Wichita eagle., 1888-09-19
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
The Young Mems Club Hold an Enthusiastic
Meeting-Acdress by Attorney
a r. MusseIIer.

\. X. MusseIler.
The Young Mems Republican Club held
very interesting meeting last evening.
y committee was appointed TO arrange for
the republican speaking and demonstra-
ton On Friday next, after which A. Z.
Musseller was introduced and for more
than an hour held the attention of the
audience with a carefully prepared ad-
dress on the tariff He said there were
TWO great political ideas IN this country on
the tariff, enc supported by the democrat
ic party, which in its legitimate results,
meant free trade: the other by the repub-
lean party which meant protection for
projections sake. Protection means a
tax upon articles produced in a
foreign country home, and the
moment the tax was reduced to a
revenue basis it became free trade pure
and simple. Z O. Mills, the father of the
Mills bill, says Il am in favor OF free trade
and don't care how much 1t hurts business,
am free trader"
r J. Walker says .'the only true maxim
is that the lower duties inereas the reve-
nue."
Henry Watterson made the Democratic
platform OF 1850, and ne says the Demo
cratic party is free trade party or it's
nothing"
No man can support tariff for revenue
only and not come out q free trader. Free
trade means tax on something we do
not produce in this country. This ques-
ton is important to every person inter-
ested in the welfare of this country, be
cause Of the magnitude Of its results. We
find constant changes being made in the
tariff and nothing is so destructive TO the
business interest of the country. Stability
Of laws is necessary to the success
of business throughout the county while
fluctuations and unstable laws destroy
business interests. When the south found
that slave labor was not profitable in the
factory under the lead of Calhoun she
joined hands with British free trade. Al
ter the war when slave labor had gone, IL
was thought the south would turn to man
ufacturing and protection, but they still
chung TO English free trade. And now of
the two great parties one is the party of
states rights, English free trade and stint
ed expenditures; the other of free thought,
American protection and liberal and bust
ness like expenditures.
y LdIlIL OLlI lEtIIitN USlOAC w dSuAl-LOL
was inaugurated was the first bill of i'm
portance that passed the first congress,
and the more the question is studied the
more one becomes impress with the fact
that protection, pure and simple, must
prevail in this country.
It is conceded if the tariff be reduc-
ed labor must be reduced to a
greater or less degree. Then values
of all kinds must shrink both
i'll real estate and personal property and
the man in debt will find that his debt
will increase, the man with ready money
will be the only man who is benefited by
such legislation Suppose the former has
a farm worth 5000 with mortgage on 1t
of s., 800 and values IS reduced one-half,
the man who holds the mortgage forecloses
and takes the farm for his mortgage
that's reduction. The government in all
fairness has no right TO legislate in that
way against her citizens. 1t means a
bankrupt law and that at no distant day.
The closer the and producer consumer
can get together the more each can pay the
other for MS comodities The carrier is
the only one benefited by free trade. They
get pay for carrying the products, that is
the reason the railroad managers are free
traders. You want the factory TO come
out here to you and build at Wichita
on the prairie. That's what the
board of trade is doing tonight and far as
Wichita is concerned every mothers son
OF us are protectionists,
The free trader Is a dreamer about the
melenial brotherhood of man, but we live
in practical day. Bismarck can do more
for Germany by being a German TO the
core, and protecting Germany. and Ameri-
cans can do more for America by being
After his address Mr.. Museller was
roundly applauded.
\ committee was then appointed on res
olutions OF respect for H. E. Armstrong,
who it was announced had died during the
evening.