Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-10-20

business. The republican party, on
the other hand, says we will admit
every article which bears the hKndi.
work Of humanity in =ubstaOce, we
VIII admit everything ,u here, pro.
vided that you pay a tax which We
Will proportion according 10 the feat
uIe- of The Gaze, 50 that our own peo-
PIE, IN whose InJere-t our feelings are
very deeply involved, will be prolcc :
I'd. We wish Iu increase the wages oi
the workiugman aud do not propose 10
ste them reduced to level with the
pauper labor OF Europe. We will no,
see theI placed al Disadvantage. Ia
May last, while the discussion was
going on under this bill, IA republican
representative in congress made these
remarSs; why, in this debate, has
every friend If the Mills bill laudt d
the English free trade system which
only levies duties on the articles not
produced at home? ?" The answer il:
That the debators were southern dem
ocrats, opposed to the interests Of the
n"'th and In favor OF anything that
will detract from the advancement OF
our progressive people. Voice: Right
You are.
The lavorite statement of the dem
ocratIc party, which, perhaps. you
nave all heard many time-, and is nov
worn thread bar-, Is IA ;; they give -
a reason Tor their hostility to prptsc-
tive tariff that TN" syst an Itself, as sp.
piled 10 manufactured articles doe
not IN the least protect anybody bu,
the manufacturer; that II is u SYSTEM
that d,es rot protect labor. wish t.
call your attention 10 that, and Jet H.
examine t. The speaker then care
fully detailed the workings Of the tsr-
III system and pioyei that the mupu-
faclurrr did not stand on footing
different from other people. That be
vas only protected against the foreign
imporI9lious that woud, il free trade
prevailed, reduce the wages of our
honest wag- workers. The effect l.
this; that steel rails are substantially
prohibited from coming in here AZ h
profit because Of the tariff upon these
articles, aud IL il the same with other
importatious, list of which / could
now -tate, but realize the fact that nv
address must 5e short as there are
other speakers TO entertain you to-
night, aud, for this reason, | will not
detain you further on this subject.
The logical orator then demonstrated
to the people how protection had IN.
creased the manufacture Of silk IN tbis
country, showing that the cost Of silk
had been greatly reduced whilst the
-ilk manufacturers had Increased v.Iy
materially.
Referring to the wool question Col.
Eaton stated that il was one Of the
great industries ofour Montana people;
that II WAS successful busin ess, Civ.
ing employment to thousands of mel
aud contributing Ia large degree io
the prosperity of out territory. That
the Mills bill would cause the wool
grower Ia loose ten cents per pound on
each and every pound Of wool they
raised.
The conclusion Of the speech wa.
punctua'ed by applause aud cover, d
the entire lead industry OF the coun
try, showing t..e bauetul effect h.r
the Mills bill would have on that in
dustry.
The chsirman then introduced ,b,
speaker ~ the evening. the Hon. Tho-
n. Carter, WHO s'e;lrilird the audienc,
by bis magnetic speech of Que huu
aud half, in which he traver-sd o.
whole OF the ISSUES presented In thu
campaign and exposed tNs laiis.ips q
free trade. Hts remarks, IN Jritf
were rs follows:
Ladies and Gen tlemen:
Two eventfIl yeats bave come au'
gone since last I had the pleasure o
addressing you. The occasion Wa
similar o. The one which calls for TIA,
assem- mhl,ye Tonight We had collect
ed together then 10 rOus der the utia r
OF government; a cun-ider the aduI
tion Of some policy relative to our owl
material interests, but the discussion
was one which dealt very largely viii
conditions aud propositions far dis
tant from ourselves. A. the present
tim., however, we are cslled upon e
consider matters reluting % the inme
diate present aud destined 20 exert q
controlling influence on the future t6
remote period OF time. We are
called upon 10 consider the relations ol
public law;t, the conditions Will"
exist In private life; We are called upon
10 consider matters which re- ale di
rectly TO the comfort, convenience
hsppiness and prosperity of Zach snd
every home 10 the county Of Custer,
and 10 the life Of each and every man
residing here Loud spplAuse,l