The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-02-02
"OHI0."
uon. M. D. Harter's Response to
this Toast,
At the Great Tariff Reform Dinner a' the
Metropolitan Opera House, new
York City January Il.
Full Report.

nnon this occasion, but loIIun@vIiy ~ ~
I'm Greatness will overcome the ue-
Sciane,es of him who speaks 1or heI
+oni1ht Ohio in the past mas not oeen ~
t~;tbo,,t vJ influence upon her sister STATES
nd in the coming struggle Tor a oeVte5
sns a of taxation she WILL Do Iouhu %
t 1nt tar behind the great State OF NeM ES
Wnr,- IN demanding commercial l5oe
5oUn and emancipation for her mus
t.;ns and for her working people ArVln
the t,e9 grasp of monopoly and the chainS
of industrial slavery. . ord for the
THE Ohio idea this season anu anu, 40 "a tne sHe
years to come Is to limit taXaSloll S w w N49
Smallest proportions posslple anu ~ W "
Sanoand that all the money taken from
tbe meonle shall go into the puphc Treas,
Sn0 gthere was a time when very
Ea:rectable portion Of our people
;aa%;nsd that the way to wealth was
h1 fhe nath of the printing press pro-
D;ded The supply of green ink and oank Nui
note naper could be kept up; out Olllo
bos not as vet fallen so low mentally as
IN To- subscribe to the doctrine thai she
can become rich by taxing herseu: 30
long as she supposed thaS ~ =" se9o1i Io1 ~ q
tax upon wool she was aole W lay so,.ry ILL.,
llta upon her sister states, an SUI
to saw. a very large ana otl OF WIS., lse
respectable body of her cltizens s. were 9s,
wiling TO reap the prohts Oh sucn loU,
bery; but, gentlemen, WhaEHea @ ,i you
NAV say of the average b9ckeye' ;Ii y9IiH
cannot truthfully declare VhaI ne VII,
inpIy or for a very lone 'lin
SbS1ts S his eve to the chance, ano
fbe the people of Ohio are coming
70 see very rapidly that for every u'lIlal
+ba Tariff can bring into OHIO IL taxes
ten dollars away from US. III !liG Iace
Sor r rohhpry. or as Bastiat puts 1t heclp-
rOcoI Ranine we have discovered thal
nDT % %hret6ren of New England and our
neiphbors in Pennsylvanla-the otdte
r,bIcb II is an honor to come from anu
always proper to move out o1-are too
Sbrexd for MS. and that we always come
Ont of the small end OF the funnel, OF,
IN otber words. we are tieeced even
1nbon ~ % irving to protect the tieeces %hlch
rrroyy nnon our sheep. We grow freA-
SaOts oIt in Ohio, but confess that IN
+ba maninulation of the machinery lot
Tobhing the people so often spoken OF
as nTjr0tection" we are far TOO duli anu
ronch foo ignorant to compete Win our
foIIow citizens in the East, and we are
now quite ready to give up the unequal
struggle. , .Lo4 g..
eyery cent OF additional income W ene
state growing out of the tax upon Wool,
if indeed wool would not sell Ior pegteI
nrices if the tax were taken OH, collars
Are taken from our pockets, ana those
oF ns who have no higher motive are
becoming Tariff Reformers III oruer W
keep out of the poorhouse.
But. Ohio, gentlemen, is becoming as
ranidiy as could be expected Iarln
Paform State from principle, and TO-
dav if the strength of party discipline
coi,ld he broken and the people uttered
Their sentiments and convictions at the
ballot box, the majority for moderate
tariff reduction, yes for Immediate re-
auction would be large enough TO sur
nr;sa some of us who live in the state,
So long as the Republican part IS IN
SSch decided ascendency in ONO as IL
10 now and so long as it has a taVorlte
con or two in that party whichit would
i;Ie m mt into the Presidency az
IWoshinpton. where he could, as IN days
of yore give about all the Othces IN
fbe limited States worth the having to
mo S111 nafriots so long will the real opin-
ION of Ohio be misjudged on the ques-
ION of tariff taxation But the world
,Dooves gentlemen, and while ONO is
r--ooter than the world even with the
State of Rhode Island thrown In, 1t is
roovino too. and wnere one man year
nTo was thinking of tariff taxation as
a burden. three Ohio men now are will
no to GET up at midnight if necessary
~ work for its removal. A year ago,
link I am safe in saying, the average
Ohio man considered it a rellef TO De
ebie to damn the railways and gas com
nanies as monopolies, but tomlght tne
recording angel must note down at
least a dozen curses heaped upon tne
exactions OF the present tarlH system
where breath of blame is poured OUT
AGAINST gas company, notWlthstand-
i2S the fact that our Ohio gas compan-
iaS dixie New York monopolles OF the
came Gov kindl charge consumers for two
Fsat Ssat every time they burn one, and
doIhIe rates when the family is in the
conntry and the house uninhabited.
I take it to be healthy sign OF the
limos that this very winter in nearly
very o1 school house in Ohio the tariff
e,,,osfion is being debated as the lead
No vital issue before the people, and
I,Sile In a wear ago scarcely Democrat
newsna1er mnr in Ohio published ten lines
q month upon the tariff issue, now col
E,nns q ms @of facts and arguments in favor OF
radnced tariff taxes are poured out
yeakIv in every one of our % counties.
5TSis change has been brought about
,,;tbin ;tio one wear, and more than thlswhlle
y yaar AGO it took courageous DEM
" "crat if IN politics, 10 declare in broad
dow i;ght and above his breath that he
S,ae mon the side of the Lord and the
oeonje on the tariff question, now every
han han of any influence or reputation in
+Sa the narty in the State is a Tariff Re-
former and wants every body to know
it too. ..,. Ia = l,,l,o,vorr,
support in many parts OF the STATE, ne
now has the united and hearty supporg
of his entire party, and 1t is douotrui
If Andrew Jackson could rise up ana
noll as many votes in Ohio as GroVer
Eleyeland will get in 1883. For a g0od
share of this revival, shall we call IT
Conversion, we have to thank the Wlde
c;rcuIation in Ohio of the press OF the
o;tv of New York, and especially OF
tbst model tariff reform newspaper, pub
TsHsd Gs in n hot bed of protection, the
11SI 1p1ShIiIsdelnhia Record. 1t is true that SO
abla a man as Senator Sherman would
SoHe S the country think that Ohio is
naner IN he taxed, and that all we han
IS IaS q fter ont there is free tobacco and
obss" Nhisky, but tell you, gentlemen,
cn1"E stn mistake. and the men who
Save Siaio TODAY the confidence in the high
nS'S nst deSree Of the people of Ohio, are
Dot DSS tSe men who are shouting and
HUS w"rk;pv i'm; for the continuance Of the pro-
tsetiye f system. have the honor
of S1'f' Wv;nc across the street from