Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-21

Thurman came to the rear of the car and
spoke briefly after three hearty cheers
| for him. He expressed regret at the
briefness of his stay, and said when he
got from under the dominion of the rail.
road men he would make speech and
spread himself.
The Thurman Club of Rising Sun, de-
manded another brief stop, as did also
the citizens of Pemberville, where the
children brought to the train handsome
bouquet for the Judge. Shortly after 9
o'clock the train pulled into the Toledo
depot. Everything had been prepared
for good reception in this city, and the
people generally united to make the
occasion.
A MEMORABLE EVENT.
Crowds came from neighboring towns
and villages. A procession was at once
formed and started up the street. The
clubs marched first, and then, followed
by carriages, Thurman was driven along
the streets. The people who lined
the sidewalks applauded and the crowd OF
admirers kept close to the carriage.
Driving to the postoffice building, the
distinguished guest of the city
was escorted to the steps from
which point the procession was viewed.
An immense crowd filled all the spaces
about the building The sight of the 'Old
Roman" stiroed them to great enthus-
iasm and they wildly cheered. Judge
Emory D. Potter introduced Judge Thur
man, who made the speech of the day.
The Judge said at the outset he would
be brief, considering the lateness of the
hour, and again the fact that it
behooves a speaker at the outset
of campaign to take care of his voice.
He would have to speak on Wednesday
at Port Huron, "and," he said, cit will
be the opening speech of the campaign,
and when get there into another State
from this great old State of Ohio, want
them to Have Buckeye in the very best
condition he can be for talking to them"
[ Laughter and applause.]
PASSING TO THE TARIFF QUESTION
As the transcendent theme, the Judge
said in order to lead to precision of speech |
and comprehension of what he had to
say, he would begin by definition of |
what tariff is. Tariff is tax levied by |
the general Government on importations |
brought into the United States, the sole |
effect of which is to raise the price of |
every commodity thus important, and |
also the price of all domestic commodi-
ties of the same nature made within the |
United States. This tax is paid by the
consumer of the article. He pays it not to
the tax gatherer, not to any officer of the
Government, but he pays it in the price
which he gives for every protected arti
Gle he buys. Let us suppose, for in
stance by way of illustration, that an
importer purchased in England enough
cloth to make suit of clothes. He
pays for it then. say ten dollars. He
brings it to the United States; before he
can even get it out of the Custom House,
at the place where he lands, he r.ust
pay tax, called tariff, and the probabil-
ty is, among the enormous rates in the
on woolen goods, that he will
pay a tax of not less than so cents on the
dollar. OF course this with each mer-
chants profit continues, and is in the
goods when they are sold to the con-
sumner. So that by the time one of you
ouy this cloth, you have to pay for it
rom SIG to 500. Now, my friends, this
s true that there is scarcely thing
you wear, the price of which
IS not increased by this tariff
AK. There are men audacious
enough to say-men who are advocating
nigh protective duties or tarif-there
are men audacious enough to say that a
nigh protective tariff is for the benefit of
the laboring man. Why, in the name of
al that is common sense and reason,
IAN a laboring man be aided by a
AK that taxes him on everything. No,
ny friends, of all the humbugs that by
which men were attempted to be de-
,eived, this humbug of the laboring man
being benefited by high protective tar
IF is the greatest ever heard OF.
All. but, says some one, it enables the
in this country to pay
high wages to the laboring men, and
therefore is benefit to them. My
riends, did you ever know manufac-
urer that paid higher wages to his hands
because of an increase of tariff. If you
lid, you have met with something
never saw. But I must pass on.
Another of the deceptions Of these high
orators is to say that the con-
,umer doesn't pay tax. / have shown
you how he did pay it in the price he
yives for his article, but I want to ask
my man who tells me or tells you
hat the consumer don't pay tax,
{ he don't pay it, who does I?
Il the high tariff reduces the prices,
please tell me why it is that all the man
lfacturers are in favor of high tariff.
Why do they work so hard to increase
he tariff, if to increase it would reduce
he price of goods? This is another one
If the absurdities of these men who are
,oing around to persuade the people of
he country that high tariff is for the
benefit of the people.
These people came before you and
lrew glowing picture Of the wealth and
md prosperity Of our country. That is
Ill very we'll, indeed, although it would
% little. fairer if they would give the
,ther side of the picture and show how
agricultural prosperity has so wonder
ully decreased since they have had high |
;ariff in operation. But let that
pass, want you to ask any man who
;alks to you about the country being
made rich by a high protective tariff, by
what kind of hocus pocus it is. By what
Kind of operation unknown to
science, unknown to reason, un-
known to experience, that the country
can be made rich by this
taxing it's people far beyond
any necessity that the Government has,
for tariff? How can that be? How
can it be that you can be made rich by
Uncle Sam thrusting his hands in your
pockets and taking from you tar
more than is necessary for
the support Of the Government? But
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