New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-18
TWO SPEECHES BY MILLER.
ONE MADE IN THIS CITY AND THE OTHER IN
POUGHkEEPSIE
HE SHOWS THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE PAPER TRADE UNDER A PRoTEC-
TIVE sysTEM-JoHN w. JACoBUs, JOHN
=. PLUMMER AND OTHERS SPEAK.

TIVE sYsTEtI-JOHN w. JACOBUS JOHN
f. PLUMMER AND OTHERS SPEAK
Duane-st.. before No. co. was crowded yester-
day afternoon with Republicans enthusiastic over
the raising of the youngest of the Industrial
Harrison and Morton organizations, the Paper
and Associated Trades Harrison and Morton Cam
paisn Club. Its infancy is strong and promising
Started barely week ago, it enrolled 700 names
in four days, and the success Of its first pubic
demonstration will without doubt cause great
accession 10 its membership.
The president of the club is William Irwin
Martin. lie presided at the banner-raising Colin
X Urouhart. the secretary, and Frank Squier the
treasurer sat near him on the Hag-draped plat
form. where there were also Warner Miller, Major
2. X. Paugborn, of Jersey City; John +. Piummer
OF the Wholesale Dry-Goods Club; Robert ,.
Porter John w. Jacobus. the Republican candl-
date for Sheriff. and Colonel James A Pierce OF
Nebraska, the speakers; and Ethan Allen Doty'
John F. Anderson jr, G. w. Miller Colonel >.
p Train of Boston; w. d. Ray,
William p Hamilton, Ralph Trautman. Samuei
Molleson, c. B. lIanford. J. l.. Jones. H. W.
Skinner. Bloomfield Brewer, John O. Rankin, Jr''
c. W. Barnes f. c. Ray, jr., of the Dry-Goods AS
ISOLATION and representatives also oil the INSURANCE
Mems Hardware Hsttcrs and Furriers' downtown
Business Mems and Wholesale Grocers' Harrison
and Morton Clubs.
Many of the Dry-Goods Club boys came over
from Broadway 20 help their friends, and they
made matters lively until the speaking began oy
singing their well-Known campaign songs, to the
accom- paniment Of n good band and by shouting
many old and many new campaign cries, oil whlcn
the most novel and catching in effect was:
Soup, soup, Growers in the SOUP
WHY THE PAPER TRADE is INTERESTED.
The band played See, the Conquerns Hero
Comes" for Warner Miller, as he took his place
on the platform, and the great audience greeted
him with rousing cheers. The chairman mauc
brief address the Importance OF the recognition
by the paper trade Of the value OF the election
of Harrison and Morton and the continuance OF
the protective policy. Part Of what ne said IN
this rlation was:
The paper trade in this country represents yearly
product OF nearly 500 600 900 and the artleIes naue
Of which paper is the so-cslled raw material amount
10 Industry IS threatened with disaster and de
strcfion by reduction Of the duty OF nearly 80 per
cost of Iabor in making it, for the various articles
from which paper pGouc SEQ t % With fair pro-
lection II is only tho labor, on pound OF paper ha0
Is protected ,,ro and fine nap.r was rs per cent
tn lss3 II was then reduced 40 per cent, or to -
Der cent See the result For the fiscal year June
S n iss dats Of sS5G TRs for ending
June 80 1897, there was imported %1 e
an increase Of s229 zoe in duty pad and about
900 in value or nearly LOO per Cvns in sonr
nearly million Of dollars wsS all ioff 70 p bsr
reducton IS made of 30 per cent Must we force
our laborers down 10 The psuper wages of ~
our home ahc, the best IN the world and let us by
a good protective tariff keep II so. thcers)
POINTS MADE BY MR.. MILLER.
The big. handsome banner, stretched across
the street, was now unfurled displaying me por-
traits of Harrison, Morton and Miller The ire
mendous cheering that this evoked was renewed
with increased force when Warner Miller was
introduced The principal part OF his speech ran
as follows:
Of obieciliessons which this country has ever had
In favor Of the protective tariff system Inc manu- manu-
featuring portion of the paper trade has grown uhucr
IL until We are able supply absolutely our entlIe
home market Cheers The Gwia ana SsTg been
counectcd with IT has not been surpassed by me
growth and development OF any other trade IN inns
effort they made in Congress eight years ago 10
reduce or entirely remove the duty from some poi oio
Eut protection has remained, and what Is the
resultl The amount Of capital invested IN u Is III
round numbers a hundred millions OF money anu
its product has nearly quite doubled 10 value aufg
people cheaper paper than We ever had before, or
ever hoped to have. In 1879 and 1850 the price
TO-DAY YOU can buy IL by the thousand tons for
four cents gound less. and what Is true OF me
our Industry 1t is the improvements which the in,
ventive genius OF our manufacturers has e.e Sa9
OF TODAY possible Such thing an immense paper
Of twelve sixteen pages sold at two cents retail
never have boon possible except for the announcement
given to our people to engage IN tie paper Industry;
But, while 1t is true that the price OF paper has
been reduced more than so per cent in nine years,
It is equally true that tho rate OF wages pau 20
Cheers Skilled workmen and common laborers en-
gagged in our mills paid from 800 TO 400 per
TsR a ans ase 'poy are Of the few
days ago had sont TO me oy my partner VINO W. bs IS
mills there and in comparison with the wages paid
in my establishment the workmen get IRON 900 10
400 per cent more here than there Wherever me
tariff has in the paper trade, either directly
on paper itself or the articles used in It's manu-
Let me remind the old manufacturers and men
engaged in the trade that protection to the wool n
during the last twenty-five years upon an average
more than so per cert Irmemoer when negan
felt was unknown. To-day hundreds Of establish
ments turning out products as desirable a. those
is used Bleaching powder. Of which VIC use a vast
amount, was for some reason left ON the Tree Ist,
and II was thought impossible 10 mako II properly
in this country For the last six eight years there
has been foreign trust IN bleaching powders; ana
the last six or eight years than We ever did before
powdor Which is used largely by The dry goods trade
as well as by us, believe would be made In This
country and would be furnished 10 us at very much
less price than paying for II to-day. II you
want your industry grow ana an inc other
industries of the country Increased in the same pro
portion. you only do 1t by maintaining our pr-
riective system. tCheers.) And II this great con
conrse of men remain As determined and earnest as
they are until the 9th OF November there shoud
hr no doubt about Harrison and Morton, yes. ana
Miller 100 being elected loud and prolonged cheer
ing)
CHEERING SEVERAL SPEAKERS.
Major Pangborn made speech so enecuve
that it we'll maintained the enthusiasm OF the hour'
He showed from the mouths of prominent Demo-
Gratis that in spite of all the disclaimers they
might now make, they were undoubtedly eA-
pressedly in favor Of frce-trade.
John F. Plummer spoke briefly, pithly and
uel Ioud cheers followed his remark that for