The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-09-07

under high tariu, they increased l<S 80
but that includes the tine of ~,
From 1870 % 1850 n = time Of profoun1
peace and under tho hiehcst turin thi<
country hls over known, tho value 81 ~
farms IN Michigan Increased only ~
per cent They increased under Walkerss
tarid. which has been denounced 20 mueh
from 1850 % 1910 3ll per cent, aud some az
you will remember that under the Walker
tariff We had = great wharf.-the war win
Mexico Had values continued 10 increase
from 1860 70 1850 n they did under the lew.
tar.R p~criod-lSjo 20 1SdO-the farm yals..
IA Michigan would have been SLOT. Ooo0c
In 1851 instead OF being. a. they wcre b.
the census Of 1850. only SiD9,OOno o.
take farm implements From iS1D a. lSc1
the value Of farm implements MA ~
creased az the rate or lOli{ per cent N
1850 the increase was only Al per cent N
they had increased in the same ratio under
the high tariff as they did unacr ~ low
they would have been 81. 5oo.oco instead II
$40. 10000. You viii see BY these figure that
Il Is quite impossible that this high ,arnR
can be Of advantage 70 tho agricultural
community.
on TuE CHINESE QUESTION.
why. gentlemen. IL you would Just look
over the scheme for piundering tho Gov
eminent owing 20 this great surplus, You
would be amazed. There Is scarcely any
thing that somebody won't ask for. They
say the Government has the money. II IL
idle ia tho Treasury, n you might a.
well give II 70 us for our little scheme as
let it lie there. And 80 every scheme Of
extravaganza. every thing In the worll BY
which the people car be bicd and high Tx
and Congress owing in . great Do
gree 20 this fact Of surplus in the Treas
ury. Before ! conclude, my friends, ] want
70 ask your attention for q moment 70 an
other ~thing-what il called the Chinese
question, the question Of the importation
Of Chinese into this country. What ! wish
"a say upon this subject can not better b
expressed than what / said TO my own con-
stituents In Cincinnati in 1870. five years
before the Legislature Of California memo
rialixcd the Congress on tho subject OF
Chinese emigration. i will ask my FRIEND
Mr.. Cultivate. to read II, as l find that my
voice il breaking down mr.. Outhwaite
read the extract rs followsi: n do
not think II a large Chinese immigra-
ton 70 IT, country II desirable. !
do not think IL would be . desirable acqui-
sition. On the contrary, ! him Il would
l O8 ~ <ETIUM@. Wins
civilization, habits. education and religion
the Chinese are widely different from our
people, 50 different A. 70 form . very str1x-
ing contrast. The European immigrants
are Of the same race, religion and ciyiliza-
ton - ourselves. and while they add I'M
w.rsclv n the povcr and wealth Of b
Eepublic they do not seriously disturb
s~ubstan.ial homogeneity Of our v-hitc p2pu-
lation. Their immigr Atom therefore. bene-
ffs the country and deserves cncoursging
Not 80 with Chinese. They will never PC.
come one people with as. Were b todwel
here for centuries they would probably DC
as distinct from the white race Is arr
~rypsic, in Spain from the pure-biooded
Sran;ard We are destined to have q great
: commerce with Asia, and tho natur ! re
suit viii be tho voluntary Immigration
, from that continent Of q limited number q
7 bushes. men Isec no objection % tnat
Z II will not interfere with our workmen "a
. laborcr.. 1t will not disturb our social
: 81 political system. while y VII
!, tend TO increase commercial con
= u~rtious and add TO our IN
7 and wealth. But that Is wholly diferent
/ thing from the coolie immigration now 70
4 ing On. which II not stopped must aiarn
! ingly increase. This immigration sin =
3 ~cnsc OF tho word voluntary "a - . kan
2 ~ Chinese slave trade. Instead Of an IN
. dependent self reliant body Of free men,
. introduces q horde Of quasi slaves wcrkin
l at half w-gcs at tho Of task
i masters"
4 ALL SHOULD THRIVE AND PROSPER.
81 Tbesc INV friends. were my opinion
Il eighteen years ago, and every day ma
10 served 10 verify their correctness The
10 Ar. NV opinions to-day, and. 1 have ~
L doubt they will De so long As ! have Az
II me loud a~pplauscl know my
IA self. there Is no man on top Of TINS earl
10 xhs has more sympathy with Lporin
. men. or men in humble condition., tnan
IN nave and THAT. yer I can do 10 better the
condition / would do-[cheersl,-and y
:. hccanse I don't believe for one mome'
that this high-protcctive tar.n. when
- much Landed. and which = insis'
~ upon by our political opponents y ~ :
IN benefit Of laboring men. That = one
r. the reasons why ! am opposed y ~
IS oncrous duties. ! have shown you ~
=. under this high-protective tarln' tne 80
cultural interests 81 the coun.Is -
en- fallen % enormously. The value
10 farms has fallen. on from an increase
in orc hundred per cent 70 an incrcase
only nine per cent II you look az y
lit OF the country, you Will ~
BIZ something even more striking than IN
ro- The time was, and not q great while -
ro- when there were two countries that y
ng stantiaily did the carrying trade "a .
in world. Great Britain and the UNI
lcr States. and we were gaining 80 mst
on Great Britain, that we had eigh'y.tn.
crs Der cent. Of the carrying trade o.
les world, whereas now, IL my memory y !
TO- AZ fault. we only have about fourteen J
the cent Now, why is hat Why gen'ie"'
In I had occasion, . few years ago,
q visit Europe. and I felt humiiia'cus
'sa- confess. when, In crossing and 49,
her ing the Atlantic and while IN on,
ges ports in Europe. l never but once s.~ /.
les American flag on the mast o. ? snapr.
ing that was a ship engaged 10 carryins :
vcs scnrcrs. aud she had q British nss u
hey end 81 nor and the American nag 80
ing other. [Laughter.l Now. the iricnu
rts. hlrh protective tariff say Il tends ,o.al'
lrai sifv Labor, and that divcrsshcd H.
'ecn GOOD for the country. Well, you may
as nit the general proposition. wlsn
r IN 4 boy we used 70 have y tcast ~ 49,
July dinners-agriculturc. MANU-
ami commerce.. Those are divcrsAneS
on- dussrlcs. 1hcy all ought 20 prosper
'hnn free country like this. MsnufaeuAs
PRO- 20 4 great extent prospcrcd- As1.cu.
low has terribly declined. and