The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-06-14
Maine Industries and the Mills Bill.
EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF HON. :. l..
MIILIkEN.

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i MIILIkEN.
Hi. FREE TRADE DEMOCRACY SAY NEW ENG
| LAND Is GETTING roo RICH.
lc>. they SAY we are getting too rich. an,
that or manufactures are giving too 600,
markets 10 our farmers who are getting to'
profitable returns for their products; that on
farm IanES are becoming too valuable: tha
our workin.men are receiving too grea
wages: that our manufactures are buildin.
up too many beautiful and thrifty towns: to,
many comfortable and coy homes: erecting
too many public >choolhouse> for poor an,
rich alike: atiording too many opportllniie.
for industrious hands and busy brains to cor
vert the fertility of our soil. the power of oul
rivers. the treasures OF our forests, aud all oul
manifold resources into that which give> com
! fort and JOY 10 mankind: and that all thi,
thrift and happiness n.u,t he blasted by til,
>ihliih@ maud Of free trade. hecali>c. for>ooth
the iag-arti. the >umbcrcr. and the >colel
/ have not entered into their enjoyment.
W haI An Indictment against protection to
>"y that II has given 80 great thrift and confer
red 80 lnIl;t blessings upon the States which
! have !la,tr he of lis advantages: and what {;
reason tur Introducing that policy of free trade
which Would stop our mills. close our factor
! les. IrNv cur fishermen from the ocean. and
| parHtl Ie AL our industries.
Oh. lc-: Nou proclaim that Nou would roi
| New England of her prosperity; that the Mills
/ tll i designed for that. because YOU say the
| bands ot her busy toilcr~ under the benign
| shield - protection haNe made her streams to
hum with turning >pinllc>, her quarre> TO
re>ound With thousands of Wurknlcn's ham
| meT>. and och~ and herds to fatten upon her
1 hill>idp~.
Would You net ne more patriotic an, hll-
| 'nane should You decide to avail yourselves Of
the same advantages which are offered to you
a. to u amd build Ep industries and gather
! wealth thereby. and 81 raise Yourselves 10 our
! ieNcl OF prosperity. rather than attempt. rs
! AoH ~ in this hill. 10 transport our advantages
| across lhv waters to the foreigner and let him
| 'iitcA 'N reducing u> to your own profe>>edly
I iopr coM',itiuu: our policy i even worse
/ than that Of the do. in the mangrr for he
| sought To drive the cattle from the food he
| could MOI eat, white Nuu enNy us the advall-
| ta.e> whith are held ont 10 You well a> to
I Us an which YOU may use but will not make
I the cNctti"u 10 do 50.
But YOU are gon. L. have them. They will
he forced upon yuu. This -Amcrican pro-
British bill! WEI not become Il law. There is
loo much Patriotism in Congress and among
the proli 70 - di>-raccfay and stupidity sur
| render our hIrthWright to the cmi>>aritS of
foreign powers. The rith resources of the
south are hc-inuiu" to he kIown: and assured
#ni stimulated hy protection. she vii! snon see
l:Nr- Of industry all about within her borders.
and Tie mi9~. and the farmer. and the lumber
man. Wiil Hna henaiTc Im who does not sup
port tie AM rican rather than lAe British
rrNcnUu >Y>tvEl in America.
She Wlli 'ton realize that "t > a condition
nnd moi theory that cohtron,> her.. and She
| Will throw overheard her old free trade theory
fo al, ,qWHtriy meet her condition.
NUt >'''H" of ORR friends on the other side
i"itcralr Tic stale old cry that the advantages
IT protection 20 10 the manufacturer and not
to The rlnri"l". DO til, >c gentlemen know
/ bow nia!A cNlpioHc> A:.lc hrcome employers?
iiji the -aN Nim4- banks in the manufacturing
STATS. VIII their cn"rinulI> deposits and many
drpu>!i@r-. lnakt answer to the statement.
And. moreover. She fact that many people
from the pid World com, TO these nine manu-
I lacili';n@ Hlalo~ 10 liMd cnl,loNmcnt while
Hon" 70 ;tcs 10 better thor condition. shows
where tEr Wo! kman finds his best Glance in
t, Woril.
uh, hUt Non la>c labor strike in the nine
manufacturing states. LAY our free trade
friends. Yes. and in some others. Why have
nCt NuH na'i such strikes: DO Nuu know: |
viii til. toH. 1t j. hvalSe your laboreI> lave
been - oppressed that they have not ht1 the
power aHh >"lf-rcanre 10 strike. They laye
not had among them sufficient money 10 ~l>-
tain n Strike. They suffer wrongs that the
Northern aooriH@ men would not endure fora
month. lh"N are peaCcAtle lihaTcr>: pc:ceahir
a> dead men. They do not even protest against
being rolbed of the primary rights of an
american rtilcn-the right under the Con>ti-
tGiion to cNcrci>c the r clera franchise and
t''cll" 'hc benefit o! 4 fair re-uli of their hal-
ioi>.
