The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-04


in the full tide of an able and interesting
discussion.)
Mr.. Tucker said that he was glad of an
opportunity to appear before the people
OF his own town, and had travelled night
and day at great personal Inconvenience
to be pr. seut to night He promised to
speak with no uncertain sound, and when
ne was through all would know where he
stood. Mr. Tucker undertook to qnote
Foster, Blaine. and the VALLEY VIRGIN
IAN, as authorities for saying that the tar
if was tax. He stated his position as
icing in favor of raising only enough
revenue for the actual expenses OF the
government and no more. He took ne
general Democratic view that II the Re
publican tariff was AZ per cent. and pro-
tective. that the Mills bill with its AZ per
cent. was not so very bad He did not be-
leve in paving tribnte to the government
and bounties to Northern manufacturers.
He said there was $3.50 000.t 90 surplus ln
the Treasury at Washington, and the
question was how 10 stop il Ia voice In the
crowd said pass the Blair bill.') The
Republicans he declared. had kept mp
war tariff 25 years after the war had ended.
That the Nj ills bill reduced the tariff from
Al per cent. to 40 per cent. only per cent,
while in 1883 the Repnbl cans proposed 10
per cent. free trade. He want ed to know
if the duty WAS not added why the manu-
facturers wanted it kept on. Cleveland
had proved himself bold. brave man III
dealing with the tariff, that under he
policy proposed by him, we would take
the manufacturing industries from Eng
land, and manufacture for the world. He
said there was DO tin plate manufactured
in the United States. denied the position
taken by Mr. y ost. as to tin and tin plates.
Said that ores and coal were protected
under the Mills bill. He pointed to gen
tleman just returned from England, who
had on suit of En- ellsh made clothes,
which cost ,Sl5, the same suit in this
country would cost $35, and illustrated
how wages on the Canadian border would
be regulated by wages paid in Canada.
He said there was not a single article
reduced below the difference in the wages
paid in the manufacture. That in iron
manufacture there was % cents in the
dollar of labor, and IS per cent. protection;
an ! in cotton goods so per cent. protection
and 20 cents of labor. He defended the
i,fopdpS n
rect irregularities and cheaper goods.
He cited as one of the grandest acts OF
courage ever performed by any man, the
vetoing of the dependent pension bill by
Grover Cleveland.
In speaking Of the Blair bill, Mr.. Tucker
admitted there was great trouble. But he
was prepared to enter into any arrange.
ment to give greater advantages to the
South His plan was to devote the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the public lands for
ever to the purposes of public education.
and if he could not get it lie would be will
ling to take the Blair bill as second enoice.
He spoke of the contract labor bill and the
general legislation of the Republican
party as tending to produce labor troubles
and strikes. all of which had been changed
since Cleveland had come into Cliice, ana
had the obnoxious laws repeated. He
stated that dense population made low
wages and cited the wages in England at
81 cents, New y ork at Sl,02, and in Ohio
81 0S.
MIR Y ost, in his rejoinder, stated that in
II years of Democratic rule the tariff had
been reduced Sc $50. GOO, while in IL years
of Republican rule the reduction was
| 1862 504 $50. He said that Democratic
returns showed that there was no surplus,
and that it was consistent with Demo
| cratic policy never to leave the surplus,
that this is the FIRST surplus the Demo
cratic party eyer had to deal Eith. that
| being entirely out of their line, of course
| they had great trouble with it. He stated
that the Democratic party has spent an
nualy more money than the Republicans
| That the Democratic party in adm lifting
| raw material, destroyed our home raw
material, if such a thing could be found
after it had been touched by the magic
power of labor. He showed the fallacy
Of Mr.. fuckers statement as TO the cost
of labor in producing manufactured arti-
cles AS to public education Grover
Cleveland had never spoken word in its
favor. and every Den4 ocratie national con.
vention had opposed it. On the other hand
the Republican platform endorsed public
education, and General Harrison stood
squarely on the platform. Said that MIR.
fuckers plan was nothing new, that the
sale of public lands would not produce the
amount necessary.
Mr.. Tucker replied in Is minutes, going
over the subjects already spoken Of in a
general way.
The crowd was full of enthusiasm, and
the Republicans were highly delighted
with the discussion.
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