidate for the Presi-
dency, with the approval of the leaders of
AZ ~ n "A maj RI ha aalA Ian.
prudence, the monumental eHrontery, to
claim that the United Stites owe their pros
perily TO the fact that the people are taxed
for the benefit of n favored class, and to ask
the public to vote him into the Office Of Chief
Magistrate ON the ground that, once there,
he will use his best efforts to perpetuate the
most abomin tble and unjust system OF tax
ton ever imposed ON n free people
WHAT Is PROTECTION?
A protective tariff Is a scheme by which
the people at large are taxed for the beuefit
of u class In this country manuf ,cturers
receive the chief benefit OF protection In
Great Britain, II was the land owner who
was benefited, II doesn matter what class
Is the recipient of the benefit of protection,
the point Of the system is the same in ali
e tses-it Is simply the taxation OF a people
at large for the benefit of class. The effect
Of the protective tariff in this country Is to
throw the burthen of taxation ON the agri
cultural class, which comprises more than
facturers divide with the Government the
proceeds of taxes. A farmer or workm an
In this country has to buy everything he
needs in protected market. The average
rate Of duty imposed by this tariff Is 40 per
cent, Whenever u farmer or workingmsn
wants to buy 500 worth of goods, he has to
pay $li2 for them Part of the $li2 goes to
tue Government-whe the farmer buys i'm
ported goods; but when he buys domestic
manufacturers the extra s42 go to the manu-
fncturpr Is this lust?
HOW 1T BEARS ON THE POOR MAN.
Looking into the present high protective
tariff, which Republic ms assure MS is such
q blessing, we find that its practic Il effect Is
to throw the heavy taxes on workmen and
men of moderate means and to let the rich
mans luxuries escape with lighttax.
Thus, diamonds pay 10 per cent, but coarse
blankets 90ia per cent.
Point lace pays IS per cent, but the rate ON
clothing and medicines ranges from 81 to
240 per cent.
ostrich feathers pay 25 per cent. but cot
ton prints for poor women's dresses pays ~
per cent.
Marble stltuary pay) 10 per cent, but the
cheapest window glass pays 30 per cent,
Fine morocco lie ,ther pays 10 per cent,
bat coarse leather for workmens mits pays
30 per cent.
Fine dress goods pays 6Sia per cent, but
cheap dress goods pays 70 per cent.
Fine blankets pay 7lis per cent, but coarse
DlNllhela Si2 per cent
Fine tannels pay 61la per cent, but coarse
Il innels pay l0S per cent.
Fine hosiery pays 81 per cent, but coarse
hosiery pays s. per cent,
Fine wooden goods pay 60 per cent, but
cheap wooden goods S4la per cent
Fine WOODEN hats pay IS per cent, but
cheap WOODEN hats pay " per cent.
Fine cotton prints pay 81 per cent, but
cheap cotton prints pay IS per cent.
Fine steel chains pay 81 per cent, but IT ice
aud halter chains pay ~ per cent.
Fine iron wire pays IL per cent, but iron
re- for fencing pays II per cent,
Fine velvet tipcStry carpets pay 30 per
cent but cheap cIrpcts pay vi per cent.
All these heavy duties are levied for the
encouragement aud enrichment of eIstcrn
manufacturers. 1t has been estim tied that
by their operation farmers and workmen in
this country pay every year several hundred
millions directly to the manufacturers. And
you perceive that this enormous robbery Is
pr'ctlccd On the poor, not on the rich
ITS rRCTtCAL WORRYING.
A familiar illustration will show how the
Republic ~ protective tariff works In prac.
tice. farmer comes into Los Angeles To
buy hat and finds one to suit him for 10
cents. He has no money hut he has a bush.
Ell of wheat, raised with the labor Of his
hands, aud this happens to he worth 30
IIaf hss al .sut "a. 81. l.