Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-11

Of the progress of the United States |
since these tariff laws were made. and
WHAT 1HE CONSEQUENCES ARE.
Various Inventions have come into play
since that tariff reached its present pro-
portions. Here are some figures that
believe to be reliable; they come from q
high authority, Mr.. Edward Atkinson, of
Massachusetts,, who Is our leading sta.iB.
tician and an upright and honorable man
From 1870 TO 1887 the population of the
United States increased Sc per cent; but
in the same time the dairy products OF
the United States, the cheese, the butter,
the milk, and all that is created by the
dairy, increased 10 per cent. In these
II years the products of cotton Increased
liz per cent; the consumption of wool
increased 100 per cent; the production of
pig iron increased 2s5 per cent; the con-
struction Of railways increased 223 per
cent. What has been the result Vt all
the population increasing in so small pro
portion TO al these vast forces which are
nesdful to msn's us.? II proves TO you
that the country Is making more than the
people Of the country need or can con.
sumo. Inventions in steam and electricity
have come. Countless are the applica
tions of both these mighty forces, and
from them increased production has
come. The result is here in round AZ
uree; bnt, in general phrase, the people
Of the UEited States Can manufacture aud
produce in seven months all that they re-
qoire for twelve. Applause What 10
to become Of the workinQmen for the ave
months that remain2 What are they to
product Where shall 1t GO? Where
shall they sell il? How will you dispose
of it? We are told that
THERE Is HOMIE MARKET.
There Is, thank God, the grandest home
market the sun ever shone upon, because
intercourse between the people Of this
land is as FREQ as the air that blows across
the prairie. Applause There is not q
thing that is made In any corner Of the
Union that cannot be ordered by any
American and come to him as quick as
steam can deliver It, with no other cost
than the freight upon It. There ia home
market; but, when that ia oversupplied
what will you then do with the oIoess?
These are questions that / will do my
best to truly consider, fairly and sensibiy
with you.
Not only Is the food product increasing,
but invention has come TO show you that
you can preserve food. You can pack IT
and seal 1t Theoretically; you can send 1t
to the heart of the desert of Sahara; you
can send 1t to any place In the world and
at the end OF ten years II will be as good
to cot ss the day You put it in the can. ]
shall presently have something to say OF
the encouragement presented to men to
avail themselves of this invention.
Now to come to the legitimate and logi.
cal conse quenoe of this. We have home
market for which we make full supply
in Z months. and for the other there l.
no demand here. Suppose we go on pro
duciug and manufacturing, what is the
consequence Prices would fall down
aIn talking to sensible business men
You know the effect Of an over supply o.
any thing in @ community. II Is ri
IL community need 1000 bushel
of oats, and, after the supply !
in, another hundred bushels are offered
to any man who will take them, will no
that excess Of 100 bushels affect the pric
of tn other 1000 bushels, and affect
far more than 10 per cent? Your knowl
edge OF these things Is better than mine
but my own il goot enough to teach m
that. Now see what the natural result Q
this Is A man sees surplus of thei
production threatening him, and IL tn
, manufacturer continues for twelv
! months In the year ii will knock dow
! his prices, because he can sell no mol
than what he produces in month
! What would then happen? Combination
Of strong and powerful men are forme
to prevent fall of prices, and how Is thi
accomplished ?
THEY STOP THE PRODUCTIONS;
] they pat their huger on the artery I
, trade and forbid It to beat and whe
, that comes where Is labor2 They co
/ these combinations ''trusts;" they ca
: them ''syndioates !" they say they are
. regulate the output, and indeed they
I it They say they regulate the price, an
indeed they do 1t. They have hemme
. themselves in from intercourse with 9th,
markets and, like angry monsters, the
turn and devour what Is Gagged In wit
l them and can't get out.
/. Do you not see that the same wall on
a the same gate that shuts out foreigne
: from sending supplies here keeps US fro
, sending supplies there? Why, gentl
1 men, the wall is Just as high, no matt,
which side you approach 1t from. The
1 is no potent method for lower side
4 the wall. II we raise our taxation 80 th
j the foreigner cannot get In goods her
! Internationally we raise 1t so that v
, cannot get over the wall to get our goot
/ into his market II Was meant to be
: barrier and barrier indeed II is. The
is q barrier famous in history, and u
|, bloody history Of the city of Paris In Il
| days prior to the revolution Of 1883 tt
q habit of the French government, relic
: upon by the privileged class, was to far
? out their taxes, and they called Il
I lessees, or contractors of taxes, II
Y farmers Of the taxes; and they granted
. these men, for certain sum, the right
/ collect the French taxes. They tart
1 the country for all the food that came in
/. the cities, and they called these tina octr
4 taxes. The citizens Of Paris chief
r suffered from this. The result was th
q every person, farmer, dealer or peasnr
q entering Paris had his carriage or vehic
/. searched to see whether he had anythii
a dutiRble In IL; and this was the state
= things
0 WHEN THE REIGN OF TERROR
Q commenced when the people rose
/. frenzy, blood thirsty, unhappy, insan
l. rose against these men who were taxi
= the lives out of their bodies, and tbs
g this favored class sought to escape. Tn
IS sought TO flee from Paris, but found th
4 the barrier that kept the taxes out Ike
:. them in and the guillotine owed some
u it's victims TO the fact that the favored al
!? upjust classes OF Fsenchmen were unat
A to escape FROM the vengeance of the mi
/ because OF the very barrier they thel
d selves had set up to keep the mob fro
10 getting in unless II was taxed for the
r benefit. Applause.
it There 10 no question that what We tel
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