Evening journal., 1888-08-23
Thurman atPort Huron
A Grand Ovation Given the Old
Roman.
HETALEs TARIFF TO THE CROWD

An Immense Tlsrong Awaits His Arrival
The Town cafly Decorated Their.
re Immediately launches Into ia.
1a~iaeus OF the Dny--A Pleasant speech
PoRT HURON, Mica, Ang. a2-T14e run
of the Thurman party frosR Oakland herr
was marked by nothing Of greater pcbiie
Interest than salutatoas frozn. tho shore. She
vice presidential candidats responding with
wave Of his hat Congressman Whiting
pointed out the various objects OF interest
10 Mr. Thurman. Just altar the start fha
yacht Robert A. firod a salute that WA al
anost lost in the deafening 0sse@r attcRAifg it.
AS Port Huron was reached the sigwof a
great days demonstration sfspeared. Crowds
were waving handkerchises aud Aaeering
Justify, residences were respondent in bunt-
sng and flags, boats in evrry direction blew
their whistles, and Port HwrUn and pande-
moniun seemed one.
At the landing the reception WIS an ova-
lion to make any statesmaw proyd The bic
crowd proceeded atonce to tn park wheri
the speeches were TO be made On being In.
trpddoed Judge Thurman saids
LADIES AND GESTLEaEN--Wii vou kindly
allow me to keep my cap oas Cries OF yes
sir. y am afraid That this cold north wind
might do me some harm IL went bare
beaded, and although ana pSrfecty willing
TO uncover my head before the people j
don't want 10 break down a. tise beginning
OF The campaign Cries Of Good Gooil
Keep i onl" and eueersD My friends, this
- the first time in my lifs tAat have hal
abe honor OF speaking N your state. have
been invited again and again, bat have
never been able 10 accept ssy Invitation be
IL AK
60 be able to udiress yon to-Any l do 50
lecaase | know what m energetic, enterpris
ang and intelligent popthatiaa Michigan
CONTAINS, and ! know too tAaA yrar penpl
are taNnig the deepest interest in the ours
tons tha1 are being discas ea ths year Ii
The brief time that shall speak | shall oc
c1py myself IN tialy with one OF those quss
tious | shall 10 so because 1t is tAu5 i
which 80 much interest rs now takeu, une
npou which so mucn is being said b} speak.
ers, by writer's and through the phisic press
The question b sxliicn alGula1 is com
monty lied the tariff question prosuni
there Is not a person Nilnla ale sound OF ms
voice waa does nos know whA4 Is meant b.
asie L X a n yei.t may aid ns to-day il }
give "a c.ear aid precise dedAcoa Of what {
u. f is
IA Fl, my friends, Is nstsag in The
" tI3N DAe "A itA-~-lH LAX ttFtfu o. tht &hltihi
Ruvernnsp4 upon evefF arsScae OF commerce
L.lAL canaes into the Unea Staies aud thai
l. Intended for sale within sur borders, which
inssan " raises tic price or tha artiulos, and
tlere.ore b+comei tax sr a burden upon
the people for every article " aemegtic man
uIac.n.s o the like nature wlth those which
pay the tariff tax. Now We have az this mo.
ment, according to the last nSvicss thot ]
have seem about Sli5 O01,G09 In she nationa
Treasury called surplus revenue; that Is, tax !
collected from Che people beyond the necesst
ties of The governments. Those Sli5, 0Ja, O9l
arc lying partly i1.e Ia the vaults of Che
treasury Of The United States, Of no ser.
vice 20 any human being, drawing no inter
est, earning no profit, but taken from Che
pockets Of the people, where taey properly
belong, and who're, il They wsru now found
thousi as and tens of thousands AM hun
drcds OF thousands of the people Of ths
United States woald put thom to good use
and improve their condition aad prosperity
iAppanse H
just think Of IL Tor one motneut We ar
told that high tariff maRes a country
richer, as if it wore possible to mako n coun
try rich by oppressively nxi@g it's peoplo
Amt that a new way 70 make a man rich
70 run your hand into HIS pocket and tax,
out what you had there4 dAu8htar) Anc
that without any just reasan whatsoever fol
doing So Amt that a singsa2ar way 70 make
any body rcal Aud /. thst il precisely Tia,
plan that those folks advocate whoa the,
tell us thar the country h 70 bs mad,
wealthy by means Of high taxation Again
they have the audacity TO sac saaat ths tariff
tax Is not paid by tAo'consa@szv Of the arti
cles which are taxed. Way, IL Tao con
sinners Of take articles do A@A paE, woul,
iike G., know who does "a veics $50 woul,
I, AMI cheeSl
It4s curious fact, ana oas sd tho wors
things abolt this tariff tax. that while th
government gets 81 resulting from ths tax
dom sstic manufacturers geo e5, as it Is hes
estimated, that never goes late tho treasur
at all How does this haPpsns A ma
called an importer brings goods into On
United States 60 bc sold. He cannot sell
yard az a pound until he pays the tariff tax
He pays Il therefore, and then sel 5 it Go th
mervha st. OF coure be must get CHS tax bac
IN tine prize for which no sells, or he woul
lose ais moneg. His business would brea
vi, at once Therefore. he puts the tax o
original cot 81 gods and with tho cost Z
transportation aud bis reasonable CONNER
cal prohf, be ssls the goods Go the mei
chant The merchant sells 70 tho retail mel
chant, and oi clgrsa this tax which outere
into tue p.cs continues IN the price, and I
il is ailei tls profits OF the merchant. The
the retail merchant sells 30 you, and
course he mus get the tax in his price. Il
otherwise b would sall for less than be CAV
Tor the goods, ANA no man would CONSENT
that. There efe the tax is put Ia WHOM q
cloth for instance, Is sold 70 yea, and ia III
price YOU pay this retail merchant. Yo
pay the whole Of the tariff tax, the imnori
crs' profits, the wholesale merchants prof
and the retail merchants proats, baside Il
Interest OF their money.
The amount Of dutable goods imporse
into She United States IN 1887 was in val,
$3.50 000, 900 in round numbers. Tho duti
objected Ga these goods, ths tariff tax wei
&2l2, 100000 ana a fraction Therefore.
that single year a tax was levied on Il
people Of the United States BY III l. eporati,
of the tariff law Of s2i3. eae Gee aud a FRA
ton VIII ch went into the Federal trsasur
But tha, as l have told yew. was the least
the bu den. The domestic manufactur
Of tae sane kind of commadihiAm that ye
amounted to S. 1863, 000, 900, anA as the pri
ri those goods was raised by the tariff
nearly or equal properties to tbs price
the goods that were imported, the amou
which the people paid BY r@asen Of the
high prices Of what they had BE- bwy or b
10 nse amounted 10 81, 0e0, eea. zee, that
about five times as much as the tax recaiv
Inv the uoVei-nutauf for the a.0.ua ~ fha ~,