, 1888-10-18

Mr.. Blaine, "the protective tariff has
been retarding the growth and develop
ment of the West" Referring to the Tor
ei0n commerce Of the country, which dem
ocrats asserted had all gone 10 pieces. he
again quoted from the census to show
that from the time America was discover
ed TO the election of Abraham Lincoln, the
aggregate shipments amounted to 9,0Oo,-
600. From 1860 TO 1881, the aggre-
gate shipments had been 1880 900, al.
most double as mu.h in twenty .eight
years of the protective tariff, as 1T was
during the whole previous history OF the
American continent. ,,
At the conclusion OF his Speech. MT
Blaine returned TO General Harrison's res
idence, where he spent the night. he
leaves for Evansville tomorrow.
EVANSVILLE, Ind :, Oct. IL. .--Mr. Blaine
and party arrived at clock this even.
ing. They were received by large con-
course of people. At every station along
the route from Indianapolis crowds were
on the depot platforms to greet the dis
tinguished Maine statesman, and in most
instances the latter made his appearance
on the rear platform of the train. he
made no speeches except at Terre Haute,
where he made short talk to several
hundred people who we're present to greet
him.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. l3.--About
5000 people assembled at German Park
this afternoon to hear Hon. James g..
Blaine, who spoke upon the tariff question,
severely criticising the Mills bill and the
arguments used by Roger Q. Mills in his
speech delivered here yesterday.
BLAINE's SPEECH.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Blaine
said. According to the report of the sec.
rotary of the treasury, the duties levied
and collected at all custom houses of the
United States this fiscal year amounted in
the aggregate to S2l2, 100000. 1t is this
sum which free traders assail 80 bitterly
and it is in this sum that they find out
RACES and abuses of the protective system.
OF these aggregate duties Of $212 ,0O0, 900
Mr.. Mills bill proposes to take of an ag-
gregate of $49.500, 900 which is 10 per
cent of the dutiable importation of the
year. On the duties on silks and liquors,
amounting to $23, 900, 900, the Mills bill
made no reduction whatever so that the
whole Of the reduction falls on the $ls9..
000. 900 that remains. OF the S189. .000,.
600, S58, 900, 900 are duties levied on sugar
and from the duties levied on sugar the
reduction is made of $11 900, ,000 leaving
the people of the United States still to
pay $47, 900, 900 annually on sugar. De-
duct that S5S, 900 900 of the sugar duties
from SlS9, 900, 900 and you have left $l31.-
900 900 as the total amount of all duties
levied on all other articles in the tariff.
and deduct $ll 100000, which the Mills
bill took off of the sugar duties, and you
have left S3S 100000 reduction on the re-
S131 ,000. 900 duties of the tariff.
you will please observe that
the sum of Sl3l 900, 900 of duties affords
all the protection we have on the manu-
except chat levied on silks, on
cotton, ON wool and woolens, on ilon and
steel and all articles into which iron and
steel enter as component part; in fact,
all that protects manufacturers in the
United States and protects the labor of
hose engaged therein
INCLUDES THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
What may be termed the entire pro.
tective system of the United States, over
which this controversy between the two
parties is now raging, Is included in that
S13l 100000 of duties, and from that
Bl3l 100000 Mills proposes to
take $3S,5O0. 900, and tell the people of
Indiana that he is only reducing the tariff
per cent, whereas. as a matter of fact
on the whole importation of the long list
Of articles have named, he makes a re-
duction exceeding "a per cent. What is
IL to those industries that are stripped
naked whether the average is ) per cent
or SEQ per cent? In either or any event,
they are thrust ont into the cold. Gentle
men, there is one great difference between
the republican and democratic parties.
Whatever the republican party proposes
in congress it frankly defends before the
people, but the democratic party, from
President Cleveland down, through all the
official grades, have for eight months
wa9ed bitter warfare on the protective
system, denouncing it as plumber and
robbery. and are now sending
out speakers, known. in fact, to be the
most ranc ,rous free traders, with Mills at
their head. to qualify and explain away.
and tumble and reverse, and turn and
trim the figures, in the hope that they
may deceive the people as to their true
intent of the assault made upon the pro-
tective system. Mr.. Mills proposes to
take the tariff from wool, aud give to our
wool from Australia as
cheap as they get it in England. How
shall we make woolen goods here to COM
pete with the cheap woolen goods of
England, unless we reduce the wages of
the workingmen far below that row paid
The inevitable result must be one of two
va shall lose the market for
wools in this country or we must reduce
the wages OF the laboring man from
thirty to forty-6ve per cent
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