Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-29
United States.

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Shoemakers.......... 00l u
! Stationary engi
neeTs..; 5oI l5 Ooto IS 9
Soap-1ns kers........ 00l 10
Tanners ................ 00I 90 to 10 O
1ealnsters. ............. 20l y 90 to Is O
Upholsterers. ......... s 00l IS 0
Watch h-makers..... O0I IS 0
NoTE-No list of comparative rates of wage
will be found in the speech of any one favorini
the Mills bill.
The wealth of nation does not consis
Of its surplus in money, its railroads, it:
factories. nor its farms, but rather in thai
great wealth of humanity, educated and
loyal, which is the sure guarantee that oul
future will be greater than our past.
Mr.. Mills further pleads for " freedom tc
buy the products of Others" where we
please, while the gentleman from South
Carolina Mr.. Hemphilll asks for the same
thing when he asks the right to purchase
labor where it can be purchased the cheap
est.
| have quoted enough to show my prop
osltlon 10 be true, that the Democratic
party is in favor of free trade.
The Northern Democracy say, "Oh, no
we are not frse-traders; We believe i'll tariff
reform and tariff revision only" Gentle
men, you know as well as | do that the
teAAA rvs WIZ l4iC litdc On
few days ago when we were in the dead.
lock, and you Northern Democrats walked
up and down with feather in your hat
and chip on your shoulder and said you
did not propose to be bossed by the Brig
adiers. King Caucus tapped the bell, aud
you went in, like good boys, and laid down
your bundles
The Brigadier rings the caucus bell:
he QOugl-face cries " For shame
/ i not be bossed by the Brigadier,''
But ne gets there just the same
daughter. And when the great Demo-
cratic party shall have assumed control of
the Senate and OF the White House aud of
this House Of Congress and of the Su-
prene Court. and the edict goes forth that
free trade shall be the policy of the party.
you Northern Democrats, being but the
ceudal appeIdage, the mere tail of the
great Democratic dog, will meekly and
modestly erlpld yourselves between the
hind legs q your owner and wait pa-
tiently for j formation from the business
end of that iog whether to wse for free
trade or for protection. [Great laughter. !
Dir. Chairman, l have never been in favor
OF sending man 70 the penitentiary for
preaching free trade. do not think that
IS good cause but when man like the
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mltee of this House stands up here and
talks by the hour in favor of free trade.
and then tells us that it is all for the bene-
ut OF the laboring men in this country, it
makes me tired. Laughter on the Repub-
lican side
Here comes an American shoemaker who
says to the Chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means: Mr.. Mills, under
stand you are in favor of buying your shoes
where you can buy them cheapest" "Oh,
yes" Why do you want to buy them
where you can buy cheapest "Why,
Just to help you poor American shoe
makers" lLaughter.l The next man is a
spinner OF yarn or weaver of cloth, and
ne says; Mr.. Mills, you say we ought to
have free trade; that we ought to be per-
mitted to buy our clothes wherever we
want to, and wherever we can get them
cheapest. You can buy your clothing
cheaper in England, think "Oh, yes, 8
says Mr.. Mills. Wont you tell me, saws
the American clothman, q why you want to
buy your clothing in England" " Oh, yes;
1t is to help your poor American clothiers.n "
says Mr.. Mills. Renewed laughter And
here comes man with swarthy brow and
horny hand, an ironworker, who saws /:
understand Mr.. Mills, you want to buy
your shovels and your hoes and all your
ironware in England. where you can get
them cheap" Oh, yes" says Mr.. Mills,
Z" but it is all for the benefit of your poor
American ironworkers."
Now, Mr.. Chairman, as l said before,
while l do not believe in sending a man
to the penitentiary for preaching free trade,
yet when a man stands up here and
talks free trade, and says that he does it
all for the benefit of American working
men, do think he ought to be sent down
Tor six months twice year for fifty years
for hypocrisy. Laughter on the Republi-
can side
And, Mr.. Chairman, the workingmen are
going into Convention, and are going to
adopt preamble and resolu ion some
what like this;
WHEREAS, The Democratic party, or rather
the Chairman OF the Ways and Means Commit
tee of the House of Representatives believes
that he should have the right to purchase the
products of labor wherever he can buy them
the cheapest and
Whereas, He also says that he wants that
right for the benefit of the working people of
this country therefore,
Resotued, That the Chairman of the Wavs and
Means Committee for elasticity Of conscience,
for monumental gall, and magnificent patriot
ism takes the whole bakery.
Laughter on the Republican side.7
Mr.. Chairman, occasionally you Will find
retired business man who is free trader,
bat always you will find the college pro-
fesSor who has competed for the prize of
the Golden Club; and always the dude
" Aw, dawn't ye knaw, it's a blawsted
shame, ye knaw, We cawn't buy these
gloves and oeck-ties in New York for less
than twice what they would cost in dear
old Paree." All these are free traders, and
also that other class of gentlemen, who are
not to blame for it, because they have been
brought up in country which few years
ago adopted Constitution which was cited
here lately by the gentleman from Kansas
Mr.. PeTkinsl, containing as two of its
fundamental principles absolute free trade
with all the world and the right of capital
10 own its labor.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, wish to devote q
few moments TO the question of trusts. The
favorite peroration of the Democratic ora
tors here is to charge the trusts to the tariff
Now. for the sake of the argument, we will
admit that the sugar trust is fostered by
the tariff. We will accept your proposition
upon that question for the moment. But
if that is true, why do you not take that
trust and throttle it with the Mills bill? Is
not that simple proposition? / had the
honor as Republican and prote ctionist
of introducing a resolution upon that sub
ject reciting that it was alleged that the
tarlH iostered the sugar trust, and asking
for information and legislation: but
understand from members OF the COM
mittee investigating the general subject
that, although they have employed an at.
torney and taken great deal of evidence,
not word has been put before the wit
nesses 10 show to the country what effect
If any, the tariff has upon the trusts.
MIR. breckenridge of Arkansas-The gen.
tleman is entirely mistaken upon that
point. | am member of that committee
and l know that that question has been
gone into quite thoroughly.
Mr.. Mason-I received my information
from another member of the committee.
am glad that you have learned something
upon the subject, and hope that some re-
suit will come of that committee which
will be Of benefit to the people of this
country.
Mr.. Breckinridge, of Arkansas merel,
wished to correct the gentleman.
| Mr. MaSrn-Thot SC Va, l-n0rx