The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-21
THE OLD ROMAN.
Continued from First Page.
Judge Thurman, who made
his tenth speech ofthe day as follows:

mas Decn my privilege 10 speak III TINS /
goodly city OF Toledo a number OF times
in my life, and never came here to speak
that | was not received with the kindcst
attention and regard by all your people,
TO whatever party they might belong,
and by your Democracy with warmth
and heartiness that | shall never be
able to forget. Applause ] am,
therefore, here tonight gratihed-highly
and greatly gratihed-that l have
once more the privilege OF saying n few
words to you. [Renewed applause !
say a few words, my friends, for have
spoken already nine times today. Short
talks, il is true, rather than speeches, but
yet talks that try one s voice and some
times weary ones brains. ! shall, there
FORE be very brief in what / have TO say
tonight. Indeed, were there no other
reason Tor it, / should be brief, consider
ing the late hour OF the night ut which We
have arrived. Again, | should DO brief,
for this is tho opening OF the campaign
with me, and every experienced speaker
knows that il behooves him at
the outset of the campaign TO take
the greatest care OF his voice, lest he break
down at the very beginning. Now, have
TO speak day after tomorrow to Il large
crowd that | am assured there will be at
Port Huron, in our sister State OF Michi-
gan. II will be the opening speech of the
campaign for me, and when | get there
into another State from this great old
State OF Ohio, | want them to have the
Buckeye in the very best possible plight
in which she can be for talking TO them.
Laughter and applause. | must,
therefore, my friends, husband my
voice, so TO speak, and take care Of
myself, so that IL cannot do much credit
TO myself, where 90 | may be no dis
credit TO you, my fcllow-citizens OF Ohio.
Applause. The few remarks that shall
make to you will be confined TO a single
topic. Not that there is but one thing
that might attract your attention in this
campaign, or that might not be well spoken
OF, but there IL one transcendant theme
about which 30 much is said, 30 much is
written, so much is printed, that the pco-
pie are eager 10 learn exactly what is the
truth. ! refer TO the tariff question, rs IL
is commonly called. Now presume that
there is no man in this vast audience who
does not know what is meant by the
word tariff, or the term tariff law,
and yet il can do us no harm and may
lead 10 precision OF speech and TO COM
prchension OF what have TO say II begin
by definition OF what is tariff A
tariff, my friends, is nothing in this world
more than tax levied by the general gov
crnment upon importations brought into
| the United States for sale, the effect OF
| which is 10 raise the price Of every com.
modify that is imported and also the price
i OF all domestic commodities OF the same
nature made within the United States
| This tax is paid by the consumer OF the
article. When your State tax is levied II
Is levied on property; II is paid
by property. The man Of much
property pays much moro than
the man of little property, and tho man OF
no property pays none at all. But tariff
is tax paid by the consumer OF the So
called protected articles. lie pays II not
10 the tax.gathercr. not 10 any officer oi
the government, but ho pays Il In the
price which lao gives for every protected
article that lac buys Let me suppose, iol
instance, that an importer purchased ~
England 81 900 worth--no, ! won't tax,
so much M that-I will say enough cloil
10 make suit Of clothes for man. III,
pays for itthcn, say $40 lie brings Il 10 tn,
United States Before he can oven got Il Gu
OF the custom.houso at the place wher'
he lands, lac must pay ON that tax Gale,
| tariff and the probability is, among III,
| enormous rates in the schedule on woolel
gools, that he will pay tax Of not les
than 90 cents on the dollar. That is, tina
lac will pay 81 tax on tho $40 worth q
cloth that he has bought. Now, II th
man who imports that cloth sells Il 10
wholesale merchant no must, OF course
nut the tax that he paid on
10 the price; otherwise he woul,
lose money by tho operation, an
20 when this importer sells I
b the wholesale merchant lac charges hin
slG for that cloth which cost him orig
= nally but $40. Nay, more, he charge
him $40 and his mercantile profit on ia
20 tax as well a. on tho $40, the origins
cost Of the goods The wholesale mel
chant sells Il 20 the retail merchant, an
= the retail merchant sells II 10 his customer
9 OF course this price with each merchant
: profit continues, aud Il Il In the good
, when they are sold 10 the consumer. :
that by the time ono OF you bus
. that cloth YOU find you have 10 pa
/, for Il from $40 90 so; perhaps not lc'
% than $40, for that which originally cost ~
a.. 80 hero has been n tax Imposed on u
j consumer which amounts IN ELECT
J, nearly or quite ~ much M the origin
Il Gus, Of the goods. Now, my friends, III
Is no true that there Is scarcely n THU
i that you wear the price Of which Is ~
d increased by this tariff tax. There q
!, men aidaciOus enough 10 say, men vi
y are advocating high protective duty
:. tariff, there arc men audacious enough
s. say that a high protective tariff Is for u
,c benefit OF the laboring man. Why,
the name OF all that Is c0mmo
sense and reason, how can labOril
\. man bc aided by tax that begins vi
=. the crown OF his head and extends 10 Z
4. solcs Of his feet and taxes everything q
N Il between them [applauso and laughic
A that taxes him on his hat, Ia
Il him on his shirt, taxes Il
I'M ON his coat, taxes him on his vest, tai
him on his pants. sixcs him on his und
clothing, taxes him on his stocking, o
taxes him on his shoes, aud even t0
little neck.tic that Is around his neck
lcyics tax upon IL. Now In the namo
heaven can Il be- that the laboring man
th benefited by such a taxi
ID "No, my friends, Of all the humbugs
n which YOU Wcrc tempted 90 be dccciy
4. this humbug Of the laboring man be
~ benefited by high protective tariff is
s greatest ever heard Of. All, but 4
w some one, IL enables the manufacturer
',o this country 10 pay higher wages "
w, laborng men, and therefore Isl bench
them.
"Niy friends. did You ever know
manufacturer that paid higher wage
his hands because Of an increase OF
my tariff? II you did you have met
something | have never seen. There
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