The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-10
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be a fraction Of truth in that. but for my
part don't mean to call upon him to do it
at lower wages. Applause.
Did you ever think what the difference is
between hard times and prosperous times?
You know that now and then there comes
period of what we call hard times, and now
and then period what we call good times
Did it ever occur to you what the difference
is between them? The difference is in the
amount of goods which the American mar
ket can take. In good times the American
market will take all the goods you can make.
In poor times it will take less than.you Can
make. Whenever it takes less than you can
make, some workmen have either TO go out
go upon short time. Now, suppose, instead
OF that condition happening to us under the
providence of God, we were to go ON and
create that condition ourselves; suppose we
go on and create market which would take
less cf our goods than it does today. We
could easily introduce a hundred million
dollars worth of British goods into this
country to take the place of goods manufac-
tured by. America. If you do that the mar
ket left for American goods is just so much
created hard times. Now, the object of the
Mills bill, and all such bills, is to have larger
lmportations of British goods. In other
words, when they ask you to vote
for the Mills bill, they ask you to
vote for hard times, artiicially created.
Are you willing to do it? Suppose they tell
you that you can get British goods cheaper,
as my friend has already said, the question
OF purchase is not question of cheapness.
1t is question of the relation between the
price and the money you have in your pocket.
When the British gentlement comes over
here with his goods he does not mean to give
them to you. He means to take your money
in return. If he has the goods and you have
no money in your pocket you cannot buy
them whether they are cheap or dear, but
how get fhn m0nQvo Salalv hv 10
Dor, and you can labor only upon things that
can be sold. Whenever the market stops tax
ing your goods your employer stops paying
you money, and the result will be that you may
be face to face with cheaper goods but with
an empty pocket 1t is precisely the same
with the farmer The farmer can only get
money for the surplus of what he produces,
and he must sell his products to somebody,
and he cannot sell to another farmer. He
has got to sell to somebody who is a work
man, and he can either sell it here to people
no get good wages, or he can carry itacross
the water and sell it, after paying freight, to
people who get less wages. Which will he
| do not think it worth while for us to dis
cuss any other question than this of the tar
i'll, nor do think it necessary to discuss this
beyond the statements have made. What
have said covers the ground not only of
the usefulness OF the tariff, but also of the
nature and tendency of this attack which
has been made upon it. Now, my friends,
this is question that has not the sentiment
in it that the other questions which have
been discussed before you have. There is no
place for ringinging sentences to stir your
minds, but, after all, it is question that
more deeply concerns you individually, than
any other question that you have ever de-
clded. You have met and decided within
the last twenty-eight years the noblest
questions that were ever settled by
men. You now face to face with
question that more deeply con-
Germs your personal futures and comfort than
any other question that ever presented itself
to you before [applausel, andit must be de-
cided by you, by your votes. And remember
that, whoever thoroughly takes care of his
own interest helps to take care of the inter-
ests of this nation. The prosperity of this
country means the prosperity of all individ-
uals. Ii you mean, my friends, to sustain
the system which has made this country not
only richer. but famous from one end of the
world to the other. on next Monday you will
cast your votes in the interest of protection.
[tireat applause.]
Three cheers were then given for the Re-
publican candidates and for the speakers of
evening, and the meeting adiournad