The Portland daily press., 1888-08-30
THINGS FOR AMERICANS TO RE-
MEMBER.
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well, hope the IutuIe Will pIOfe Tue WIS
dom of the Step you have taken" Laugh
ter and applause. Now, isn't that enthusi-
asm in solid chunks? [Laughter.l What
would YOU think if neghb0r of yours, who
had been in the habit OF getting intoxicated
almost every day for the last two or three
years and abusing his wife and stealing, and
who should conclude that he would lead a
better life and go over to his neighbor's and
say Il am going to quit drinking from this
time on; l am never going to abuse my wife
again; ] am going to stop stealing and live a
different life; and that neighbor should say
to him, Il hope the future will prove the
wisdom of the step you have taken. Laugh
ter and applause What encouragement
would that be for that man to lead new
life? And yet that is response given by
the President of this great republic at the
announcement Of such wonderful event as
that.
We next state in our platform that we be-
leve this nation supreme upon all questions
of national importance, and we say that we
are opposed to the old doctrine of State
rights and secession; and that we also be.
lieve that the liberties of this nation are on
ly safe when our people are permitted to
have free, fair ballot, and then fair, hon.
est count lapplausel, and so we made the
other declaration that the Republican party
not only is not dead, but that it is not going
to die until every citizen Of the United
States, be he rich or poor, high or low, white
then have that vote honestly counted
lGreat applause. What do you say to that,
my Democratic friend? | know that way
back you were a little shaky on that ques-
tion, but tonight you agree with me, don't
you? Ii so, won't you tell me why it is that
Today there are half a dozen congressman
sitting In the present Congress of the Unit
ed States, and the entire vote cast in the
whole twelve districts that sent them is NOT
as large as the vote cast in this district
where we stand tonight? What does that
mean? Why should it take twelve men in
Maine to equal one in South Carolina? You
used TO claim, you remember, that it took
FIVE Of us to equal one of them, but my rec
objection is that you got over that. IAN
plause.l That was lost when Sherman
marched to the sea and Grant gobbled them
up. at Appomattox. lApplause.]
Again, our platform declares that we are
In favor of protection to the home industries
OF the United States. [Applause.l We are
In favor OF building up our country and let
ting England take care of herself, and Eng
land will do that whether we let her or not.
NOW, before enter upon talk upon this
tariff question l want to say to every person
present, especially to every Irish friend here.
that have short cut that / take on this
question this year and it is one that does not
bother my intellect much. 1t is this When
England ig advises this country to do some
thing to help us l always know she is irving
to help herself instead, so whatever She
wants | want something else You saw that
is not argument, don't say that it is. III is
simple sentiment but it happens to be the
sentiment that / have. You ask why | am
SO preludlced against England. | am not.
But have been reading history a little. and
know how England treats people CONNER
cially; l recollect how she forced opium
upon Japan and China; / recolect how she
claimed to be the friend of labor and on
posed TO human slavery and yet, when we got
into trouble with the Southern States and
they undertook to build up a government
based on slavery, England sided with the
South in every way she could, and against
the. North. simply for gain. And do i not
recollect, my Irish friend, what she has done
for your beautiful island? What has She
done for it? She has driven you from your
nome, destroyed your linen industry and
your other. Industries, and reduced your
population from eight millions to five mill
lions and left the five millions to Starvation
She has driven you over into this country
where you may obtain better wages and bet
ter homes, and now, having got you over
here, she thinks that you are going to vote
Just to please her. But the Irishmen have
found out this business this year. and 90
where will | find them collecting under the
standard of Harrison and Morton, [cheersl
simply because they do not propose to help
England reduce our nation to the condition
TO which she has already reduced theirs.
The Republican party believes in protec-
tion from principle. 1t is for the Interest Of
the country to build up every industry possi-
ble., Democrats do not like to be called free
traders, and am not going to call them SO.
lney Ieel sensitive abo1t that term lately.
