The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-26
BLAINE AND HARRISON.
Remarkably Happy Speeches by
the Two Great Leaders.
The Maine Statesman Takes Mills Tarin
Speech for a Text. and Mr.. Harrison Adj
dresses q Large Delegation of Ger
man Republicans.

dresses q Large Delegation OF Ger
man Republicans.
Hon J. G. Blaine addressed the Repub-
lican voters of Evansville, Ind, and vicin
ity en- the evening Of the 18th, analvzing
Mills tariff bill and ideas in the following
mastery way;
1 have carefully read the speech delivered
in this city by Hon. Roger G. Mills, chairman
CT the Committee on Ways and Means, to
whom the authorship of the Mills bill is popu-
larry imputed It IS altogether a singular
speech. Il asszils very bitterly the doctrine
Of protect on, ridicules it ard then. in varied
form of argument. tries to persuade his hear
ers that the Mills bill has rot really changed
the protective features of tie tariff. II has, he
says, simply reduced the average Of duties
from ga per cent to i2t. per Gen. and he
argues earnestly that this per cent re-
duetion viii not disturb the harmony or eff
ciency of the protective system II Congress
and on the stump, for years past Mr. Mills has
devoted his energ es and eloquenee TO prov
ing the free-trade dogma that protection is
robbery. II he was speaking the tn. b in those
days ne must now acknowledge tnss Inc DEM
ccrats are " -lliaz 70 FOO to the extent OF 425s
per cent. while the wicked Republicans are
robbing TO the extent Of 47l per cent But the
truth is, Mr.. Mills does not state the figures
correctly. On the cortrary. he states them in
tenton TO misrepresent, but like all other
free traders, Mr.. Mills IL in such muddle on
the whole subject that he forgets the primary
rules Of arithmetic in studying the actual
facts and figures of the case. For
tunately in q matter plain as this is
TO tie common understand ng OF men,
We need not be imposed upon by any Of the
heresies or blunders of free-trade speakers.
We simply appeal to the record. According 10
the report of the Treasury the duties levied
and collected at all the custom-houses OF the
United States this fiscal year smountei in the
aggregate to a triie over S2I2 OoocoL II is this
sum which free traders assail so bitterly, and
it is in this sum that they fad the outrages and
abuses Of the protective system OF these az
gregate duties Of s2I2 eo0.0p Mr.. Mills bill
proposed TO take OF an aggregate OF sia.5o1.-
90 / give The amount in round numbers,
which was 10 per cent on the total dutiable
inportations for the whole year But
on the duties on silks and liquors.
amounting 70 sesOo0Oa Mr. Nils
bill made no reduction whatever so that the
whole OF the reduction fell on the SiS20o 90
that remained But mark you. still further.
gentlemen, the whole story Is not yet told; for
OF the sIsa JO1Oo0 $4,000 were the duties
levied on sugar. and from the duties LEVIED on
sugar reduct on was made OF 81, Gol.Ooo leav-
ing the people OF the United States ssIii to pay
$47,ooc.oe annually on sugar. Deduct that Ss,-
o0a,0G OF sugar duties from s.S2-0uO.0o0 and you
have left sI3I, 0oOoeo as the total amount of all
duties levied on all other articles in the tariff.
and deduct 81, 10000 which Mr. Mills took Of
the sugar duties. and you have left S2s J0o,0o0
duct on on the remaining s13i. 01n0Co duties OF
tarif. Gentlemen you will please observe
that the sum of slSi.ooa00 OF duties affords all
the protection We have on manufactures, ex-
cept that levied in silks, all that we
have on cotton, all that We have on
wool and woolens, all that We have on IRON
and steel, and all the articles into which
iron and steel enter as component part In
fact, all that protects the manufacturers in the
United States, and protects the labor of those
engaged therein In fact gentlemen, what may
be termed the entire protective system Of the
United States, over which this controversy be-
tween the two parties is now raging, IS included
in that si3I-0oOOC0 OF duties, anG from that
sl31, oOloOo OF duties Mr.. Mills proposed to take
$500. and tells the people OF Indiana that he
is only reducing the tariff per cent. whereas.
