Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-10-20


ed American wagess A voice:
"The Chinese!n Cheers. .China's
markets for the Chinese workmen :"
has been the motto of China for cen
turtles, and wages there are 90 a
month and the wealth is in the
hands oil one class as it is getting to
be here.
In 1876 the Chinese were coming
to America and the American work
ingmen appealed for relief. The Re.
publican party answered that it was
the duty of Congress to investigate
the evil! The Democratic party
put in its platform that the Chinese
must be driven out. Applause.
\ Why, my friends, the Democratic
party is not only the friend OF the
workingmen--it is the workingmen.
l[Cheers.l So much so that it was
recently called the "dirty sock De.
mocracy." Laughter.
Gen. Golf would release the tax
on whisky, and tobacco and oleom
argarine-w which was fayorite
theme of my friend Flick two Years
ago. General laughter. Then
where is the money to come from to
run the Government. The Republi-
can tariff bill is framed that way.
| What will you do, too, with the
surplus production which high tar
lift stimulates Berkeley county's
farmers raise three times as much
wheat as the people Of the county
can nse. Your great industries run
six months in the year and still the
goods pile up. / say not only the
American market for the American
workingman, but markets all over
the world! Applause.
Here the speaker quoted ex-Secre
tary MeColloch as to over prOduc
ton and 10 condemnation Of protec
ton.
The Mills bill gives you free salt
and free lumber and free wool, and
thus opens up new fields of occupa
ton, new fields of labor. Last year
we imported S42,0OO,0O0 worth of
wooden goods that could not be made
here because OF the merciless tax on
wool. You have no doubt supposed
there was some benefit to the wool
grower III the tariff on wool. When
l went to Congress 1 thought so, too,
and | was resolved to vote to res
tore the wool tariff to what it was
before 1888. Bnt soon found that
the tariff on wool depressed the
price of wool.
A TIMELY ARRIVAL.
The cheap clothes sold in this
country are shoddy clothes. The
poor are forced to wear shoddy he.
cause of the tax on wool and WOODEN
goods.
| By an unhappy coincidence, at
this juncture in Mr. Wilson's re-
marks, IA boy emerged from the sea
OF up-turned faces, bearing in his
hand aloft floral emblem, and
thereby hangs a tale. When the
Democracy upon arriving al the
hall observed the magnificent floral
piece for Gen. Golf. they resolved
not to let Mr.. Wilson go without
similar compliment, and so an order
was sent to florist to make quick
a handsome flower piece. He was
given carte blanche as to cost and
style.
1t was here that the hastily con.
structed ornament put in its appear
ance, and was handed up to the
platform.
Unhappy fate, it was "A fiowery
Tyre One at a time those near the
stage caught on" and a ripple Of
suppressed laughter went round.
Then a Baltimore reporter took from
his pocket a handful of chestnuts
and scattered them over the crowd.
Chairman Parks observed the cruel
Significance and hastily hid the off
ensive floral hint behind press ia.
BILE, and Mr.. Wilson went on.
i He read from President Grant in
support of his position, and said
statistics show that wool growing is
pushing west. We compete with
Australia, where Republican says
wages are s cents day. A shep-
herd or farm hand there gets $240
year and rations. Imagine West
Virginia farm hand would be glad
to get 5000. !" That's OPT Lands
there are as high as here.
John Jarrett says when iron jump.
ed to cents a pound recently the
manufacturers held on to it all.
Look at the strikes and lockouts IN
the past FIVE years in the protected
industries. From 1876 to 1860 was
a period OF prosperity in this land,
marked by an increase of railroads,
the wealth aud industries. Now
colossal fortunes are made for the
few, poverty and distress to the
many. / thank YOU one and all for
your orderly and flattering atten-
ton. Great and long continued
cheering.]
GOFF.
Gen. Golf was greeted with a
thunderons outburst which equaled
almost all the previous expressions
of the kind rolled into one. 1t lull-
ed once and burst forth again, and
only finally ceased when Gen. Golf
with uplifted hands mutely begged
the crowd to be silent. There had
been some disorder, but as Gen.
COTS clear tones rang out into the
[farthest corners of the building all
became. still, and remained so ex-
cept for frequent renewals of the APP
plause, until he finished.
Gen. Golf said:
am profoundly grateful to meet
so many of my fellow citizens of the
county of Berkeley, of Jefferson and