The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-25

whiskey, Az the el0Hh or the war VI
had q tax OF e2 q gallon on whihkey
To-day II IL 90 cents, llelease the TAI
on the articles OF comfort and lot II 10
main on whiakey. There "a now q tai
OF 70 cents on Bibles, ana when preach
era ask 10 lower II they are met by The
Republiean party which says 70 them
no we can't lower the tax on Bibles bul
you can have all tho fIee whlhkey you
want for your congregation Laugh
tor,
This question OF taxation Ia a serious
question. Under this protective sy6
tenn, when You earn Si47, you get "
and the AZ cents is taken 10 pay tarlfl
taxes Where does that money g0i
Into the pockets OF u few iaanufa0tur
era, Don't you fee that a protective
tariif tax increases tho cost OF living
and shelter without giving you any
GOmpenaniing advantage for H. Low
taxation ID blessing 10 labor and high
taxation IN u curse W u, LOOK THIS
matter squNiely In the face and II we
are not right LEI M 90 down and lot tho
Republicans have control OF tho govern
ment Wages ara lower light here IN
Canton for the amount OF Work done
than they ore IN England, before we
had this protepilye tarIff wages were
three times greater h6le than tlley were
IN England, When tld Republic was
founded Hamilton was The father OF
protection and We had a tariff OF \ per
cent aud after we get free trade under
the Mills bill, we viii have q tariff OF a.
por cent, II a neighbor should come
into your house and take of his coat
and hat some OF these Republicans
would say that he was undressing and
going 10 bed Laughter,
In lHl0 we had tariff OF 40 per cent,
and when Mr.. Walker became Seereta'
ry OF the Treasury II was reduced. In
that period OF low tariff from 1916 TO
1860, manufactures Increased more than
NJ any other time, and wages increased
more under those fourteen years OF low
tariff than In all the twenty.aeyen years
Of high protection. In 1912 England
had tariff OF 10 per cent, and q great
many OF her prominent men were pro-
teolionlBts. Sir Robert Peel was pro
tectl0niat, but he investigated the mat
ter and he was convinced that II was
not the best thing Tor his country.
show me q prominent lrlshman, with
the exception OF Patrick Ford, who
ever advocated q high tariff. Daniel
O'Oonnel, Henry Grattan and all her
prominent men advocated a low tariff.
The leading Industry In Ireland Ia the
linen industry. Under q high tarlii
there were 10000 people engaged In II;
TO-DAY there are $1,000, The greatest
industry In the United States today Is
the railroad industry, and yet this un.
protected Industry has swallowed up all
the Others. The largest manufacturing
industry that we have In this country
is the flour mill industry 10 Is not n
protected industry and yet every piece
Of machinery used In u flour mill Is
highly taxed. | have heard your con.
gresham say that We should put a tax
on everything we produce, You carry
that out TO the letter and In q few years
you will have u bowling wilderness over
here. We once had tax on quinine
and since II has been removed we man.
ufacture three times as much more.
Now great cry made about protec.
ton 10 that II increases wages. IL this
10 the case wages In protected indus
tries should be rs high In New Jersey
MS In California, and yet there Is as
much difference as between New Jersey
and England
The workingman has but one thing TO
sell and that is his labor lie should
get as high price for II as ne can and
he ought not TO compete with the pau.
per labor. Keep the pauper labor
abroad and then you will have no trou.
BILE TO protect American labor.
Since England has adopted her free
trade system, pauperism has decreased
forty eight per cent, In your county
here In 1885 you had 30S paupers In
your inhrmary and II cost Sl9,606 TO
support them, In your county you had
SSO0,06 tariff taxes every year. or SldS,-
900 more than all your state, county
and municipal taxes combined, and
yet the Republicans say that the con.
sumer does not pay the tariff taxes.
There have been Ave great presidents
OF the United States; Washington,
Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln and Cleye.
land. / do II say that Mr.. Cleye.
land Is the greatest Of these but |
do say that he is not the least Of them.
lie has recreated his party and put II on
a basis where all patriotic men can fol.
low II. With him on the ticket is the
"0ld Roman" who Is noted for his rug.
ged honesty and his name should
bring out every Democrat TO the polls
on the 9th Of November.
When the meeting was over, the Mas.
slllon and Navarro clubs formed In
front of the Court House, and, headed
by the Harmonic Band and Uhrichs-
Vile Drum Corps, they were escorted
TO the Tabernacle by the Y. M. ID. O., Of
Canton, where they were treated to a
supper.