, 1885-11-13
The Free Traders In Session.

The following resolutions were then
adopted; That the chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee be the chairman of the
national committee. That members OF
the committee from the various states be
ehairmen for the various srate commit
tees, and that they be vested with author
ity to call state conventions and form state
organizations. That the executive com.
mittee be authorized to complete the ma
tional committee by appointing members
for the states not included in the report.
The report Of the committee on resolu-
tons was subjected to much discussion.
Only minor amendments, however. were
made. It was adopted as follows:
We submit to the people of the United
States that a continuance Of the war
tariff, with the duties averaging AZ per
cent on over l,400 articles of domestic
consumption, and a much higher specific
duty On many crude materials, has pro-
longed the evils of war in times Of pro-
found peace and has been the principal
cause of the commercial and industrial
depression Of the recent years, by forcing
labor and capital from naturally prulita-
BILE into improbable lines of business and
by adding to the cost Of production. 1t
has decreased the common productive
capacity OF labor and capital and thereby
reduced both wages of labor and profits of
capital; has provoked antagonists between
labor and capital, against which our great
natural resources and our free institutions
should have protected us and hampered
u power to compete with other manu-
featuring nations in the markets OF the
world and so DISTRACTED national progress
and Development. 1t has destroyed
many branches of business, and has kept
our people from engaging In other
branches of business which would have
given increased employment to labor, by
preventing our buying from nations will
ing to buy from us, and by provoking a
relation in like spirit instead of promoting
a friendly reciprocity it has INSTRUCTED the
consumption of our agricultural and man
ufactured products by other countries, and
has driven our commerce from the seas.
By impairing u domestic power to buy,
it has prevented a full development of our
inter state commerce, and reduced the
legitimate profits of traffic, and has driy.
en- into bankruptcy a large number Of our
transportation companies, and made do
nestle traffic more costly. In short. tax
ing by force the earnings of one class OF
men to enrich another class.
We invite all who oppose the abuses of
the present tariff to join us in promoting
the immediate steps of political tariff re-
form, which we believe will increase
wages, diminish the frequency of strikes,
develop business and restore our flag to
the seas. We therefore urge upon con
gress for action at the ensuing session:
First, That under no pretense shall any
countenance whatever be given to any at
tempt to increase protective duties.
Second, That articles which are at the
foundation Of great industries should, in
the interest of labor and Of commerce, be
freed from duty.
Third, That on products from such ar
ticles duties SHOULD at least be correspond
inGly reduced so that protection, real or
nominal, to manufacturers shall not be
increased, and that consumers shall have
immediate benefit of the reduction.
The announcement hat Henry WarA
Beecher would speak at the evening ses-
sion attracted an audience that packed
Central Music hall to its fullest capacity.
Previous to Beecher's appearance, Day-
il A. Wells. president of the Free Trade
League, delivered an address.
Beecher was greeted with enthusiastic
applause. He declared himself in favor
OF a no-tarif-at all Protection was the
'%'iugClery of the devil. If the politi-
clans were statesmen, protection would
die a natural death in spite of the devil,
but the politicians were not statesmen.
They were vote mongers." There is no
tariff on men, said the speaker. He won.
dered if Protectionists We're thinking OF
lettering the situation by placing a tariff
no imported pauper labor. This country
was non exporting, and yet it was O
large exporter, too, of religion. We SEM
millions to heather countries to instil
Christianity, while the article went begging
at home. and when individuals from thos,
benighted countries came to our shore.
to be nearer the fountain head We NEE
them with curses and stones. The audi
ence were listening with the most strained
attention when the speaker in CLOSING
paid tribute to the liberty that had found
ed the government that had freed III.
slaves and which woull remove every ba
to its commercial grandeur.
Sent to Prison for Life.
OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. Eight youn.
men hitherto esteemed respectable. wer
Yesterday found guilty of rape, and wer
sentenced to life Imprisonment. Tn
scene in the court, while sentences wer
being pronounced was agonizinR
New York Notes.
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