The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25

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Mr.. Chairman, atter ell We have heard from
the gentlemen on the other side Of the Chamber
under what Rsv Sov. sScssn @ g ca
tax, We inetinctively turn. 20 them and survey
their condition. We ind greater number Of
ne laSorinE people owners Of their own homes
the earth, They wear better clothes and are
supplied better q their tables, and are bettsf
educated and paid than the la6oring people Of
saying that the American laborsr has the COM
forts OF Life - well - many Of the Injuries In
larger Quantities than any other working peo-
pie, When their families are encountered in
| the churches or In the schools or In any Of the
walks Of life no one con determine BY their ap-
pearance 70 what class they belong whether
poor or rich ac They DO not look IKE people
the contrary, as their votes in the Industrial
states have always testtned.. And when We
sns ~ % wealth and 81
twenty years We are indeed lost In amaze
ment.
shall not attempt 70 repeat the facts here;
Il has been more chan double tSst ~ snv 1Sths,
nation In the world. And all this has been done
Notwithstanding the s0-called robber- tarifY-tax
OF which we hear 90 much. The gentleman
ways and Means, says IL has been done In spite
Of the tariff. Does any man, even the gentle.
man from Texas himself, believe It? Does any
taSt without the mining
per cent. since 1870, coal 66 per cent and many
other industries in like proportion? Does any
man believe that under Tree trade any judici-
manufacturing enterprises In this country
while have carried on such industry in England
% labor cost OF 3 per cent. to loo per cent.
tion cannot be offered as an obstacle in the wsy
Of English competition. II have been correct
II informed the rocks that pave the streets Of
New Orleans were brought from England as
have no doubt that the English manufac-
tnrers would gladly lay down their goods In
our country free Of the cost Of transportation.
DIV OF the American market would amply re-
imburse them. Every American citizen should
spnrn 1t. 1 for one do not want 1t. 1 would
rather see the skies Of Tennessee and Pennsyl-
vania darkened with the smoke Of their fur
naces; would rather hear the clatter Of their
machinery and behold their Industrial classes
employed at good wages than to have English
however cheap (ApplauslNow. Mr.. Chairman,
40 To the farmer, who seems to be made the bur-
den Of complaint by the gentlemen on the other
side. why all these tears for the farmer Why
this lamentation. while at the same time you
persist In removing the duty on foreign wool
Wool Is the only farm product which You admit
TO be enhanced in value by the tariff. want
asking none OF your sympathy. They know
your hands are against them. and the only ia
yor they ask OF you IL not to insult their intel
iig S with the speclo1s assumption that they
trust to the promises which you hold out to
them while you tear down their industry with
the other. Put up the duty on wool instead Of
taking of what 1t now has, and you will give
them some reason to believe in your wisdom
interests. He knows better perhaps where re
champion his cause. But little II any COM
Plaint comes from him of the high prices al
legged to have arisen by reason of the tariff.
" all the petitions which have reached my
tabie IN the last four years, not one has come
from farmer asking for the reduction of the
tariff ON wool or on any other article. He knows
there is not an article Of clothing or machinery
than IL was in the free-trade days OF Is6O. He
knows, too that there has been gradual and
continuous cheapening Of goods and manufac-
tured articles Of all kinds from 1850 down to the
present time. He knows that the lives of our
fathers and mothers. which were 80 full OF toll
et the loom, the spinning-whe and other te-
dious. dreary forms of labor. have, through the
rendered comparatively happy and easy, so
that where once was heard the mOnOtOnous
OF the shuttle are now heard the sweet
tones OF the organ and the piano Book: and
needles and spinning wheels. The farmers OF
the country have taken their places upon Q
higher plane Of culture, from which they do
free trader.
We hear but little complaint from them of
high priced things that they have to buy.
A frst-class double spring seated farm wag-
on finished, In better style than were the car
riages OF our fathers fifty years ago, now sells |
ut $65 retail; Fitchburg cashmere, IS cents per
yard; cashmeret, b to s. cents yard; best |
standard sheeting, cents per yard; good cali |
COS, ~ to "a cents per yard; nails, cents per
pound, and all other Of the real necessaries Of |
farm life q the same low rates. Thanks, gen.
tiemen, restrain your sympathy bestOw 1t /
where 1t will be more appropriate and better APP
preciated: What the farmer most desires Is /
good market. What he has to buy Is not |
question SO serious with him as what he has to
,ell. II you will only give him good market |
IN which to sell his products, make his mar
kets easy Of access and Us easy as are his places
u purchase, he will ask no odds In the battle /
u life. This is fast becoming the case under /
he benign influences OF the American system
u protection. The great cities OF Chicago, st. |
louis and Kansas City are fast becoming the |
ealing markets Of the world.
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