Telegram-herald., 1888-09-21
BURT'S BIG SPEECH
~ rells MS Old sToRles AGAIN

hspssts His faeric2ttoas Assos Taxes
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Do.sst Ia Dssp E0sakh
TIE Ds1ocrscy m4ds every snort. lssi
svealng % make tbe visit Of their Eubsf
ualorisi candidate The great dsm0nstasion
81 ths csmp4En. AL Of the marching
clubs we're gotten out. and avery device re-
sorted 10, % esll out a crowd. ssd they
we're aided in their efforts by The great mum
oers ia zttsndsnce upoa the Fair, and Who
we're drawn into Tie street oy curiosity.
Very naturally a large audience Was drsun
~ tie hall
The meeting vas called TO order by Edwin
+. III, who said thsI De bad been Invited
10 preside. aud introduced The orators Of the
evening tie announced that Candidates
Bort and E.lis would SPEAK Mr.. Ford being
absent but well represented by the thou
sands Of members vi the Ford clubs, which
bad spruBg into existence within week
without money or organized EFFORT behind
them. lie alluded. II brief terms, 10 the
chief issues OF the day, aud euloglzed Repre-
sentative Ford. His references To Cltye-
iAnu anu oid O3ito1 out PlSioHsc~ >P
pianse.
As Mr. Burt arose be was greeted with an
ovation OF cheers and yelis. As soon as
the tumult subsided be plunged without
preliminary into review OF the tarin nis.
tory OF the country, from Washington
time 20 the present date. Alter the war
Wa. ended and the surplus began 10 ac-
cuAulats. the Republican leaders recog-
nized the necessity OF reducing the tarir,
and made an effort in that direction, but
the manufacturers Of the Eastern states
had blocked II in order that they might
continue 10 get war prices for their goods.
Ii is 40 longer question OF war tax, but
whether We should protect Asssachu husotts
or Michigan. The Eastern shylocks have
grown so rich under the fostering influence
OF the tariff and hold so many mortgages
ia the West that 1t is u question whether
they do not virtually own the state
he reviewed the action Of the Tariff
Commission, and charged that the tariff on
| salt was so arranged rs to give TO the rich
packers At the eIpense of the people. and
| that under the law Armour & Co. last year
| drew a rebate from the treasury of 81. 800.
He alleged also that the Standard Oil Co
| i'm ported lumber free, while poor people are
| obliged TO pay the tariff. Passing on. he
| touched upon the surplus. and objected to
| spending it for bonds. which. he said. are
| held 0y syndicate organized to bleed the
Government de objected, alse, to buHd+
ing fortihcations, charging that 1t was q
| scheme to spend it in the East. toward
which there is already continual rolling
/ of wealth. The proper way to reduce the
| sur plus is 10 reduce the tariff; not 10 give
| the country free whisky. The stock argu-
| meuts against the mportation Of labor was
rehearsed, and the speaker asserted that
| wages were not raised by the tariff, claim
| ing that sfter the duty on salt was reduced
| twO-thirds the men in his own factory
| drew 10 per cent. more than they did
| before the reduction. Passing to State mat
| tiers, he asserted that there is bonded in
| debtedness of SIS. 600, a mortgage in
| debiedness of $3.50. .000 900 held in the Esst,
and of $50, 600 90 held by local bankers,
making total of S225, ,000. 600. He spoke
bitterly of the New England States. COM
| pairing them to lseches sucking out the life
| blood OF the West. The West, be said.
| must rise and demand, not free trade, but
| fair trade. The State taxes in 1850 were
| SS550O0, with a valuation Of $3.50, 600 600.
| Ia 1857 the taxes were 81 $50 900, an IN
| crease of i42 per cent. while the valuation
| had Increased only 80 per cent. The ex-
| pense account in 1887 was t9l0 900, or $780,
OO0 more than the total tax of 1880. Bring
| ing the matter closer home he stated that
! Kent county had increased As per ceLt. in
valuation. while the State tax had increased
1876 per cent Ia the sixteen towns of tn =
| county there are 3,0l6 farms, of which !. 81
| are mortgsgsd for s.. 204, 600. This he said
did not indicate prosperity. Abiding to
Mr.. Ford, be spoke in glowing terms OF
| eulOgy. praising his efforts for tariff reduc-
| tion and saying that the Mills bill did not
| cut half deep enough.
Regarding bis own election, be said that
unless the other candidates on the ticket
were elected, he would almost wish TO be
defeated himself. The gang in the State
| House were so full of tricks and corruption
| that one man could accomplish nothing
but If the people gave him chance, he
| would make a fresh start and clean out the
whole gang Governor Luce, be said, wa.
| honest, but he was surrounded by lot oi
| rogues " no had eRtrapped him into signing
| patents for swamp lands, the title Of which
| s ia dispute between the State and the
| Government, thus involving the State in
| endless aud expensive litigation. The
same men had spent $4,000 to collect
SlI 900 tsres The Republican party. be
said. have been juggling with the temper
| aDCe question and ~ now on the fence.
: IN closing, be urged ali Republicans vhc
| thought Of Shipping their votes in favor of 3
! single Democrat. 10 vote for Ford, whom
lie sgsin warmly sulogizsd.
When Burt sat down Mr.. Uhl an
nounced the receipt Of a telegram contain.
| ing the news Of Yapiss domination for
! Congress. he tbsn introduced A. A. Ellis
| Democratic candidate for Attorney General
Mr. Ellis said substantially. that twenty
years ago -e could count our million,irs'
| snd our tramps on our fingers. Now We
| counted the millionsires snd our tramps by
! thousands Under twenty years Of free
| trade he farmers increased their capita
/ from sigat billions TO twelve billions whils
| the other classes had increased their czpits
/ IRON sigAt billions ia thirty-ous billions
| The la0orer and farmer tsEs care Of both
/ The miliionEirss and the tramps. lie smus
! ingiV described the methods Of the oficsrl
| Ia taxing care Of trsmps The farmers De
tween tbs upper and neither millstones arr
/ being ground 20 powder. last year /. 90
( fsrmsTs we're turned out Of their homes 81
/ mortgage foreclosures Zach family con
tsinsd eve persons. Trsmps are the frui
/ of The tariff In is30 the farmers mad,
$40 per cent. on their capital. While man
/ ufscfsrs-s made - so per cent. Ts
| the latter wsnf q per ceat. tsrlf protection
| Hs argued that tins we're never % hard 81
/ - present eitiax statistics from he rsyor
/ of 70 Cen ~ ssionsr ~ ia5or 70 supprr
I his rosifi r. sn6 s-st a. l-sgth upon to-
/ alleged iasqns iti~s - fhs tsrf mich ~
/ claimed fsvorsa the riCs a. tas sTPsbse o
the Door.