The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-24
J. BLAINE, OF MAINE.
He Once More Tries to Tickle
the Natives.
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH ASS.
Jim Gets Down to Throwing Filth to
Give Some Force to His Stale
Harangue.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, October 23.-The
city is crowded to-day with Republi-
cans from all over the country. Sena-
tor Hiscock and G. M. Depew arrived
early this morning, and James G..
Blaine at 1880 p. m. The party was
received at the Central depot by COM
mittee; 500 people assembled at the
depot. Blaine spoke about o'clock at
Franklin Square. 1t is raining
slightly, so the crowd is not very large.
Hop.J. G. Blaine spoke here to might.
and said, in part: Mr.. Chairman, /
beg to bring to your attention and to
the notice Of the audience, the state
ment made by Mr.. Bayard two weeks
ago. l quote his exact words. He
said: 1 want you to think OF the PROF.
ress of the United States
SINCE THESE TARIFF LAWS WERE MADE,
and what the consequences are
Various inventions have came into play
since the tariff reached its present pro-
portions. Here sre some figures, be-
| lieve to be readable They come from
high au thority-Mr. Edward Atkinson,
OF Massachusetts, who is our leading
statistician and an upright and honor
able man. From 1870 to 1887 the popu-
lation of the United States has in
| creased 55 per cent, but in the same
time the dairy products of the United
States, cheese. butter and milk and all
that is created by the dairy, has in
creased 70 per cent. In these seventeen
years the products of cotton have in
creased liz per cent; the consumption
of wool has increased 100 per cent. the
production of pig iron 2S5 PER cent, the
construction of railways has increased
223 per cent. What has been the result
of all the population increasing in so
small a proportion to all these vast
forces which are needful to mems use?
It proves to you that the country is
making more than the people OF the
country
NEED OR CAN CONSUME
In reply to Mr.. Bayard, my first re-
mark is that it is great deal better
for a people to have more than they
can consume than to have less than
they can consume. Etr. Bayard seems
to think it is an evil omen if the
wealth Of the country increases more
rapidly than its population. I do not,
l confess, comprehend Mr.. Bsyard's
drift, for my own understanding has
been that according to the simple rules
of political economy, where nation is
increasing in population more rapidly
than in wealth there must soon be suf-
fering; but where the increase OF
wealth outruns the rates Of increase in
population it means that the nation is
growing more powerful, wealthy and
great. Mr.. Bayard has endorsed Mr..
Atkinson as statisticisn and econo-
mist. beg leave to use Mr.. Atkinson's
figures. and tell Mr.. Bayard that the
large increase of wealth of the United
States has come
UNDER A PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
Mr.. Atkinson stated in July, 1888,
that since 1865 the wages of foremen,
overssers and other specially skilled
workmen have advanced 1OS per cent;
that the wages OF the average
mechanic, carpenters, machinists and
the like, have advanced 80 per cent;
that factory operatives and others of
like grade of skill in mechanics have
advanced rs per cent, and the wages of
a common laborer 68 per cent. You
will please observe that these are not
advances of wage rates over some
foreign countries, but OF wage rates
PAID,IN OUR OWN COUNTRY
quarter of q century ago, and these
advances follow directly from protec-
tive tariff. Mr. Bayard will see, then,
from the authority he endorses, that
this large increase of wealth has not
gone to enlarge the riches Of men al
ready wealthy, but it has gone in a
larger degree than ever heretofore
known in the history of this or any
other country, into the pockets of the
workingmen. If had been searching
for witness by whom the value of the
tariff to the workingmen of the country
could be established beyond doubt,
could have summoned
MR. BAYARD AND MR.. ATKINSON
to the stand. Mr. Bayard further
gives the public warning that if we do
not take care we will produce in this
country as much in seven months as we
shall need IN twelvs months. Well,
that is the last thing that should alarm
the American people. That fact shows
above all things our power to shorten
the hours of labor And, now, let me
turn to another topic. While 1 was in
Indiana l had the pleasure. I had the
honor, OF frequent notices on the stump
from His Excellency David B. Hill.
The principle subject he appeared to
come west with to lay before the people
of Indiana, was that 1
HAD DRIVEN ON NIB. cARSEG1E's COACH
when I was in Scotland; that had re-
turned on an English steamer and had
imported thirty-three trunks, all full
OF clothing, Jas his excellency averred.
If he had taken the pains to have con-
ferred with Mr.. Carnegie and the color
of his horses he would have been thus
better prepared for his Indiana cam
paign; if he had asked me about the
trunks | would freely have given him
a list of all the pocket handkerchiefs,
stockings and cravats I had imported;
would have gladly informed his ex-
cellency and 1 would have given
him an object lesson on the
tariff. tn. articles of that kind