The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-31
Senator Colquitt, Captain E. P. Howell, Mr..
ID. NJ. Balm, and others, entered and took

now naugnt remains between thom, and they
are marching on shoulder to shoulder to victory
under Cleveland. [Ggeat cheering.] All OPP
posing opinions have been fused in the ardent
heat of the St. Louis convention. II say to
you, Sir, said Mr.. Grady, addressing Mr.. Mills,
"You can no more shake the answering DEM
ocracy of the people of Georgia than you could
rend mountain from its base" [Great cheer
ing.
Captain E. P. Howell, in introducing Mr..
Mills, said he appreciated the great honor
which the task conferred on him, II have
differed with him III all honesty, but he may
be able to show me that am wrong. But we
are both fighting under the same flag Tcheersl;
engaged in the same battle fighting the battle
OF our common country. Applause. Mr.. Mills
first came through this country as gallantsol-
der, in the forefront with our friends. to
protect the homes of Georgia. Twice he was
wounded upon our soil. [Cheers. But gallant
as was his record in war, it is as statesman
you are asked to hear him tonight. He has
won as much rem own III legislation as he did
in war. Cheers. 1 can also say more for
him that when many of his supporters in con-
gress weakened, Mr.. Mills never flickered.
[Applause.] The great evil of the day is
hypocrisy. believe i'll the old democratic
maxim that ''evil ceases to be dangerous
when truth is left free to combat it," have
opposed Mr.. Mills, honesty, claiming the right
to think for myself, and Mr.. Mills manfully
battled for the right as he saw it. / therefore
introduce to you Hon. Rogers @. Mills.
of Mr.. Mills raised the roof. The band struck
up and handkerchiefs fiuttered in the air
Mr.. Mills referred pleasantly to the intro
duction of Captain Howell, and referred to
the time when, with o thousand other Texans,
he visited Atlanta in war. "Our home then
Georgia women. They knit our socks; when
wounded they Stanched our wounds: and the
eyes of the dying they closed L was stricken
on the field and laid in hospital in LaGrange
h. l. - l.. -
ladies of that city that / owe my presence in
life today. God bless Georgia. In all her
homes, by all her tiresides, in the hearts of all
her people, may all her ways be ways of pleas
antness and all her paths be paths of peace
immense cheering.
"But l see great change in the Atlanta of
today. She has become great big city, filed
with manufacturing establishments Georgia
has built more miles Of railroad than any other
state i'll the union. Your democracy was
you nothing. only come to
commune with you. Why are SO
many miles of railroad being built? What use
have you for railroads? l can understand the
building of houses, the working of streets and
the erection OF factories, but why build the
railroads?
II will answer the question for you. You
manufacture cloth, implements, machinery,
and you have surplus. You want the rail-
roads to carry these things TO the people
loL NlOui you are MAKING Lii6nl. Every man
is working Tor somebody else. [Cheers. II you
do not reach them, you cannot dispose of your
goods. iou do not want that road obstructed
there must be no logs in the way; you must
bridge that stream. Dependent on their GUS
tom, you must get to them as cheaply as posi-
BILE. Every producer must pay the expense of
reaching the open market, where the price of
his goods is fixed. 1t is to the interest of the
producer to reach his customer cheaply and to
get as many customers as possible.
"Everything takes value according to de-
mand and supply. Not only do we want Gus
toners, but customers with capacity to buy.
God made the human race family dependent
on each other. [Applause.] You want
coffee. 1t grows most cheaply in
Brazil. Brazil wants cotton. 1t grows
France and tea from China. The republicans
made an effort to make tea grow in South Car
olina, in contravention of Gods law, and they
failed. Man reaches his highest perfection
when most in accord with the laws of God.
Suppose your customers were Comanches
or Kiowas, you would get but very little trade
from them, because they have no wants. Civ
ilizatiou creates wants. / was q poor man,
working for $3.50 month. My ambition
then was to own COW little home of two
came in, until finally wanted to go to con-
gress. Cheers. and now that am in con-
gress, my greatest want is to see the people
freed from the most dabolleal system Of taxa
IIOH ever lulpOSGu- lSITGdl CnSCfulS.I
''Y on cannot be prosperous unless your Gus
toners are also. The manufacturer is depend
ent upon the farmer. What good would it do
to remit the high tariff taxes? Suppose every
farmer should tomorrow morning find himself
in possession of a sum of money over his
usual expenses. They would all have
wants to be satisfied. They would press
upon the manufacturer for supplies; the
employees for work, and then work being in
great demand wages would go up. And right
here let me state that the democratic party
has espoused the laboring mans cause, and
we will never turn our backs on the foe until
labor has won its share" Immense applause.
THE increased prosperity of the farmer
means increased prosperity all around. How
the farmer? Give him all the markets of the
world. [Applause.] Now you want other
countries to demand raw cotton, which would
mean higher prices. The cotton crop now
brings $25O,0O 600 a year. When the Walker
bill was enacted in 1916, agricultural products
advanced % per cent. before the date Of its
enforcement was reached. Such was the i'll
creased demand. Seventy-fiye per cent of
our exports are agricultural products. The
things that we are exporting have to go out to
pay for the things which come i'm
Suppose the present tariff could be let down
so as to let something come 10. When prices
rise the tariffs fall. The increase on wheat
alone. at small percentage, would be $780,
OoO,ooO, 10 De dlStflputed, to be spent
for wants conjured up by its possession
in the farmers pockets So with cotton and
other products. The increase would raise
prices, call into employment all the idle labor,
and would kindle smiles upon every face.
[Great applausel
All trade is an exchange of commodities.
We export $700,000,000 in products. There is
not money enough in Europe to handle this in
cash; it must necessarily be an exchange of
commodities. Our trade is in our surplus
which we do not waut, and in their surplus,
which they do not want. TO bring this to our
country we must clear the way of obstacles.
Whenever you levy a prohibtory duty on a
thing from foreign country it applies equally
well on something we send to that country. 1t
takes two people, two countries to make a
trade; to get their trade you must let in their
goods.
""There,' the protectionist exclaims, I've
got youi You bring in European labor to
compete with American labor / deny it,
[Great cheering.] Instead Of throwing any
one out Of employment, it will create employ
ment. All commerce is exchange from tho
place where it is produced at lowest cost TO
the market where 1t is highest"
Mr.. Mills, at considerable length, explained
how the commodities OF countries would be
exchanged making the point that the
balance Of trade would always be in favor Of
the United States; that our people are the
smartest in the world; the capacity OF the
American laborer is al steam compared to the
old style OF manual labor. when the tariff