The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-13
TARIFF REFORMERS.
SENTIMENTS PROCLAIMED By SOME
LEADING FREE TRADERS.
An Attack All Along the Linz Against
Protection Views Of Frank Hvtsl and
Others Henry Ward Beecher Re
ceived with Loud Applause.

| that whether it were trus or not that GER
tain branches of industry had been more
rapidly developed by protection than they
would otherwise have been. yet they main
tanned that protection has ceased to pro.
tect The speaker paid his attention to the
| various protected ind ustrie-. In conclusion,
| Mr.. Wells said:
| There are. in my opinion, two ways Of re-
forming the tarlfi-one by patches and
| plasters, stopping up a hole for fraud here,
| relieving some special industry there, en-
| larging the free list but leaving the general
system unaltered The other Is by recogniz-
| ing the fact that the tariff as at present
| consi,titutei Is an efficient bar to the dis
| pc al of a surplus product that domestic
| consumption is not adequate to take; that
| as long as this state Of things last We are to
| have no healthy growth on any thing, but
| spurts OF prosperity. which are In the nature
| OF reactions from extrama depression.
| would advise the al 7ocates of tariff re-
| form to press at once for the doing by con-
gress of some simple things which would
amount to a recognition of the necessities
of the country and establish principle.
| The debate took wide range after the
election of J. Sterling Morton pre- 'ident
! and the complete organization Of the con-
| vention. Mr. Morton, in his remarks, said /:
Free traders called cranks were
| they who favored free ionl of the slaves.
Before emancipation the African was 100
| per cent. slave but the American con-
! sumner il only a little behind. He is rs per
cent. slave, made SO by the tax We
| hold that the government has no sonsti-
| tutional right 10 TAX exHep Tor the pur-
| poe OF getinhS nl,'h,N mo ane lre"-nl
WI. Wa.n "niou , ~ AZ othsr nu pny
s . ami II, i,,st and sbouli ba Mt.
| terly abolished This Is the gospel Of the
| new abolition. We have made man free in
| America, We have made the press free
| Shall Wa not also have free commercef
| Henry J Philpott itor of the free trade
| publication, tue h'lh'n' OF DDS Moihes'
and the western SECRETARY OF me Amsricah
| Free Trade league. 'ah hs was uapNy 10
| announce 'hat IN tho "rs1 tne ifes lra''e
movement had gone bsyond any detaiisd
| report ns to income. expenses cluos organ
'zei ana so on no eia''nea 1oal 1le s1rehscn
OF the Tree traders was SHOWN IN tne recent
e'eetioh IN IOWA, NM D,'al '"ey heiu 'ne
balance OF power IN Men, gan.
at night lien d. NJ. lrnhpuil saia ne was
| urea OF nearing I'll ene ihtant ihuust,ie
which must Do noutisne1. strange tha'
| these lntaht industries never coma Oh age.
ihey are Always pulins anu weak. ny
poor httio iron INDUSTRY i. Guy Nv year o'u.
| inc general was sorry MS parry hau liiaue
snch orii,laht record IN aoo'i,n'h? human
slavery oh,y 10 aollcn'e u, "'ii'e II, ''s Oh
age ana become conservative "hen COM
|
the Demorraue party MAJ .a'ied 10 grasp
| the opportunity "hich hs rinh'' weakness
gave ~. - nelleVe thht aaf'1 reform VIII
| come shio 'ne Senei"'' a,'' 'h'i' '''o ise'
pupiichi par'y "hi piih' IT, ,,--,.,.
FRANK lNlri cioaeu 'he froceeiiis' WIN
speech !" when heu'cin'ei 'iit' 'he o,'Veu
states was losing a vast ioreish 1raue py
rrotectioh "eprolu'e' ne saiu' 700 muca lor
homelcohsuihptioh' ana because OF the tarih
WIN Ehelhh' anu o'her countries
Tor Inc 'raue OF the worin
| The tariff he SAID made tne workmen pay
o. !or an aroe'o 1na' wouli COSY nlli pu' .!
WIN Tree traue ana All 'he ao'ahIa9e Vi
obtaining highef wages was mus ios1 even
where the wages wore Twice wv, as nigh as tney
were ABROAD ne sa'u: Inc presioeht Oh o one
knights oil LABOR asserts mat l,ooo'ooo
OF men are wiling 70 WORK ont can NOT 90
tam employment. OVer-production Is the
reason assigned by frotectionists' but that
| IS only another phrase Tor hlhiteu demand
IAN the manufacturer protect MS nome
market LOT hlmsei' NO. lhe IA" restricts
tnehi hpSoiu6eiy 10 inc Ahieflcah 'iarkeo
anu they can get no otner.
Ihursday the convention assembled al ~
O'Clock win iar3er at1enuahce IMAM on
Wednesday. Inc president announced that
the first thing on the programmes was the
reading OF paper on the Iron industry
and Its Relation to the Tariff" by
to refute the assertion that England
became the first iron manufacturing
country of the warli under pro-
tective tariff, by asserting that England
never was great exporter OF IRON until she
adopted iree traae poIicy IN io'o. Ac.
corning 10 oonereS'n'a" ie"'Gt, 'ue largest
iron ~ srnia ia " t'uw eSefy