Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-11

and to show the reverse of the picture
he quoted an extract from Pigeons
Old World Questions and New World s
Answers. in which the condition of
Lowell operatives is drawn in dark
colors.
Mr.. Allen said he would like few
moments to give the gentleman some
information in regard to the city where
he had spent his whole life, in order
to refute the statements of an English
free-trader.
Mr.. Lodge.-Did ! understand the
gentleman to say that the passage he
quoted from Dickens's American
Notes referred TO Lowell under the
Walker tariff g?
Mr.. Wilson. that time.
Mr.. Lodge.-The Notes" were pub
lished in 1912, four years before the
Walker tariff came into existence.
Applause and laughter.
Mr.. Wilson, have not the exact
date of publication: but the tariff in
1912 was not half of the rates of tariff
in 1888. Applause. Mr.. Wilson, con
tinuing. said that the gentleman from
Massachusetts, (Mr. Lodge had writ
ten the life of Alexander Hamilton,
and he wanted to bring the gentle
mans recollection TO the following ex-
tract. written before politics had
taken possession of him:
In the wear 1871 Hamilton was a
protectionist; that at the present day
he would be the foremost i'll urging a
revision of the tariff" Applause and
laughter.
Mr.. Lodge was glad that the gentle
man had read the passage, for he had
not changed his views.
Mr.. Wilson (reading Gle (Mr.
Hamilton would now be a moderate
protectionist, but not one of those who
support heavy duty in order to fur
nish to industries already firmly estab-
lished a protection which accrues
solely to the benefit of the manufac-
turer. and no one else Laughter
and applause. That-commented NJ T.
Wilson-was written since 1912.
When that was written the average
tariff in this country was 1865 per
cent. and now ii is Al per cent.
Applause
In arguing that the tariff did not
regulate the price of labor he con
trasted the prices paid in the same
llIlt Vi anu SId'NN t'' u
result of that contrast man i'll Maine
was only worth two-thirds of a man
in Connecticut.
Mr.. Boutelle inquired how high the
wages of farm laborers were III West
Virginia.
Mr.. Wilson. They are not as high
as they would be if we had the pro
lection off. Applause
Mr. Boutelle.-l want u candidreply,
or | want to have the gentleman re-
treat ANONYMOUSLY from the ques-
ton.
Mr.. Wilson, cannot yield for n
speech but | accept the gentleman
a. full explanation why a man i'll
Maine is worth only two-thirds of a
man in Connecticut. Laughter and
Applause
In conclusion, Mr. Wilson said: This
fight will go on. There will be no in
dustrial peace in the country until
the tax laws are established upon
basis fair to all. Applause We
will keep the country rocking from
ocean to ocean until we secure justice
and fair dealing among all the cltl-
Zens. You may strike down that trIb-
une of the people at the other end of
the avenue, who, putting aside all
ideas of prudence, spoke out that
ringing summons that rallied the peo-
pie as nothing else ever did. You
may strike down the leaders of this
fight as you struck them down i'll the
last Congress and the previous Con
gress. Those who hold the standard
may fall but other hands will take it
up and move forward. The spirit of
our intelligence is behind us. The
spirit of liberty is behind us. All we
can hope for the destiny and great
ness of this country urges us forward,
and in the language OF our Speaker,
Whoever may falter, whoever may
fail, the people of the country mean
that its glorious destinies, shall be
preserved, that they shall be trans
lnitted unimpaired TO posterity, that
the country shall not belong TO monop-
olists on the one hand or TO commu-
lists on the other, but shall be, as it
was designed to be, of the people, for
the people and by the people. y
As Mr.. Wilson concluded he was
rapturously applauded by his party
friends, while many Republicans
joined in the compliment, and amid
cries of Vote Vote" members
crowded around Mr.. Wilson and
warmly congratulated him upon his
speech.