New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-07
Mr. pIATT ON THE MESSAGE.
,,s W., ,Kxrss AND FALsrrY SHOWN.

ENGLAND MANUFACTURES
w.surNGToN, Feb. 6.-Nr ila',, OF Oonnec'
,ou. mate IN eloquent speech IN 'he Se''i'e t'
ious ao Tho r,cont frcc-tradc message of the
~.ss;,sn, II was listened to by an attentive and
a.,.,ci.,iv i've audience, both on the floor of the
~tl.,,,o, and in the galleries When the Sena-
~. hod finished there was not much left Of Mr..
CT.,-o,.ns,s sophistrcs and double faced
.,ccs Mr. platt in mastery manner showed
,lat the message could not by any possible means
without doing violence TO all rules of logic be
interpreted otherwise than rs an ont-and-out free
trade argument That it regarded by dis
finguished leaders in Che Democratic party he
proved by citing their own utteranccs upon the
subject. He had good deal to say TOO, upon
the policy of the Administration in showing
quasi protection front in States like Ncw-York'
New-Jersey and Connecticut. while in other States
notably in the South it out-Ilerodcd lerod by It's
blatant free-trade professions. Scathing was the
rebulxe which Mr. Plstt administered 10 James
Russell Lowell for his recent culogy OF Mr.. Cieve-
land. in whom Mr. Lowell had pretended 70 rec
ognize the hest type Of American manhood; IrulY
eloquent was his dclinration OF Lincoln ana Otaht
and Garfield. In the galleries suppressed muir
rDurs of approval were heard and on the toor
unmisiakable evidences Of the impression which
the speaker had produced were noticed
Tur wrss SC NEAVr FRFr TIP NJ
Is the President a free trader? Mr.. Platt asked.
the theories Of protection and free trade savorcd
too much of bandyng epithets He Plattl WIS
a protcctioniSt. and ne considered it no epithct
70 be called So If the President free
trader he ought 10 be willing to he called one.
Ile had sent 10 Congress at It's opening the most
r"marlahlc laDer ever submitted to any Congress
bv a Chief Executive No other President had
ever ignored all questions but one II roc
oenized at first nv the whole democratic party
n % fr'o-tradc document ana the press rang win
statements that the President had forced this
issue Of free trade against protection u the front
and made II the Issue Of the next Presidential
campaign
Nr Platt quoted an interview with Franl, Hurl.
o portion Of an address nv Henrv W0tterSon. and
some remarks by James Russell Lowell commend
ing The President for his MESSAGE. which they in
tcrfrotoa frco-f rado document. The Rcpuh-
lcans welcomed the issue. FIGHT weeks how
ever had ua~Scd since congress aSS"mhied ana
the cNullatiJn of tine Democrats was somewhat
tomp'rcd by >"dnc.S few nrg,rtilon y. mo-
President had begun 20 realize thot something
had hit thnm. they did not know exactly wlmt
To- WINS There was no doubt as 20 what the
President voulA hc understood 10 mean in the
Southern and Western St1teS hut 10 was seen 10
d.. necessary tn convince Democratic nrotrct ioniSts
IN New York. Ncv-JDr ~cv and Connecticut That,
after an he Presidents moSSarr WIS not troo-
trade message lint q rrcfty good protection d"rl-
III .uf Tie challenged any ot the thlrty-cleht
thai tho President % tho United States was IN
his Judgement a pr"tcc''on lu'F Thr,u mo-, M,
Tx tho animal between the two bundles OF nay.
u~vvIrc ~ ,s~r~7I y "F THr P"rSInF r.
77. President has raforrod TO the import duties
rs lainra scheme for the benefit Of manuia"' uTers
IT. l.fcct'onist~ denied: 10 and thy insisted
tit whenever duty was LAID which protected
tie Amcr.cau manufactures. competition among
home pgojucc,s always had brought down and
Glv.lv. would brirc down the price II the foreign
az. .ri. less the duty. The President should have
known t..t. Did tire President or his better nall
ever lur calico; and Il so dld ne NO.. lll'" ,i,l.
Do b.
