Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-26

ueeO, ne SENDS 1t abroad to sell for what
it will bring. "-
How does it attack or threaten our
wines? Why, it doesn't touch them at all
except IN SO far as it gives them an op-
portunlty, to. obtain cheaper package.
cheaper bottles, and cheaper boxes in
which to pack them. 1t does not at
tempt to change to the extent of one mill
the extent OF the present duty of foreign
wines. AS they are of the luxuries and
not OF the necessaries of life, and it is the
latter only which the Democratic party
proposes to cheaper.
But let me before closing say few
words as to the immediate results from
which we are threatened by this protec-
tive policy of our Republican friends, It
is the immediate support Of monopolies.
and at least the foster father of the great
menace now overhanging the country in
the formation of the so-called trusts.
What are these trusts and what are their
objects and plan of procedure? They are
combinations of manufacturers of the
same article to keep up the price of the
article manufactured by them, and how
do they propose to do it? Why by not
merely agreeing with each other that
they will not respectively sell at less
than given figure, but if the running of
the manufactures shall result in any
greater product than the market is pre-
pared to take at those prices that
they will shut down their manu-
factories for q given time.
each year, and turn the protected Ameri-
can laborer out into the street, to loaf and
eat up whatever little savings he may
have been able to put by, and these
trusts are protected and fostered by this
protective tariff which shuts out the for
elgn article from competition with them
which would otherwise render such nefa-
rious associations impossible. Let me
give you the views expressed by lead
ing republican newspaper now enthusi-
astlc IN support of Harrison and Norton
the Chicago Tribune. A short time ago
it said, "What is trust but a combjna-
tion OF tariff protected manufacturers to
| strangle competition, monopolize indus-
tries and it's products, and fleece con-
sumers. 1t has no other purpose, whether
it is sugar, steel or lead pencil
trust"
THE ULTRA.TARIFF TAX
Is their sole support. The connection be-
tween tariff monopoly and trustism is
clear. So long as excessive duties are
maintained, these trade rings will be en-
abled to bleed the people. Reduce these
duties to decent, reasonable figure and
they will be smashed.
Now we all know this is true. We all
know that the object of these trusts is to
bleed the people and enrich few. mo-
nopolists. And yet we frd that ten
days ago Mr.. James G. Blaine, on
his return from his coaching trip
through England and Scotland with
a wealthy American manufacturer,
who has been investing the fortune which
he made out of the American people in
the purchase of a castle and estates in
Scotland, we find Mr.. James G. Blaine,
whom we are told is to be the power be-
hind the throne in the event that Mr..
Harrison is elected, declaring in speech
at Portland that he "would not venture
to say that trusts were altogether advan-
tageous or disadvantageous, but that
they were largely private affairs, with
which neither President Cleveland, nor
any private citizen has any right to in
terfere."
So that in the opinion of Mr.. James G.,
Blaine he is beyond all others, the rep
resentative of the Republican party and
OF the protective tariff, your President.
nor yourselves have any right to inter-
fere with or discuss or citicise conspir-
acy to rob you by compelling you to pay
high prices for your clothing and your
food. This is the legitimate and logical
outcome of a protective tariff, and if you
are prepared meekly to surrender your
self into the hands of these monopolists,
to place yourself in their power, SO that
the bare necessaries of life will be all that
your earnings will be able to supply you
with, then in Gods name 90 the polls
next November and vote for Harrison
Morton and Blaine with high tariff and
robbing trusts added. But if you are not
if you feel that such a conspiracy OF
wealth against the mass of the people ia
a crime that should be at once rebuked
and prevented, then 60 the polls in No
vember for the friends of the people, the
opponents of monopolies and trusts, the
advocates of American labor, Cleveland
and Thurman.
Mr.. Humes' speech was very brilliant
and was applauded vigorously. Owing
to lack of space in this issue, it will be
presented in tomorrow mornings paper,
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