River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-24

dusiry. Diversified industry which protection
fosters gives the needed opportunity and COM
petition gives the lowest prices.
lit be true that by having their goods manu-,
featured abroad the people OF the United
States a whole would become richer ana
more prosperous would have their houses
better furnished, their tables spread with
finer linen, and covered with more health
tul food; Il their bodies would be protected
by warmer Woolens from the cold Of Maine
and by finer clothing from the burning sun
OF Texas; u they would. on the whole,
and from generation to generation, enjoy moro
Of the comforts and luxurics Of lie. and would
themselves be more intelligent more iude-
pendent, ana better fitted to be the citizens
OF a Republic already great, and destined 10
be mighty beyond all former dreams OF en-
pirc then by all means sink National prcju-
dice. burst the barriers of provincial narrow
ness, and with one accord adopt not merely
The present bill, but such legislation as would
treble the spiudles Of Europe and destroy our
own. such measures as would put out our fur
naces and illumine those beyond the sea.
Napoleon was right when he said that Europe
must he Cossack or republican; Lincoln was
right when he said the United States must bg
either free or slave The heuse divided against
itself has to unite or fail. The revenue reforms
argument was either false pretense or covered.
the whole ground. Protection was either ia
its essence benefit or a curse.
The President YVES the leader of the Democ-
Tacy. He was also the dispenser Of patronagcJ
and as he was rapidly shaking the dust OF Civil
Service reform on his feet he was assuming con
troi over his rarty. There was but one free
trade. and the President was IS prophet.
There are remarkable figures TO be deduced
from the Presidents message; figures which
must light up the pathway Of Democrats duty
with the electric light OF conscience. In 1885,
sn00o,00O OF woolen goods were imported.
paying S25,0Ooo00 Of duties, 30 per cent.
on cost and duties This went 10 the
Government Three hundred and nfiy-
SIX millions OF domestic wooden manufactures
were brought that same year by the impoveT-
ished American people Under the radiant
light Of the message, Il wOuld be seen hat
Sl42pO0C01 Of that money went into
the gaping pockets OF manufacturers ana
were lost forever 10 the dowu-troddcH
people We imported s3l.003.a4G worth Of silks.
we manufactured s4600l,ooa, OF which si6,-
10000 lined tn purses OF the plundcrers.
The same story could be told Of every pro-
tected industry, until the total OF more than
S1g0000.O0l OF the peoples money rolls
into the pockets OF these licensed robbers OF
the poor. II this message from our ruler
be true, every factory is the abode Of
robbeT baron more fell and surc
than ever swOOptd down 4 European bill
side 10 harry cayalcade OF honest merchants.
In every mine lurl1ed more dreadful
giant than ever before smellel the blood OF an
Englishmau. But what do tbs friends Of vir-
tue propose to do with these wicked peoplus
The castles OF the marauders we're still to
smoke up on the hill-tops, and the tail Chin
Heys we're sim TO break the Skyline OF THIS
unhappy country: They are T. be allowed 70
rob within per cent Of what they rob now,
and as a compensation they were 30 be let
loose upon the markets Of the worid, wheI',
according 10 the learned chairman, they were
10 Il ap larger wealth and pile up statlier mil
IONS
II the President was right and tbc gentle
mi did dare 10 doubf him n a mai IL
ute was paid protected manufacturers OFT Of
the pockets of the people, more imporcrishiug
than ever was SactCd 10y an Oriental desput
In the race Of duty 10 free The people from this
ircn yoke, you gentlemen stand higcing
about the amount ~ the tribute Instead OF
Sf4 for every hundred they proposed TO give so
of the peoples money, and throw into the trade
the markets OF the world. II II be tribute,
BE- bold apd sweep 1t away. Why
did they hesitatee Was il because they
dared not be caught lowering the wages Of The
laboring men who have votes. Is IL out OF
mercy TO the capitalists that you faltert Do
you say there IS capital invested under our
laws, and We must keep faith with those who
have invested it, Whether faith should 10
kept with such vampires IS for you 10 say.
But surely better faith need bo
kept than 10 pay back every cent they have
invested. If the President he right, and John
Randolph Tucker bs right if the honorable
and gallant member be right, II J. s. Moore,
who fixes the tribute Of ISIS! at S1,O00oN .0p0
more than any Of rs, be right, il they all bee
right, then every year more than s1O00,'1J,0D
come out OF the people for these men.
He did not propose TO defend protection. It's
vast growth within the last quarter Of a ecu
fury, defended it better even than eloquent
orations. Russia, the granary OF Europe, had
abandoned free trade with the stirring result
that, whereas, in 1s56 before the duties were
raised, she bought s,0uoOo0 hundred weight
of British metals and paid therefor ss0lo9o,-
90: she got the same quantity in 1881 and paid
only si7,OO0,OOO for H. Austria, Germany, TIA
ly, Mexico and the Dominion Of Canada, that
child of Britain herself, had all joined the army
OF protection. II was the instinct OF humanity
against the assumptions Of the bookmen. 10
the wisdom Of the race against the wisdom
OF the few.
For a nation 10 get out Of itself, or out Of the
earth, all the wealth there was in both IL was
not necessary for the nat on 70 buy cheap or
sell dear. That concerned individuals alone
What concerned the nation was how 10 utilize
all the work there was in men, both IN muscle
and brains, OF body ana Of soul, in the great en-
terprise Of settling in motion the cycr-gratuit-
Gus forces OF nature.
Here in ths United States were 6a0)0WJ
people with all the varied characters their
numbers indicate. Some had faculties ht for
farming some for the management % machin-
cry, some for invention. The problem before
Congress was what system would get from all
these creatures. so different from each other,
the maximum Of work and wealth ana wisdom.
There was only one way 10 get the best work
out Of men, ans that was to give each the work
he can do best. You can only accomplish this
by dversifying industry. To diversity industry
completely IN country such ours, there
was but one way given under heaven among
me I. To enable the American people them
selves TO supply al their wants you must give
and assure 10 the American people The Amsrl-
can markets.