The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-01
would like to know how that can be-.


crown of his head to the sole of his feet
is going TO enrich him. Laughter and
applause.] Yet this IL exactly what
this tariff tax does. 1t taxes him on
the hat that he wears. OH that cap that
put on my lead to keep 1t warm.
Applause and lsughter.1 1t taxes
him on his shirt. on his necktie, on his
underclothes, on his coat, Oh his
breeches, on his stockings on his boots,
on everything. Renewed cheering.
1t raises the price and taxes him until
the poor man can hardly make enough
money even il he gets few cents more
wages In the day-it taxes him until he
can hardly make enough money 10
support himself and bis little family. il
he has one. And yet they say that this
is for the benefit of the laboring man.
Ny friends, that is very barefaced
statement il there ever was one in the
world. But there is another thing
about it. How is he to get these high
wages? Why, he is to get them be-
cause his employer, the capitalist, or
monopolist will make more money, and
therefore he can afford to pay his en-
ployes or hired men higher wages than
he paid them before. | agree that he
could; agree that it increases his
profits; agree that he might, having
these increased profits pay his laboring
men more than they were paid before.
But does he do it? That is the qnes-
ton. Applause and cries of "No,
no."l Did you ever know him to do
has been raised again, ana again. and
again: it was immensely raised by the
tariff of 1851 or 1862, q forget which
or these two years il was); 1t was
raised in few years again; and 1t has
been raised again and again and sgain;
and yet in all that time l never have
been able to find the manufacturer or
capitalist who, upon the raising of tho
tariff, has increased the price paid to
his laborers. If there was such case
it has escaped the attention of every
body, even of those diligent newspaper
men who gather up all of the news and
sometimes q great deal that is no news
at all. Laughter.] But they have
never been able to find that manufac-
turing man who increased the price
paid his laborers because the tariff was
increased. But, my friends, we have
had now for twenty. seven years nearly
the highest tariff that this country ever
knew, fully on all average Of twice as =
high as it was before the war; we have
had that high tariff all this time. Now,
} if that high tariff is so much for the
benefit of the laboring men, why have
not the laboring men in these twenty
seven years grown rich, | should like
to know? Have they2 [Cries of "No,
no."] II they have they are very un-
reasonable men, for every year, not
: year passes oyer our heads that we do
not hear of strikes of the labOrers be-
| yu
u say they cannot live on what they re-
d ceive. Again and again we hear of
n what are called lock- outs-that Is,
t where tine employers suspend opera
It tons and lock up their mills because
Is they say they cannot afford to pay any
q more wages than they did pay. Why
d are these strikes2 Why are these lock-
q outs? Why are there such institutions
: as labor unions? So as to secure better
Is wages2 Why is there such An institu-
J. ton as the knights Of Laborr To
le prevent laboring men from being i'm
re posed upon and to increase their COM
Of pensation. Why is there necessity
u for all these thugs and all these extern
~ sive and worthy organizations If high
g. tariff gives high wages to the laborer
No man can answer that question sat
10 isfactorily even to himself. If what
lg these men say is true about high tariff
,st and their effect upon wages, why then,
es gentlemen, all these labor unions, all
lis these knights of Labor and everybody
ed else who is engaged in that kind oi
er business, is simply wasting their time
~ for the tariff nicely solves the problem
Mt, for them. Laughter and applause.
ali Yes, it does solve the problem tor them
,se but not in the wav they like. (ienew
he ed laughter Not precisely In tb
ce, way that they feel as if they wer'
of benefited and therefore they have u
ch resort to other means to get thes'
cir wages which the employers are no
ro- willing to pay.
eat "But, while am on this subject G
ais the laboring man, let me add, they sa
,all that the tariff does not raise the price
The Ifit don't raise prices, l would like
len know why the manufacturers, or
v many of them, are in favor of it. d
be- they want high tariff in order
IAN lower the prices. Not many of them
uty l think. There are instances in whjc
ar a high tariff has lowered prices fo
TIA especial and peculiar reasons, but as
ur- general rule, As have already show
he'd You by what read from MIR. Adam
not report and from other authorities, an
tie. also from reason, the tariff increase
,r). the price. If it don't increase the pric
the YOU may be sure that the mRnufactuI
! it's ers and capitalists will not want 1t, al
n a if it don't increase the price pray whe
lust is the protection? Where does tn
too, come in? They are afraid OF our ge
nd, ting things cheaper in this country th'
ali they can be manufactured here, as the
and say, by reason of the pauper labor,
ark they call it, of Europe. Well, now,
hole the tariff is not to increase the price
ling articles which we buy and which a
Init manufactured here, where is the pr
ood lection to American manufacturer
link and how, If the price is not raised, c,
on they pay better wages to the laborer
{ it's But there is one class Of lsborers, II
rom friends, that l want to call your atte
was ton to especially. There 10 but o
er. class of laborers in this country wi
of a have been, according to the claims
nted the abolitionists in the country, ana
log the republicans, their especiai Wsras
'tec- especially under their guardianship al
bin for whose interests they lee! tne mt
rand peculiar and earnest sollcltude-a
sure those are the negroes. NOW the 8,
,itea of the war was to free about 10000
ald negroes and am very glad they we
,low freed, and they have increased now
blow about 100000 or 100000, for
un. negro is prolific creature. lGrt
must laughter and applause.l Now, how
kept these negroes make their living! WI
q great many of them 60 to town
,,bar pursue any kind of handicraft that tn
at. can, becoming domestic servan
ssx blacklng shoes, shaving faces or dol
doc. things OF that kind. But in tho cot
arc try the negro makes what he gets
orf,,I cultivating the earth throughout
tho whole south. How does he cultiv
,tec it2 Why, he either has bought so
I;sts land-and some of them have bough
+ ~ good deal-or he rents the lal
,a N Whether he cultivates his own land
nor, whether he rents it, the crops that
y 10 gets from it are the remuneration
- ~ receives for his toll. Now the crop
Of the maiu consists of cotton, some CT
nrom and some little wheat, but mainly
ho' cotton. Now how can the high p
,tbev toctive tariff benefit that negro W
nfas. raises cotton and has for his share
Iv . the crop three or four or five bales
:hev cotton each year? Why, gentlem
nro, there is no tariff at all on cotton.
Ictor come in free as the air. believe
sun. quite right in saying that, amt
thew (turning to Mr.. Outhwaite.l
m IN MIR. Cultivate answered: "Yes,s
doc and Judge Thurman continued:
eIse comes in as free as the air. The pI
- - Ot cnttOn therefore. is not raised