The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-08-30

csci..s1 ar: then: This is Z great cattle grow
ing coun.ry. l. is 4 great sheep growing
country We produce al sorts Of hides. .
But uhc:l We propose to touch wool, which !
SfTorta il winter tie clothing Of 6J,COoOC0
people, vc strike ct tho combination that has
made this protective tariff, and they say:
You shall not teach it; th.s is free trade"
Let rs sec whether it Is or not. The first
tariff La: that ever was'cnactei by this gov
crEulcI.t after tho constitution WIS cdopted-
the joint product CT Alexander Hamilton,
James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and George
cslington-elabraccL in lis title the decla-
ration OF the principle that ii was E.cac to
encourage homo industries; aHd the method
Gdoptcd by them to carry out that policy HTes
to put wool on the free list There it re-
maioed until lS24, the fathers and founders
CT t,.is government never proposing to ',is-
turb it Gu-iG-, all that tine. And il all that
grand array of talent there was only one,
perhaps, who could have been accused Of
le.nIng .owa1l free trade; and that was ho .
who wrote the great Declaration, and III one
line cf it Indicted the king Of Great Eiitaln
and ARA aiGncd him before the bar OF mankind |
for cutting oil our trade with all parts OF the
world. Applause On the Democratic side.l
Wcan proposing to reduce the price of
wooden goods by taking the tax of wool. 1t
y {
employs any labor at all. There has been a
great deal CT sympathy manifested on the
otEer side for the sheep They tell lis by
heavily taxing the wool more wool viii grow
on the back Of tho sheep. Il is the back OF
the man we are caring for on this side Of the
house, and VIC propose to bring down the
price of WOODEN clothing SO that poor people
can get enough to wear III winter. But we
are met at the threshold with a proposition
from tho other side to increase the duties on
wool and wooden manufactures Sl6,OoOOOo
This would practically prohibit the importa-
ton of either wool or WOODEN goods.
! Embraced in this schedule which they de-
mand IS one of the most remarkable PROPOSE
tions that has ever been submitted to legiS-
lative body, and that is that the cheap WOOL
that now comes i'll rs carpet wool shall not
be manufactured into clothing, as 1t IS beng
done today, because the better wool IS kept
out Of the country now by high duties. How
is this law if enacted to be carried out' Are
we to have Pinkerton detectives examining
peoples clothing, and if some garments are
made of carpet WOOL instead of clothing wool
grown on American ranches by alien flock
masters, are the garments to be taken off the
backs of the people and confscatedf Our
people are today wearing carpet wool in their
! clothing because the duty on the clothing
wool keeps it out Out of li,0O0, ,o00 pounds
of wool imported in 1887, over o0,OOo,Ooo
pounds were carpet wool.
And now the wool manufacturers ana
wool growers associations and their ail!eS
are determined that we shall not even wear
carpet wool On tho 14.a day of last Jenu-
, ary they met i'll this city in "a dark lantern
room" and agreed on schedule that raises
the duties on wool and wooden goods SO high
i that neither be imported. Now. whas
; are our people to do for woolen clothing
7 Mr. Dodge, the statistician of the aGricult-
}, ural department, and protectioniSt, says in
Il his official report that we only grow 30 ,Ooo,
Y O00 pounds of wool. Others say moro, but we
put it safely when we say our product does
c not exceed 800 coo 600 pounds. Our annua
Q consumption is about 600, ,000,OOO pounds
e Now if we refuse the importation of the Tor
y eign wool to satisfy the wool growers, anf
Io refuse the importation Of woolen goods t
q satisfy the manufacturers, what are we TO a.
t. for clothing? suppose they expect the peo
Is pie to go naked and vote the Repubilcai
I ticket [Applause.l But we say to you )"
'e shall have plenty of good woolen clothes
W Serve the Lord and vote the Democratl
oi ticket. [Renewed applause on the Demo
c cratic sidcl
20 Mr. Speaker, we have put wool on the fre
d list not only to cheaper the clothing "t IN
"a people, but also in order that We may give /
% our own workmen in this countr
It tn. making of the SA 100000 wort
at of WOODEN goods that are annually inportcc
a IApplausel Instead of importing from go
ed coo coo to $50 900 600 worth of woolen good
e which we are now compelled to do becaus
IL YOU will not let US import the wool, we PR
pose to admit free all the wool that our PEI
IT. Die require and let our own people max
io- these wooden goods, and thus increase the q
81 81 nand for their work, and in increasing I'll
- demand for their work increase their wage
zee [Applause.l
10 Sir, the main object in this bill, the gre
central feature, is that it is a bill to oeto
lee the condition and increase the wages OF OF
lu- laboring people [Applause.1 We arc q
re- greatest manufacturing people in the worl
We are the greatest agricultural people
ed the world We are the most skilled peoF
ac in the world. We the most intelhge
we people in the world. We have the handso'
lad est men and the prettiest women in t
ow world daughter and applause All
10 want is for our government to take Its me
lue ding hand out of our business fApplar
1t; on the Democratic side and cries of 'Tha
ort it." That's the point."l
'css We say to the government: Call upon I
len people and tell them how much you want
re- support an honest, economical adu1lnlst1
per ton. We viii give you what you want
ed. that purpose; we viii give it to you che
mt fully; but not going TO be stardi
our around as paupers, craving the protection
on political power when our own inteliects ;
superior to the intcllects Of any people on
ers, Globe. Applause We cannot only mai
Is, facture all these woolen goods, but we {
less manufacture our own cotton, two-thirds
which we are now exporting 70 foreign CO.
ugh tries for manufacture and then buying bs
q to a larqe amount Of it in the shape OF cot
Tree goods.
5 to yo arc the greatest cotton growing Co
So trv in the world; we are the greatest ore r
FREQ ducin- nation in the world; we have Eot
sde. the clements TO make US the greatest ma
out featuring nation on earth. We can give
MD ploy.nent, additional employment, TO all
iain ware workers ut fair wages and keep u
sir, constantly employed If congress viii only
free US alone Iircat applause On the Denocr'
the sIde.l We ask you to remove as far as
zen. caa these barriers Let Us have free ;
zens materials that we may reduce the cost Of
il product. for the cost OF tie prod1ct Is
was determine the standing OF orr goods in
tber market, and If VIC can produce an art
IDLY cheaper than anybody else in the world
.test produce it -.e viii take the market q
{ to from them and hold it against them
Of piause-l
MT Why. then, should nc. we have all {!
ghe- raw materials freel Why should Dot We
I. IS cur manufacturers upon the same basis =
the manufacturers Of other countriesf
and should not we have the opportunity to coa
scial viz ths:nn u 81 Tie EnaEk2is q Iss xse