The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-19


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I For The CoUuEs.
'Laborlng Mems Views on the Tar
iG-A ssDelusiOn and Snare"
Il LoUlsvfLLE, Ky. Oct. 2, 1858.
n EDuros JASPER CoUMER My friend
Mr.. Louis n. Rose, infOrms me that yos
are willing to allow him space In YOU
Ipaper for articles dealing with the issuei
Of tie presidential campaign, and re-
quests me to give our joint views n
W0rkingmen upon that most important
OF All subjects. the tariff.
| On the night OF the 4th inst. there was
ID large Democratic torch-light process.
Ision and speaking at Liederkranz ball
lin this city, Hon. j. Q. 8. Black burn,
present United States Senator from this
State. aud Hon. Frank Hurd, Of Ohio,
being the speakers. The hall YVES packed
from pit TO dome, and when the Chair
man introduced Mv. Blackburn be re-
ceived quite an ovation. He spoke clo-
quently and 10 the point. being inter-
rupted several times by applause. He
said. among many other things, that We
were to-day engaged IN building the
greatest monument that was ever erected
to human folly. This monument 10 .
vault to hold the hundreds Of milli0ns
or dollars now being wrung from the
people Of the United States BY excessive
and unnecessary taxation. We are to-
day witnessing strange contrast In
policy ~ between this country and the
of Europe. While we are try
Ing TO pursuade our people TO allow us
10 reduce their IA xation, the governments
OF the old world arc busily engaged In
dcvising methods BY which TO increase
the burdens Of their people. This is in
deed strange. / attribute the opposi-
tion on the part Of our people 10 reduce
sion OF their taxes, and . tightening Of
their burdens, TO the degrading supersti-
ti0n that . protective tariff can benefit
the masses.
When Mr.. Hurd was introduced the
audience fairly went Wild, and biz
speech. which was q mastery argument
for freezer trade, was received with the
most intense enthusiasm. | mention the
fact that free trader, by his apt illus
trati0ns and sound arguments. Get an
immense audience wild with enthusiasm.
to show that the massos are not as much
alarmed at the free trade howl @ the
Republicans would have uk believe. III
also shows that the Democrats are acting
q skulking towards when they attempt
TO evade the issue by saying that they
are In favor Of some protection. a great
many Of our Democratic orators are even
behind the w0rkingmen In this particu-l
lar, for since last December the laboringl
portion Of our population have been /
studying economic questions, and ask |
Ing themselves whether this thing called |
} protective tariff is reality or 3 delu-
zion. Now. the wild enthusiasm which
prevailed on the occasion OF Mr.. Hurd's|
speech proved to my mind that ecouomicl
question: are being studied more than
1ver before.
Mr.. Rose and myself are both absolute
ree traders. We would not only free
commerce from al restrictions, butt;
would free production o well. And,
trsngo . Il may appear, neither or ue
re members Of the Golden club, norl'
'ired By England to preach free trade,
ut ere both American. born citixens oil
be United States, and mechanics
monty denominated workiugmen. Whyli
re We free traders and @ ouch support| |.
nd vote for the Democratic Nationalls L
andfdatcs2 II the Democratic party is
'ot free trade party, Why do We, BE-
ng Tree traders, support its candidates III
because any discussion Of the tariff ques-
lon will arouse thought and Get men tol
tudying economic subjects, and because|
ny reduction OF the tariff. howeverl
mall, IL step IN tho direction OF free|
rsde. We know that the Democratic|t I
'arty does not Intend 70 establish free| /
rado tn any other than the EngIish| I
ense, which i : starif for revenues Z
My !" but We know, also, that, whitley I
bic party b establishing ''tariR for|c
evenuo only the education or theIt
Masses, which must attend the discussion \
Z this question, will utterly destroy the|s
Our Republican friends tell ~ that tbs|} I
tariff keeps up wages, and 7
bet if free trade u established wages :
I'LL 20 down, and our factories will bels :
losed, and ruin and desolati0n will belh
broad u the land. Horrible thought Z
b sure. They Gloss their eyes TO sur.It {
ounding conditions, and refuse % ro-lh
1ember that the most dIsastroue fluan. 4
|al panic ever experienced ID this coun. \
y occurred 10 1879. We had prolec.
On then, for The tariff Laws were %. n
nted 10 1859. Wages went down and 2
own during The four years folio Ing 4
lIs crash, and IL 1877 labor riots and n
rikoe agsinst reductions II wages ragged 4
eucb en extent that the power OF the 2
40 he'd p b invoked 70 arbltrate end '