More thn fnrty ucnlcr> uf Congress hold
;hcr >tat> against tn, wishes rf 4 majority of
voters in tiO>t ~t'N raj States ;in, districts be-
rau>e these pearealie laboring men are too
much crowded down and crushed to claim and
strnr" their llghi> guaranteed 10 them in the
organic W of their country. II requires some
power courage and hope to ,irik, for Justice.
Siriht> prove aiway~ an unsatisfactory con-
'itipn Of affairs. but not the worst condition
OF even necessarily It worse condition than that
i" Nt preceding it. Why have there not been
50 many strikes in the past: WHY did they
not "crnr during The dark oppressive ages of
I-ur"lr: Mht did Hoi the SLAVES strike for
freedom: brcau>r the heel of oppression was
-" heavy. and the oppressed too weak to rs
-crt their rights. II j. because the working
in'n ia ON Northern ~tatcS. nouri>hed by pro-
ttotiNt avs. have hccono strong in intelligence
and money Ia sustain themselves, and, Is a con-
>tqu, nee. Ia viii aud purpose, that they stand
up tHc rnh,nt IMAGES Of God. their faces a>
hl-h - tt,ir employers, and demand their
Ii4ht~.
Bat 1he ,ntl,man from Ma>>aclii>ctts MIR.
i'r->@il says that it is not the laborin@ man
bat the protected Industries which are being
litayHtH by protection. And so il goes. Cen
lltlnth have to administer all kinds of hos
tillm~ 10 their free trade patient to keep him
a!i' and rive him character. The gentleman
from Missouri. where the power Of the labor
ORGANIZATIONS have been felt, ailirm> that pro-
teclion enrlrht> The manufacturer and gives
nothing 10 ahor while The gentleman from
Ma->aci;!i>e IT,. where great manufacturin. eS-
tthl>hn!, MS exist. declares that it j. the pro-
tu'ted ministries that are ia"a!yzci hy being
protected.
Now, The taet i that both capital and labor
III America Want the control OF the American
market W lich protection gives. They can not
afford to share is profits with all the world.
nor he entirely robbed of them by the free adj
mission into His country of the products of
! poorly PAID lahor. Let ihcn-i mean both the
employer and the empluye- have the benefit of
t!ii, Ea3hnt, ;llc hest market on the globe: let
| it, l'r"i!i~ j" assured 10 them and not given
aA3y I" :.c foreigner and they will settle be-
! tw'rm Themselves what shall he the share of
each. The lr>t point TO he gaincd-and pro-
lection alone can secure this-is to give them
the >hilln. which the American market af-
1ortl>. rather than the >iXpence which they
VIII ret il the products Of cheap European
labor c"in' in freely 10 compete with them:
ana lh,h they Will take the shilling rather than
The >iA pence and make their own division of if
And labor will not fail to get its share. As
! have t'forc ntimated. the laboIin@ or@all-
| iza;ion> in America have become strong. Pro
lection lla- given them the advantage to make
them 50. and they are all the time growing
stronger. Capital and corporations may cs-
tai~h trusts and make their combinations,
hut Tor the first time in the worlds history,
and Ill oar country. almost alone. labor is com
bnn% WITH the strength which comes with in-
tcIl-cncc and thrift: and il will have. because
ii has the power TO command it. Il Just portion
Of the combined profits of capital and labor.
lie who doubts This doubts the advancing in
! teircnre OF the people, and is blind 10 the
iEiS of tli. times.
Bat if there are no profits the lahorers
share, as well Il, that of the employer, will be
nothing: or if The profit be small and scant, as
II Is Ill those countries whose paliper-m made
@oodS our Democratic friends would admit
| freely I" our market to compete with the
pro'lnri> "i our own labor. then the share of
each must be- >cant and small rs ii is there.
| The free admission of the products OF Euro
! i'ean labor 10 OFF markets will subject Ameri-
can wnrklnen TO the same price for their toll
rs European ahorers obtain. All must fare
alike where all have cqnaI admission to the
| same board, and equal prices for the toll of
American and European workngmen must
| result III like conditions of life.
The comfortable homes of which 50 MANY of
| our Worklngmen may boast, the children at
| school instead Of in the workshop, the decent
| clothing. the respectable position of their
wives and families. and the manly n.iepend-
| ence and >clf-l>>eitoE of the American work
in@nan can not exist with the scanty pittancc
| which is paid to labor abroad. And worst of
| erty. misery, and crime which could not but
| follow the Cutting of our markets with cheap
| foreign goods. and the consequent expulsion
| from th"ia of American productions.