Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-31


there are 500, ,OC0 or 900,oC0 iaborers. in
clu6ing women and children, in the pro
tected industries, bat We will mt the
figure at 100000. Ihsre are eight
times as many other laborers whose In
terests and occupations are in no wise
protected by the tariff. Therefore. if
the protection is for the benefit of the
laboring men, the wages OF this million
engaged il the protected industries
ought to be higher thar thos2 OF the
men employ ed IL ton-protected ind7s-
tries. In round numbers the iabcrers in
the unprotected Industries receive as high
wages as those in the protected indus
tries. I don't know what the wages of
farm hands are in Michigan. In nv
state they receive about ST. day, and
you see in the state OF " Mlssachu-
setts, according TO to the returns OF
her own board of industry, the averaSe
wages is S1.0i a day in manufactur-
ing industries. So there is no difference
worth talking about between the wages
the one receives aud the wages the other
receives. They are both substantially
the same. Looking ct the i'm proved con
dition and con- forts, the constant eleva-
tion of the agricultural hand in tbs state
quite as coed wages as the laborer in
any protected industry in the country
EFFECT UPON THE FARMER.
My friends nothing is more common
for those men appeal to every BODY
than to hear protectIonist orator say
that protection has benefited the farmer.
How it can be of benefit to a farmer l
have never been able to find out. Let us
tset : = 10 ~
has had. We hs6 a low tariff from 1916
up to the breaking out of the was in 1861.
1t was called ihe Walker tariff Iremem-
ber il very well, for 1 was in the house of
representatives at that time and voted
for it, from 1850 to 1860, while that tariff
was in force, the farm lands of tbs Uni
ted States, according to the census re-
porte, increased in value 103 per cent.
Then came the high tariff of 1861 or
1862, whichever it vas, and from 1860 to
the increase n tbs value of
the farms of the United States
was only 40 per cent. Under the
l03 per cent. in ten years. Under the
high tariff it was only 40 per cent. But it
may be said that that inclades the period
d
parison l hsye here o statement of how
it was in this goodly state of Michigaa.
From 1850 to 1850, under the low tariff
period, the value OF the farm in Michi-
gan increased 211 per cent, From 1860
to 1870, under high tariff, it increased
las per cent; but that Includes the time
of the wsr. From 1870 to 1880, in q tins
of profound peace and under the highest
tariff this country has ever known, the
value increased 25i5 per cent. They ip-
creased under Walkers tariff, which has
been denounced SO much since as a free
trade tariff, they increased from 1850 to
1860 211 per cent, and some of you will
remember that under the Walker tariff
we had a great wGr-the war with Mexico
Had values continued to increase from
1860 to 1880 as they did under the low
tariff period-1S50 to 1S60-the farm val
1es Of Michigan would have been $1,047,-
100000 in 1880, instead of being, as they
were by the census OF 1880, only $780,
100000. Take farm implements. From
1850 to 1860 the value of farm imple
ments had increased at the rate of 101I
per cent. If they had Increased in the
same ratio under the high tariff as they
did under the low they would have oeen
$23, 100000 instead of S19 100000. You
will see by these figures that it is quite
impossible that the high tariff can be Of
advantage to the agricult urai community.
But, my friends, [ must draw my remarks
to close. Ny voice Is weak to-day. l
don't know why it is so, bat it is. Besides
it is time that l was giving way to gentle
men who are to follow ma to give them a
fair opportunity to present their opin-
ions. 1 want to call your attention,
though, to one thing. l have spoken of
the surplus revenue that lies useless in
the vaults of the treasury, and now | want
to read TO you what Senator John Sher-
man, who was secretary of the treasury
for four years under Hayes, said about
this matter, as late as the 5th dav OF last
month, ia a speech before the chamber
of commerce in Cincinnati. | am sure
no one will charge John Sherman with
being g democrat. No one will charge
him with wanting 10 destroy American
industries. He said: II HoRld like o
talk to you, men OF business, to-day on
the matter of the great surplus of money
in the United States treasury. That
affects you materially. We would
prefer to have it than de
foiency. The government of the
United States has this surplus now, and
it seems as though some people were try,
ing TO get rid of it. do not ellude to
politics. Every man of ssuse knows that
the government should not collect more
money than is actually needed to carry
on it's business with close economy.
Congress- ought this year to devise some
mode to dispose Of this sur plusw
agree with that entirely. l say that every
man of sense does know that the govern
ment should not collect more money from
the people than Is necessary to carry on
the government economically administer
tered, and everybody does know thai this
great surplus, Is lying useless in the
treasury and is increasing year by year,
is great injury to the country and does
nobody any good, Besides damaging
the prosperity of the country it has
very corrupting effect. Governor Allen
once said in his forcible way of speaking
when he was excited that you might as
well try to keep powder house in hell as
to have an honest government with a sur
plus in the treasury. Laughter. Well,
that was a pretty strong statement of TIE
case, but it was not extravagant after all.
Renewed cheers and laughter.
ON THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Why, gentlemen, If you would just
look over the scheme for plunderips the
aovernment owing to this great surplus,
you would be amazed. There is scarcely
anything that somebody won't ask for.
They say the government has the money.
1t is ids in the treasury, and you might
as we'll give it to US for our little scheme
as let it lie there. And so every scheme
of extravaganza, everything in the world
by which the people can be bled and high
taxation kept up is advocated by these
men and congress, owing in a great de
gree TO this fact of surplus in the treas
ury. Before / conclude, my friends, l
want to ask your attention for moment
to another thing-what is called the
Chinese question, the question of the
i'm mportation of Chinese in 60 this coun-
try. What I wish to say upon this sub
ject cannot be better expressed than what
I said to my own constituents in Cincin-
natl in 1870, five years before me legIs-
iaturs of California nemorialized the
congress on the subject of Chinese emf
grafton. l will ask my friend, Mr. OQth-
waite, TO read, as l find my voice Is break
ing down. Mr.. Cultivate read the extract
as follows. II do not think that large
Chinese immigration 70 this country il
desirable 1 do not think it would be q
desirable acquisition. On the contrary, l
think it would be q serious, disturbing
element. In race, civilization, habits,
education and religion, the Chinese are
widely different from our people, so
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