as matter of fact OF the whole inportat on
of all the long list OF articles / have named, he
makes reduction exceeding - per cent
What does Mr.. Mills mean when he says that
it is only reduction OF 5 per cent? VIII he
face the wool-groweTs OF InGsana from whom
he strips every particle OF protector. and tell
them that he has only reduced them per cent,
VIII he tell the lumber manufacturer in the
iargest hardwood market in the world in tn
very county, when ne put their product on the
free list VIII he say the same thing TO the
salt producers in Michigan, and 10 the number
less pursuits which he has thrust down from a
far protection 20 the free list: Will he tell
them al TO submit because OF the wide spread
fallscy that the average reduction Of the whole
is only five per cent. What IS il 20 those in
dustries that are stripped naked, whether the
average is FIVE or five hundred per cent In
either or any event they are thrust out into the
cold Gentlemen. there is one great difference
between the Republican ald the Democratic
parties Whatever the Republican party pro-
poses in Congress II frankly defends before the
people But the Democratic party from Pres
itent Cleveland down through all tie Official
grades, have for eight months vagcd a bitter
warfare on the protective SYSTEM denouncing
II as plumber and organized robbery, and are
now sending out speakers known in fact to be
the most rancorous free traders, with Mr.. Nils
at their head, to so qualify and explain away
and tumble and reverse and turn and trim the
figures that they hope 10 deceive the people as
10 the true intent Of the assault made
upon the protective system In ny judg-
meut, Mr.. Mills brought his bill to a poor
market vhea he appears as its defender in
the city OF Evansville. Before the war We had
a tariff like unto that VIII CD Mr.. Mills eubOdies
IN hrs bill and now pray LOOK back twenty
eight years and recall what a small town
Evansville then was. Then look to-day at her
population More than fifty thousand people
who are engaged il 3 variety and combination
Of manufactures as extraordinary, I think,
can be found n any city OF its SIZE in the whole
Union Evansville nss one OF the largest cot
ton-miIls 10 be found West of New England; it
has five wooden mills: it has ten irou found
res: q has ave establishments for the manu-
facture OF steam boilers. II has ten carriage
manufactures; IL has seventeen establish
ueats for the manufacture OF harness and
saddlery; it has i've estabI shments for the
building OF steam engines: It has ght furui-
ture factories; II has four establishments for
the manufacture OF shoes: II has thir-
teen establishments for the ualufact-
ure Of farm wagons; it has three
potterles; IL has seven planiug-ulIlis.
Il has twenty establishments working il
copper. tn and sheet-irol. and I might coz
trnue the list through brass fou0dr.es, stsve
factories, stone yards and Stalneries. and
know not how many more amounting in the
aggregate OF Isl different establishments
Does any man II his senses believe that all
these establishments. or any considerable por-
ton OF them would have been founded aud
maintained and prosPered in Evansville under
the free-trade tariff existing before the war:
or does any man believe that they would con-
tlaue IL prosperity under tar-f Of practically
the same kind now proposed by the President
and the Democratic party II Congress? He
knows little OF the currents q trades IN the
past or little OF the terrible competition beyond
the sea who thinks that all these results could
have been produced or could now be maintained
under . low revenue tariff which practically
means free trade Mr.. Mills does me the
honor IN his speech 20 quote what
said upon reaching home after years ab
sence IN Europe 70 the effect that = rarIs was
primarily for the protection OF American labor.
think any man is blind who Goes Tot see, and
Is practically dumb VITO does not say, the same
thing. Let me illustrate: Nr Mills proposes
10 take the tar from wool and give TO our
manufacturers WOO, from Australia as cheap as
they get il n Eaglsad- VIII take that Is test