Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-23
E0ME AFFAIRS.
GENERAL HaRRIS0N'S LAST CAM.
PAIGN SPEECH.
Hide-Hunters Lynched = Hill Will
Not Meet Observation-Disclosures
Wheat Deal-Etc.
larHCl4L DISPATCHES TO TIE zzuosD-usros.l
ABOUT RAW MATERIALS.
Blaine Addresses a Meeting at Buffalo
a Telling Speech.


Copyright; 1885, by tie California Assoe.ted Press
BUFFALO, October 22d.-Mr. Blaine addressed
a mass meeting at the Rink tonight He spoke
abont twenty minutes criticising the action OF
the Ways and Means Committee in the formula
ton of the Mills tariff bill. He declared that
one OF the most frequent and repeated argu-
ments of the Democrats in favor of what they
elm tariff reform Is the necessity for the admis-
sion of raw material free of duty They leave
1t to be inferred that the Mills bill attains this
END. Thelr failure to explain all the provisions
OF that bill amounts TO the suppression of the
truth.
Let me ask some Democratic speaker or
Journal" he said, to tell the public how far
and for what reasons raw materials are admitted
free by the Mills bill. In the meantime | will
contribute few facts to the discussion. If mis-
take not, the Mills bill combines the most inde-
scribable features of legislation ever attempted
IN tariff GeasuIe. Let us take the raw mate
rials in detail. Coal is a raw material of un-
measurable value. The original design was to
ADMIT coal free of duty, but the Democratic
Ways and Means Committee were plainly told
that they would thus endanger the supremacy
of their party in Virginia, West Virginia
and Maryland. Iron ore is raw material Ii
was Proclaimed by the Democrats that iron ore
was the basis of all forms of iron and steel
fabrics, and that its price must be lowered, but
it found Mr.. Barnum, Chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, the owner of one of
the largest mines of iron ore in the Lake Supe-
rior region. Mr.. Brice controlled the road that
derived large sum from the transportation of
this ore. Smith Weed, too, was largely inter
ested, and the Democratic Ways and Means
Committee suddenly abandoned the idea of
putting iron ore ON the free list -
Blaine continued, showing that for similar
reasons lime was not put on the free list Wood
pulp was also not made free, on Don NJ Dickin-
sons account. Blaine devoted himself entirely
to such inconsistencies as these in the Mills bill
His speech was enthusiastically applauded
More than 1900 people were present.
WORD TO FARMERS
Blaine said that when the Democrats of the
Ways and Means Committee came TO the raw
material, wool. they found no representative
Democrats pecuniari1y interested in it. The
wool interest divided and subdivided among
the farmers of the country. The entire clip is
worth Sl00,000re00 every year, Subdivided as it
is that vast sum reaches 60J,00 or 100 200 fami-
lies in the land. There are no big Democrats to
prOiect-no Democratic votes are trembling
in the balance there. Wool concerns only
the farmers away off in the country
men engaged in honest industry, not in pack
ing caucuses, nor in controlling Conventions
men who are not of any particular use to the
Democratic party. SO wool went on the free
list, and is held there against all protests not
withstanding the injury inflicted upon SO large
number of families throughout the entire
country. Never before i'll this country have
such scandalous revenges been attempted in
legislation. 1t stamps the Mills bill from be-
ginning TO end, as a measure full Of personal
benefits and personal wrongs.