Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-09-27
The Mastery Speech Of the
t"0ld Roman" at Pt.
Huron, Mich.
The Democratic Position on she
Tariff Question Expressed in Lam
guage Clear and Convinc-
ing---The Great Speech
Of the Campaigl.


LADIES AND GENTLBMEN-wiII yon allow m
to keep my cap onp OF course; certainly. l
am afraid with this cold north wind 1t might do
11sss me some harm If ! went bareheaded; and md
head before the people; still do not want to
break down At the beginning Of the campaign
hy friends, thIs Is tie Il frst time in my life
that have had the honor to speak in your city
1have been invited again and again, but have
never been able to accept any invitation before
this. esteem it great privilege to be able to
address you to-day. lApplause.l I so esteem
enterprising and Intelligent population Michi-
gan contains; and know. too. that your people
that are being discussed this year.
In the brief time that shall speak will oc-
cupy myself mainly with one Of those cues
which 90 much interest In now taken and upon
which 10 much is being said By speakers, by
Writers and through the public press
The Administration.
II ID not necessary for me, before proceed to
that subject to speak Of the president of the
United States and his administration more than
rsssra for sSs ruth 70 say n that Grover cleve
land has not made q good president OF the
Tn'd gsn s pPoS: . ss ssaYs e. Rsa
clean and upright and successful administra.
ton. tAppla1se and Q voice, 'Hurrah for
s S9 S. .sass e. &.
hs .hgnld :aesssd as did sHcsssd and aPn1s pray
Grover Geveiandf Where Is the disgracs that
able, more prosperous than it has beer for many
S.s Ss hsys Sb hin aPpnu's P%s . No% YOU
Wise man i do MOT believe dwslls within the
IL sa. 1osie Sssa q
and mot least among them il the disting guiahed
fdrsas applsuss.1 p @ "a cis1siand Knows not only
bow to rule himself within the limits Of the
Scnstitution. but he knowS full dv, well hoy sn 70
The Tarin Question.
Now my friends, having said this much about
Gon to which have alluded, commonly called
the tariff question. presume there is not e
wn As. &c s.s 8 s aH
4 may aid Us to-day If I give clear and precise
4ennition Of what tariff II. A tariff, my
leyied BY the general government upon every
article Of commerce that comes into the United
sorders snG and Wheh raises the price
and therefore becomes tax or burden upon
every article Of domestic manufacture Of like
Now we have at this moment, according to
he last adyices have seen, about G150Oa 600
ffolRthsp people beyond swnecessiries of the
Those dollars, 1E,0O0,0Oo are lying perIecty
idle in the vaults of the treasury of the United
States-of no service to any human being, draw
ing no interest, earning no profits, put taken
ehe ad ns s
thousands and tens Of thousands and hundreds
Of thousands Of the people Of the United States sIs
condition and prosperity.
Now the democratic party says that this is
oiir LII not to be, like the talents of the man we
fre iold of in the scriptures, buried IN the
of the e and III the
t.eL Jcratle party says that the surplus revenue,
which :s pr. d9ced in the main BY By these tariff tariff
bnt ulC be reduced so that
1Lis surplus VIII Not Continue to Accunu-
late.
TApPlause.l Our opponents, on the other hand,
ssy is better to let the surplus accumulate; It
is better to take the money from the pockets OF
of the treasury department Although it does
laws of the United States. We say. on the CON
dnce the taxes; we say that the way to treat
people honestly, fairly and wisely is to take no
more taxes out Of their pocket than the govern
ment actually needs for Its expenditures. Zap
The issue. then. is fairly made up between us;
and reasonable taxation on the other. It Is be.
tween taking the money OF the people out OF
% @ esr Sg q shsr
ment or It Ii between leaving the money where
Il belongs,
In the Pockets Of the People,
20 be used by them a. their wants require and
Here gentleman on the platform raised an
Judge Thurman: aWeil, never mind, the sun
never hurt democrat anyway" Laughter and
Nov, ny. friends. in the long political life
that have led ! have heard great many false
pretenses preached to the; people; great many
al my life have never Witnessed such audaci-
q asl have noticed this year on the part Of the
advocates Of high protective tariF-neyer be-
gard Of the truth that has suddenfA AFFLICTED
them. do mot intend TO call people hard names.
tongue In my head ana mean 70 " sp Eesp i @ Is
lonG % Live, but do say that some people
sometimes seem to lose their senses, 30 that
They Cannot See the Truth
snd Ssssn Ia rn9oTsg.stsy cannot speak IT.
Now just tSinf 81 il ior one moment. We
are told that highsr tariff makes the country
rich BY .oppressiyeF taxing ita people. lap
plause:l Isn't thst new way 70 make 9
and. ana take out what You End there, and that
soi ian,t that singular way 70 make anybody
fAt this point slight disturbance in the
audience Interrupted the speaker
people teil Us is the plan 70 adopt 70 enrich the
country. That this country Is to be made
ye.lthy b means Sf high taxation Kat. 9s,. Again
which l. taxed. why, If the. consumers Of
3 TSo nj
orators pay its Do the manufacturers pay ~
Z Z ,hs SsoDs Eho NC an as
&ngwer that question TO the satisfaction-
lHere note was handed the speaker)
4~-2 HT1rrxwu IN Al I'M
there Il q high protectienist In the audience,
for note 10 sent up for me to read as follows:
hss
g ie or some such word. hope that high tar,
81 fellow who has taken that lsdy,s moneyswtill III
leaves Port Huron" [Greas laughter and
Now Now. my friends, II you win reflect for a mo
ment you viii zee that 1t is necessarily the case
that
The Tarin Taxes Are Paid by the Consum-
G ers of Articles
which are taxed. and Of all domestic articles
Of 9 like kind which are manufactured in the
United States. For 1t is curious fact, and one
while the Government gets 81 resulting from the
tax the domestic manufacturers get ., as II u
estimated, that never goes In t1e treasury a. all
the United States to be sold. He cannot sell a
He pays the tax, therefore. and then sells to
the wholesale merchant. OF course he must get
9hls lax PACK IN Ine pIlce IQf " as sszs ~
he would lose money and his business Woulg =
bring up at once. He would stop IT. Ana
therefore he puts the tax on to the original cost
of the goods, and with that price, added and
with the cost of transportation and ms reason
able commercial profits he sells those goods to
the wholesale merchant The wholesale mer-
chant sells TO the retail merchant ana OF course
the tar, which enters into the price. continues
in ihe price and to it is added the profit of the
merchant Then the retail merchant selis 70
you. ami of course he must Keep Witnln inns
price for otherwise he would sell for less than
Be gave for the goods, and no man of sense
would do that Therefore the tax is in when
the cloth is sold to you, in the price you pay
this retail merchant, for the goods pay the whole
of the tariff tax, the importers profit the whole
sale merchants profit and the retail merchants s
profit,