Wichita eagle., 1888-10-24
A BIG DAY AT ROCHESTER.

A BIG DAY AT ROCHESTER.
ROCHESTER, n. Y, Oct. 23-The city is
crowded today with Republicans from all
over the country Senator Hiscock and
Mr.. Depew are here, arrived early this
morning, and Mr.. James g. Blaine, at
1880. Re was accompanied by the Hon, j.
NJ. Thurston, of Nebraska, General Adam
King, of Maryland, and Hon. Jno. Van
voorhees,, of Rochester. The party was
received at the central depot by a commit
tee headed by d. Il, Hunt, and Geo. c.
Buell.. About 5000 people had assembled
at the depot. Mr.. Blaine spoke about
o'clock at Franklin square. 1t was rain
ing slightly so the crowd was not very
large
In the evening Mr. Blaine addressed a
large audience. He said in part:
Mr.. Chairman, beg to bring to your at
tention and to the notice of the audience a
statement made by Mr. Bayard in a speech
two weeks ago. ! quote his exact words.
He said: Il want you to think of the pro
gress of the United States since these tariff
laws were made and what the conse-
quences are. Various inventions have
come into play since that tariff reached its
present proportions Here are some fig
ures that | believe to be reliable. they
rome from Il high authority, Mr.. Ed
ward Atkinson, of Mississippi, who is our
leading statistician and an upright and
honorable man. From 1870 to 1857 the pop
ulation of the United States increased %
per cent, but in the same time the dairy
products of the United States, the cheese,
the butter, the milk, and all bat is crea-
ted by the dairy increased - per cent. In
these seventeen years the product OF cot
ton increased III per cent: the cOnSump-
tion of wool increased 100 per cent; the
production Of pig iron increased 2S5 per
cent; the construction of railroads in
creased 223 per cent. What has been the
result of all the population increasing in
SO small proportion to all these vast wares
which are needful to men. 1t proves to
you that the country is making more than
the people need or can consume"
In reply to Mr.. Bayard my first remark
is that il is A great deal better for a people
TO have more than they can consume than
to have less than they can consume. Mr.
Bayrrd seems to think that it is an evil
omen if the wealth OF the country increases
more rapidly than its people. Pray, how
early in our history would he apply his
principle that wealth must develop only
as the population develops? | do
not quite comprehend Mr. Bayard' S
drift for my own understanding
has been that according to the simple
rules of political economy, where nation
10 III ppBuAdbiOll AhclC ldDiulS
than in property there must soon be suffer
ing, but where the acquisition OF property
outruns the ratio of increase in population
1t means that nation Is growing power
full, wealthy and great As Mr.
Bayard has endorsed Mr.. At
kinson as statistician and an
economist, beg leave to use Mr.. Atkin-
sol 8 figures and to tell Mr., Bayard where
Il large proportion of the increase of
wealth in the United States has been done
under the protective tariff. Mr.. Atkinson
stated in July last that since 1865 the
wages OF foremen, overSeers and other
specially skilled workmen have advanced
los per cent; that the wages of average
mechanics, carpenters, machinists and the
like have had an advance of 80
per cent; that factory operatives
and others of the like
grades of skill in the mechanical arts have
advanced IS per cent, and the wages of
common laborerS 66 per cent. You will
please observe that these are not advances
oyer the wage rates of some foreign coun-
try but over the wages paid in our own
country a quarter of a century ago, and
that these advances flow directly from the
protective tariff. Mr.. Bayard will
see, then, from the authority
he endorses that this large in
crease of wealth has not gone merely to
enrich men already wealthy, but that it
has gone i'll a larger degree than was
ever before known in the history of this or
any other country into the pockets OF
workingmen. If ! mad been searching for
witnesses by whom the value of the tariff
TO workingmen of the country could be es-
tablished beyond doubt, | would have
summoned Mr.. Bayard and Mr.. Atkinson
TO the stand.
Mr. Bayard further gives public warning
that If we don't take care we
shall produce in this country as much
in seven months as we shall need in
twelve months. Well, that is the last
thing that should alarm the American
people. That shows above all things our
power to shorten the hours of labor and
now let me turn TO another topic. While
] was in Indiana | had the pleasure, | had
the honor OF frequent notices on the
stump from his eNcellency, David B.
Hill. The principal subject he appeared
10 have come west to discuss was that had
driven on Mr.. Carnegie's coach when in
Scotland. that had returned home on an
English steamer and had imported thirty
three trunks, "all full of clothing as
his excellency averred. If he had taken
the pains 10 inquire of Mr.. Carnegie. he
might have learned the cost OF his coach
and the color of his horses and have been
thus better prepared for his
Indiana campaign. If be had asked
me about the trunks | would have freely
given him list of all the pocket handker-
chiefs, stockings and cravats that | had
imported and would have informed his
excellency by way OF giving him an object
lesson on the tariff that articles of that
kind are about the same price
in London as in New York. As |
have no doubt that he desires
TO do me exact justice, | will fur
Their inform his eXcellency that he
mistook the character of the steamer that
l returned in. inasmuch as she belonged 10
company of American stockholders, ana
/ would have further informed him that
he overstated the number of trunks, which
WAS twenty-five instead of thirty-three:
that those trunks belonged TO six persons,
instead Of all belonging TO me, and that
the other packages were made
up of steamer rugs, steamer chairs.
umbrella covers and hat boxes
and one case, l think, containing
photographs. Among these photographs
were several views of the English ass
which / had brought with me FOR an agri-