The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-22
CONVINCING ARGUMENTS.


tion for the presidency At For, Wayne
he received unique welcome, being
pelied from all sides with dozens of
boqnets, which. during the demonstra-
tion, were gathered and placed in front
and around the general. He says in
part as follows:
Under popular government like ours
II Is OF the first importance that every
ma2 who votes should have some reason
for his vote; that every man who attaches
himself TO this or that political party
should intelligcntly understand both the
creed and the purpose Of the party to
which he belongs. | think it is univers-
ally oncedcd-conceded by Democrats
as well as by Republicans - that the
questions involved in this campaign dc
have very direct bearing upon the Ma.
tional prosperity, and the prosperity
and welfare of the individual citizen, /
think ii is conceded that the result of
this election will effect benefic.alv or
lnJuriously our great manufacturing in
terests, and will affect for veal or for
woe the workingmcn and workingwomen
who I'LL these busy hives OF industry.
lApplausc. This much il conceded. |
do not intend to-day 10 argue the ques-
tion in any detail. | want to call your
attention TO few general facts and
principles. and the first one-the one
never tire of mentioning, the one | deem
so important that | do not shun the
the charge that am repeating myself
is this: that the condition of the wage
workers OF America is better than that
of any other cosntry in the world. APP
plnuse. Now, III that be true it is i'm
portant that you should each find out
why IL is so; that each one of you should
datp inn f,r Ii
PROTECTION TARIFF
has had and is likely TO have upon his
wages and his prosperity. Does it need
to be demonstrated that If we reduce the
tariff TO revenue level, if we abolish
from it every consideration OF protec-
lection. more goods will come in from
abroad than come in now? And what is
the necessary eifectf Ii is the transfer
to foreign -sops Of work that you need
here; il is diminish American produc-
tion and increase English production.
That is to be the effect OF it, 1t is not
worth while to stand upon nice defini-
tions as TO free trade. Some think ii
enough TO say that they are not free
traders because they are not in favor of
aboishing all customs duties. Let me
remind such that the free trade countries
OF Europe, reorganiZed To be such, have
not abolished all customs duties. A bet
ter distinction is this: The free trader
believes in levying customs duties with
out any regard TO the effect OF those
duties upon the wages of our working
people, or upon the productions OF our
own shops. This. then, is the issue.
Take il TO your homes. There are many
confusing and contradictory statements
made in the public press and by public
speakers. Ask any OF those who assail
our protective system, whether they do
not believe that if their policy is adopted
q large amount of foreign.ma goods
will come to this country. 1t Is their
purpose to increase importation in order
to cheaper prices. | think | may safely
ask you to consider the question whether
this cheapening of prices, which they
seem to regard as the highest attainment
of craftsmanship. is consistent with the
rate of wages that our working people
enjoy now; whether it will not involve,
if we are to have foreign competition
without favoring duties, reduction OF
American wages to the standard OF the
wages paid abroad. Applause. Do
you believe for one moment that the two
factories making the same product can
be maintained in competition where one
pays SO per cent more To- its working
men than the other? Is ii not certain
that
WAGES MUST DE EQALIZED
in those competing establishments. or
the one paying the highest wages must
shut down? [Applausc. and cries Of
That's the thing. . Here in this city
OF Fort Wayne. SO important and so
prosperous. we have u fine illustration
nf ha uccruip.r oJynntapns ~ tarra
factory and shop population. 1t has
made your city prosperous as well as
populous, and it has made these outlay
ing Allen County farms vastly more
valuable than they otherwise would have
been. These interests harmonize. Bnt
only want to ask you to think upon
these questions; settle them in your own
minds, for ii is agreed by all that as
they shall be settled one way or the
other, your interests and those of your
families and of this community and OF
every other community in this country.
are To be affected favorably May |
not appeal 10 you TO review these Gues
tions, TO throw off the shackles OF pre-
conceived notions and of party pre-
judices. and consider them anew in the
light OF all the information that is ac-
cessible to you. If you shall do that
do not doubt that the working people OF
this country will, this November. forever
settle the question that American Gus
tom duties shall by intention. by fore.
thought. have regard To the wages Of
the working people. Applause
At Peru. Ind, he said:
have not time to-day to discuss the
issues of this campaign. They are ex-
tremely important. and they will have a
direct bearing upon the prosperity OF
our country. | can only ask you to
think OF them. and not mistake the issue.
1t is the question of whether our tariff
laws shall be protection 10 American
workingmen and protection to American
manufacturing establishments. Those
who advocate n revenue for tariff only
do not take any thought OF our wage
workers. but let their interests take care
OF themselves. On the other hand the
Republican party believes that hign re-
gard shall be paid to the question what
the effect will be upon wages and upon
the protection OF our Americanship.