Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-22


country free and the other half |
slaves, but it freed the slaves and burned |
the auction block 1t found upon the |
statute books law making il crime to |
teach colored child how to read, but 1t |
tore from these pages that infamous law
and established free schools all over this
land for the education of children OF all
colorA 1t gave to this country the best
paper currency ever given TO any nation on
earth 1t stood behind Abraham Lincoln
while he suppressed the most vicious war
ever waged against any government. and
at the same time il inaugurated that great
system OF protection 70 American manu-
featuring interests and 10 American labor.
attended the late convention ct Chi
cago which was the fifth national Repub-
lican convention l have attended since
have been voter" continued Mr.. Robin
son, land I never saw a more earnest,
more determined convention than was that
one" lApplausel. 1t was not SO much
question of the man. but q determination
to enunciate the proper principles. We
had eight or ten most excellent men men
toned and in that respect we were so
much better off than our Democratic
friends at ST. Louis. who had only one
candidate. We mad in tIe party 500
others capable of filing the place.
But it was not so much Ques-
ton OF men as 1t was OF
Of principles and when Major VIM. Nc
Kin of Ohio the chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions. read from the plat
form that plank in the platform which
says: I'VE are uncompromisingly in favor
of the system of protection TO American
industries and American labor, there was
a scene of the widest enthusiasm. which
showed depth of earnestness in the ap
probation of those words. Men rose to
their feet and cheered, threw their hairs
and umbrellas in the air. waved hags AMI
handkerchiefs and in every way denoted
their hear1y approval. The success of
protection IN this country means prosper
..ty. 1t means living wages to iahor. Ii
means plenty of clothing and bread for
the laborer. Ii means a diversity Of in
dustries. Ii means a close home market
and good prceS for our products. Ii
means, in fact, America against Britain.
[Grea' applause.
The Democrats Try to say their
platform means tariff for
same thing as free trade am told by
Democrat, that when the committee on
resolutions met at ST. Louis they had just
sharpened their pencils when the news
came that Oregon had had an elton and
given 1900 majority for the Republican
party md protection. Then Watterson
winked at German, German wlnked at
Watterson and they adjourned TO take a
drink. When they met again they tried
to draw up platform that would read one
way in one part of the country and differ
emily in another section.
There was no such trouble or doubt
at the Chicago convention. Every ore
knew that convention would Announce in
favor of protection, ana every Republican
who does not believe in that platform is
not one OF us and has no place among US.
He had better go where he belongs
| GCh .ers.1 | have nothing to do with the
/ theory OF free trade. One years expert
| enCe is worth thousand pages of free
/ trade works. will give you little his
/ tory OF the workings of protection and free
/ trade and l will not have TO go back very
I far.
/ In 1850 there was hardly a manufacturing
]
/ since the Morrill, tariff went into effect at
the beginning of the war, great manu-
( featuring enterprises have sprung up all
over the vast northwest, in Iowa, and in
your own great growing state OF Kansas.
In Chicago. at that time, there was no
manufacturing worth mentioning. today
there is that giant on the lakes with a
| population of 10000 souls. She has 100
mammoth manufactures which sup
port more than 100000 people. These
great manufacturing Industries have
grown all over the northwest, until today
they have their home markets: Why not
have them here in Wichita, this Chicago
of the wests Applause aud cries Of
that's the talk'fl
We are told that protection is a good
thing for the manufacturer IL is also a
good thing for the wcrkingmen in those
manufactures. There is no one more
interested in protection than the farmer.
The talk TO him about open the markets
of the world to him Why there is
nothing now that prevents them from
going into any market in the
world. have nevsr yet found a
found free trader who could tell me of
any benefit to be derived by the farmer
from free trade. Ninety-two per cent of
all the produce we raise is consumed in
this country. You must rely entirely
upon your home market Nv l. give you
few comparisons for the benefit of the
farmer There never WAS time in free
trade in this country when farmers i'm
plements did not cost from twenty-five to
fifty per cent more than they do now.
You carpenters and joiner know that
your tools cost you from twenty-five
to seventy-fve per cent more in
1850 than they do now. | A voice: That's
rght."l You can get cheaper clothes now
than you could then. see advertised here
In Wichita, every day, suits of clothing az
$40 which in 1860 would have cost from SIS
to IS.
A Democratic speaker 10 Illinois said re-
Gently. in my town. that the Republican
party was in favor of loo Per cent duty on
school books and in favor OF free whisky
and no tax on tobacco told him after
wards that there was no tariff 90 school
books, and l thought that II
we could convince the Democrats
we were in favor OF free whisky that We
would capture three-fourths of them BE-
fore election
They say we are IN favor of removing
the tax on tobacco. OF course We are.
Why not, 1t was a war tax and we don't
need the revenue Then, too. it gives re
lief to two classes, the agricultural popu-
lation who raise it as q staple crop, and the
very large proportion of laboring men and
others who use it almost as regularly as