Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-02
HOME MARKET TALK.
AN ORATOR WHO IS NOT AFRAID OF
A SURPLUS,

John Jarrett Asserts That the Duties Are
Where They Are SecessAry-Au the
Speakers Favor IA Cut on Internal Reye-
nue-Mrs. Cougar Scores Blaine and
Wants To he IA Statesman.
| BosToN Feb, 1.-The first public meeting
ever held in Boston in support of the princ-
| pie OF a protective tariff took place
Wednesday evening at fremont Temple
under the auspices OF the Home Market club.
This club, by the way has within a few
months developed into large and Influential |
organization, its methods and objects having
been educational 1t has distributed many
thousand documents setting forth the doc.
trine of prote ctiOn. and its membership of
about 500 is rapidly growing. Gen. w. #.
Draper presided at the meeting and the
principal speakers We're j. w. Jarrett OF
Pittsburg, and Col A. S. Colyer, of Nash.
Vile.
Con Draper after discussing the general
principles OF protection, said: "rhis sur
plus does not trouble me as it does many
people, 1t seems to me favorable com
ment on our present revenue system that we
are troubled to dispose of u surplus, while all
other nations are troubled to make up de-
ticits. Applause Granting the necessity
of reducing our revenue, however, we have
remedy in the reduction or abolition of in
ternal revenue taxes To break down indus
tries for the sake Of reducing our surplus
appears to mo much as IL would for a pri-
vate citizen who thought he was accumu-
lating toorapidiy TO cut of finger or two
so that he might produce less. Il4aughterl
The Internal revenue tax is tax that was
made necessary by the exigencies of the
war, and il the money Is not required under
present conditions we can safely abolish it,"
Colonel Colyer was given warm well
come lie discussed tue tariff question in
the south chiefly, and summed up mis- view of
the situation thus: 81 think tho people are
beginning to appreciate the need of protec-
tion, and that the sentiment In that direction
is rapidly growing, Henry Watterson won't
believe it, but it is true, nevertheless, though
they cling to the old idea in Kentucky,
largely through his influence. They are
coming to see qhings in their true light,
however, or WHY should majority of 50, 900
a few years ago be reduced TO 10000 last
year. The people want protection aud must
have it.h
Mr. Jarrett sharply criticised President
Cleveland's tariff views MS expressed in his
message He said: "rhe president talks of
reducing the tariff just as II it were the only
tax that burdens the American people, when
we have an internal revenue tax about which
he had not n word TO say. lie talks about
reducing the tariff duties without reducing
the wages of the wOrlin gman. | make this
open declaration: that with one exception |
don't know of any article to-day on the pro-
tected list don't know of one article pro-
du ed on large scale in the United States
where a reduction of tho tariff would not
mean suffering ON the part of labor. say
this as "a representative labor man, and
| defy him any other person to
come forward and prove that it can he
done. The word free is misleading. 1t
cannot be used ia connection with trade in
its absolute sense There must be some
straint, some restriction, even if it is accord
ing to the natural law of trade. Hence it is
not free trade They say it would be
blessed thing if raw materials are placed on
the free list That would reduce the sur
plus as they term it, about Sl2, 900, 600
They want to reduce it SlOO,0OO 900 year.
If they place all manufactured articles on
tine free list it will only reduce the surplus
800. OOO,000 That is not enough. II they
really want to reduce the surplus why don't
they talk about reducing the internal rev.
enue taxes AS well the tariff! 1t is very
plain that these people who are advocating
of tariff duty are simply coming
to the front ms advocates of free trade"