Ine Democratic policy is to keep a tariff on
tea and coffee; to levy taxes on articles for
revenue purposes only. The Republican
doctrine Is that we should levy duties for the
purpose OF getting revenue, and for the pur-
P. pose q building up industries here in the
Unlted States. To Illustrate the Democrat
ic plan would be to levy tax on tea and cof-
lee and raw tin. Why? Because tea and
coffee and tin are not produced in this
country, and duty on those articles would
be one for revenue only. All the money col
iected Iee would go right into the treasury, they
tell us, and so il would. The Re-
publicans say that articles of necessity. like
tea and coffee and tin, should be put on the
free list. We levied duty on those articles
during the war, when we needed so much
money, but the Republican party afterwards
took the duty off and put those articles on
against it when it was done. Now If any,
where In this State, or anywhere in this
country, tin mine should be discovered
which could produce all the tin we use In the
United States, the Republican party would
put on a tariff at once upon tin so as to pro-
tecI the miners here against the cheap labor
OF Europe; so as to build up the tin Industry
In this country, and to keep all the money
paid out for tin here at home. That is a good
Salt was on the free list in 1861.
when 1t sold for 81. 80 a barrel. 1t now sells
for 90 cents barrel, barrel and all. and the
barrel alone costs 21 cents. How about
crockery? Is crockery higher or lower since
we put a heavy duty upon it in 1861? To-
DAY, you. can buy it at less than one
half and get a far better article than you
could under the tariff Of 1867, when the
Democrats had their halcyon daysof real free
trade in this country. How about cutlery?
GU remember the knives and forks we used
70 use had the word sheffield" stamped
upon them. They came from Sheffield, Eng
land, and were most bungling things, and
goods that we now use all over this country,
,heapened. by the law of competition,
brought into action by putting n
1uty, on those articles that gave the markets
a this country to our people. Applause
NOW as to woolens and cotton. Are clothing
goods higher now than they were before the
warp What do you say my Democratic
friend? Did you ever work for a suit of
clothes at fifty cents a day? have. and
l recollect about it, The first
suit Of clothes that earned cost me S24. and
/, can today dupllcate that suit anywhere in
.he United States for $12.
But my Democratic friend says that the
goods we can buy here for $12 you can buv
n London for S. / don't know whether
you can or not; | don't care; / had rather
,ay S12 for a suit of clothes and know that
he men and women who raised the sheep.
pun the yarn and woye the cloth and made
he garments got from it food enough to live
IN decently, wages enough TO let them live
comfortably while raising the goods. spin
ling the yarn and weaving the cloth. TGreat
pplause.I
We can recollect when prints and cotton
,oods were from eight to fifteen cents a yard.
Jnder the protective system, which has
brought into play Yankee ingenuity a wom-
N can now buy dress good enough TO be
married. In at five cents yard. fApplause.l
y ma nat eneapens goods, the tariff? No, but
arm sets the wheels of industry in motion
md that encourages Yankee Ingenuity and
ompeiitlon follows. What articles that the
SepuDllcans have put upon the tariff list
ave not been cheapened? Competition
las done 1t. The Democratic argument is
hat America ought to have fair competi-
ion in all the markets of the world. Do Won
,elieVe w England has got access to all
eaching out after the market of America?
5ecause the American market Is worth more
han all the markets of other countries COM |
lined. You use more goods here in Maine |
han they do in all India.
The speaker referred to the production of |
ranite and cement in the West, and showed |
ow those industries are dependent upon de- |
eating the Mills bill. He referred to the |
reat natural resources of the country, and |
aid 'sNow, do you think for a moment that
he Lord built up such a nation as ours and |
1ould have given us such a country as we |
ave he had supposed this government was |
DING to be run byDemoeratsF Great laughter |
nd applause. He intended such nation |
this to be occupied and developed by |
arty that knows how to build up a country, |
nd that is Republican party. You know, |
w hat in 10