The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-21

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very best can" IGreat applausel
The Thurman Club Of Rising Sun demanded
another stop, and they gave q rousing recep-
tion,- and prevailed on the Judge to start a
spsech. as follows:
My Friends-I have been accustomed TO say,
for several years. that with me the time of the
setting sun had arrived. Tonight, however, I
find am in Rising Sun. and when l see you
turn out, and see you welcome me so kindly.
both ycung aud old when / hear your shouts
aud look iuto your faces, and witness the zeal
and earnest1ess that you display. IL seems as II
the wheels Of time had rolled back, and hat
am in Rising Sun again." lGreat appl@ise.I
Further remarks were then cut off by the do
parture of the train. Pembervilie may be q
small town. but it turned out n big crowd ana
lots of enthusiasm Louis Bahrenburg. aged
fourteen, and Miss Minnie ssinCer. young
miss. were on hand with handsome bouquets,
which they proudly presented to the Judge. A
brass cannon and band doomed out a welcome,
and the crowd gave three times three cheers.
When the crowd had somewhat subsided the
Judge said:
''My Fellow citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen
thank you most sincerely for this welcome 1t
gladdens the heart OF an old man to receive the
applause of his felow-cirizens. and therefore L
feel grateful to you, profoundly grateful, for
this very hearty and enthusiasts welcome"
After a word in regard to brief time. the train
started once more amid applause.
Soon after o'clock the special pulle into the
depot at Toledo. to receive hearty welcome
from the people Of the Future Great Every
thing had been prepared for good reception in
this city, and the people generally invited to
make the occasion memorable. Crowds came to
the city from neighborina towns ana villages,
Fremont heading the liet with club of 200
members. Three uniformed clubs with torches,
bands, and the cheers Of the crowd welcomed
the party to the city. Carriages had been pro-
started up street. The clubs msrched
first, and then followed the carriages
Judge Thurman occupied the first car
riage, which was drawn by double
the streets the people who lined the sidewalks
applauded, and crowd of admirers kept close
to the carriage. Driving to the postoffics
building the distinguished guest of the city
escorted 10 the steps, from which point the pro-
cession was reviewed. An immense crowd
filed all the space about the building, not less
than five thousand persons being present The
sight of the ''Old Roman stirred them 10 great
enthusiasm. and they wildly cheered. Judge
Emory ID. Potter introduced Judge Thurman,
who made his tenth speech Of the day as fo,-
lows:
'Mr. Chairman and Fellow-citizens-It has
teeu my privilege to speak in this goodly city of
Toledo number of times in my life and never
came hero to speak that was not received with
tho kindest attention and regard by all your
people, to whatever party they might belong
and by your Democracy with . warmth and
heartiness that never shall be able to forget
fed: highly and greatly grstihed. that have
once more the privilege Of saying few words
to you. removed applausel say a few words.'
my friends. for l have spoken already nine
times to-day; short talks, it Is true, rather than
speeches, but yet talks that try ones voice and
sometimes weary ones brains. | shall. there
fore, be very brief IN what have to say to-
night. Indeed. were there no other reason for
it: should be brief. considering the late hour
OF tho night at which We have arrived. Again.
should be brief. for this is the opening OF the
campaign with me. and every experienced speak
er knows that it behooves him, at the outset of
the campaign, to take the greatest care OF his
voice. lest be break down at the
beginning. Now, / have to speak
day after tomorrow, to a large crowd
that an assured there will Do at Port Huron.
in our sister State of Michigan. It will be the
opening speech of tho campaign for me, and
when get there into another State from this
great old State of Ohio. want them to have the
Buckeye in the very beat possible plight in
which he can be fog talking TO them. Laughter
and applause l must. therefore, ms friends.
husband my voice, SO to speak, and take care of
myself. co that il ] carnos do much credit 20
myself where &C, i4..ay De no discredtt to ycL.
my fellow-c.tizens Of Ohio. lApplausel.
"The few remarks that shall make to you
will be confined to a single topic. Not that
there is but one thing that might attract YOU
attention in this campaign or that might not be
we'll spoken of. but there is ono transcepdent
theme about which so much Is said, 90 10 uch is
written. much is printed. that the people are
eager to learn exactly what is the truth. re-
fer to the tariff question, as il is commonly
called Now. 1 presume that there is man
in this vast audience who does not know what
is meant by the word tariff or the
tariff law and yet it can do
Us harm and may lead 10 precision Of speech and
| to q comprehension of what have 20 cay IL be-
| Gin by q definition of what is a tariff A tariff,
my friends, is nothing in this world than q tax
| levied by the general govern ment upon importa-
tions brought into the United States for sale,
the effect of which Is to raise the price Of every
commodity that is imported, and also che price
| of all domestic commodities of the same nature
| made within the United States. This tax is paid
| by the consumer OF the article. When your State
| tax is levied 1t is levied on property; il is
| paid by property. The man OF much property
pays much more than the man of little property,
| aud the man Of no property pays none at all.
| But tariff is tax paid by the consumer of the
| socalled protected articles. He pays il not TO
the tax-gatherer, not TO any officer of the gov.
| ernment. but he pays it in the price which he
| gives for every protected article that he buys.
Let me suppose, for instance, that an importer
| purchased in England q thousand dollars worth
| no. won t take SO much as that will say
enough cloth to make a suit of clothes for a
man. He pays for it there, saw, $40.
| He brings it TO the United States.
| Before he can even get it out of
the custom house at the place where it lands.
| he must pay on that tax called a tariff. and the
| probability is, among the enormous rates in the
schedule on woolea goods, that he will pay tax
| Of not less than 60 cents on the dollar That is,
he will pay &c on the $40 worth of cloth that be
has bought. Then IL has cost $l6that cloth
has. Now, II the man who imports that cloth
sells it to wholesale merchant, he must Of
course. put the tax that he paid on il TO The
price. otherwise he would lose money by the
operation, and SO when this importer
sells 30 the Wholesale merchant. he
charges him SIG for that cloth. which
| cost him originally but $10 Nay. more-he
charges him SIC, aud bis mercantile profit on
the Sc tax as we'll as on the $40, the original
| cost of rhe goods The Wholesale merchant sells
it to the retail merchant, and the retail mer-
| chant sells it to his customer OF course, this
| price. with each merchants profit, contin ues
and it is IN the goods when they are sold to
| the consumer So that by the time one Of
| you buys that cloth you find you have
| to pay for it from SIC TO s2O, perhaps not less
| than 800. for that which originally costa $40. So
| here has been a tax imposed on tho consumer
| which amounts. in effect. to nearly or quite as
| much as the original cost of the goods. Now,
my friends this Is so true that there is scarcely
| a thing that sou wear the price of which is not
| increased by this tariff tax There men
audacious enough to say. men who are
| advocating high protective duty or tar
| in; there are men audacious enough
to say that high protective tariff is for the
benefit of the laboring man. Why, In the name
| OF all that is common sense and reason, how can
with the crown of his head and extends to the
between them. (Appsuee a,d laughter. That
| taxes him On bis coat taxes him
| his vecf faY