Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-31
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SdJileTluS Ill Iue COp"'J :" JN" 49,"
indicated that the people were alive to
the issues of the day. Col. Woodbury.
said these, among other things:
81 am glad to have the privilege of adj
dressing an Addison county audience.
Vermont is noted the country over as the
hotbed of Republicanism and this county
casts the largest percentage OF Republi-
can votes of any county in the State. l
am proud, too, to be on a ticket which
will receive a large majority of the votes
cast by you next Tuesday. You have
heard so many able speakers that l can
not hope to say anything new, but will
simply go over some points which need
to be emphasized at this time. In every
campaign we hear of defections, but the
additions to the Republican ranks this
year go beyond all precedent. We may
therefore expect such a victory for right
and Justice in November as will show
conclusively what the people believe
with regard to the great issues now pend
ing. The Democratic party is controlled
by the South and is the party of the
South, while the Republican party is the
party of the North. The Democrats as
sert hat they are not for free trade; but
the fact remains that the leaders of the
party are thorough-going fr~ee-traders.
Republicans, on the other hand, stand
for the protective policy, holding
that our producers should be pro-
tected to a certain extent from
competition with foreigners who pay one
third to one-half as much wages as are
paid here. The duty on imported arti-
Giles is paid in large part by the foreign
manufacturer and not by the consumer,
and to lessen the duty would be to bene-
fit, not the consumer, but the foreign
manufacturer. My own experience as a
heavy purchaser of Canadian lumber
goes to prove this. The steel rail bust
ness is another example of what protec-
ton can do. They cost once, in Eng
land, before any were made here, S166 a
ton now they are sold for $3.50. In
answer to an inquiry from one in the au-
dience as to what effect improvements in
the Bessemer process had had upon the
cheapening of the price the speaker an
swered that the Improvements had made
them cheaper, but the low price here is
not wholly due to that. The rails nov
sell at $40 a ton in England and the duty
is $3.50 a ton, so that the price here
should, according to President Cleve-
lands theory, be S37. 80; while it is but
S2S.50.1 OF the articles on which a duty
is levied the larger portion are consumed
by the weather. classes. OF course |
cannot make a speech in Addison county
without saying something about wool.
The wool industry is sixth in extent of
those carried on in the United States and
20 per cent of the wool used here is of
domestic production. Few realize how
cheaply wool is produced in Australia or
how low ocean freights are. In Austral-
ia sheep can be kept at nine cents a head
a year and Liverpool is nearer Boston. so
far as cost of transportation is concern
ed, than Boston to Middlebury. The cost
of Australian wool laid down in Boston
would not exceed five cents a pound were
it not for the duty. Dur wool is now
protected too little. Instead of doing
away with the tariff on it, the duty
should be doubled. If the duty were ia.
ken off, Australian producers would raise
the price and they, not the wearers OF
wooden clothing, would be the gamers
Australia very likely would put an eX
port duty on wool, as Canada did on log:
when the duty was taken of them. Th'
United States is so vast in it's extent ant
$50 full of resources that it can get on We
j rN well without the help of other ma
tions. Our country contains half thu
| railroads of the world. A great deal o
| uncalled-for talk is made over the sur
plus. 1t m from foreign manufact
urers and the weather. classes, and, i
: properly expended, its distribution il
, pensions, in Notifications, in the buildin!
1 up of the navy and the erection Of othe
{ government works would benefit the PEG
{ Pile. But the administration has not don
its duty in the matter. Manufacturer
of this country are not making grea
: profits. The So textile manufacturers O
u New England average dividends on thei
= capital stock of but five and sixteenth
: per cent. The farmers are dependent o
manufacturers for a market for the
Il surplus products and cannot afford to Sc
{ manufacturing interests sacrificed. Nc
: does it look as if you intended the
should be sacrificed in so far as it is
your power to prevent 1t. OF the den
onstrations held in this State this yea
only one (that at Burlington) has SUI
{ passed this of today in attendance an
;, zone has equalled yours in the extent
~ the decorations. The situation is full
hope. The people, not only of Vernon
" but of the nation, are awake. Ever
. soldier nominated by the Republicans fC
~. tho n~racidancv hos hoo, o1aotal IN