The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-08-29
A HkEAlE SPEECH.


Iyoi of India, lila labor, therefore, comes inlo
direct competition with labor whl0h earns huin
nye oenls 10 hheen cents day and no lann en
eaTth not even that of China, pan help hlH oondl'
sion You eau protect all other American labor
hut the farmers iur you can prevent the np0na'
t0n Of labor II desired, but 10 lnrlff law YET de
eoyered can protect iiln ialmer unless II be ora
which would la every olherpitisen and then Ray
HOm The pfOpeeds bpuniy 70 the farmer Tho
on,v thine q, "a for The iariner i 10 go that he
gets ia supplies ~ pipApiy % l,,@slbei lhAl Nv
Sf ha wants are filled az the lowest pre,s 4t,,lh'
able that tho actual cost Of his homie, hih clothes
his tools his comforts and hla iusurieA n inerfAs'
"a only hy the additions Whieh lases, limited 20
the needs of the treasury, put upon tlieml Ihla,
however IL lust what, fpr about in1 yearh the pio
teotionisiA have laid awake " nights " prevent
and today tho American farmer ID the worst lAsed
man IN The entire world except and alone tho
people oi fgypt aud Turkey, who're Mohamme'
danlam reRnh, and rulora know no law and iuiu6s
tioe has no limil, 10 soc how low aud high tarlii
taSes eiiee, mo mrmer, compare bio condition
ann progress under The DemnoMllq low WHH hH
tenn IN tho period Of lk,l 70 100 VIII I'VE puailu,
under tho I0hher tann from iNO ~ itlD, w lka
tie farms VI the United States were worth ti9l,'
hJh az and In ten years Of low taTi taxation they
grew Ia value 20 6hb tOibOJI pr 100 per penlp
lhat 10, they actually doubled IN valuel Willie
nom lH,0 10 lRO The Increase waA but y per cent
la other words while all tariffs, Ike other iaNea,
arc burdensOme yet high protective iAriit hurts
the farmer ten times as much ~ Democratic
tArin for revenue limited 70 tie neelh pl BuVH
eTnmeht managed economically ana honestly,
protective teriit being aimed Al tic foreign
customer nf the Hunef N course efaappfAleh MN
aud makes him the American farmers enemy ana
hn felantcHi as France and Germany have done
by taxing tie meats ~ The gnina 81 lhe farmer oI
America ~ that the lirltiHh 0T Chinese iatif sys'
ten, which Republicans wish 10 have called The
American hyaicm, not only taEeh tho farmer on
everything he buys NJ home but actually Invites
foreign governments 70 laN him abroad ma tho
foreign counties which do not try 10 tAx HIM, by
aid aud subsidy granted by them 10 railroads In
India aud elsewhere arc rapidly building up
competition foT HIN, taking away his markets
aud pulling down the price Of his products, let
the farmer ask himself what viii become 0f hlm
In twenty years more " he votes for hfn
hhnekefs aud supports Republican Congressman
al tho polls. | might right here, with prOpriely,
mention the natural and Inevitable fact That under
the Democratic low tar tarliih of 1870 ana l@i
wool wheat, corn and oats sold Tor higher prloea
than they bring under our preaent Republican
system II taxing all tie people viii stand without
Tebelling Hut tho Republicans depend upon tho
wool argument with tho farmer. And this wool
talk IN perhaps tie funniest exhibition of mingled
ignorance aud childish faith the Ohio projections
ist exhibits IN public First, suppose the farmer
got the ton cents per pound of protection II N pre-,
tended he gets ln lNi0 Ohio produced lp7Wdsp
| pounds 0f wool and ten oenth tnK on this would
b. u U70 aa which divided among ghOJo mon,
women aud children living on farms would give
| each NJ them the magnificent SUN " 90. Now
II each In 1850 bought only 90 worth 0f protected
goods at an average taHfi thN uf 10 per cent, tho
protection on their wool actually cost fi2, 10 that
| In order tO give gl,00 10 the farmer the liriah'
Chinese Republican system % projection only