The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-16
BLATNE ON THE TARTFE

Following is Mr.. Blaine's speech al
MassIllon, where he was met with en-
thusiAstic popular demonstration.
Men OF Ohio-In a procession of our
political opponents at youngstown re-
Gently there appeared q man and woman
in rags and apparent wTetchedness bear
ing the inscription, "This 10 what protec-
ton has done for u.s." (Oerisive laugh
ter). This was intended to typify and
denounce the results of protection in
Ohio. / want TO present the other side
OF the picture in Ohio. To day there
are $1,000 manufacturing establish
ments. They cost $500, 900, and they
turn out annually q product worth
$35O,000O0O. O0t of the results OF that
investment and that product OBJ
serve a great many people
in Ohio who are not in rags and not in
wretchedness. Laughter and great
cheering.l Thirty-five and forty years
ago the entire western country was call
ed upon as an agricultural community
10 oppose the protective tariff because
IL unjustly favored the manufacturer Of
the east. Then the manufacturing in
dustrles of the country had not travelled
westward until Ohio has become one of
the largest manufacturing states In the
Union. (Cheers.l And combining with
In herself great agricultural interest
and a great manufacturing interest, she
presents all the elements Of comfort and
material progress. Steadily as the agri-
cultural states become settled, manufac-
turers follow. Indiana, Illinois and
Michigan are coming on rapidly after
Ohio. Iowa, Kansas and Minnesota will
come along in due time, the result being
that the protective policy now upheld
by the Republican party operates so as
70 carry manufacturers Into every state
and ultimately into every county OF the
union. Il never was designed that one
part of the country should be perman-
emily agricultural and the other part
manufacturing. But II was designed
that agriculture and manufacturing
should go hand In hand [cheers1, and
wherever they go hand in hand, you
have thrift, progress and happiness re
newed cheeringl. II this industrial sys-
tenn, which combines the highest ele-
ments OF human prosperity by uniting
the agricultural and misunderstanding in.
terests, IL worth preserving, you should
not forget that since 1888 the Democrat
ic party in congress has never sustained
by ITS vote q protective tariff, not once.
We are met with the accusation
that q protective tsriff Injuries the
commerce of tho country. The an
swer TO II is, since the protective
tariff was enacted In 1861, the exports
from the United States have been vastly
greater in amount and value than all the
exports from the first settlement of an
English colOnist on this continent, down
to the inauguration of President Lincoln.
Great cheering think that is worth
repeating. lYes, yes.l If you take
every export that was ever made from
the the territory which now constitutes
the United States from the time of the
settlement of jamestown and Plymouth
Rock, In 1907 and 1920, clear down to
1860, and add them together they fail by
several thousand million dollars to be as
great In amount as our exports from
1861 this time. Renewed cheering. 1
So that the assertion that the protective
tariff binders the development OF the
commerce of the country is not only
dIsproved by the facts, but directly
the contrary is true. Ohio speaks
her voice on Tuesday next. This dis
trict vii have the opportunity to speak
her voice and say whether one
of the most brilliant sdvocrtes OF pro
lection that ever served In congress shal
be returned. [Cheers for Mckinley.
With the opportunity to Vindicate byVoui
votes the splendid experience which
Ohio has had in developing her agricul
tural and manufacturing interests TO
gether, 1t is for you. the men of Ohio
while the nation looks on to record yoa
opinien and your Judgment. 1 thAnl
you for your cordial reception and BIZ
| you goodbye.
When Mr.. Blaine ceased speaking tn
great audience burst into q storm @
cheering and shouting, which lasted sew
eral minutes