The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-24
BLAINE PICKSUP BAYARD
EDWARD ATKINSON'S FIGURES
USED IN A JUGGLE.

!
and Population of the Country the
Basis for Another Plea for High Inn
port Duties-Rochester's Demonstra-
ton Big One.
ROCHESTER. n. Y, Oct 23.-The city
was crowded to-day with republicans from
all over the country.
| Senator Hiscock and Chauncey Dapew
arrived early this morning, and James G.
Blaine at 1850 o'clock this afternoon. He
was accompanied by Hon James NJ. Thurs
ton of Nebraska, Gen. Adam King of
Maryland, and Hon. John Van Noorhis
| OF Rochester. The party was re-
ceived at the Central depot by
committee headed by D. T. Hunt
and George c. Buel. Between 400 and 800
people had assembled at the depot. To-
| nights public demonstration echpsei any
effort thus far made in his campaign. De-
spite the bad weather fully 10000 people,
| including 1000 uniformed men, were pes
sent from out of the city. NJ. Blaine spoke
tonight to very large audience
BLAINE PICKS UP BAYARD.
Mr.. Blaine said in part:
| Mr.. CHAIRNAN-I beg to bring to your atten-
ton, and to the notice OF the audience, a state
| ment made by Mr. Bayard who is at the head
| OF President Ceyeland's cabinet. Il is found
| in speech delivered by him in the
| city OF his residence a fortnight since
and printed from carefully eyised re orts l
| quote his exact words. He said: II want you
| to think of the progress of the United States
| since these tariff laws were made, and what the
| consequences are Various Inventions have
| come into play since that tariff reached its
present proportions. Here are some fg1l -cs that
| believed to be reliable; they come from high
| authority, Edward Atkinson of Massachusetts
| who Is our leading statesman. aud an uprigi
| and honorable man. From 1870 TO 1881 the pop
| ulation Of the United States increased IS I er
cent; but in the same time the ,iry products of
| the United States cheese. butter, milk and all
that is created by the dairy-iucreased - per
| cent In these seventeen years the products of
cotton increased 112 per cent, the consumption
| OF wool increased 100 per cent, tne production
| of pig iron increased 2S5 Der cent, construction
| of railways increased 23 per cent What
! has been the result of all the popula-
! tion increasing in so small a proportion
| to all these vast forces which needful to
mems use? 1t proves to you that the country is
| making more than tie people of the country
| need or consume.
| FEAST BETTER THAN FAMINE.
In reply to Mr.. Bayard my first rem ,rk is that
| it is a great deal better for the people
| to have more than they can consume than
| to have less than they can consume
| One means affuence-the other means pauper-
| ism. One means welth-the other means pow
| erty One means widespread proSperity-the
.other general adversely. But | am glad That we
| have the testimony of leading democrat, free
| trader and states rights man to the fact that
| under the protective tariff, the people
| of the United States enjoy a higher
| degree of prosperity than they ever
| enioyed under different policy and have al
| vanced more rapidly in the arts of peace and
comforts of life than ever before in the history
| OF national government. Mr. Bayard seems to
| think that it is an evil omen if the wealth of
! the country increases more rapidly than its
| population.
| FEW QUERIES.
Pray, how early in our history would he apply
| his principle that wealth must develop only as
! the population developes? Would he establish
| pilgrim days? Would he ESTABLISH it on the
| Delaware in the era when the Swedes and
Quakers came thither: 1 do not. | confess
| quite comprehend Mr.. BGyard's drift, for my own
| understanding has been that according to the
simple rules of political economy, where a
| nation is increasing in population more rapidly
| but where the acquisition OF property outruns
the ratio of increase in population it means
that the nation is growing powerful, wealthy
| and great.
INCREASED WAGES.
| AS Mr. Bayard has given his Endorsement of
| the correctness of Edward Atkinson as a stat
istician ana economist, beg leave to use Mr..
| Atkinsons figures, and to tell Mr.. Bayard
where large proportion of the increase of
wealth in the United States has gone under the
| protective tariff. and | am especially glad to
| have Mr Bayard's atteStation to the fidelity of
| Mr.. Atkinson since he stated in a
| that since 1883 the wages of foremen, overseers
| and other especially skilled workmen have
advanced l0S per cent; That the wages of aver
| age mechanics, carpenters, machlnistS and the
| like, have had an advance of 90 per cent that
| factory operatives and others of like grades of
skill in the mechanical arts have advanced 7S
| per cent, and the wages of common
iaborers 66 per cent. You will
please observe that these are not
| advances over the wage rates of some foreign
country, but of the wages paid in our own
| country quarter of century ago, aud that
| these advances flow directly from the protective
| tariff.
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
Mr.. Bayard will see then, from the authority
| he indorses, that this large increase of wealth
has not gone merely to enrich the al
ready wealthy, but that it has gone
in a larger degree than was ever
| known before in the history of this or any
other country In the pockets of the working
men; more largely, of course, into the pocket
of the skilled worker, but still very largely into
the pocket OF the ordinary laborer. II / had
been searching for Witnesses by whom the
value of the tariff to the workingmen of the
country could be established beyond doubt
would have summoned Mr.. Bayard and Mr. At
kinson to the stand.
Mr. Bayard further gives public warning that
If we do not take care, we shall produce in this
country as much in seven months as we shall
need in twelve months. Well that is the last
thing that should alarm the American people
That fact shows, above all things, our power to
shorten the hours of labor.
LABoR-sAviNa MACHINERY
The legitimate consequence of laborsavine
machinery is to require from the human
laborer less number of hours of toll anc
| toward that goal the economy and phiianthrop,
} of the age are both tending I am glad tina
Mr.. Bayard, too, is so valuable a witness to tina
end. He unconsciously bears testimony to tn,
grandeur of the success of the party and of tn,
principle which he AAs so long and so earnestly
opposed.
HIS RIDE WITH CARNEGIE
Mr.. Blaine here turned his attention &c
Gov. Hill, wac had recently told Indiana
democrats that he (Blaine) had Travelled OF
Carnege's English coach and returned il
an English steamer with thirty-three trunk,
full of English clothing He said good
naturedly that most of the coach traveller
were New Workers, and many of them o