American urt Gle could be bought at less than nat
IN r.tltl Stores 20 the City 81 Washington ilat
tie PRS don't ever heard f che mauuEicturn or
stool rails? DID he know that the duty n steel
rails was 81 a tou. and that steel rails ohd 'tth
sold IN the juit,d state, as low ~ oI~ DO ihAl
made the price .w!tlaut duty ell .' ton 90"
stool rails could not ho lou1it abroad less
than doub. that price, or r-a toaliy 50.
50 IT was also as 10 clothing ana even as 70
blankets which seemed 10 hr TIE rror Of the
free trades Med nm guahiN hi'' - co"ld ne
BOUGHT in this country notwithstanding The fnor-
nous duty laid on the foreign "r,'ol as 'ne,lF
as tl.y could Doe hod-lt "ryWh IT, 10 lue w rd-
He quoted IL n The reports % Consul sch err hOf
who hr SAID had heen sent abroad with rowing
COMM ISIS. on 10 tighten the people o. the COM
Ierafiy cu.aIn ~ OF manufactured 200 Is uhro;Et
H. prove fiat colIou goods were fully as cheap M
the United States as u Ing and; that SIlrtln0~
AM >hrotiucS were sup or IN quality at the
same price: that articles If women W ar were
surrr OIL in t,ol nlin,iIp ana ch'ap't In pllc" I'D
IT, United States The truth was chat every body
except tie Ludc and the millionaire could be
clothed c,oancr in this country than ENGLAND
and ~ W0oilcn clothing tOo-and he TOOK n for
granted that tho Senate was MT Ia'tou! Hr.T
anNionS - l.giS4to FIR the benefit II -" dude
and tho m Il Onairc II nYhOdv hut the Pros-
dcnt ~ The United States had m1lr SUCH state
mprt, rs were contain II iH tle message. be Piatt
would APPLY TO him a cLaraet rilation which n
would Mt No proper 20 apply 10 th" President
Tlo r,'r.,toA th9t there was not ono an iclc Of
dom"s ic product ON manufactured here t. con-
sidcr' lc' cNt MT thar WIS not approx ina'cF as
lie also ouoted from the reports Of
Mr. North. consul AZ German post t,
living I'm that country and aid hat no protect on
st cla mod hat rrotoction e its.lf made h'7h
wages: hut protection made il poS,h for MANI
factlrcrs to nav HIGHER wages than could be paid
under system Of free trade If nrotDcfion were
Stuck down it would be impossible fur manu-
facturors to pay the pSs' mt rates OF American
r,rr prprt.s or rH~ Nt,vr-FACTrpFP.
The President had rolled ." as sweet morsel
under his tongue" what he called thc immonso
profits Of the manufactures" This attack on
the manufacturers ~ tho country was too omen
too plain too severe 70 be allowed 70 pass in
scnce Were the manufacturers realizing i'm
mer>e profts2 We're they the milhonairS Of he
land The manufacturers who had ace mul9ted
fortunes equal to million dollar, might be
counted on The fng'rs. And in n'ne cass ont OF
ten these men. or their IA hers hod struggled mp
from the bottom. Who ever hel rd a ma uiactur"r
called king2 Yet fhoy heard f cattle kinrS'
and Rhe.t kings" ard iron kings and cot
kincs~ sad "a load kings" 80. too, they heard
OF trusts and the President had referred 10
them. But were they manuia turing trusts
There was Tire Standard Oil Trust the gr az
Gogchc Iron Trust and tle Coal Trust And got
there NOT dollar Of prot ct on on an hracte
coa or OH. and none on iron that would Lad
O. the formation # trust. If the sugar Trust
a manufacturing trnst. II was the only one
i'm IA. United States That was not the way in
which manufactures were developed. They were
developed FIR n humbl' beginnings, by hard. per-
sist ut IA Ior and ent prise.
lir t.lQ the mon who were seeking 10 destroy
tn protective tariff that they must not deude
themselves with the idea that they were aiming
their blows aga INST New-En gland. The Now Eng
land manufacturer was the man vino had the
lcas' interest in the preservation II Ir protective