The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-08-22

y-gyspyg ~ e,yv,vuV,uIv gSSass,
which we are now compelled 10 do because
1 you viii not let rs import the WOOL We pro
pose TO admit free all ths wool that our peo-
pie require and let our own people make
lsthese wooden goods, and thus increase the de-
rnand for their work, and in increasing the
demand for their work increase their wages.
tApplanse.l
Sir, the main objsct in this bin, the great
central feature, is that it is a bin to better
the condition and increase tho wages of our
laboring people LAPplause.l we are the
greatest manufacturing people IN the world.
J We are the greatest agricultural people in
the world. We are the most skilled people
in the world We are the most Intelligent
people in the world, We have the handson-
est men and the prettlest women In the
4 word Laughter and applause.l AN we
want is for our government TO take its med,
ding hand out Of our business. LApplause
on the Democratic side and cries of 'tThatss
il, ," That's the point ~
We say to the government: Call upon the
| people and tell them how much you want to
support an honest, economical administra-
| ton We Will give you what you want for
that purposes wc VIII give it to you cheer
fully; but we are not going TO be standing
around as Taupers. craving the protection of
| political power, when our own intellects are
superior to the intellects of any people ON the
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factlre all these wooden goods, but we can
iAanufactare our own cotton, tEvo-thirSis Of
| which we are now exporting to foreign coun-
tries for manufacture and then buying back
| n large amount of 1t in the shape of cotton
goods.
We are the greatest cotton growing coun-
try in the worlds we nre the greatest ore pro
ducing nation in the world; we have got all
the clements to make us the greatest manu-
featuring nation on earth. We can give en-
| ployment, additional employment, to all our
wage workers Mt fair wages and keep them
constantly employed if congress viii only let
US alone tGreat applause on the Democratic
side.l Weask you to remove as far as you
can these barriers. Let US have free raw
materials that we may reduce the cost of the
product. for the cost OF the product is to
determine tho standing of our goods In the
market, and if we can produce an article
/ cheaper than anybody elsc in the world can
/ produce it We viii take the market away
from them and hold it against them. Zap
/ plause.
Why, then; should not we have all these
raw materials freeg Why should not we pr.i
our manufacturers upon the same basis with
the manufacturers of other countriesl Why
should not VIC have the opportunity to contest
with them in all the r. .rl5ets of tho worlda
Why should not we demand that this congress
shall Undo the work of previous congresses
-
son says in the Declaration of Independence,
by cutting OF our trade with all parts of tho
worldi Give Us fair field A;,d an open fight,
and that is all we ask. lApplause on the
Democratic side.l And, Mr.. Speaker, that
fair field and open fight we intend to have.
[Renewed applause.l We are going TO have
it, and without trying TO 'tfry the fatn ont of
anybody, either daughter and applause
ON the Democratic side
We do not intend to try 20 bebauch the
American people with money in order to buy
their votes at the polls. We intend to appeal
to the intelligence and tho virtue of our feI-
low citizens. That is the great corner stone
upon which the republic is founded and it
has been found adequate to all trials in all
times in the past, and it will not be wanting
now. We intend to appeal to their good
common sense and ask for verdict of ap-
proval, and shall appeal to that great
tribunal with an unshalsen confidence that it
viii speak for tho welfare and prosperity of
the country. LApplause.l
The next largest item is tin plato. the
amount of reduction being S5,T0o,O 600. Not
I, pound of tin plate is mnde in tho United
States That has been repeatedly stated on
this floor; stated from the other side as well
as this side. 1t is clearly an article of reve-
nue. To put tin plato on the FREQ list does
| not deprive any man in this country Of en-
ployment. 1t does not take dollar of lfulit
from any manufacturer in the country. In
order to meet the condition of the treasury
whichis so alarming, we have taken Off this
amount OF s., 100000 aud given it to the con-
sur1aers of tin plate Gentlencen on the other
side say that is free trade, too.
Have you thought how many people are
interested in tin plate9 You will find it in
the homes of all your poor people. You will
ind all your woTlsingmen going to tlleir work
with tin buckets in their hands CARRYING
ing and canning business of this country
carried on by the use of foreign tin plate.
You viii find this article every where, paying
now a du1y which does not disturb anybody
ut all but which is pil.ng too much money
into the treasury and congesting the circula-
ton needed in the channels of business. To
remedy this disturbing condition we propose
to put this s., 200 900 back into the pockets Of
the poor people of this country Ii that is
free trade make the most of it [Applause
on the Democratic side.
The next item Is salt. Salt WAS put on the
free list for the first time by the measure
which Thomas Jefferson took part in fraIn-
ing. Salt is not product of the skill of the
human mind or hand. The Builder of the
universe has made salt. Salt is in all the
multitudinous waters of the sea: solt is be
earth, God, in his providence, has
made it for man It Is necessary
for animal existence It ought not to be
taxed. We have put salt on tho free list, so
that salt may be free for our great pacleries
of pork and beef, for our butter makers who
are exporting butter largely, for those who
=ure pork, either for their Own use or for the
market. This removal OF duty affects espe-
cially in the north and the northwest. 1t
should commend itself especially to you gen
tlemeu who represent northwestern constitu-
ents who send into the market bacon and
pork which we buy from you But because
a few people arc interested in having mo-
nopoiy of tie salt business we are branded
before the bar of the country as FREQ traders
when we consent to remove the duty ON this
article, and give back to the people this
bounty which God has prepared for them
tApplause on the Democratic side.l
Next is the item of burlaps, on which we
make reduction OF s9Ts, 600. Eot a yard Of
it is made in the United States. The duty
upon this article brings money into our cof-
fers which is not needed 1t is better that
the people who use these burlaIs should have
this money in the channels of business. They
tell US this is free Trade. Every reduction of
the tariff which we propose to make is
charged as free trade, and nothing commends
itself to the Judgment of those who make
this charge except that we would couple
with reductions on few little things in the
tariff some free whisky. LApplause on the
Democratic side.
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