The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-01-05

VD!ElE1RtSON. VD!ElE1R S.G. IH -l[::E:5l,
! began right away to tslksto him about
| religion and making preparation for
death. MI. Calhoun waved his hand for
him Ito go and said ahe presumes to
instruct me on q subject that I have pom.
dsred all my life"
Let,us have confidence in our states
men, for many Of them are away above
party when the welfare of the nation is at
stake They will harmonic this thing
in the best way possible. Nobody con.
tends fol, free trade now. It will come
sometime unless We lock our doors
against immigration and the cheap labor
of Europe, but We won't worry about that
now. Everybody wants a reduction
everybody The wool grower wants q
reduction On everything but wool. The
iron men want q reduction on every,
thing but iron, and It is justso with the
sugar spl4nter, and glass manufacturer
and every other industrythat is protected.
We are q just like Artemus Ward was
about theiwar when he said the Union
must bapfssryed event if he had to sac
ri6ce ali Fsswife's. brothers, and cousins
TherSSr ,a million wool growers who
are makagas big a fuss over the presi-
dents message as the bees make in q
hive whsnf yon want a little ofstheir.
honey. 1sre are fifty millions Sof peo-
pie in thslation and forty nine millions
say take I slice. off Of wool. There are,
two millips engaged in the iron and
steel bua sss. and forty: eight. millions
say take Eice,of iron and so it goes all
round. BAni1gham boasts that she can
kmake iron nine dollars a ton. She is,
now selling 4tfor eighteen and'is protected
| against Etlish iron BY a duty Of six
dollars ald6fly cents 9 ton. Reduce
dity to thEs.dollars, aud Birmingham.
could still bake money. She says she
cin. Her irnaces wouldn't stop, nor
Her wages hreduced but little, and that.
little would 10 more than comp pensateds
fhen the B|rer. could buy his Shat'and
bis blanket md shis wooden shirt and his !
BOAT and aE shoes and. his molasses
| Cheaper The did before. Take q.
lslice all r9|d off ofthe necessaries Of
Elife,sand if be put It on. .the luxu.s
1sries. The. Hs ofthe sugar planter is the
hardest of d Iforit is buckle and tongue
withshim hE. Sugar is cheap, very
cheap, four4a pounds to the dcllar, and
molasses is teap, and yet the govern.
ment collectA last year fifty.six millions
Of dollars fIa the dnty on imported
sugar and @asses. Just think Of sit.:
Twice as mud Jas was collected on iror,
and steel, and In times as much as mas.
collected on soland yet there are AZ
forty y-nine million people bowling for
cheaper sugs Let any man put the
question TO iiAself. Suppose you had
yo1r all.invsts ia q sugar plantation
- 3 III ynr.t. ;ua St:ttL q
present low Yiqss, what would youth
pfa goyernmln that would crush you2.
Whatwould pu think Of your member
|Gf Congress ubJ voted for such a meas.
.9eY And rstt there. IS the rub. The
members of Gpgress are going ito stand
.bItheir nstilents-and. they opgh to-:
Ills going to eh political long suffering
WSk; to harmq te on any bill, especially.
onlbe,eve of alpther presidential elec-|
tioS Mr. Cls land has shown more
disigard of bill personal -interests than
any president 81 80 the days of Andrew
JacHon. NewI ,prk is the pivotal State.
the " as it well and New FORK is for
| lprotesion, and Mr. Cleveland might
I;haYe sdged and bridged over this sques.
|9tion nil the nl election hnf heswon't
fudge Aolt an{ling. He il. no. dodger,
and he jill be reslected BY the biggest
13mugwulp party that ever was known.
He will Use lots q high tariff D Democrats,
buthe vi gain n1reSfrom those Repnb-
|,licans VII are tariff reform. The
masses Of le Amt ican people are onthe
free.trade me, fa the masses are far.
mers and oilers we get no protection,
and they arr very lsalous $of those who
do. a farnt said me the other day:
laWhy don't Inole Inn pay me ten dol
lars bounty . evty balesof cotton I
raise : He pys u, Brown six dollars
and a halfon sery En d pig iron, and
Pmj stlas goodasf ,'e Brown
There is .nol SCI 1ment about trade.
| The time was wbn !sre was thriving |
wagon shop at eerYIsToss.r roads in this
country, but ouH \eoIe bad no internal
protection agaii4 Ie North, and 60
Northern wagons Gale down and dried
up these humblssios and the workmen
had to quit and!tS sqe other business.
Ifa Southern farmer ln buy q Northern
wagon for six.yblhr he will not pay !
his nearest nabG |sittI6ye. Our wives
will buy smugghdlaclor linen from an
old Irish womnIfor |alf the regular
price they canat it! Heard a hard
ware merchant sAa fa,nerif he wanted
a bull-topgue 'lF - less than tel
cents, and the faHr saH: eyes, I waH
it for nickel T can get it." soq b
Jews have just ciu| to or town witha
big lot Of clothing at they say they pt
from fire, andtleP Plks.re just fockhg
there to get a fou' dllar boat for dollar
and half. Our Faular merchants are
mad about it an INIT protection fom
all such interlopei, ut they can't gt it.
i Everybodv wants lpltect;on for hihself