The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-26
CONVINCING ORAToRY.

The Democratic campaign speakers
this year are not, as rule, INDUCING
in fowery flights of elequence and
high-f1owD oratory; blu; they are doing
some mighty good plain talking, of q
kind which the people like and which
they can understand and appreciate.
The "Old Roman" has not been orator
ical in any of his addresses. but in all of
them he has been logical, has gone
straight to the mark and has been con-
vipc!pg in homely, honest sort of
way.
We have before US the printed copy
of a speech delivered last week
by Assistant Postmsster-General
Stevenson to his old constit-
uents at Shelbyville, Indiana.
We take it that the effort was not
Websterian or IngersolIian in the de-
livery, but it is straightforward and
unanswerable in the matter, and must
have had convincing effect on the
minds of at least all his intelligent
hearers. 1t was just such an address
as would appeal to the conservative,
thoughtful men, and win votes among
the Influential class of a community.
1t would be better for both parties if
they would employ speakers who
would not resort to the hifalu-
tin Fourth-of-July oratory, but
keep to argument and reason.
A voter gained by convincing his
judgment may be tied to, and he is
ever after a careful and intelligent
worker for the party. Logical and
augmentative all through, General
Stevenson deals with the issues of the
campaign, chiefly the tariff, and avoid.
ing claptrap and the tricks which
popular speakers practice to gain ap-
plause at the time, makes it plain why
the men of this country should support
the Democratic platform and ticket
intead of the Republican. After giving
a history of the various tariff laws of
the Republic from the first, in 1889.
down to the present war tax,
and plainly pointing out the evils
and hardships they have brought
upon the people who have been
kept poor that the monopc-
lists might be made enormously rich,
General Stevenson pays his respects
to the Republicans pet child, the
trust" which is the direct result OF
the tariff. A paragraph on this part OF
the subject will be read with interest:
What are these so-called trusts? Sim
ply combinations entered into between
manufacturers for the purpose of increasing
the cost of an article to the consumer by
limiting the supply. How are they enabled
to do this? A high protective tariff cuts off
competition from abroad, and thus enables
the home manufacturer to absolutely control
But for high tariff, these trusts,
combinations, cOnSpiracies against the
people would be impossible. These hateful
are the legitimate offspring of
system OF legislation which. under the name
of protection" enriches the few at the ex-
pense of the many. Let me give you an
The sugar trust has ate y adj
vanced the price to the consumer from one
to two cents per pound One cent per pound
upon the sugar consumed in the United
States gives thirty-one million dollars ad-
ditionsl profits to the monopoly trust"
This trust is made possible only by the high
tariff on sugar. The lumber trust. by which |
every mans shingles and boards are arbi- |
trarily taxed, is made possible only by the
high tariff tax on lumber. The salt trust.
by which the price of this necessity is
taxed, is made possible only by the high
tariff tax on salt.