The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-24
FORAKBR'S Big SPEECH.
He Opens the Campaign at
Richmond, Indiana.
A. GREAT TARIFF ADDRESS
Which VIII DO Good-He Shows u
the Famous Conspiracy at Red
Top to Force Free Trade
on the Country.

immense crowd.
Gov. Foraker, after speaking at grea
length on various issues OF the da.
spoke as follows concerning
THE TARIFF:
Now, want to talk about the tarii
question. A great many people affect Il
believe that this is difficult question tt
understand. And so it is when yot
come to deal with the details, us Con
gress must. 1t must then be ascertainet
Just what amount OF duty shall be leviet
on each importation. That. necessitatei
investigation and study OF various kinds
do not propose TO talk to you abou
matters OF that sort. What the people
want to settle is the principle that is in
volved. Congress must attend to thu
details OF its application. After we hav,
declared for protection, it is for them t
say what the rates OF duty shall be.
WHAT PROTECTION MEANS.
In political economy protection mean'
exactly what is meant by the term in it
ordinary use. Protecting home indus
tries and home labor is the same thing
in principle as protecting health or lii,
or property. Your object is to guarJ
against threatened harm. Whether you
will protect or not does not depend Oh
what may be the particular kind OF dan
ger or the source from which it may
come. You protect your life and health
from smallpox, from yellow fever, from
violence, from any danger that may
threaten. You protect your property
from fire, from storm, from thieves and
robbers. A good part Of your life is
spent in proteCtingit.
1t is the same with nations that it is
with individuals. They protect them
selves, or at least should do so, against
whatever dangers may threaten. With
nations, Us with individuals, it is i'm
portant to be independent as well Is
prosperous. No people can be indie
pendent and permanently prosperous
who do not depend upon themselves and
use their own natural advantages.
They should supply their own food
their own clothing, their own fuel, Their
own munitions OF war, their own farm
ing implements, their own machinery
They should raise their own sheep, sup
ply their own wool, make their own
iron and steel, build their own railroads,
and in short, supply themselves with
everything else they may need, so far rs
their natural advantages will allow. TIC
this end they must have their own coal
mines, iron furnaces, steel plants, faCto.
ries, machine shops, wooten mills, and
all other facilities for supplying theil
wants. All this is evidence when we
take only the most practical business
like view Of the subject.
TIs THE PATRIOTIC Policy.
But there arc other considerations
that demand the same policy. That
people are strongest who are most de-
pendent upon themselves. They have
the greatest community Of interest. In
country like this, OF vast extent and
varied climate and soil, they lean upon
one another and support each other
and thus continually grow more and
more homogeneous, The mutual inter
ests and dependencies bind them to-
gether in stronger bonds OF union than
any the law can provide.
But one of the greatest benefits OF q
system OF diversified pursuits is the edu'
cation it affords. Only men OF brains
and good character can make good me-
chanics. To make machinery and oper'
ate it requires thought. 1t means intel
ieCtuai development. The more our in
dustrial pursuits are multiplied, the
more the genius and intellect and NOR
atty OF our people are developed. Onl
laborers are made better men and better
citizens. This is good for them, good fol
their families, good for the country and
good for posterity.
FREE TRADE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Our trade would be limited TO The
thirty-eight States and Territories, but il
would be absolutely free, Just as it is to
day or ever has been. That would bt
the natural aud appropriate condition o
trade with us, for the simple reason thai
although we are large country, divided
into many States and Territories, yet We
are one people, living under the SAINT
government and having common inter
ests, ambitions and purposes. So tha
what hurts or helps one section, hurt
or helps every other. There is no harm
therefore, that can come to one section
OF our country from competition witt
another that we have not agreed anC
bound ourselves by our union and form
OF government to bear and share.
The issue is Joined. and the American
people must settle the question us Il
the policy they will prefer and pursue
We don't need protection now for th,
same reason that our fathers needed i
when the Government commenced, bu
we need it Just us much as they needet
| it. They could not maintain their indus
tries without il; neither can we. Bu
our trouble, unlike theirs, is due to th'
DIFFERENCE IN WAGES
paid here and abroad. ii other Coun
tries paid as high wages us we do W,
could have free trade and could hold ou
own markets and take most Of their
away from them. But they do not pa!
the same wages. England pays bette
than any other, but she pays from twen
ty.five to fifty per cent less than we do
Ocean freights have been so cheap
ened that they have become au import
ant factor. Hence it is that England
and the United States are practically OF
the same plane as competitors for tn
American markets in every respect eX
cept only that OF wages. The who'll
question is, therefore, one Of wages
England can under.seii because she I'm
der pays. 1t is safe to assume that ol
the average nine-tenths Of the cost Of
manufactured article is labor; that, Il
other words, for every ten dollars Of tn
cost OF n product only one dollar repre-
sdnts material, while the other nine dol
Iars represent work.
British wages will safely average a
much as 3Sl per cent lower than Amer
can. In other words, the labor that cost
the American nine dollars will cost hi
British rival but six dollars; the labo
that costs here ninety dollars will cos
there but sixty dollars; while the Amer
can is paying out $500, the Englishma
expends but $500. In business amoun
ing to 100000 there is difference in II
, vor Of the Englishman OF $50, 900. Man
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