Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-14

there would have been fewer mistakes and
less errors OF judgement In his idress.
The tariff of 1851 may have some sins to
answer for, but the piling up of this sup
posed or fictitious Indebtedness will not be
one of them.
| The tariff seems to set like a nightmare
upon my friend. According to his way-s
thinking, It puts up and puts down the price
OF the same article. Let me prove this by
his address. He says that wool was four
cents pound higher under the low tariff of
1916 than under the high tariff of 1861.
Would 1t not then unquestionab,y follow,
according to his idea. that il wool was put
on the free list, the price would be still
higher? But he don't believe his own arsu-
meut-nOt one word of it-for Immediately
after stating that the price of wool was
higher under the low tariff of 1s46 than
under the high tariff of 1861, he commences
an argument In favor Of free wool in order
that we may get wOolen goods cheaper.
Now, we would hardly get woolen
goods cheaper unless the price OF
wool was in some way reduced.
So you see he is like the demo-
cratic party-a straddler. ready and willing
to tumble of on either side of the fence
that will catch the most votes.
Now, l will agree with my friend that
the present tariff ought to be revised, but
am quite unwilling that either he or the
democratic party should do the revision.
| fear that they would revise il according
TO the message Of Grover Cleveland, which
wouii oe REVISING II In tne interests OF
British manufacturers. To prove that my
| fears are not groundless, and that the
recommendation of the president would
be In The interest of British manufacturers,
10. He quo'e you SOUS snuacts from BRIT
isn iIee sfaue Jou,nai. Inc fe0ptes Jour
.n mi n' VI Duuuec' oco.laho, , III speaking o,
the presidents message, saws: should
consress give enec' 20 TINS proposal, its
ts.e ,.i,l'',.s % iu.uss E,,,s w1aa " an enormous
s.'lii,mus ,,,, W hus,,si iluus.ry. Inc Lon
don i1ntes says tnst our tarin cannot oe
rsuucea W stricuy revenue tariH without
auni,,tinX sleN' hooo oi Ioreieh cothpet'-
.oh me.e aIo e'o s's.enents maae oy
TWO Enslisn ,ree trsae Journals tnat mar
NOME e1actly, one says that II we adopt
oieVeiahas recohiinehuatlon' Will give
,1i au enormous stlmulus 70 hhghsn inoustry.
lie otneI says we cannot aaopt IL with
ou. aulii,ssihS sIea. nosru oi ioreign conl-
peetioh. Iu. tne swo toeether, ana you
csn coiho " out que conclusion. ana u s'
.nst II CONGRESS passes ,ne Mills 1,ll, the
.ne county "ouiu oe hooaed WIN Engish
goods. This would largely close our mills
and factories, our machine shops and foun-
dries and mines. Free trade did 1t previous
to 1889 1t did 1t under the low taIiff OF 1888,
and it did It under the low tariff of 1886
and OF 1857.
Notwithstanding wereceived 81. 600. 0O0,-
900 of gold from the mines of California
from ls49 to 1857. yet the most wide
spread panic this country has ever seen
swept down the industries Of the people in
1857; and under the still lower tariff of
1857, the government was bankrupt In
1881.
NO, 40 not WISE tne demOcratic party 70
revise the tariff as q party, 1t Is incapable
II never had n revenue n,ljcv that did
na% hrtnsx nc %soo o., xr;<h <.oo
hot ofins VI iace W WIN iiec trauo.
am IN favor OF permitting the repu0-