Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-24
THE CAMPAIGN.
The German Democrats Turn On
at Orange.

IA ~ Va MI A4oAts
The German Democrats Turn Out
at Orange.
EDITORS HERALD-We had a most sue
cessful and enthusiastic meeting OF DEM
ocrats last evening. The gathering
assembled to hear DR.. Louis Schneider,
of New York. At about o'clock Col
onel L. E. Messmore, our fellow towns
man, called the meeting to order and in
troduced the celebrated speaker. DR..
Schneider informed the audience that as
he was travelling especially for the bene-
fit of his own countrymen, he would hrst
OF all address them in the German lam
guage for thirty minutes. He first in
formed his countrymen in their native
tongue that the present tariff duties or
taxes averaged AZ per cent, rate far in
excess of any that had ever been imposed
upon the American people, and was a
rate of taxation far in excess OF the needs
OF the government. 1t was rate OF tax
alton which was exorbitant, unjust and
uncalled for. He told them that the
Mills bill, reducing the tariff from AZ
per cent. to about 40 per cent, was
called by the Republican party free
trade (freie handeD measure and taught
that 40 per cent. tariff Was
no tariff at all and that if the Democratic
party got in power again the country
would be ruined. He said that the Re-
publican doctrine of protection benefiting
the laborer was false and the statements
that were being made OF the greater
prosperity of the country under high
tariff more than low one. He said he
only wished that his countrymen could
have been where he had in his travels
through the States, so that they could
see for themselves that the much talked
of prosperity of the working people was
false. He then instanced case where
one OF his own countrymen, with wife,
daughter and child, were working in a
factory in the East where they manufac-
tured shoddy-woolen goods, and that he
informed him that all their earnings al
the end of the month was so small in
amount that it was impossible for them
to meet expenses! He told his listeners
of a case where New England manu-
facturer asked him to try and import fifty
German families for him to get them to
work in his factory at low wages, but the
speaker told the manufacturer that he
did mot trade in human flesh
and blood" After thus talking
in the German language for half
hour or longer the speaker then pro-
ceeded to talk in English. He informed
them that the shipping industry OF
America had been ruined by protection,
that whereas twenty-five years ago one
might walk on foot in New England and
visit dozen ship-building yards in a
day, to-day We must get on the cars If
we want to find two. He then related
instances where industries had been
compelled to close up business and dis
charge their workmen on account OF the
raw materials of manufactures being
highered in price by the tariff How
these factories had to remove to Canada
in order to get the material cheap enough
to enable them to compete with other
countries in foreign trade. He said that
lin every instance where America had
had fair show with England and Ger
many in foreign markets she had taken
everything before her, and said there
was no reason why it should not be 80
in every case. All we want is free raw
material to make plenty OF employment.
AlSh WdkOS, wy tAC dChohNJ
and to take the lead as America should
do in the commerce of the world With
logical argument and with a thorough
ness that proved him to be
perfect upon his subject the speaker
then proceeded to the discussion of
trusts, which he said are called by Mr..
Blaine "private affaira," and showed
that they were al ways in direct antago-
nism to the interests of labor and that
of the community at large, and instanced
one case in which the steel trust subsi-
died Southern factory to the amount
of $400, 900 per annum, if they would
stop work and discharge all of their men,
thereby limiting production, and putting
up the price of the product to consumers.
He then dwelt at length upon the great
necessity of cheap lumber for the coun-
| try in all kinds businesses and for cheap
dwelling houses for the poor. He said
that whereas he could now only build
four houses at the present lumber price,
he could, if it was free, build five houses
for $S 200, thereby increasing the work
for mechanics, painters, ETC., and increas-
ing the profits on his capital by increase
of rent. He then remarked upon the
absurdity OF the tin plate and jute
tariffs, considering that neither of these
articles were produced in the United
States. Regarding the one-half cent
duty taken off OF raisins, he
said that the Democratic party gives
you far more than your money back on
the lumber in which you pack your raj
sins. He said that California raisins
were being sold irf London side by side
with the Malagas, and that Meade u Co.
had lately shipped three carloads to
London, the great free trade market of
the world. He also said that Thurber
& Co. we're selling California raisins in
New York with European labels. He
said that the manufacturers of jute bags
in California employ Chinese laborers,
which answers the assertion that it
would not do to import our jute free, as
that would throw American labor out of
employment. He quoted Mr.. Blaine
where he said: Undoubtedly the ap.
parently higher wages OF the American
mechanic over the English one is more
than compensated for by the greater eff
cheney Of the former" He cautioned
the farmers present to remember once
and for all that the price of what they
sold was regulated in Liverpool, and not
in America, but that what goods they
bought were regulated by the American
protective tariff. The American was at
length beginning to realize that
cit costs too much to be Republican. )"
The talented speaker concluded by say.
ing that he felt sure that when the sun
of the 9Th of Novemher WoulJ sink tn