Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-06

increased e1I per cent From 1850 - M
cent; bat that includes the time OF wnr.
From 1870 to 1880 in time of profound
peace and under the highest tariff this
country has ever known, the value Of the
farrS in Michigan increased only 25A
per cent They increased under Walker'a
tariff, which has been denounced So much
since as a free-trade tariff, they increased
from 1880 to 1850 211 per cont, and some OF
you will remember that under the Walker
tariff we had q great war-the war with
Mexico Had values continued to increase
from 1860 to 1850 as they did under the low
tariff period-1S5O to 1S6ONthe farm values
in Michigan would have been q, on, 00o, 900
in 1880 instead of being, as they were BY
the census of 1884, only $49a 600 coo Or
take farm Implements From 1850 to 1880
the value of farm implements had in
creased at the rate Of 101 u per cent In
1850 the increase was only II per cent II
they had increased in the same ratio under
the high tariff as they did under the low
they would have been ga, 500. 600 instead Of
$1,000 600 you will see by these figures that
it is quite impossible that this high tariff
can be. OF advantages to the agricultural
community. :':s
. SssoSsTHE CHINESE QUESTION.
Why's entlemen. if you would just look
eminent owing TO this great surplus, you
would be amazed. There il scarcely any
thing that somebody won't ask for. They
say the Government has the money. 1t 10
idle in othe Treasury and you might a.
well give it to'us for our little scheme a.
let it lie there. 2And so every scheme OF
extravagance, every thing in the world by
which the people can be bled and high tax
alton kept up is advocated by these men
and Congress owing in . great de-
gree to this fact Of surplus in the Treas
ury. Before conclude, my friends, / want
to ask your attention for q moment to an
other thing -whst is called the Chinese
question, the question of the importation
of Chinese into this country. What wish
to say upon this subject can not better be
expressed thsnwhat said to my own con-
stituents in Cincinnati in 1870 five years
before the Legislature Of California memo
rallied the Congress on the subject Of
Chinese emigration. Il will ask my friend,
Nh Outhwaite, to read it, as find that roy
voice is breaking down [Mr. .Outhwaise
read the extract as followsl: 81 do
not'think that large Chinese immigra-
ton Ito this country is desirable.
do not think 1t would be q desirable acqui-
sition.s On the contrary, think it would
obeoa serious, disturbing element In race,
civilization, habits, education and religion
the Chinese are widely different from our
people, so different IS to form very strik-
ing contrast The European immigrants
are Of the same race. religion and civilifa-
ton as ourselves, and while they add i'm.
. mensely to the power and wealth Of the
Republic they do not seriously disturb tho
substan. ial homogeneity Of our white popu-
1ation. Their Immigration, therefore, bene-
SITS the country and deserves encouraging.
Not soowith Chinese. They will never be-
comesone people with us. Were they to dwell
ofsp hi
as distinct from the white race as are
gypsies in Spain froI- the pure-b looded
Spaniard. We are destined to fave great
commerce with ASi9S and the natur. re-
suit will be the voluntary immigration
from that continent of 8 limit number Of
business men. see no'obje lon to that
it viii not interfere with, ur workmen or
laborers. It Will not disturb our social
or political system, while it will
/ tend to- increase commercial con-
nections and add to our commerce
and wealth. But that is wholly q different
thing from the coolie immigration now go
I ing on, which if not stopped must alarm
ingly increase. This immigration ID in no
sense of the word voluntary. 1t is q kind
of Chinese slave trade. Instead of an in
dependent, self-reIiant body Of free men, it
Introduces horde Of quasi slaves working
at half wages at the command Of task
masters"
ALL SHOULD THRIVE AND PROSPER.
These, my friends, were my opinions
eighteen years ago, and every day has
served to verify their c~rrectness They
are my opinions to-day, and, l. have NO
doubt, they will be so long Is I have life
in me. loud applause If know my
self, there is no man on top Of this earth
who has more sympathy with laboring
men, or men in humble condition, than I
have, and whatever can do to better their
condition would do-[cheersl and it il
because don't believe for one moment
that this high-protective tariff, which is
so much Landed, and which is insisted
upon by our political opponents, is for the
benefit Of rlaboring men. That is one Of
the reasons why L am opposed to such
onerous duties. / have shown you that,
under this high-protectiye tariff, the egri-
cultural interests of the country have
fallen of enormously The value Of
farms has fallen of from an increase OF
one hundred per cent to an increase or
only nine per cent If you look at the
commerce of the country, you VIII find
something even more striking than that
The time was, and no. great while ago,
when there were two countries that sub
stantially did the carrying tre &c OF the
world, Great Britain and the United
States, and we were gaining SO fast on
Great Britain, that we had eighty-thre
per cent OF Ifec carrying TRADE OF the
world, whereas now, If my menory is not
at fault, we only have about fourteen per
cent Now, why Is thats Why, gentlemen.
I lad occasion, a few years ago, to
visit Europe, and / felt b inflated,
! confess, when, in crossing and recross-
ing the Atlantic and while in different
ports in Europe / never but once saw the
American flag on the mast of a ship, and
thai was ship engaged in carrying pas
and she had a e ii n fac on Or0
end of her and the American flag on tho
other. [Laughtsr.l Now. the friends OF
high protective tariff say it tends to diver
:.ifv labor, and that diversified labor il
= o-l Tor the country Wen, you may adj
Il tie general proposition When i was
=. boy we used to have toast at Fourth Of
July dinners-agriculture, manufactures