The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-20
AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
Blaine AnnihiIates n Democratic Candi-
date for Congress ut Adrian,
Mich.
A Powerful and Convincing Argument fn
Favor OF Protection to Amcri-
can Industries.


he could not talk to one half of them
but he was in splendid voice and made
what is considered one of his best cam
paign speeches.
Mr.. Blaine came to the front OF the
platform holding in his hand letter
addressed to him by W. Stcarns, the
Democratic candidate for Congress in
the Adrian district. Holding it up to
the audience he said:
MB. BLAINEs SPEECH
Mn. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS:
If there is gentleman in this audience
who signs his name w. Stcarns. desire
his attention. He addressed personal
letter to me which, whether he intended
1t to be,courteous or not. l shall opdcayor
to reply to courteously. He wants to
know why in the House of Representa-
tives in 1868 | opposed tax on lumber,
and why | am now in favor of contnu.
ing the tariff on lumber. We'll, | sup.
pose lie has the Congressional Globe, for
ne gives the page and the date; but if
he will read it again he will find that |
opposed an internal tax on lumber, and
that it had nothing whatever to do with
the tariff tax on lumber except to make
the tariff more effective 1t was ut the
time we were taxing everything on ac-
count of the great debt, and maintained
then, as | maintain now, that it was
unwise TO tax breadstuTs or 20 tax lum.
Der by an internal tax in the United
States, which added just that much to
the price of it to every consumer Now,
If he does not know the difference be-
tween an internal tax and n tariff tax.
will tell him. Cheers. cries of He
don't know" and laughter Well. |
will not say anything about that myself
hlt fhp irry nF shn w;rip aua ~ hu
against him. Laughter aud cheers.
The internal tax is one that does not
protect any American industry, but
takes Just that much out of the industry.
1t is a tax which is levied IL this country
only in war times, except en- a few arti
cles. Ii is the same tax rs the excise
which has been for generations so odious
tax in Great Britain. II is the same
tax against which the people of the
United States came near rehelling during
Washngton's Administration. We are
in better order now and We pay every
tax that is levied, but the United States,
in the Judgment of the Republican par
ty, ought 10 raise all the money il needs
for support of government from the
tariff. because the tariff gives TO the
American laborer and gives to every in
dustrial interest in the United States n
great advantage over the same in foreign
countries, and aids in building up what
the United States possesses to-day be-
yond any nation on the Clobe--a great
home market. | said / was opposed TO
every tax except the tariff taa. | make
no exception. am in favor OF con-
tinuing the tax on whisky, except that
part which is used in the arts and in
medicine. IA voice, Why" | will
tell you why | am in favor CT il as re-
YNnpta1 in, thya tariff l,ili hsf,rn Con
gress. | am in favor of it because
think the tax tends To make il little
higher, and fewer can get i; TO drink.
IApplausc and laughter.
WHAT THE ISSUE Is.
That is my own reason, and the only
reason; for the drinking of liquor is u
great vice; but in this election ! do not
consider that n great or a leading ques-
tion. 1t does not have feather S
weight in deciding that which the
American people must decide new for a
whole generation or lose for whole
generation. There is a contest going on
in 1888 which must be decided one way
or the other for generation. because RI
the protective tariff is lost in this cleo
ton let none of YOU who are careless
as to your votes fatter yourselves that
it may be caught up next year or the
year after You will not have an op-
portnnity for yeac upon year. and the
men of the South will secure. probably
forever, the ascendency of liberal com
mercial principles. . In this respect
and on this point we take Conceal Pierce
TO be n fair representative and a rdiudiTs
practical ally to the commercial policB0t
this c0Hntry
Thatwas the way an which the Times
hailed the announcement of Pierce'S
a.NtKN.t mott h,.
elaction 1t was still saore enthusiastic.
In Its issue of Nov. 90, 1852, it informed
lis readers that:
The triumph of General Pierce is es-
seniially a triumph Of free trade. 1t puts
an end tOrerer to the attempt In raise the
import duties of the tariff OF 1916, and it
leads us To hope that n new and more
enlightening spirit will prevail in the new
Cabiaet with reference TO its commercial
relations with ourselves and the colonies
of the British Empire.
These words were written on the eve
of the birth of n party that was to make
stout resistance To the pro-British
policy that the Times fiattered itself had
obtained so decisive n victory that it was
only matter of time when free trade
would be adopted by the United States.
The question of negro slavery which had
forced itself to the front of American
politics when Pierce was elected had
but n secondary interest for the London
Times as compared with the question OF
free trade.
The candidate the South had placed
in the Presidential chair was known to
favor free trade, and that was sufficient
To make him acceptable TO England. His
election meant that American industries
were not to be encouraged by protect
i've tariff, and it was for that reason
England rcjoiced over the victory of the
free trade candidate of thirty-six years
ago.
If the London Times would be rs frank
to-day in the expression of its real senti-
ments as it was in 1862 we should find
it adopting the same language in speak
ing of Grover Cleveland that it made
use of in referring to Franklin Pierce.
The same party that nominated and
elected Pierce has nominated Cleveland.
II England had good reason to rejoice at