Richland beacon., 1888-08-11

ANNe AS'ChuSE 4NO. LO VIC Httu IL W
protect any American industry No;
there is not sr ounce of tin pate made
Ia tk!s country. On the contrary. we
want to let in tin plate free of duty be-
cause it is needed as a raw material to
keep our workingmen employed 1t is
for the interest of the American laborer
who works on tin plate, as well as of the
laborer that uses the product, that the
tin plat. stould come here free of duty.
Yet the Republicans not only propose to
vote against our taking off the duty, but
they want to increase 1t, so that instead
OF collecting s., 900, coo Of duty on tin
plate we shall collect jl2, 900. 600 in
duties. The only reason assigned for
this is because Henry ia rett says that
he would like to go into the business of
making tin plate. Well, Mr.. Jarrett is
pet Republican orator, and it might
be nice thing for him to get rich in
that way by putting tax on the whole
American people, and he might build a
castle in Scotland like Mr.. Carnegie.
Laughter Mr. Jarrett wants 70 get
some of this Ga" and the Republican
party would like to '.foster" and to '.de-
velop" him. Laughter.
MIR. Clay used to talk about protecting
our infant industries. First he SAID he
would be satisfied with a protective
tariff for three years until the infant in
dustries could get start. Then he
wanted nine years protection, and so
this thing has gone on, until even at
this late day we still find the alleged in.
FAINT "mewing and puking in its nurse .
arms"
When you come to ths #ooi tariff YOU
will see that Tie Republican party thinks
more of sheep than it does of men. How
is it about the wool business We think
it is most important to furnish a supply
OF wool to be used by the manufacturers
and weavers of wool, to keep the labor
ers who work on wool in employm aut on
good wages, and to let tts fien who
wear wto, have better clothes. We use.
IN fact, about 600, 600, 900 pounds in our
manufactures. We raise only 265, 0O', =
600 pounds, or less than half, and the
Republican party proposes to put the
Chinese wall around our country to keep
out this half that we need for our manu-
facturss, and all for the benefit of few
wool growers. Does that benefit the
laborers7 Not at all. 1t does not take
much labor to raise wool. 1t takes good
deal OF labor to manufacture it. We can
use all that we can raise and we must
have more. But the Republicans would
rather we should use shoddy and make
over the same stuff four or five times be-
fore we get through with it, rather than
let the people have free wool. The
woolen men have got the duty on manu-.
factured wool up to GS per cent. on the
average, and Cd some grades they have
got duty of 21s per cent, and they say
that is not enough, and they want more.
Laughter. They want you to keep on
wearing out your own clothes. Now, we
say, the better thing for you to do will
he to wear out the Republican party in
November. Laughter and applause. !
We say this in the interest Of the Amer
ican lsbcrsr. Let him have the wool to
work with and to wear Wedo not be.
iieve the people Of the United States can
be longer fooled with the talk Of British
gold. We want the wool to come from
all the world to keep our wage workers
at work making it up into goods to be
sold in the markets Of the world as well
as for home wear.
How is it with soapl You remember
a famous dinner here in which Mr.. Dor.
sey was complimented for his liberal use
of soap in Indiana. Laughter. Well,
we have to put soap on the free list.
They may use all the soap they in Indi
ana, but the old bandanna will carry In
diana. Applause. That is the free
list that we have made, and we believe il
won't hurt anybody.
Now, let US look at the dutiable list.
How do we propose to leave itl The
present tariff puts an average of 81. 1C
on every *1C0 worth of goods imported.
What do we propose to dol They say
that We propose free trade. Let us see
how low we propose to leave the duty
on the so-called free trade tariff of ours.
Is it at per cent, or l2 per cent, ol
% per cent? That would be low. No;
it is higher than that; higher than the
average of the tariff of 1916. 1t is above
the so-called protective tariff, for we
leave it at an average of 40 per cent.
Our tariff bill, that they say is free
trade bill, only reduces the tariff from
AZ per cent. down to 40. The Repub
lican party is committed to reduction
of 25 per cent. by the tariff commission
and yet when we propoe q to make re-
duction of less than per cent. they cal
US Free Traders. Laughter.
Now, take some of the articles and SCI
what we propose. There is glassware
The present tariff Is 59.5j, we propose Il
make it 46.1O. Does that look like fire,
tradci A good deal of this outcry abou
free trade comes from Philadelphia anC
Pittsburg. Now we come to the stee
rail steal. Laughter. What reduction
do We proposel The present tariff j
4O.47: we propose to reduce it to 3e.0S
That takes eff only $2.65 on every $40
of duty. How is it with sugar2 w
is it with cotton goods. iron and steel
three of our greatest industries? II
cotton goods we propose to reduce tn
tariff from 80. 80 to 80. o., or reduction
of 80 cents duty on every 800 worth o
cotton goods imported, and they tell u
that is free trade. Laughter. Out o
&11, 900, 900 collected on cotton goods
we propose to make reduction OF $297
900 in the tariff collected. If that j
free trade, ask in the name of all tn
Republican sinners at Chicago, what
protectionl Laughter.
How is it with wooden and woolel
goodsl We propose to reduce the tarii
about twenty dollars hundred-frou
So. to 3s.46. The great reduction
comes by placing the raw material on tn
free list, and l have letter from well
known wooden manufacturer to prov
that this change will be beneficial to ou
American labore,s. Applause. Th
| fact ia that we propose to leave . dut