Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-10

dustrious men and contribute so largely to
the development of American resources, are
nuisance and an offence to the Democratic
idea of political economy. From all have
read, l infer this to be the average Demo
cratic judgment.
believe Mr.. Carnegie's other offence is
that, after having worked very hard for
eight or nine months of each year at home,
he chooses to spend a summer vacation in
his native land, where, with his accomplished
wife. true American woman, he dispenses
graceful hospitality to his fellow citizens
Of the United States, who may be his guests.
He rents a comfortable old stone house,
where lived the chief Of the Mcpherson clan
in the Highlands of Inverness, and for this
and the fishing privileges and the shooting
grounds he pays for the season the enormous
rent of 5000, instead of the $1,000 day
as have seen stated in some democratic
papers.
If it does not give the Democracy too great
offence, will add few more suggestions
respecting Mr.. Carnegie's achievements. He
began the manufacture of steel rails at the
time when foreign rails were imported at an
expense of nearly 500 ton 10 the railway
companies that were using them, and shortly
after the insane protectionists in Congress,
of whom | rejoice to have been one, put S2o
per ton duty in order to protect the manu-
facture in this country. Since that time
Mr.. Carnegie's works and the other great
establishments which have been built up for
the same great end, twelve or fourteen of
them in all believe in the United States,
English product in the same field, that we
have constructed our marvellous lines of
railway, and have reduced the price of rails
to less than one-thrd of the English price at
the time the protective duty was levied.
This great end has been achieved in order
to vindcate the truth Of that economic theory
preached by every free trade democrat, from
the Parsee merchant to the author of the
Mills BILL if indeed they are different men,
viz that the duty is uniformly and inevitably
added to the import price of the article and
is paid by the consumer. The only difficulty
in their argument in this case is that in
stead of steel rails going up to $l2S a ton as
the free trade theory would have carried
them, they have fallen down nearly as low as
S2S, just as the protectionists predicted they
would.
And in addition to all the offences in which
Mr.. Carnegie has been principal or partci-
pator in this line of steel rail manufacturers,
several hundred millions of dollars in gold
coin have been kept in this country, which,
under the theory of the free traders, would
have irresistiby flown out of our Golfers to
the European manufacturers.
This, in brief, is the history of Mr.. Carne-
gle and of the outrageous course of conduct
which, as an American citizen, he has been
pursuing for the last quarter of century.
l suppose he and his coach, and myself as
one of his guests, will remain a Democratic
issue to the end of the campaign. But the
orator or editor who hereafter introduces his
name would show himself to be man of
truth and honor if he should make some brief
narrative of the facts which | have thus has
tily stated.
After the Blaine speech the meeting ad-
iourned to the hall, where during the day
General King and Mr. Frazier made speech
es, winding up at this point their stumpirg
tour of this State.