The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-06-02

under on. laws, and we must keen fsith
with those who have inveztesp IL
Whether laith should ise Kept with sucb
vampires Is fot YOU to say. But surely
no better faIth need be kept than to nav
pack every cent they have invested. If
the President be right, and John Ran
dolph Tucker be right, if the honorable
and gallant member be right: if i <
Moore. who fixes the tribute in 1889 al
81 ,QU,OG,G0 more than anv of rs he
rlght--if they all he right. then every
year more than 81 .000,0O 600 come out
OF the people for these men.
tie did not purpose 70 De tend protec-
ton. Its vast Growth within the last
quarter cf century defended it better
even than eloquent oratiems. III was
born with the republic. it was the faith
and practroe u every civilized nation
under tiie sun, save one. 1t had sir
viYed the assaults of all th1 professors
o. the dismal sciSnce called political
economy. II had stood up ac,insf 8,i
the half knowledge of Ipar,t-d men who
never had sense enough TO transmute
their learning into wisdom. On the face
OF the earth to-day there were but two
sets OF people who Believe IN free
trade, whether pure and simple or
disgol7Su as revenue reform and thSsG
TWO are the masked majority of the
committee or Says and means, and
their followers and the united kingdom
oi Great Britain and Ireland, with Ire
land suppressed, Russia, the granary Of
Europe had abandoned tree trade, with
the striking result that whereas, in 1875
before the duties were raiseJ;. she
bought 100000 hundred weight Of
British metals and paid therefor
40
tlty IN 1891 and paid ONLY Si5.-
100000 FOR it. Austria Germany.
Italy, Mexico and the Dominion of
Canada, that child of Britain herself
had ali joined the army of protection.
ii was the instinct of h.ElaniIv against
the assumptions Cf the bOokmen. 1t
was the vision of the race against the
w1>Com of the few. Man derived his
greatest power from his association
with other men, his union with his Eel,
lows.
Here in the United States were 60
Uoo,utC people with ali the varied char
acterS their numbers Indicate. The
problem before Cen gress was what svs-
tenn would get from all these Greats re-,
Sc different from each othpr, the maxi
ntm OF work and wealth and wisdom.
There was Cniy one way to get the best
Work out of men and that was to give
each the work he can do best. To .ei,-
able the American people themselves
10 supply all their waits YOU must give
and assure tc the American people the
Anne Ttran markets. What did this
phrase mean IN practical life 1t
means that We, the nation, say to
capital, Embark yourself in the man
utacure of such and such articles. and
you shaH have a market 10 the extent Of
the wants OF the American people"
Capital then sald 10 labor. go with me
INTO this new field all Of vo's who ike
this work best, and we will share the re-
suits. Then began a new industry,
AuiuHlS this by hundreds and Won hal
a community where everv nan honestly
minded would gpt What on the whole
suits him best ami the nation would get
fhE greater amount Of work from the
greatest number.
Call IN the British When the dav
comes that this fepubIc cannot save it.
self FROM a dozen of its own citizens
without aid from over the sea, I hone to
be buried a thousand leagues under
some respectable and permanent noun
tain range. What Unreasonable talk
this l., A 'tozen men fix the prices
TOR b0,Uou.Oo) freemen3 They can never
do 1t.
Here IS another unshotted gun
called The markets of the world The
markets of the world How broad and
cool these words are Thev stretch
rom the frozen regions Of the northern
pole across the blazing tropics To the
Ice-bound shores of the Antarctic con-
bnpat Ali this We can have if We will
Nut give up the little hands breadth
called the United States OF America.
What are the markets of the
world To hear these rhetori-
clans decialm you would imagine the
markets of the world vast vacuum
waiting till now for American goods TO
break through, rush In and fill the
yearning void. VIII your goods 90 to
Austria, TO Italy, Germany, Russia. or
France2 Around all these benighted
countries are the Chinese walls Of tariff
taxes. All these nations will contest
with you the other countries which they
already overflow.
Does your mouth water over the
prospect? What market do YOU give up
for all this Where is the best market
IN the world2 Where the pc 9ple have
the most money 10 spend. Right here
IN the United States of America after
twenty-sevep years of protectionist
rules.
I'VE have now spent the twenty davs
on the discussion Of the Mills bill
Have you noticed what has been the
most utterly insignificant thing in the
discussion The most utterly insIgnifi-
cant thing in the discussion has been
the Mills bin. How do yOU account for
it2 / will tell You. If the principles
you have enunciated are true. il and IS
unworthy compromise with Satan. Ifthe
PRINCIPLES we have stated are true it is
an unworthy ambuscade and you know
It. You mean this merely for one step.
You mean TO cut deeper next time
You mean the destruction of the svs-
tenn which now exists.
1t Is not alone the pilei-up billions
under which the greatest national debt
and war expenditure combined the
world ever saw has melted like an ice
berg under a trOpic sun. 1t Il not alone
the reiuvenated South turning its face
10 its great future Nav. it Is not even
all OF these combined. Ii is the fact
bound by the most cultured Englishman
OF our dav that all this wealth and pros
perIty has been So shaped that it seeks
the CCmiort-not of the rich, not Of the
lounglng owner Of fixed income. not of
the pampered minion Of governmental
power, but of the plain people whom
Abraham Lincoln loved and who are of
right the chief glory of this Republic
Mr.. Reed finished his speech at 80
aud was greeted with rounds of an
plause and made the recipient of hear
" congratulations from his party coll
leagues At various times throughout
the speech he was interrupted with ap-
plause and laughter in which the audi |
ence IN the galleries loudly Joined.
S0 PEER4G FOR HIN
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