The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-19

viting corrupt legislation. II will give |
the poor man cheaper lumber for his |
house. [Applause This is the way that |
the Democratic party takes the side of the |
people. We propose to help the people at |
the expense of the lumber trust Then |
there is another thing that we have put on |
the free list, and that is salt God makes |
it for us in the sea and in the earth. Then |
the Republican syndicate wants to put a |
tax on it SO that the people will have to |
pay more. We shall want lots of it in |
November to salt down these devils. |
II4aughter.l Then we have put tin plate |
on the free list. What is the sense of duty |
on tin plate to increase the cost of articles |
that are used in every family-the great |
tin-pail brigade that Mr.. Cox speaks of |
IIIaughter.l Do we need u duty ON this |
tin plate to collect revenue? No. Do we
need it to protect any American industry?
made in this country. On the contrary,
we want to let in tin plate free of duty be-
cause it is needed as n raw material to keep
our workIngmen employed Ii Is for the
interest of the American laborer who
works on tin plate, as well as of the labor
er that uses the product, that the tin plate
should come here free of duty. Yet the
Republicans not only propose to vote
against our taking off the duty, but they
want to increase it, so that instead of col
lecting s., 200, 900 of duty on tin plate we
shall collect 81, 900. 900 in duties. The only
reason assigned for this is because Henry
d
business of making tin plate. Well, Mr..
Jarrett is pet Republican orator, and it
might be a nice thing for him to get rich
in that way by putting tax on the whole
American people, and he might build him
self a, castle in Scotland like Mr. Carnegie.
Laughter Mr.. Jarrett wants to get
some of this fat" and the Republican
s'develop'' him. [Latghter.l
Mr. Clay used to talk about protecting
int ri ho hp
would be satisfied with protective tariff
for three years until the infant industries
could get a start. Then he wanted nine
years protection, and so this sort of busi-
ness has gone on until even at this late
day we still find the alleged infant ''mew
ing and puking in its nurses arms"
When YOU come to the wool tariff you
will see that the Republic IN party thinks
more of sheep than it does of men. How
is it about the wool business? We think
it is most important to furnish supply of
wool to be used by the manufacturers and
weavers of wool, to keep the laborers who
work on wool in employment on good
wages, and to let the men who wear wool
have better clothes. We use, in fact
about 900, 600 600 pounds of wool in our
| manufactures We raise only 265. 900 600
pounds, or less than half, and the Repub-
| lican party proposes TO put the Chinese
wall around our country to keep out this
| half that we need for our manufacturers,
| and all for the benefit of a few wool grow
| ers, Does that benefit the laborer? Not
at all. 1t does not take much labor to
raise wool. 1t takes a great deal of labor
| to manufacture it. We can use all that
| the Republicans would rather we should
use shoddy and make over the same stuff
four or five times before we get through
with it than let the people have free wool.
The woolen men have got the duty on
| manufactured wool up to 68 per cent on
the average, and on some grades they
have got duty of 21S per cent, and they
| say that it Is not enough, and they want
more. [Laughterl They want you tG
keep on wearing out your own clothes
Now, we say the better thing for you to dc
will be to wear out the Republican party
in November Laughter and applause.
We say this in the interest of the American
laborer. Let him have the wool to work
people Of the United States can be Longer
fooled with the talk of British gold, W.
= want the wool to come from all the worlC
| to keep our wage workers at work max
ing it up into goods to be sold in the mar
kets of the world, as we'll as for hom,
How IS iI with soape You remember
famous dinner here in which Mr., Dorse.
was complimentel for his liberal use O
soap in Indiana, Laughter, Well, w
have pat soap on the free list, and greas
with which to make the soap on the fire.
list. They may use all the soap they Ink
in Indiana, hut the old red bRndana viii
garry Indiana. Applause; That is tn
free list that we have made, and we be
lieve it won't hurt auyh0iy,
Now let us look ut the duttahie list
How do we propose to leave it, Tn
present tariff puts an AVERAGE of S47. 10 o
every SlG0 worth of cool Is impaired. Wha
do we propose to dos They say that W
3 propose free trade. Let US see how lol
we propose to leave the duty on the Sc
| laH nj Of Tc ut
per cent, or IL per cent, or u per cent
3 That would he low. No; it is higher tina
= that; higher than the average of the tarit
, of 1886 1t is above the so-called protect
i've tariff, for we leave it at an average G
40 per cent. Our tariff bill, that they sa
is u free trade bill, only reduces the dut
from 4f per cent down to 40. The X
/: publican party is committed to a redueti.
of 81 per cent hy the Tariff Commission
: and yet when we propose to make rednC
tion of less than per cent they call II
free traders, l4lughter.l
: Now, take some of the articles and sc
l what we propose. There Is glassware
The present tariff is 9.5i, we propose +
make it 10 10. Does that look like FIRE
: tradel A good deal of this outcry abou
free trade comes from Philadelphia an.
r Pittsburg. Now we come to the steel raj
steal. [Laughter.l What reduction d
we propose? The present tariff is 40 Al
? we propose to reduce it to 3S0S. Tina
takes off only g 65 on every 500 of duty
How is it with sugar? We reduce tina
from 7S. Is to 62 90. How is it with cottnl
goods, iron and steel, three of our great
) est industries? In cotton goods we prd
pose to reduce the tariff from 1863 to Sl
OF, or a reduction of 92 cents duty on ever
500 worth of cotton goods imported, AM
they tell us that Is free trade. Laughter.
Out of Sll ,OO0, 900 collected on cotton good
we propose to make reduction of 1921, 90
! IN the tariff collected. If that is fire.
trade, / ask in the name of all the Repub
lican sinners at Chicago. what ia protee
, ton? Laughter.
How is it with wool and wooden goods
: We propose to reduce the tariff about 80
a hundred-from S5S,Sl to SS 40. Tn
great reduction comes by placing the raw
material on the free list, and have a let
ter from a well-known woolen manu-
: facturer to prove that this change will b.
, beneficial to our American laborers
Applause. The fact is that we propos,
: to leave duty of about 40 per cent OIL
manufactured woolen goods, and yet thev
tell us that this is free trade. Laughter.
! All that ws have put ON the free list is th
raw materials with which our laborer
: must be employed, and all the change W,
] propose is to benefit the workingmen O
J this country. [Applause.1
Now, in every tariff they put in what L
: called drag net TO catch all the thing
that have not been specially mentioned
J Look over the tariffs that have been passed
and you will see that on the manufactur
of iron we have cut Off only about pc
cent, leaving it at 40 per cent, which Il
l above the war rate, and yet they call i
! free trade. And so it is with the othel
things in the list. We have left duty t.
be collected which Is now higher than tina
levied during the war, and yet they tel
US 1t is free trade. (Laughter.l 1t is moi
: the men who are looking after the inter
, ests of the people who are making thi
! outcry. The men whom our bill will in
jure will not be the WGrkingmen, but tn,
men of combinations, pools and trust
: which the Democratic party proposes t.
destroy lApplause.l How is it with car
} pets? We propose to leave the duty high
er than it was during the war, and they
! call it free tradel How about coffee? w
: propose to attack the coffee trusts for thu
; benefit of the manufacturing interests O
the country, and they call it free trade
: We tell you, workingmen, that the way t.
get good wages is to let in the raw ma
, terials with which you have to work; t.
! look to the markets of the world; to stanC
7 by the administration that is your friend
to stand by the political party that tell:
you the truth; to sustain the party thai
has reduced the burdens of taxation
How can you expect to have a market fol