Wichita eagle., 1888-10-09
BLAINE IN MICHIGAN.
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and she takes SIS, OOO, 900 year of western
lumber, principally from Michigan. Then
of copper and lead and salt and hides,
| which are taken from the western states, in
the aggregate about so, COO 600 more. The
$500, O00, 900. Newell know that Don Dick
inson belongs to an administration that
can afford to lend bankers 500, O00.O 900
year Of government money without inter
est. SO that he probably thinks 5000, 600, 600
is not much of sum laughter and
cheers but to those Of the eastwho pay 1t,
and to those of you in the west who receive
it, it does. somehow or other come very
handy in settling our balances at the end
of the year. Laughter and applause. ]
This little bit of New England of which
Mr.. Dickinson speaks contemporary as
only having four millions of people, this
little bit Of a frozen place on the north
east coast of the United States, takes
$50, 000 900 worth of cotton from the south
ern states, and she goes down to Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland and West Virginia, with
their coal, iron and steel, and Of their
products of coal, iron and steel she takes
$50, 100000 Then she takes as large an
amount of petroleum and hemp and rye
and fruits of all kinds, and in
the grand aggregate that little pit
of piece Of country, scarcely
so large as the state of Illinois-six little
states-takes $500, 900, 600 worth of material
from other states in the union and IN the
grand exchange between east aud west
makes the trade profitable to both and
then keeps the money at home instead OF
sending it beyond the sea. l telegraphed
last Saturday to learn the total value OF
products that we sent to old England last
year Of all imaginable articles. and ascer-
tanned it was 1921, 100000. Now, gentle
men, if YOU want to know what the
value of the home market at your door is,
by the exchange Of Industries, see what
1900, 900 of people engaged in the arts and
industries of life can take from you at
your door and among your fellow cltlzens
as compared with 40,O00,000 beyond the
seas. [Cheers] Is there anything more
needed to prove the wonderful advantages
of a home market? am speaking only OF
New England There is New York and
New Jersey, and that great state OF
Pennsylvania, and of the vast east, OF
which l do not speak, for l am
answering only for the section that has
been assailed by the postmaster general
But gentleman, beyond that, the tariff is
not limited to the New England states or
to the east in its protective operations. If
[ had wished to show what protective
tariff could do for the prosperity of the
people, would not tarry in New England,
or in New York, or in New Jersey, or in
Pennsylvania; | would come out to the
Rapids, [applausel and would say: Look
at this great and prosperous city; it was
town of 5000 people the day Abraham
Lincoln was inaugurated, and it is city
today of nearly $1,000 [applausel, with in
dustries amounted in the. aggregate to
S25 900, 600 year and such is the vast sub
division of labor you have, that there are
,noro tha, b1,n6 rod diffpraDt tra6as and
callings in full sOperation. l have had the
pleasure of reading the report of your
board of trade today, and 1t gives your
product in your main articles as $4,000, 900
in furniture, 81 500, 900 in planning mills,
500, 900 in boots and shoes, more than
81 600 600 in the tanning of leather. Why,
the industries of the country are not
in the east. They are coming to the west
and the influence of the protective tariff
with its great stimulus to industries is
at your own door. [Applause.l
But Mr. Dickinson has other grievances
with New England and he threatens great
things against her. He is going to show
how old federal New England did not sup
port the war of 1912. Laughter and APP
plause Well, l wish he would. He will
find two gentleman from rank old federal
families in President Cleveland's cabinet.
Laughter and applause They can give
him what information he wants on that
point. laughter | mean Mr.. Bayard
and Mr. Endicott; and says Mr.. Dickinson,
flying from his contest with old federal
lists, She Edid not do anything like her
share in putting downthe rebellion. She
did not do even as well as Mis-
souri, and Kentucky. Before an
swering Mr.. Dickinson, 1 wanted
to certify my memory, and | telegraphed
to ascertain how many soldiers did the six
New England states contribute to the war
for the union. You will remember there
were only three millions of people in New
England then, with not six hundred thou
sand armsbearing people in the whole six
states. In answer to my telegram, | learn
ed that New England sent 325, 900 soldiers
to the army and 5000 sailors to the navy.
ICheersl l have a piece of advice to give
Mr.. Dickinson. There was once a very
forward upstartish member of General
SCOTS staff and he was always talk
ing in way that mortified his associates
and his chief. The old general at last
out of all patience said to him one even
ing: my young friend, you would be
greatly improved by studying the history
of your country" Laughter and ap-
plause My friends, you know man who
talks as a cabinet officer represents the
national administration. Once upon
time an officer of the cabinet was asked a
question in parliament which he could not
answer and Charles James Fox, who was
of the opposition, said: There is one
fault that ought never be forgiven in a
cabinet officer-ignorance." Laughter and
applause.
GRAND RAPIDS, Oct. s.-Grand Rapids
was ablaze tonight with the flash Of 1000
torches. The procession was reviewed by
Mr. Blaine from the balcony of his hotel.
Three meetings were held in as many
halls. The largest, held in Hartman's
hall, was briefly addressed by Mr. Blaine,
who said his Judgment OF Michi-
gan was that it as ever would be
found in the Republican procession
next month tCheers. believe,
and Morton is essential to the continued
of this country and if the peo-
pie of this country believe in the protect
i've system, they must put at the head of
the government president who believes
in that system. In 1884 a large part of the
people thought the Democratic party could
be Entrusted with the safe keeping Of the
financial and protective system which has
given this country such unexampled
prosperity for the last quarter of cen
fury, but they were deceived, and they are
in a tremendous struggle today to save
that system from the touch of the Demo-
cratic party. A month ago in
Maine we elected our governor
by 1880 majority, we elected
every senator in the senate legislature, we
elected five-siXths all the representa-
tives and we chose ninety-six county Of
fieers out of ninety-nine. What we real
lied in Maine will be realized in this
country in November.
Mr.. Blaine said since his last visit to
Grand Rapids four years ago he had been
in Europe and saw nothing that interested
him more than when touring in Scotland,
TO sleep in room. all the furniture IN
which came from Grand Rapids. [Cheers
\ city which had made such progress
in manufacturing under the protective
system could be relied OF to cast its vote