Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-30
SECRETARY BLAINE
Speaks 10 The Citizens d Indi
ana at South Bend.
Tariff and Rseiproaiiy---ln lhle Effort
Fell Of Facts.
Astsr Meeting Secretary Blaine and
Family Return to Washington.

Astsr Meeting Secretary Blaine and
Family Return to Washington.
/ SouTH BEND, Ind, Oct. a9.-SeeresAry
Blaine arrived here in a snow and rain storm
( this morning. When he spoke ia the skat-
/ ing rink At ! P. NJ, ii was packed. Many
| farmers from the surrounding country were
( present and they gave the speaker a bois-
rerogs welcome. Blaine At once tackled
the tariff question. He said:
| II shsl discuss no particular line or sec
I ton Of any hii. | wish 10 call your atten-
Z tioa 70 few general facts which ! ,hiuk
are more import snt than any stated 81 can
/ be that ea bodies these facts; these general
I fsc:k. 10 gin with, sre that the psofle of
/ this country day oEe their prosperity in a
1 larger degree 10 tie system of Protection
/ ihan 10 TO any other law ever passgd j By
/ Congress. You hear great deal about the
advance in ps.ets ard OPT ression of the
poor man. | undertake to call your sten-
/ iioR to the fact that under the last free
trade tariff Nhieh eFded in the beginning
/ of 1881. yoG were paying more for every
I thing that entered into your living, your
/ house bold expenses, hat you had on your
back, than you are paying today. Y,t the
whole eounIy Is resounding with the sp-
1 pesls of the democratic party to vote
against the republican PARTY because
of the high prices they are putting en- you,
We have hsd protection no~ for twenty.
nine years. Go back If you please. aud
consul; the OH tariff, You younger INT d,
| and yeu elder ones Will reG emteg it,,
| compare its results with those of the pres
ent tariff. Compare them article - aFti-
Gle, sud you will find in almost every case
I they are vastly cheaper nos than then
The democratic party el'ese that protective
dugies increase prices. That Is eheiF -,rcng-
ar Yoint. don't stand here TO argue theo.
ries. But invite your attention to the fact
tha. during twenty nine years of protection
the tendency of prices for lnxnries sud
necess ties of this lite have been steadily
downwari. SO ruch for thSt aspe Ct of
tariff. Every man who has household has
10 consider that much, if you don I tnd you
are paying less for every single item than
you we're under the free trade Law enacted
in 1916, will me back here and retract
what | have sad II protection does go
much for yor Individually you have a far
grander sub jeet to conleu p'a'e when you
look a. the asgrega,e progress of the coun-
try under its s. stem or protection.
Thsre is no country on the globe whose
progress ean compare with ours. We hsve
more railroads than all The eontinei ts aud
islands in the world nearly FIVE sixths Of
these roads have been built since the re-
publicsus have been in power. Five sx,hs
Of the railway mileage in this country have
been buils Stree the republican rarty came
in power under Abrshsm Lieeola in 1861
How are our manufactures? Whist Of our
farming in,esests? What have we done
for the opulsfion of this country? We
hsye cor sidershly more than doubled the
populsticn during % ears of protection.
~oul like 10 ask sny gen,lf man, democrat
or republican, Whist part Of the people of
the Uuited States or what portion Of the
government Of the nited States has been
injured during ihs; period. We had, to be
sure very great strugg'e ard bloody war
for the msiettnirce Of government; bat
we have acquired weslh despite the strain
60 the peope Of paying the expenses of
that ~sr. the psymeIt of sum sl1o.t in
cslcu'abla, When man says t. You, yau
ara iajufed and pincherl in your daily I,v'ug
in consequence Of this tsr fl, ask him ii on
dii not lay more for lhiaQs under free
man ~" ~ 80" NsS
~Neh ano'her ''e y has "u''a'eu tns 'ei-
u,atoa % ''e Fei'uo''VAu Fa.V' Nn'pi -
a1N fesuy - 'aSe a'sp III Nsiu s't' =
we ''hif 'n' sup shou'" "s NAen. W
io' ts'le 10 sp.oS Vi any u ~" or PHs
OUT csii You 20 "iuc's wa, ai s"H'
iho'en nlsh's pr su'aice ii'eN. "ia"e, "i, sre@'
s'eps "Seu 'n 'ul' ~ ciup',f Y uaNe oeel 'Aten
ny 'nf fepuoIieth'' 'iie pein 'cEa'' s"ou'i's
you can 90 IL 'NI'els
We need further protseiien and we hSve
gotten ii. We have hved side by SIDE Win
ssveral republics in South America for
over 60 sesrs sDd have acted toVari them
iSe A. iniulgent father We have been
takifg their coffee. sugar and ether things
and never sssed them 10 let Gs ~; We iave
/ I 10 nearly free ,hirty-slx millions year
in coffee. etc, and we say u them that IS
r great favor to you; we have Ter you pat
your sugar in this country free, the N
"a farmer 10 South Berd can carr il
products 20 Chicsgp Now letus play far
If We let sugsr in free yCu must le; cur
-four lnto your country. This seems Ike
very sensible Trce'ediaEs, wonder ~
did not think Of this before. Whfn the
time seemed righ. 10 take the step the re
publican party tooS it, For time the re
publican patty was divided That showed
they were set of Reasoning men. After
while in due time the republicans ali be
came solid for it When She repul cars
were divided on llr tariff the democrats
Were unanimous for it but JUS. az fo)n g.
the republicans becsme unanimous,
Won could not g,t democrat 10
vote for it a. all. (Lsugh,tr
At first the democratic Senators sfid; $50
on, that is 3 spisniid thing We were
ab ut x or seven ws' Ks bringing the re-
iublieans to vote for Il, but when the roll
was fiaaily called, 10, ore democratic
Senator vas made to vote for it SITTER tsey
had said il wss a COED idea. II the demo
crsrs had good jdss, ihs reputl cans
Sonld stand fy them, tut the democrat.
won't stand hy n u lefs the republican
party s i vi3t d. | 60 NJ pot call inst wise
fnsncisriBg or patriotic. We shoad rot
divide vben the prosperity Of this country
IS involved. An American i great ds al
b gger an than either democrat or Ie-
publican. (Cheers | thuk ary dam
ocrat or soy republican makes hins, II
smaller if he wilisstsni in the say of Amer
lean progress. because it may h'rn his
party. (Applsnse No great Results can
come from that We bare uniiel u pab-
lcaa Farty, ard there has never been a time
since The election OF Liacala when the re-
pabiicsn parry united eou.d ret
carry snS thirg. fNoces. Right, risbs