Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-10-19
FREE TRADE DoeMAs
ExpoBed by Hon. James g. Blaine -
Farmers and Manufacturers Equally
Benefited by the High Tariff.

EVANSVILLE, IND, October IL The air
Was rather chilly, but still about 5000 people
assembled at Garvan Park to hear Hon
James G. Blaine. 1t was O'Clock when
ne made his appearance. He said:
/ have carefully read the speech delivered
in this city last evening by Hon. Roger q.
Mills, Chairman of the Committee on WAYS
and Means. to whom the authorship of the
Mills bill is popularity imputed. 1t is Alto
gether a singular speech. He assailed very
bitterly the doctrine of protection, ridiculed
i. denounced it and then in varied form of
argument tried to persuade his hearers that
the Mills bill had not really changed the pro-
tective features of the tariff. Ii had, he said,
simply reduced the average OF duties from
4T3 per cent to 425 per cent, and he argued
earnestly that this per cent reduction would
not disturb the harmony or efficiency of the
protective system. In Congress and on the
stump, for years past, Mr.. Mills has devoted
his energies and his eloquence TO proving the
free trade dogma that protection is robbery.
n he was speaking the truth in those days,
he must now acknowledge that the Demo
Gratis are willing to rob to the extent of 424
per cent, while the wicked Republicans are
-obbing TO the extent of i71 per cent. But
the truth is. Mr.. Mills does not state the fig
ures correctly. On the contrary, he states
them incorrectly. | do not say he does this
with the intention to misrepresent, but Ike
all other free traders, Mr.. Mills is in such d
muddle on the whole subject that he forget-
the primary rules of arithmetic in studying
the actual facts and figures of the case.
FREE TRADE HEREsIEs.
Fortunately in matter so plain as this is
TO the common understanding of men, we
need not be imposed upon by any of the
heresies or blunders of Free Trade speak
ers. We simply appeal 10 the record Ac-
cording to the present Democratic Secretary
Of the Treasury the duties levied and col
lected at all the custom houses of the United
States this fiscal year amounted in the ag-
gregate to trife over s2l2 ,000, 900. 1t is
this sum which Free Traders assail so bit
terly, and it is in this sum that they find the
outrages and abuses of the protective sys-
TEN. OF these aggregate duties of S2l2,-
100000 Mr.. Mills bill proposed to take an
aggregate of $40, 500, 900. give the amount
in round numbers, which was 10 per cent on
the total dutlable importations for the whole
year. But that does not tell the whole
story, because on the duties on silks and
liquors, amounting to S23, 900, 600, Mr.
Mliis Dill made no reduction whatever, so
That the Whole OF the reduction tell on the
olo9'ooo'0oo that remained. But, mark
you, SILL further gentlemen, the whole story
is not yet told for of the Slo9000, 900 sos
0Oo, OOO were the duties levied on sugar, and
from the duties levied on sugar reduction
was made of ST. goo 900, leaving the peo-
pie OF the United States still to pay S47,-
900, 900 annually on sugar. Deduct that
= nt :. ln
900 and you have left S3S 500 600 reduction
on the remaining Sl3l 900, 600 duties of the
tariff.
ALL THE PRorEcrIoS.
"en'ieiiien, you wiz please observe mat
the sum Vi eloi 'ooo,ooo OF duties affords all
the protection we have on manufactures,
except tha' levied on silks all that we have
on COTTON al that we nave on wool and
"oo'ens' al una, we nave on IRON anu steel,
anu All 'iie artc4es INTO "hich iron and steel
eh'er as component part; IN fact all that
pto.ec's 'ne manufactures IN the United
o.a'es, anu protects the LABOR or those en-
Saseu 'iereii,' III iact' gentlemen what
may NC "inieu 'he ehtire protective system
Vi ''ie onl'eu states over "hich thls cohtro-
'eisy oe'"eeh tne TWO parties Is now raging
10 i"',oue' III Una. Sl'l 'ooo'ooo OF uu'ies'
a nm, iioi" 'ha' @l'i 'ooo,ouo OF duues MT
~ iIA' pippo'eu W 'aAe Soo'9oo,ooo anu teiIs
."o peop'e " inu'a"a 'nat ne Is only reouc-
e pe' GEM whereas, as nha.
~ - =" ..'e "nVie Importation Oh an
tne io"s hs' Vi ar'lcies L nave named ne
What does Mr.. Mills mean when he saws that
e''a. ~ u, W, oniy an acreage reouctioh Oh per
- " i"Oe VI. "oo' growers oi
50 "a.aat ,'' "n0,i u. 'ips e'eiy paf'c,e
- - ', '. w. VI wa, ,1,,, ne naI o.i!
,,,' nm pei 'e". III he teii 'le
~ ~ III 'ne largest haro
~, ,.hon b. ,,,.a .,': :" WI. Wy oou"-
~. U;,i f'' ti''ii P'ouu'. GU '',e ifee
-. 'f u;at:' VIC 1a'i'e W Tue SAT- pro-
,,.,,;,s L;"h ia " anu 80 on III hu'iio. riess
-. '; II. "a' .'i use uUMm from a
49,, ~ WI ~ 'ne ''c ~ ne 'ei,
sa,, ~, a" AUS Vi ,i'e 'iee pfeau
-; .s Pnouu'''o'i Vi ',ie
inI,,a.r;os a.. ~ ""t Is " ,'ie
.ha ':i' NV o iippeu NAM" "ne'neI
we a'.."se Is vi iVo per cent? III either
Can,Ia "'' 1T, '' ou' III 'ne eoia.
h.,,,sa,, ,h, De,,t,; 70 one s,e"' u'hefeice
wy ~. puo'''a" anu Tue Deiiocra'ic
~ " % 'ne hspuo,ica" party
s ,i, III Io's'ess II ifanhiy ueienus De
su, ~. I n, nu, III, '1en"cia''c party,
~ 1o'" aa1;9I 'eu' N'e'eia"u uo"h through an
ne o'"o". si"ues, mas LOT e'gh' months
oit'ei "ariare on the proeectiVe
s,'l', ueh"uncing II as piunder ana organ
Ecu 'oooefs anu is no" sehuihg out speak
ei' Ano"n III iact 10 oe the most
RANcoRors FREE TRADERS
-. :, ,
"i'I hr' WINS a, .'ie heau' TO so quarry ana