The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-10-02


Germany and the countries of Europe in eeneT'
al By this ruling they Increased the duty OF
certain grades of wool and the result was that
cargo which had Teen shipped to this country
before that ruling had been made arrived at the
Port of New York and = s.
THE INCREASE, UPON Tbs t. HIfF
Was so great that they turned around and
sailed ont CT the harbor, and thus far ourtrade
TE.s cut down to that extent. This-is pointed
and pertinent Illustration of The manner iN
which unnecessary duty keeps rr5d4ats,out of
the country. Had the wool came in it would
have f"rhi5hed employment for labor and for
t:lo capital of the manufacturers but the
Treasury Department, not satisfied with the
exhorbitant rate of duty Oh wool, ar
bitrarily and improperly made new fu,ina, Rna
thus kept from our ports ret Only that cargo,
but every cargo Sf tBat grade OF wool
We alse cut down the duty on your woolen
goods. There is nothing III this country tina
is SO absurdly dfspr6I Forfeited as the tariff
on wooleh gdo1s, and to give you an idea
let me ray that if you import broadcloth
EEIo this country, the cloth that the
rich people wear and the cloth that you
wear yourself for Sunday suit and on fare
occasions, you only pay at the Custom H0uss
Al per cent, but if YOU import eoPrss ctoth Such
as farmers must HeaE, betaus6 their occupation
requires thett t0 and such as the poor must
we'd beCduS0 GilGy Cbu uOb wear any DGIl6r,
you are taxed 80 per cent.-more than double.
II you want an India shawl for your wife--hc~
many buy them for their wiyes II Filie County,
Mr. Chairmansz=Bprr thdt kind you pay II per
cent, but if ttu want to buy woolen blanket
sfaRl such as the farmers wife wraps herself
in when she comes to town on q cold winter
day, you have to pay Sc per cent.-more than
double. So
WE STRUCK AT woeI.EN Geosst -
And geve 1T good, Rig Git IN the tariff reform
Dill, known as the Mills bill, and so, also, we
da with non and steel and we tried to cheapan
every Implement you, use, every nail YOU alive,
every bit Of railroad iroh en-. s.eel that the peo
pie have to ny Tor. Uron that measure the
Democratic party must stand We sent that bill
to the Republican Senate and what did they do2
They restored the duty on lumber, the duty on
salt and the duty on wool, and pet satished
with putting them back they 56ded to the du-
ties Oh wcoitn foo1e SO that instead of getting
them cheaper you will have to pay more money
for them if the Senate ever passes its bill.
There was just one thing that they offered to
make cheaper, and that was sugar. I give the
Senate credit, for am little bit in favor of
free sugar myself. We thought it but fail that
while the protective system shprid, last the
Louisiana planter ought n have Lis share OF it.
Every Republican member of the Ways and
Metns Cbmnittee however, voted against any
reduction on sugar, but when the bill went to
the Senate
IItEf GAME III The
That sugar was only raised by a few Democrats
down in Louisiana and they stopped it out at
once 1t was not because they loved the PEG
pie, for If they had they Would haze given
them free lumber and free salt, bit because
they hated those fellows down in Louisiana
who roli Up big Democratic najorities. But
will tell you what they did do-they did reduce
the revenues of the country. Let US be just.
The Senate of the United States did reduce
the revenue, but how? They took the internal
revenue taxes off of tobacco and alcohol used
in the arts suppose a good many people in
this audience use tobacco. see some Of the
boys chewing now. It is q great t9mfoft nnd
solace, but if you have 10 tait6 tie txes of it
is better to saie thtr3 of from some thing that
tbs Wits and children can get the benefit of
/ than to take il of of cigars and tobacco that
merely pleases yourself a little. would rather
my family should have
CHEAPER rECRSsARIEs OF LIFE
Thar to havs the ninetieth part of cent
shocked off from the price of cigar.
You do not have to smoke and you do not
have to chew. You would be better of is Sou
did neither, but you do have IS wear clothes
and the wife ard the tables have also to wear
| uiothss. Statesmanship would cheaper the
hecessaries OF life, and let the fellows who
smoke pay little more taxes. 1t would dc
them good. So with alcohol, which they specif-
ically stated must bs alcohol fused in the arts
but senator John Sherman, perhaps the great
est fnancier in this country, when this bill was
| presented in the Senate, rose in his seat and
| said that you could not distinguish between al
cohol used in the arts and ANY other aleohol It
was
A MERE SUFFERED GB;
This taking the ihterhtl revenue of of alcohol
] to be uaed in the arts. To take the internal
| revenue OFF of alcohol would let it be used in
| the manner that most of the alcohol which ever
saw was used, and that is to go down some fell
| lows throat. The only particular aft that al
cohol is used in hero in Pike County is Is make
! people temporarily joyful. You come to town
| and buy barrel Of alcohol. What are you 60
| ing to do with 1t? You say, propose to use
this in some CT the arts. You have barn raising
| ard use that barrel of alcohol to help raise the
| barn, and afterward some friend suggests you
| get another barrel with which to paint it red.
| This Is alcohol used in the arts have talked
| longer on the tariff than I intended to; vet
| there Is one more view CT 1t aud I will pass to
something elss. read as probably you all did,
With greet pleasure, and hope with great
| proft speech made by the Governor of Ohio
Il mean the present Governor, down at Xenia
| in which he deplored the condition of affairs in
| England, a free trade country and fairly. wept
with grief as he depicted th5 suferings Of the
| strikers kh5wn there as the longshoremen
| During that speech he managed to receive a
| dispatch just direct from England, presume
and timed SO as tosrike right in the middle of
that meeting. By eway, he is very handy in
receiving dispatches at meetings. Il hore he
will receive the kind Of a dispatch from
Pike County. want him tc-after the election |
His dispatch said this strike was over and he
| threw his hands and raised his voice with Joy
| that the strike OF the longshoremen Of Eng
land was ended I read his speech over sec
ond time to find out what he said in sympathy
with the suffering strikers in Indiana and ILL
nots, [applausel, but did not find q word.
| These people are
| STARVED UNDER Protection. ...-
And, upon the Governors theory, they are not
entitled to any sympathy. They ought I'd live
| upon protection; they ought to find the where
| Withal TO be clothed out OF protection-the
| great blessing that this country is enjoying I'M
4 der Republican rule. But those obstinate
miners will not do so nor will their thin-f faced
| wives and children, the description of whom
which you can read in almost any paper would
| draw tears from heart of adamant, and yet the
| Governor was SO interested in showing there
| had been a strike, which, according to his own
| story, was then over, that he absolutely forgot
that he could point his finger into an adjoining
State where
HIS C0UNTRYMEN WE'RE STARVING TO DEATH
From strikes believe that sympathy should
| begin at home. 1t is not long since there was
| strike among the longshoreme1 OF New York
| longshoremen are merely freight handlers-there
was a strike in New Xorl1 of longshoremen, and
there was nothing in tho world to prevent every
longshoreman in England from coming over and
taking the places of those striking Americans
There is no tariff on longshoremen-they come
in free of duty. They come in just as freely as
the air that blows. 1t is but short time since
there was q ctrike in Germany. Free trade
England is not alone. Protected America does