Smyrna times., 1888-09-05
Protection in Delaware.
CHARLES H. TREAT AND ]. FRANK
BACON, EsQs., ADDRESS A REPUB-
LICAN MEETING.

Charles H. Treat and J. Frank
Bacon, secretary of the Republican
State Committee, addressed the Young
Mems Republican Club at SeafOrd,
Tuesday evening, in the hall of the |
Knights of Labor Eli r. Sharp pre- |
sided, and the meeting was largely at |
tended, among the auditors being a
number of Democrats who wanted to
be entertained, if not instructed. Mr..
Treat spoke first.
He discussed the benefits of the pro-
tective tariff to the farmers and truck
ers of this Peninsula. What a stimu-
lus its provisions had been to advance
real estate; the immigration that had
been tempted here to invest in land for
fruit culture he attended to the large
lumber interest that is now protected
| by the tariff at 81 per thousand feet
against Canadian lumber; he showed
| that the 100 steam saw mills of Sussex
produced nearly 50,OOO,0OO feet, and it
was largely sawn into box board
material which were sent to the glass
| factories of New Jersey; that this in
dustry employed in the woods, in the
mill and transportation over 1000 men
and its value represented the amount
of nearly $4,000,000. If the tariff was
removed the Jersey market would be
captured by the Canadians, the price
of stumpage would be reduced one
half and two-thirds of the mills be idle
and thus lose to its owners more than
one half of their value.
He referred to the production, if the
round and sweet potato crop, amount
ing to nearly 100000 barrels on which
there was a protective tariff of fifteen
cents per bushel, formerly it was twen-
ty-five cents.
Mr.. Treat asked what would be the
result if the markets at the North were
shut off by the closing of the factories,
the turning adrift of the operators OF
the goods they now made were sup
piled by the poorly paid labor Oi
. Europe? Why should not the people
of Delaware sustain that policy that
: gave employment TO its people? Their
interests were with the North. They
+ made no sales in South. No immigra
ton came from the South. The inter
ests that once found them in slavery
+ days had passed away. The South
I erners as politicians who make Ou
f laws were the deadly foe to the factory
system. As they followed the dogm;
of secession to the ruin of their people
+ so they now would push its twil
It dogma, free trade, to cripple the indus
i. trial interests Of the North and brinl
e financial distress upon the whole cOun
n try. The same politicians had bee
h wrong and ruinOus in their policy o
is secession and they were even NOR
v wrong in their policy of attempting t
i establish free trade and break dow
N the protective legislation supported
the Republican party. Could we ru
the risk of following such Souther
advisers as Mills, Carlisle, Breckil
ridge, Reagan and Morgan. The
-, were mistaken then; they are mistal
y en- now.
- - Mr.. Treat alluded to the recent pr
- mary elections and the free and co
:; rupt use of money. He asked them
- pause and think what criminal met
- Ods factionalism demands the homes
!. minded Democrat to support. Bribel
IL was not used to defeat the enemy, b
- to stifie the free choice of the party.
- The speakers remarks were well +
>, ceived. He invites anyone to ask hi
~ questions. The audience looked abO
;F with great interest to see if anyO
~ took exceptions. The address W
y constructed free from partisan hinl
,rs and abounded with fresh and telli
OK illustrations of what protective tar
bo had done for the American people.
iH was followed by ]. Frank Bacon,
no ne Georgetown, who captivated his au
~ ~0 ence by his telling arrangement of
-, !: Democratic party of its factiOnal wr'
he giles that had involved its leaders il
,ro ,ro strife of revenge and destruction to t
os In9 best public interests and instead
IS Sor leading themselves to the advancem'
zoe ico of needed reforms, their efforts W
''0 directed to destroy the opposing viii
of the party.-EUening Journal.