Telegram-herald., 1888-10-02
At HARTMAh'S HALL
cUssTneR sN0 GA. FAiRcnlIe:
Tie toaxrsssn.s F4lks % the r.Eid
issuss .za 0sssr.i f.lEshiid Dis-
sa.sss The Ptssidsas'. Pea
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not As iafzsly sIsadso a. u o1z1t 70 nave
bssn.
Tee chairman Of the meeting vas Hon.
J. C. fiz Gerald In Introducing Mr..
GusnthsF. be said
The questloss 10 De discussed this even
Ing possess deep interest. snd the poorer
the person. the greater inrefsst be mas 10 the
question. Some Of you dOu'E believe that,
for, you say. have not the Democrats been
saying that the poor man Is oppressed sy
the protective tarn Bat repeat that the
poorer the man is. provided be is laborer.
tas greater interest be hss In this question.
You say how is that / have nothing TO
sell. Manufacturers are the ones benefited.
because they have things 70 sell. You are
mistaken. You have that for sale which is
Of the greatest moment-your days work.
Upon that depends the support Of your
families. and the education OF your child
rem. Do you wish 10 encourage
sharp competition in the labor
market DO YOU wish not
only To encounter twenty men or more
competing for your Job at home. but TO
have brought from across the waters to
compete with you the completed articles.
Ii you do, vote the Democratic ticket and
you will accomplish IL.
Labor represents about 90 per cent. OF the
cost OF all manufactured goods. Will you
have this labor bestowed by the psupers OF
Europe. or by yourselvss9 Choose ye
this day whom ye will serve"
When we cast cur votes this Fall We will
remember the promises made TO Us four
fnl he rraln
OF S420 10000 would be distributed, and
that oppressive taxes would be taken of.
They have indeed distributed the surplus
where IL has gone no one can tell. But
how have they reduced the tsxesl Now
they want US to continue them in power
for the purpose OF reducing the taxes.
In November a voice is going up from
the land crying that We have a greater
amount of free trade today than
ali the world besides. We have
the trade of $4,000, 900 of people. and we
are going to have in the White House in
place OF Cleveland man who can govern.
without listening 10 free trade England or
belying Mexico. We Will have the trade
of those Southern countries when We haye
Harrison for President, and we hope to
God, James G.. Blaine for Secretary of State.
He then introduced Mr.. Guenther as a
native of the country whose iron chan
celior. seeing the prosperity OF our country
under protective tariff, adopted the policy
for his country. and also as one who. in q
district which gave Cleveland a majority Of
5000. was sent to Congress by . majority of
2400.
Mr.. Gunther introduced his remarks by
saying that he was GLAD TO see in the audi
ence so large q sprinkling of ladies' IL
gave bim a chance 20 talk to them for an
hour wnen they could not talk back.
The issue, as the chairman said. is one
that peculiarly interests all classes, because
it is one Of bread and butter. The aim of the
tariff is to levy duty upon goods. the like
OF which are made or raised in our own
country. This was the principle of the Re-
publican party. Whether those opposed to
the Republicans were called free iraders or
revenue reformers, these principles were
indentical. The latter levy duties sim ply
for revenue while the Republicans wish to
protect our home industries. Republicans
are tariff reformers, in the sense that they
are desirous of eliminating the in
ouslites aud injustices which may
have crept in. The opposition cared
only TO cut down the duty. The
revision of the tariff. advocated by the free
traders has not been demanded by the peo-
pie. but by importers. Some pretext had
20 De found, and the onus Was thrown upon
the surplus. IL was true that when the
Democrats took possession they found a
snug little sum in the treasury. When the
Republicans. some years ago. took posses
sion, they also found sOmething-just six
cents, which had been probably overlooked.
II you bad tl3o in your pocket and was
obliged TO pay $50 in two and q half years,
would you think you had . surplusG That
il the condition OF the treasury. Much has
been said about trusts. The head Of the oil
trust is DemOcrst and the mOuthpiece of
IL 10 Ceveisnd's Cabinet Cotton seed oil is
the subject OF q trust, but 1t IS on the free
list. Neither the Republican party. nor the
tariff, is responsible FOR trusts. The Demo
Gratis are already tryiag to hedge on their
free trade position Mr.. Cleveland
says our revenues are too large.
The fact il that for the next twenty
nine years the country must necessarily
raise $50. .0O0 900 annually more than IL suf-
hcient to run the Government. But, If the
revenues are too large. there are other ways
10 reduce than oy laying hands en- thetarlf
Indeed. q reduction Of the tsria will result
in increased revenue
Continuing. the speaker gave a little his
tory Of the restoration Of the tariff on wood
pulp after Il had been placed BY the com
mittse on the free list. This was brought
about be said. sy Don Dickinson aud
Mayor WestOa. who we're interested in some
kind Of trust. The msisTity OF the Ways
aud Mesus Comuitses vhO we're the su-
thOrs OF the Mills bill we're lawyers six Of
whom were T-Tebeis and ssveholders. The
Mills Dill IS rOssly sectional. in many In
stances aetna IL raiing the tariff on south
srn productions, while it is taken
of OF Northern industries. CIeveisno
SAYS that there are 1000 articles on
the duty list. As fact. there are l.il2
II. SAYS sso that the price Of imported
A.. Il. sch . Ia,
duty addsd. That i not 80 When the
army advertised for blankets, English deal
srs offered them for s2-25 s-l6. American n
frms ASKED 8 - Tae duty vas s. 81.
Had Clsveiands assertion been true, the
Amsricsa prices you'd have been rs.
The Dricss q other articles we're gu0 0ts1
showing thst the pricr of oar home manu-
fsctgrsrs wss very much sss than TIE for
eisn price With dulv aided Many instances
were a - enumerated show lng ho- indus
tr - Asi hesn fosteTsd hv the tariff The
sueaxsr would II Bscssssry, Increase tbe
iaaf r. order - give the American lsborsr
q casnce 20 compete ia his home market
vitA European labor
The re traders ak soonf rss material
There no rs~ msteris exoeof free f7sdeTs.
The ore a. it iies i0 ths mine may te rs~
nsfsTisl bat wen T0u bring if
70 re sgrfscs e represents issor,
though it ths rss material q
80 nsnufssfursr- Ws -snt % protect
ancr af every xn8 We srs "A favor ~
American lsssr. snd -s ssoa.d sKazEde for
esgn isnor ron oar o0B1trv tsst CONES
hers rith 10 ints1tian 70 stsy snd become
eitizsns TIE spesEsr vss s~sys in favor
sf sTclud rE 10 Cnine-e. srd r1ulz vote
n exel 18e his 0yn couafry riaen--tos esr-
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He cnu 4 s-e 20 6iesrsoce Between s1mit-
tag lsha~srv - thsf cssrscfsr snd ~
1iffias iae roducts ~ s1ch ssorsrs la-
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