Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-24
Tnn rooSDAx MEETING.


 Continued Interest and Success of the
 meetings-A spirited Address by MT.
 EEickman.s nm EngIishmaR - Why
 America Needs Protection-A Strong
 Argument - We Want Ne Golden
 Clubs Were-Address by HI. Wales
 Lines of Meriden-The Mills Bi1 and
 Free Trade.
 The monday meeting of the Business and Werkingmen's clubs at 99 Orange street was well attended. Music was furnished by AL fred Burlington of Meriden. Isaiah Hick- man, keeper of the Grove street cemetery, was the first speaker. MT. Hickman is an Englishman and speaks with an English ac- cent. He has bsen-in this country twenty- two years.
 Rs said that the issue of this campaign was one of free trade of protection. He said he had lived in England for thirty four years, and no one but workinRman there could know what free trade really means. The people who go there on a visit don't known anything about it. eff you want your wages reduced, ;" said the speaker, ''vote the Democratic ticket and for free trade. What made me come to this countrya And what makes hundreds of others do the same? Simply because they saw that under the pro- tective laws of your country they could bet ter themselves. A few months ago two young Englishmen seeking for work came two my house. One was me chanic. They soon got work, one receiving g day, the other $1.75. The one who got $1. .75 soon saved up $50. asked him how long it would have taken him to put aside that amount in England. Two years he answered, land perhaps never ] had letter the other day from friend in England, in which he said that the people over there were hoping that Cleveland would be elected so that they could have free trade with this country, thns giving new life to ! their industries. The only salvation for En- glish industries is to have free trade with other countries. I am astonished to find how many foreigners there are who are going to vote to reduce their wages. Although cate free trade to you, for as @ workingman who has labored in free trade England can see how it would seriously affect your indus tries. I have great respect for England, but greater regard for the United States, which is now my home. I want you all go hand in hand with the one idea in view, that we want no Golden clubs here, and no dictation from England as to how we should run our gov ernment. We can make this country pros porous without any held from England" President Easterbrook introduced H. Wales Lines, the Republican nominee for representative from this district. MT. Lines expressed his pleasure at meeting so many | Republicans of New Haven at monday, and \ he was glad to see so much interest mani- | fested in the meetings. He thought the signs \ for Republican success were favorable, and | he believed that Connecticut would be found on the right side in this year of grace. He urged the Republicans of New Haven to ! work faithfully, as all eyes in the State are \ turned anxiously and earnestly toward this VoiRv and fho the result.
 'tThs Democrats say that free trade is i'm | possible. Of course no one supposes that all our custom houses will be abolished and that there will be absolute free trade. They
 say the Mills bill is protective measure, and that it is merely correction of the evils ot the existing tariff. Of the 691 schedules Mills put 139 on the free list. That is SC | much free trade He reduces the tariff on l 307 articles and leaves 296 untouched"
 MT. Lines then went on to show that the reduction was not five per cent, as claimed
 by the Democrats, but 28 per cent, point
 he said, "that he had heard very few speakers allude to-
 The total amount of duties collected at the end of the last fiscal year was, in round num-
 bsrs, $1SO, ,000, ,000. The Mills bill wants tc reduce the duty $50, ,591 800, and any mathe ! matician can see that this is about twenty eight per cent. "Now when they want to cu ' bn6 GarlH UOWA tWoutJ -o1SAU pcI C0ADsS So1N | the speaker, Cit is 8 very serious matter. Il is blow aimed at our protective system"
 MT. Lines urged upon the Republicans tht necessity of doing all in their power to carry
 the Second Congressional district. Th' Democrats have 8 majority of only nine il
 the House and the Republicans uf two in thu Senate and therefore the Rspublicanl
 should see the great importance O
 overthrowing the Democratic majority ant
 of increasing their own in the Senate. H' said that the Mills bill was framed by ths Democrats of five Southern States, wher'
 wages were AT per cent lower than in Con
 necticut, and where the industries of all th five States combined were less than in thi little State of ours.
 "We should be proud of our State, ant
 we should stand up solidly on November 6tl \ to protect it's interests"
 MT. Lines was frequently appIauded. Th'
 next meeting of the club will be held thi' noon.