The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-08-04

because they wanted to give back to the
people this bounty on an article which God
had prepared for them.
The duty on cotton ties, which were
placed on the free list, amounted to sl2i,-
600 II was charged that the bill was sec
tional because II placed cotton ties on the
free list Did gentlemen from the North
west ever think that when they abolished
this sl21 900 they enabled the poor people
of the South to buy more Of their horses,
their bacon and their -four. just In pro-
portion as the people Of the Northwest
overtaxed their countrymen Of the South
they crippled their own capacity to sell.
In placing Zante currants, which grew in
but one spot in the whole world, on the free
list, the Democrats were charged with be-
ing free traders Gentlemen on the other
side said: "You must tax the people on their
clothes, on their food, on their employments
of labor, and II you want any thing free
take a drink Of free whisky. Laughter
and applause He discussed and defend
cd the repeal of the duty on lumber. 1t
was time that the poor people should be
con sidered in the reduction of taxation.
The taxes had been removed from incomes,
from manufactures, from railroads, from
telephone and telegraph companies. and
from express companies, and now the
Democratic party came upon the stand and
said 1t intended to help the man in the log
house on the prairie and give him free lum-
ber. The duty on burlaps was S979, 900.
Every yard was made abroad and the duty
brought money into the country which was
not needed. 1t was better that the people
who used burlaps should have the money.
The Government did not need 1T. 1t was
injuring the prosperity of the country and
the Democrats proposed to place burlaps
1;,t Ipi,, IA ia ra
charged with being free traders. No re-.
duction of the tariff commended itself to
the judgment of those who made the
charge unless it was coupled with free
| whisky. Applause and laughter
| Hemp and jute has been placed on the
| free list to the amount of 81, 900. Cen
| tlemen on the other side said that this
would ruin the flax and hemp industry of
| this country. For years an attempt had
been made to establish that industry here,
but notwithstanding all the milk that was
given this babe it refused to prosper. The
hemp business was dying. 1t soon must dis
appear and therefore hemp must be placed
on the free list. The duty on opium, which
amounted to s46T,000, had been removed.
Not an ounce of it was grown in the United
States, but gentlemen on the other side
did not want opium touched. 1t was the
|
not on opium. No industry would be hurt
because cheap medicine was given to the
suffering and dying.
Ostrich feathers have been placed on the
free list. Ostriches were not found on the
| Western prairie or in the Northern for
ests, but our beautiful females wanted os-
trich feathers. and they would want some
| when Grover Cleveland was inaugurated
March next Laughter and applause.l
Returning to the woolen schedule Mr..
Mills said that the bill proposed to reduce
the duties on woolen goods by taking tax
| alton off the wool that was not raised by
skilled labor and scarcely by any labor at
all. 1t grew on the sheep The sheep pro-
duced it, He had heard much sympathy
expressed for the sheep. The Democratic
party's sympathy was for men not sheep.
| Applause 1t proposed to bring down
the price of woolen clothing so that the
poor people could get it to wear in winter.
The people to-day were compelled to wear
carpet instead of clothing wool, and now
the wool l-growers and wool manufacturers
came to an agreement that the duty should
be so high that no wool and no woolen
goods should be brought in. He supposed
that the people could afford to go naked,
but for him and his party he would say:
"Wear good clothes and vote the Demo-
cratic ticket" Wool had been put upon
the free list not only to cheaper the cloth
ing, but in order that our worSmen might
have the making of the IA, 600, 600 worth OF
woolen goods that were imported into this
country. 1t was proposed to let all the
wool the people required come in free and
let our own people make the wooden goods
This would increase the demand for labor
and in thus increasing demand for labor in
crease the rate of wages.
The great central truth in this bill was
that it was bill to benefit the condition
and increase the wages of the laboring peo
pie. We were the greatest manufacturing
people in the world, the most skilled peo
pie, the most intelligent, and smartest, and
best-looking people in the world [laughterl
and all we wanted was for our Govern
ment to take it's meddling hand out of oul
business. All the people wanted was to
i have the Government tell them how much
it needed for its support and then let theil
business alone. Let the people have free
raw material in order that they might re
duce the cost of the product, for the
cost of the product was to determine
the standing of the market. If the
people of the United States could pro
duce a product cheaper than any other
people they would capture the markets
The manufacturers of this country shoult
have the raw material free and thu:
be placed on the same basis as manu-
facturers of other countries. The Ameri
can manufacturer should have a free fielt
and open fight The Democrats We're go
ing to give it to him without trying to fr,
the fat out of anybody. They did not pro
pose to debauch the American people il
order to buy their Judgment at the polls
They appealed to the intelligence of thu
people. They intended to go before th
country and appeal to the Judgment, an,
intelligence, and virtue of the people, an,
they would appeal in the confident reliance
that the people would speak as they hat
always spoken for the welfare and pros
perity of the country.
Alluding to attempts to defeat his re
election he stated that money was beinl
brought into the Ninth Congressional dis
trict of Texas for the purpose of accom-
plishing that object, but he wanted to sa,
once for all that the people of that distric
, were not for sale.
He wanted to refer to that celebrates
suit of clothes. When he opened the de
bate April IA he made the statement that
, q suit Of clothes could be bought for fiv
days labor, and the tariff on that suit wa
, 100 per cent, it would increase the cost o
the clothes to ten days. labor. The gentle
man from Ohio mckinley had produces
suit of clothes and said: "Here is sui
, of clothes bought for $40 In Boston" II
. (Mills) had taken pains to trace that suit O
, clothes up. Its exact cost was t66S.
weighed four pounds and four ounces; tn
, labor cost was tl85. 1t required seventee
. pounds of wool to make that suit of clothe.