The Portland daily press., 1888-08-16


her hills and valleys echo and re-echo with
the hum of the spindle and the rattle of the
loom let the smoke over her recent battle
fields rise from the smokeStacks and Chin
neys of peaceful and thriving industries.
Let her cease to be lazy and go to work; let
her have faith and believe in a protective
industry and in protected individual rights,
and then shall the new South place her hand
IN ours, and, side by side, we will enter upon
the Journey Of the future, hearing as we go,
ringing from one end OF this land to the
other, Peace on earth and good will to
men,"
There is another reason why this onslaught
mas been made upon our industries. Mr..
Cleveland says in his message that the du-
Ties imposed upon foreign articles imported
to our market increases the value of the for
elgn article as well as of the domestic, to the
amount OF the duty itself. This is very se-
rlous statement, and coming from the source
" does, clothed with authority. it demands
OF us candid, thoughtful consideration. 1t
would be discourteous in me to say that this
hgment Is untrue. | shall not, therefore, say
so, but will let the facts Of our industries
speak for themselves. Now take the famil-
lar and OFT repeated subject q steel rails,
which, in 1866 we were paying S166 ton for.
A tax was put on them In 1871 of S2S per ton
We then began the manufacture of steel
rails and as the American product increased,
the price decreased so that today you can
buy steel rails at $3.50 per ton, precisely
what you paid S166 ton for in 1866. If the
statement Of the President is correct we
should add the duty to the price and paw for
our steel rails $3.50 instead Of the $3.50 we
now pay
Take the file industry. In 1866 we paid A
duty Of ifty-eight per cent. In 1866 we
brought all our files from abroad, paying
from six to seven dollars per dozen. We at
once began the manufacture of them, and
have In this country today 80 manufactur-
ing establishments, and you can buy all the
files you want at from two to two dollars
and thirty cents per dozen.
Take the industry of soda ash, which en-
ters very largely into the manufacture of
glass. Up to 1884 we imported all this, pay
ing duty of So per ton, and were paying
for every ton $40. Some English capitalists
came to New York and established an in
dustry worth today at least one and half
mil million dollars. They are produced 49,
your soda ash for $2S a ton, twenty dollars
less than you did four years ago.
Now take the case of wooden goods. My
brethren OF the free trade party, will you
United States in 1860? There were Just
three. Today we have thousands of looms
in operation, we have invested twenty mil
lion dollars OF capital, employ seyenty-five
thousand workmen.. consume per annum
fifty billion pounds Of wool, produce fifteen
million yards of cloth, although we pay a
large duty. was told by the three largest
manufacturers and producers in the city of
New YORK not week ago that wooden goods
were cheaper today than they had been
since the formation OF our government.
| [Applause.l
Take the salt industry-and l think we
will need lots of it to keep the statements Of
Father Cleveland correct and pure-[laugh-
ter paying duty Of either II or a per
| paid from forty to sixty cents bushel. To-
day you can buy all the salt you want at
from six to eight cents bushel A similar
| condition OF things can be related of the silk
| industry, the watch industry and many
| others.
There is something more than dollars and
/ cents in this question Of protective tariff !;
| there is national independence In it, and
tell you, brother Republicans Of Maine. if
/ you shonld analyze this principle of protec-
tion down to its last drop, and to the core,
| you VIII md in 1t good deal Of the spirit OF
July 4, 1776-the same spirit that spilled the
tea In Boston Harbor, December Is, 1873, is
protecting American industry in this coun-
| try today. 1t is very singular thing and
| worthy of mention that the first protec tive
tariff law that ever went upon our statute
book was signed by George Washington in
the city OF New York, July 4. 1885, The ear
fathers OF the republic we'll unders TODD
lne meaning OF protecting American indus
tries, and were in favor of it, and distinct
~ declare that into our political economy we
need, as American citizens, TO place more
spirit, more heart and more soul. We
| AAoN eOetOA puJ MY pei ttuL more QuLN IMAM
we now do rather than let the children of the
laborer go without an education. Applause
Inc working men of America are worth
something they are part and parcel Of the
government; they help to make our laws and
administer them; they vote, and at the ballot
box we inaugurate reforms, settle all nation
al disputes, and it is out of these poor homes
tnat are to come the men Of the future of this
country. They are the ones who will receive
sne n mantle a. when we are gone. They win
now doing. The men Of today, first in art,
science, law, commerce, trade, literature. in
everything that elevates and surrounds man
KIND IN this country today, 40 years ago were
these boys as we would take care of the fu-
ture OF our country. [Applause.l In Europe,
you know, the working man Is absolutely
nothing He does not occupy the dignified
position OF cipher at the right hand Of
the government under which he lives
IMAM has the bullock he slays or
the mule he drives. 1t is q terrible asser-
lion, nevertheless it is true. Think of it.
Inc accident of birth decides everything
there; once born king, always king; once
porn duke, always duke; once a tailor
always tailor; once a shoemaker, always
80, put mere there is nothing Of the kind. In
america there Is room for every aim, room
Ior every hope, for every aspiration. Here,
no royal road to preferment, but the path
way lies open to all alike, and he that does
best, succeeds best.
Owing to the noise of passing bands the
speaker was unable to continue, and after
loud cheers for the candidates and for the
speakers of the evening, the meeting ad-
iourned.
In Front Of City Hall.
While the meeting was going on in the
hall, great crowd, that had been unable to
gain admission. gathered in the streets and
on the sidewalks in front of the building. So
dense was the crowd on the City Hall steps
that it was impossible to get out Of or into
the building, except by the Myrtle street en-
frances. The crowd extended down Ex-
change street and up and down Congress
street for considerable distance beyond the
City Building After Mr. Reed had finished
his speech in the hall he came out and adj
dressed this multitude from the steps.
His speech was entirely devoted to discus
sion Of the tariff question, and notwith-
standing numerous Interruptions by parad-
ing bands, it was very effective and was list
ened to with marked attention. He spoke
over 20 minutes. His reception was a very
cordial one and his telling points were re-
ceived with hearty applause.
The Evening Procession.
In the evening there was a grand torch
light procession, consisting chiefly of Port
land companies, under the command of Col.
L. s. Sanborn. The houses of prominent
Republicans were Illuminated, figs were
displayed and the throng of people that
filled the streets was even greater than that |
of the afternoon. 1t was a little past
O'Clock when the procession left the head
quarters on Federal street, and it marched
in the following order through Federal
street to India, to Congress, to High, to
Cumberland, to Myrtle, to Congress, to
Pearl, to Cumberland, to Franklin, to Fed
eral, to the headquarters:
Harrison Drum Corps, Robert Brown, ieaderu |
Harrison Pioneers, Capt. +. HI. Webster.
Westbrook Band, Mr.. Babb, leader.
Westbrook Republican Club.
Ilppecanoe Gurds, Capt. G. A. Dew.
Brunswick Drum Corps
Harrison Guards, Capt. j. d. PrindabIe
Augusta Bnnd