Telegram-herald., 1886-09-02

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arc-ellIurars. lle place flf tte .Ilaltafe a-
-.lru..irs. t.r tse World 5ls tle Republican pas.
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lelrlou lu enc Culel States Bat tleg
olsut h- able o. control tAt
firlilure market. of tae wor.l hr
l8a cana IL ha expected tHal oar ilrIllure tlel
casa eater lae l1aI stls oi Sllih Amefiea Elfope
and Asia Ulfn thcir prlluel .oaltl d1Wu wl d
rle Ulrieus ol d s1etllcl protective larll all
cllp.lc Hirl foreign lutitel'l1tr- hu1 obtain
tnelr materials Tree lrom al.a burirls. Invy
cannot lD 81. Last fear lile e ullcl states rA
polte,i bat tN1 ullllau i1.lar worth ot uu1ture
Eneu We ought Co have cxPJIlei lNeuly uue-
thaf amount aud uou q ll tht llauuiactlrcr
coa.d nave h5lalt hls materials il lAe cheapest
market
IaSe the farmers ol this district What does
the tarin 10 Id them uoes it help them "A
voice mo- mol lhc ue4utltiu effects uf pr1itc-
tlou have been sung ali ofeg tle west Dg li- kepQ1
ueau orators are He Ialcllrd ll che farIu lor
our fertile .uIl our uaNigalle rivers or our great
laSes Look ai TIE grear mass ui farm pI1IUtis
which lt4lrs fr0u lhe West CO the seaDoards uu
The East aud acruss the ocean three Thousand
n
uD,t rye the stream ot comm 1Iltes unl ui gold
and silver coming back % pay for them. enough
lo nll the farmer pocket hlu but doe he ever
get lu DO our farmers ever Eet ricnf Not Fcry
last. Are they 10. tAe most frugal, tnrifty aul
self-denyimg class of our Republic. They
most certainly are. Tie farmers comprise little
over one half the population Of the United states
since l.dJ. the farmers have increased theI
wealth four billion dollars. During the same
time the O.her half of our population have in
creased their wealth twenty three billion dollars.
1 fN4.arh hal laf
pouulatiOn increase their wealth SIX times more
| ihan the farmer ID it because they are more
economical 40 is 10 because they work harder
| than the farmer, No SIR they DO lot begin lo
| Work a. the farmer tolls What then. has
| become OF the farmers wealth. 10 has gone O.
the greedy callers OF those pampered
favOiiies OF the Republican party the projected
| mAnufac, ,urers Of the last. good share OF it
lGreat applause rns farm srs have been
bamboOzird and Hoodwinked into voting for the
very thing which Is their greatest curse With
one hand the Republican party have flung tue
farmer A miserable SOP u the shape OF .nrlff 0n
wool while with the other hand they have
puudered him without mercy. Applause
| That Is what the tariff does aud has been doing
| for the farmer
But the Republican parry with great JUNCTION
| exclaim: The tariff is established d protect
American labor from the pauper labor of Europe"
| II that is So. way don it protest IT, The bald
/ ing of factories aud the investing of money in
| machinery and the sale of The manufactured
product Is the business of the manufacturer The
| work of creating that finished product Is the
the East want no fl-egn com petition aud when it
comes theg make a terrible howl over IT, aud 20
down 10 Washington and get "a tariff The
| manufact1rinr end of il Is Then protected from
| f,raign cot-,t,-rtfinn. huf the iaporiug end
of il Is Open 10 comp-firien with
| the world Great applause When shey
want ~ mako money ouf Z the IN tnufacrure 81
.reel rails fnav nm hirh Tariff on tn.rn ; , "a.
| to nrtrti,sIlV' ekciudt the EngIi.h steel rails
| Bnt rbat same tariff don't exclu ie frhm this
| couutrV th,. English wOrkingrnan whDmakes th9Sa
| rsils - altblph IL We want ID lfnl,1rt English
sfcaf rails 80 are Obliped I'D nav "A heavy
| snfv ON them. the mannfacturer of rails III
ms country can import free OF cost the English
,,.,r-iuo1nal tn rn axe his rails Ahy7 b scauSt.
fh. FnslIsn steel rlls toupe.e with our rolling
| mills and with the money invested in them.
| rhte the English wOrkingman completes with
moi t,itle, ur tl. muscle of the American working
| man Tremendous aDplali>e and cheering
| What sight fl Is H. see THESE klud-hearted
Prpte .tioni,t, Offering themst Ives up as a sacrl-
| d.. for the benefit Of tue worxingincn When
Vas il that the laborers sat in the halls of
| Congress and made these lawS9 VINO consulted
| tnem abDnt this business Is this the la1Oru.
/ mans idea this protective tariff Last June
| lnND of them in Pbfaiei phia the home of pro-
| lection answered no The whole thing Is "a
| fraud aud a humDug. it Is established bg those
| who seek % put the bone. muscle aud suew OF
| this Republic under their thumbs in order that
| thev may line their pockets with dollars OF
course they established u. Why. With unInitigatrd
gail they tell us that they estaD ishei it IN order
maj The Door laD5ring man miSht get rich al their
expense How they do love him. Can 1t be
|
| .iI swallow such tafy Is that ] do not believe
| iC As Henry George says the protection the
| tariff gives "A iaborBg man Is the same kind of
| protection "A man would give his domestic ami
| mas A man protects mis- horse 50 that he
| may use him, ne protects his COW that
| he may mix her. and he protects
| his pig 30 thar. eventually, he may kill il aud
| eat IL. And the Republican doctrine OF protect
| ing American labor is the pig prOtec ion; his en-
| p0yer eventually eats HIM. bOig an spuL
| fGTeat applause aud Ia lighter Look ~ the co1-
| ditiOn of the laborers IN the mining regions Of
| protected Pennsylvania. Mr POwderly, during
a recent tor through that state, said that never
| before had he believed that such conditions eX-
| listed Men and womeH half nakei il-fed.
| broken down In mind aud body. aud in COngi-
| ton but htilc above the beasts of the field
I say If the capitalists. corporations and mDnOpO-
lists of the Fart casnot meet foreign competition
| much loss can the farmers aad WOrkingmen of
| Michigan meet IT, And when they tell me that
| this rotten fabric of protection has been gotten
no 10 benefit American labor, I say such claim
a. that Is Il fraud. delusiOn, and cheat. IA
| vOr a revenue tariff A tax l. bad enough any
way; aud it comes hard e iOugh 90 most of IL %
| pay ii. But when IN addition To paying n tax ia
| The Government. the Republican party say o. thC
people of this district You are buying goods too
| cheap. YOU must be protected. and we want You
% come down 10 help ont some Republican mill
| hOuaircs IN the East who want 10 get rich, ! say
that won't work, ana am opposed ID such doe
| trine as that, first last and all the time. Ire.
| meudOus applause Ne are told tnat ali Congress
| has got 70 do j. % say, htty cents a yard, and
| forty per cent. al rIi0rca,' and, presto change.
| not believe in the all-wisc power of the National
| Legislature % make Us rich by taxing us. And.
| as Adam smith has well said any statesman 0l
| legislator who undertakes 90 direct the people oi
| "A country as 20 what business they shall 20 into
| IS loading himself with good