Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-10-19

body happy and comfortable, well
dressed, educated and cOntented. -
We are in that condition to-day,
and do we want to change 1t
Cries of NO, no; no free trade.
1he time will come when you Will
see and agree with me that prOtee-
ton begets work, abundant EN-
pIOyment, competition, and cOmpe-
ttlOn begets low prices
often tblDk ofmy boyhood days
in thus good old city, and wherever
20 have never forgotten it."
Applause He gave a long list OF
articles manufactured in this cOun-
try and sold in England in compe-
tition with the productions in
Leeds, birmingham, Sheffield and
other manufacturing centers OF
Europe. "The Democrats rushed
pell-mell TO Overtake u.s." he said,
"when we passed a law excluding
the Chinese; they tried to Overtake
us in keeping the Chinese out they
were trying to pass free trade meas
ures IN Congress, so that the Chi.
nese who in this country live on
fifteen cents a day could have the
same articles produced in their own
country, where they could
LIVE ON TEN CENTS A DAY.
"There IS one thing dear to the
hearts of the American protection
isl, and that is the home market
Ninety-and in some instances nine
ty.fye per cent.-Of all we produce
here is consumed in our own com.
try. Shall we sacrifice all this for
markets to consume only eight per
cent? What will be the condition
of this country when the laborers
Of India, who are paid ten cents a
day, have our country and ports
open for their wheat 7 Everything
raised by the farmer has gone up,
and all he uses has gone down. /
remember when We had to give a
good COW to pay tor a clock, or
calf to buy a Disston saw, and now
you can buy the best in the market
for the hide Of a calf. Formerly
you paid a pound of butter for a
pound OF nails, and now you can
get a pound of nails for a quart of
skim milk. A $500 blanket sells
in Great Britain for s4.45; before
it comes here 1t costs 1896. They
show you this, and say, Look, work
ingman, at the rObber taxw The
prOtectiOnlst shows the blanket
costs S4.45 in England, and adds
seventy five cents for the difference
paid American labOr-and who
would pay it less and that is the
way 1t makes blanket cost $5.25.
So, you see, it costs the difference
to pay the wages to the American
wOrkingmen. The erlcan
wOrkingman's cotton clothing, his
WOODEN clothing, his nails, are
cheaper now than in 1860. In 1860
we produced only 5000 tons OF
salt, at $3.50 a barrel: to-day our
product is 100000 tons a year,
and 1t is laid down 10 Saginaw at
fifty.eight cents a barrel, and the
barrel thrown in. In keeping our
market at home, don't we keep our
money at homei We in the West
find large part of our product
consumed in shipping 1t over rail.
roads to distant markets, and We
have determined TO establish fac.
tories near our farms and create a
home market to consume our pro-
ducts. Four millions of people en-
gagged in manufactures consume
the productions of 10000 of peO-
pie engaged in labor upon farms.
| am deputed to say to you that
my distinguished friend Senator
Allison was prevented by an un.
iOreseen circumstance from accept
ing your very kind invitation, and
he regrets exceedingly that he was
not able to come here. II We have
too much OF a surplus, let us
PAY OFF OUR HONEST DEBTS;
let us open the doors OF the poor.
houses and take out the soldiers
who saved the country and help TO
make them comfortable; let us, if
we have any surplus, open our rlv.
Frs and harbors for freer and cheap.
er transportation to our home
markets. What the Republican
party promises to do let it perform.
1t never in twenty-five years failed
to keep a promise. Cheers. There
Is growing sentiment Ia this
country, a firm sentiment, that free
trade must 90 down. Cheers.
There are thousands of Democrats
IN this city who must turn their
backs on their own party while it
carries the banner of free trade
All over this country to-day they
are leaving their party : men like
George L. Conveis, of Ohio, and
that grand leader Of Pennsylvania,
Samuel J. Randall cheers who is
in his tent lamenting the attacks OF
his party on the industries of this
country. DO you ever hear of
American workingmen going to
Euglandf A yoice-"We go
West" Well, If you come West we
will give you a cheerful welcome,
good wages. and a high tariff to
protect YOU"
After Mr.. Hermann had talked
nearly three hours and spoke of
the packed house called
for him to 90 on. AT that time the
crowd was still so great that it was
impossible TO move, aud the aisles
were crowded with standing people
down 70 the stage.
AN EX CONFEDERATE TALKS.
Capt. II. p. II. Staub, a Confed-
crate soldier from Virginia, who
announced that he had been Dem.
oorat for thirty years, spoke. He
told how the Democrats who in 1860
would have hung Horace Greedy,
had they caught him in 1872. His
two boys were on the stand, and he
said the reason he was a Republi- |
can now was because he wanted TO |
trust them to the Republican party |
who had gwen Confederate soldiers
their liberties and enabled him to
speak as a freeman. He SAID he |
had nothing to say against MIR.
Isidor Rayner, but he wished TO
refer to Mr.. Rayner's remark in