The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-08-30
HENDERSON,. y. c.
THURSDAY. AUG. 80. 1859.
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here as il other countries and brougII. here
with ~ pcr cent. duty. Th..: was the rate
prior to the tariff Of 1859. That rate was re-
tanned in the tariff Of 1850. There was some
gentleman on the other side who said cotton
ties could not be m@de 1t ~ per cent, and
PROPOSED to Increase the duty il order -
keep out cotton ties and give our Hlanufac-
tuTrrs the right 10 make them; but NJ. Nor
y~riiI, the great living father III protection, 10
fused TO disturb tie dGty Of - per cent. Oh
cotton tics The Consequence i that il IS Z
mere revenue duty, and the revenues are rCE
needed, but they continue 10 come, and the
surplus rnTc1l.e continues 10 increase. Tho
result i that We get Sl3l 900, not needed III
TIC present condition Of the treasury, and
We propose 70 help 10 relieve this condition
By remoTinS the duty II the extent Of $l21,-
GO on cotton ties. Net, because We 20 tat,
We ere called sectional.
by friends oct through the northwest,
hare you ever realized the fact that to a
very large extent your prosperity is Deepen
dent upon tie prosperity OF the southern
piantcri Have ycu ever thought it might
lie well 10 enable these poor people to buy
J:-OTe horses and more n9uics and more hogs
and more Of yOEr bacon and lard
and -four! For years and years you
have been sending these things TO
Us as the chief consumers OF yo;.r great
products, and we have been enabled to pur
chase them from You by the profits we make
Oh the production Of cotton. But just i'll
proportion as you ovcrt2y your customers to
tkat cxtcn: do You cripple their capacity to
buy: for just in proportion as their capacity
to buy Is crippled, your capacity to scll is
crippled.
We have bristlcs, $4,000. These we put
on the free list to help manufacturers make
brushes ard give more employment to our
= people and give them better wages. These
bristles, | am tod, though | do not know
whether it IS true or not, come chiefly from
Russia. They have certain quality Of stiff
ness which makes them superior to other kinds
and better than any that can be produced here.
As | say, VIC lave put them on the free list.
Does that iniIrc any Industry Who is hurt
by such an arrangement! Not one. And yet
our friends on the other side turn up their
eyes in horror and say, here is another
evidence Of free trade that we arc forcing
upon the people. LApplause on the Demo
cratic sidc.l
And then VIC come to the article Of cur
rants, Zantc, or other kind. These DO not
grow in.this country, either. We propose to
Put them on the free list. 1t does not disturb
single Icboror employed il the production
Of curya~-ss in this country; not one. None Of
them Gre s,royr here; none can be produced
here, and Yet our friends on the other side cry
cut gain, Another evidence of free trade !"
You must tax the people in their food; you
must tax the people in their clothing. you
must tax them in their implements of labor.
md if you want anything free, take free
drink Of whisky. [Great laughter and APP
llauSs on the Democratic side
Here is lumber. We have put it on the
free list to shelter the people in the north
west from the terrible and rigorous climate
of that region. We Democrats say to our
people it Is time for you to be considered.
Prior congresses have released the taxes on
banks, the tax on domestic manufactures,
The taxes on railroads, the taxes Oh telegraph
companies, the taxes express companies,
and tic taxes for buying and selling ex-
changes All the wealth OF the country has
bcc: released, now the Democratic party is
again doing business at tho old stand and
says wc intend to hunt the men who are liv
iGg III sol houses and give them free lumber.
tApplsure.l
Wei, We found ostrich feathers with n tax
Of $-J.07 There are no Ostrichcs in this
country. This is not yet an infant industry
III tire United States Ostriches are not
IbGBu Cu lut "Cob'li i]iGIl les, HOT III CIlo
northern woods nor along the gulf coast, but
our ladies want to wear tho ostrich feathers
sometimes i'll their bonnets, and we do not
need the money, and why should VIC rot let
them c9Gte in freei
When we again inauguratc Grover Cleve-
lard ON the 4th of March next we will want
all the ostrich feathers TO adorn the hats and
bonncts of our ladies as they join in the pro-
ccssion md keep UP with the band wagon.
tApplausc.1
have been told, Mr.. Speaker, and SEQ
evidences of it, that my poor scalp is marked
IL trophy to adorn the belts of those who
receive the solo benefits of the tariff" that
my head, too, is doomed to the basket n my
district the enemies of tho Democratic party
and the friends of this combination are
mastering their clans for a tremendous effort,
and they say that they intend to vacato
the seat have held SO long. | see from tho
public prints that money is being poured
into the district represent, and ell the ele-
Glents of opposition are organizing and
mastering for the fray; but l want to say to
them here, once for all, that the people Of
tho Ninth congressional district of Texas are
not for sale. lGreat applause on tho Demo-
cratic side
l have political enemies IN my district:
there are men there who have given me many
hard blows in former contests which ! nave
returned in kind. They Will vote against
me; they viii do their best to defeat my re-
turn to the Fifty-frst congress THOR opposi-
hon comes from principle. But all tho tor
lures Of tho lnquisition could not induce
them to exchange their manhood for money,
and oil the money that can be cxtortcd from
tho combination could not buy ono Of their
NyNfp 81, Z
Mr. Speaker, before | conclude want to
refer TO the celebrated suit of clothes which
the gentleman from Ohio MIR MckinlevI e.-
hihi Cd 10 the house during tho delivery OF
his speech on the 18th of May. In taespeecl
which made in the opening of this debate
i said il n iaborcr who was earning 81 q day
ENDS n suit OF ciaAhes which no could bvv for
$40 without the tariff tax, the suit could be
procured by ten days work, but il cougrcs.
ut the instance of the manufacturers puts &
duty q l03 per cent. on the clothes, he would
DC required 10 work twenty DAYS to get tut
same suit The gentleman from Ohio MIR
Mchlnleyl, when he came to answer me pro
ruced n suit Of clothes which he said va.
identical with the suit of which | spoke, cnt
which he said could De bought in the city o.
Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago
and EttsburS for $lO.
have been at great pains to trace th2
very suit, aud have followed it back to b,
manufacturer and procured all the items o
It's cost / have got its exact cost and its ex
act weight. Its total cost was SECS. II
labor cost YVES SI.61. Its weight was pound
and ounces. 1t required, so SAY the woo
manufacturers, pounds of wool III to-
grease TO make pound of wool cloth then i
required Il pounds Of greasy wool to max
tho pounds and ounces of goods. Tire dat
oo that wool is 10 cents a pound, or ST. 20 70
the suit Therefore the cost of tho. So