Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-24
BLAlNE'S ANSWER TOBAYARD.
An Enthusiastic Republican Mass
Meeting at Rochester.
TARIFF QUESTION DISCUSSED.
The Plumed Knight Pays His Respects
TO Governor Hill, Of New York
Enormous Number OF Vetocs
by President Cleveland.
Republicans at Rochester.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Oct. 23.-The city is
crowded to-day with republicans from all
over the country. Senator Hiscock and Mr..
Depew arrived early this morning, and
James c. Blaine about l o'clock. He was
accompanied by Hon. j. NJ. Thurston, of
Nebraska; General Adam King, Of Mary
land, and John Van Voorhis, OF Rochester.
he party was received at the Central depot
b. the committee. About five hundred
people had assembled at the depot. Blaine
spoke about o'clock at Franklin square,
but owing to its raining slightly the crowd
was not as large as expected.
Mr.. Blaine spoke as follows; Mr.. Chair
mani beg to bring to your attention and TO
the notice of the audience the statement
made by Mr.. Bayard in speech two weeks
ago. i quote his exact words. He said:
81 want you to think of the progress of the
United States since these tariff laws were
made and what the consequences are to the
various inventions that have come into play
since that tariff reached its present proper
tons. Here are some figures that | be-
lieve to be reliable. They come from high
authority, Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Massa-
chusetts, who is our leading statistician and
an upright and honorable man. From 1870
to 1877 the population of the United States
increased 55 per cent, but in the same time
the dairy products of the Uuted States
cheese, butter, milk and all that is created
by dairy-increased Z per cent. In these
seventeen years the products OF cotton in
creased ll2 per cent; the consumption of
wool increased 100 per cent; the production
of pig iron increased 2S5 per cent; the con-
struction of railways increased 223 per
cent. What has been the reason of the
population increasing IN so small n proper
tion to all these vast forces which are so
needful to us. 1t proves to you that the
country is making more than the people of the
country need or can consume" In reply to
MIR Bayard, my first remark is that it is a
great deal better for the people to have more
than they can consume than to have less
than they can consume. Mr.. Bayard seems
TO think that it is an evil omen if the wealth
Of the country increases more rapidly than
its population. Pray, how early in our his
tory would he apply mis- principle that wealth
must develop only as population develops!
i do not, confess, quite comprehend Mr..
Bayard's drift, for my own understand
ing has been that, according to the simple
rules Of political economy, where a nation
is increasing in population more rapidly than
In property, there must soon be suffering;
but where the acquisition of property out
runs the ratio Of increase of population, it
means that the nation is growing powerful,
wealthy and great.
AS MIR. Bayard has indorsed Mr.. Atkinson
as u stutistician and economist, beg leave
TO use MIR. Atkinson's figures and to tell Mr..
Bayard where the large proportion of in
crease of wealth has gone under the pro-
tective tariff. Mr.. Atkinson stated in July
last that since 1885 the wages OF foremen,
overseers and other specially skilled work
men have advanced los per cent; the wages
of average mechanics, carpenters, machnists
and the like have had an advance of 30 per
cent? factory operatives and others of
like grades of skill in mechanical
arts have advanced IS per cent
and the wages of common laborers
G6 per cent. You will please observe that
these are not advances over the wage rates
of some foreign country, but over the wages
paid in our country quarter OF century
ago, and that these advances flow directly
from the protective tariff. Mr.. Bayard will
see, then, from the authority he endorses,
that this large increase of wealth has not
gone merely to enrich men already wealthy,
but that it has gone in larger degree than
was ever known before in the history of this
or of any other country, into the pockets of
workingmen. If l had been searching for
witnesses by whom the value of the tariff to
the workingmen of the country could be es-
tablished beyond doubt, would have sum
noned Mr.. Bayard and Mr.. Atkinson to the
stand. MIR. Bayard further gives the pub
lie warning that if we do not take
care we shall produce in this country as
much in seven months as we shall need IN
twelve months. Well, that is the last thing
that should alarm the American oeople. That
fact shows above all things our power to
shorten the hours of labor.
And now let me turn to another topic.
While was in Indiana had the pleasure,
had the honor, of frequent notices on the
stump from his excellency, David B. Hill
The principal subject he appeared to have
come west to lay before the people of Indiana
was that l had driven on Mr.. Carnegie's
coach when in Scotland; that had returned
home on an English steamer and had i'm
ported thirty-three trunks, "all full of cloth
ing," as his excellency averred. II he had
taken the pains to inquire OF Mr.. Carnegie
he might have learned the cost of his coach
and the color of his horses, and thus
been better prepared for his Indiana
campaign. If he had asked me abou,
trunks would freely have given him a lis,
Of all the pocket handkerchiefs, stockings
and cravats that had imported, and would
have informed his excellcncy, by way of Civ.
ing him an object lesson on tariff, that arti
cles of that kind are about the same price in
London as in the United States, as | nave NO
doubt that he denies to do me exact justice
Iwould have further informed his excellency
that he mistook the character of the steamer
returned in, inasmuch as she belongs to q
company of American stockholders, and
would have further informed him that he
overstated the number Of trunks, which was
in all twenty-five instead of thrty-three
that these trunks belonged to six persons in
stead of all belonging TO me and that the
other packages were made up of steamer
rugs, steamer chairs, umbrella covers anG
hat boxes and one case containing photo
graphs. Among these photographs were
several views Of an English ass, which
] had brought with me for al
AGRICULTURAL ITleuu LOT tue puTpOse
of comparison with the American
species. would have cheerfully given the
governor a set If i had known he was sc
curious about my affairs, so that upon his
next tour among the county fairs he might
have exhibited a specimen and illustrated
how admirably the English and American
nss drive in pairs. / was thoroughly i'm
pressed during the governors tour in In
diana with his lofty appreciation of nationa
issues and of the valuable aid he must bt
rendering the cause OF President Cleveland
He does not grovel in dust nor spend hi
time in petty and pitiful personalities, bu
takes q large and comprehensive view o.
public affairs so as to embrace the side way
nmusements OF republicans who go abroat
and also an inventory of their baggage wheI
they return home. He sees in such matter.
material for discussion OF the great ques
tions connected with our foreign re
,lations, our tariff and revenue systems
speak with great plaiuness, they did no
take the governors view of the matter tha
did but they declared with western di
rectness and impressive bluntness that hi
speeches there were "just about the gov
ernor's SIZE" II you know what tha
means.
When speaking To his own people in New
York the governor rises TO the dignity o
different themes and great moral questions
such as the liberty of the saloon, and the
blessings OF free people, of the universe
diffusion Of whisky; or he may still farthe
enlarge his theme to maintaining the spiri
of liberty that has belonged to the Amer