Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1888-06-08
RHETORIC AND REASON.
4 Few Pearls From Congressman Reeds
Great Tariff Speech.

Great Tariff Speech.
III Il be true that by having their
goods manufactured abroad the people Of
the United States as q whole would be-
come richer and moro prosperous, would
have their houses better furnished their
tables spread with finer linen and covered
with more healthful food II their bodies
would DO protected by warmer woolens
from the cold Of Maine, and by finer
clothing from the burning sun OF Texas;
II they would on the whole, and from
generation to generation. enjoy more Of
the comforts and luxuries Of life. and
would themselves be more intelligent,
more independent and better fitted to be
the citizens Of a republic already great
and destined to be mighty beyond all for
mer dreams Of empire. then by all means
let as sink national prejudice. burst tho
barriers Of provincial narrowness. and
with ono accord adopt not merely the
present bill but such legislation as will
surely treble the spindles of Euroce and
destr(y our own-such measures as win
put out our furnaces and illumine those
beyond the SEQ
III Of every se h our pockets, the one
alone Is sufficient. II spent in England to
give Us all we have now, and we are sure
Of having la our pockets the same So
which we now have, surely the problem
Is too easy for dispute. too simple for dis
cussion -
Napoleon was right when he said
Europe must be Cossack or republican;
Lincoln was right when he said tho United
States must be either free or slave The
house divided against itself has to unite
or fall The revenue reform argument is
either false pretense or covers the whole
ground Protection Is either In its essence
benefit or curse You cannot dilute a
curse and make II blessing Ra,sbane
and water are no more food than ratsbane
pure. Incidental protection is sham
Tariff for revenue only goes down before
the same arguments which are used
against protection
If you gentlemen on the other side be.
lieve what you say you ought to be as fu
rious against the rapine ard plumber OF
the Mills bill as you profess to 10 against
those of the present law"
IF tho prcsidean. bo right, and you
don't dare to doubt him. an annual trib
ute Is paid protected manufacturers out
Of the pockets Of the people more i,npov
erishing than ever was exacted by an
Oriental despot. In the face Of your plain
ou.y 70 iree .ne people from TINS non
yoke you stand higgling about the amount
y. 49, ohe tripute' hseeta oi ior every
Sivo you PurPose W give gay oltae pIo
PIE money ana .hrow INTO tne traoe 'he
markets. oi tue "orio!
.,,- -
why oo you hesitateI Is UeeauSe
you care not 90 caught covering the
wages OF Ine aoorih8 men VINO nave
VotesI ha'e the eourage oi your ieiuers
eonNie,,ohs-ior mas hot thc geiriel.si
rom leAas, gouialher OF TINS oii, VINO
mas PrSuised 70 oruig u up 'n .he ngr
ture ano s~iloiilIoh oi 'Ge is'u, .ouuly
70 'he % Open aay snaS tari,s ans
OF mercy to the capitalist that you iai'@r'
MN, "a II
Why 90 men WIN sun oei,eis 20
pam, anu 80 Iis.lhet, hesIsa1o 20 70 tiie! .
Iuly! ~ Is because every "ihd tiia'
olows' every sgnl tnas striAss .heire!eS'
every souhu tnat resoules III their cars
aosuruity OF tneir !ogic. nat use Is u
70 teii the peopIe OF TINS empire ina, ine Ihey
wheh over o,ooC nanes on olsta.ce ci,ies
nave DeeG sPrinE1hg up me niagic' richer
IN decade tnan the oid "orid or dsa S,ties hHt
grown IN centuries WIeh lLV'voo mites Vi
rsnroaa nave oeeu ouH.' WHEN coniPIeSS
the proau eAPai,se oi cohtiilen. niso ~,
weeA oi tiiue' "nen the eoniliie.1o .I Vi .sS
upand iaAes mas grown 10 rivai Tue coni-
merce between the Two "orios; "nen
ironh every lanu unoer tno sun tne eiiii.
grants nave oeen hochAng 70 its happy
snores' urawn ,nere uy 'ne Feasea anu pfos
pe1ty which SHINE o, al It's ooroers anu
sweep from circuniierehce 10 eenter.
mere are no eyes SO auii tnas canii0t sec
the ever rising glories Oh tnls repuvIc ca
cept uhose wmch are oanaageo oy 'he
preJuoices Oh long ago.
NOW. wmcn Is tne ricnest. Europe or
america! we are All agreed on ,na.. We
say America because our eyes peho,a ~
fou say 80 because you, eyes peholu u,
ana you see @ one thousand @ miino.s was'ed Ias
oes,des; Nnat ao you ineaii uoi W.
WIZ teii you Wnat we mean 10 ao. we
mean 70 keep TINS weni.h mere. we mean
70 40 u even II we ouiio onlnese WAL o'
tariu taxes around TINS country
~,
here Is ano.hef unshotIea m gun eaiiea
tne markets OF Ine woria; Inc niarSe.s
OF the woridl =, now oroau anu COO, these
WORDS are. ihey stretch IRON the frozen
regions OF tne northern PoIe across .he
blazing topics 70 the ice oound shores OF
the Antarctic continent All TINS we can
nave II we VIII ont give up the nstle
handsoreadtn caiied the United states
what are these markets OF the Woriut
10 near these rhetoricians aeciaim.
You would imagine the markers OF the
worid a vast vacuum. waiting I'LL no" igr
American goods to break through; rusn
In. ana MI the yearning VOID Gm your
goods go 10 austria, 10 itaiy; germany
hussia or francel around all THESE oe,
nighted countries are the oninese walls OF
tarif taxes. Britain herself - pr9teetea
oy vast capital aceumuiateu tirougn
ages, the spoiis OF her own ana othei
lands, oy trade system as powerIui as u
Is relentless All these nations VIII con-
test with you the other countries which
they already overflow.
..Wbe-e is the host market In tho vorldf
yyhere the people have tho most money
70 sprna Wnere e,ds HavG pgSs the
.1s ~ 80