, 1890-10-30
BLAlNE'S LOGIC
The Great American on
the Tariff.
NATIONAL PROSPERITY
Vast Interests Should Not
Be Hazarded.
TOO MANY MOUTHS TO FEED
To Risk Free Trade Tinkering
With the Tarih-About
Reciprocity.
TOO MANY MOUTHS TO FEED

CANTON, Ohio Oct. 25.-Secretary OF
State Blaine arrived here from Pittsburg
at noon to-day. He was met at Alliance
by a reception committee from Canton,
and escorted to the city over the Penn
sylvania railroad. A crowd of 5000
people greeted Blaine with loud cheering
AS he alighted from the train, and fol-
lowed his carriage, cheering all the way,
to the home Of Major Mckinley, whose
guest he was during his stay here.
Blaine was accompanied 10y Mrs. Blaine
and daughter, Miss Harriet Blaine, and
William Walter Phelps, minister to
Germany.
Upon arrival at tho residence of NJ Maj or
Mckinley an informal reception was
held. Early trains in the forenoon had
brought large delegation of representa-
tives from youngstown, Alliance, Mas
sillon, Wooster, Wellsviile and other
towns in this ana adjoining districts.
The streets wee thronged, and al 1880
r. NJ. u parade of marching columns oc-
CURED. Shortly after noon IL began
raining, and II was decided to have the
meeting at the tabernacle instead of at
the fair grounds, as originally intended.
The building was packed. as was also
the academy of music, in which an over
flow meeting was held.
Blaine's principal address was at the
tabernacle, where he was followed by
Major Mckinley. Mr.. Blaine said:
MIR, Chairman aud Fellow Citizens of
Ohio: The contest that is now raging
for membership OF the next congress is
not properly u contest between the
republican and democratic parties. 1t
is u contest between pro tectionists and
tree traders. Applause.
There are "A few free traders anon e
the republicans and many protec tionists
among the democrats. Applause.
1t is II contest that goes to the root of
he matter as to national prosperity
Iapplausel and on that issue we should
interests, good wages and sound pros
pcrity. Great applause.l As | was
coming out to this place | found in a
newspaper a speech of Carl Schurz, made
week ago in Boston, and may say in
all candor an able sphech. But, like all
free traders, Mr.. Schurz goes back for
GOLDEN ERA
for American prosperity to the tariff OF
1916, rather distant view backward.
Laughter.
have so often heard of the great and
general prosperity under the tariff of AZ
that If you will bear with me shall say
something of that period. Mr.. Schurz
quotes me as saying, and that is why
make a personal reply, that the ten
years between ls46 and 1856, under that
tariff, were years of very great pros
perity In this country. | frankly repeat
that these years were years of great pros
perity. Now let me say why these years
were prosperous.
That tariff of 1s46 was approved
just about the time the Mexican war
broke out, and within less than a year
more than one hundred million dollars
were disbursed by tho government in all
branches of mechanism.
We had just made that expenditure
when the famine in Ireland called for
every surplus barrel of flour and bushel
of grain in the country.
We had hardly transported that grain
to the other side and sold 1t at high
price when gold was discovered in Cali.
iornih, and the world was enriched with
the vast output of the mines.
We hardly put that gold in circulation
when the great revolution that began in
lSis paralyzed the industrial energies OF
all Europe and gave the United States q
market that was unparalleled.
Europe had hardly quleted her revolu-
tionary disturbance when France and
England and Russia went into the
Crimean war, and for two years and q
half those great nations were paralyzed
in their industries.
Now these are four or five OF what you
might call accidents or incidents of his
tory that would have insured great pros
perty to this country II there had not
been a tariff of any kind whatever. APP
plause.
II duties, instead of being what tariff
made them, had been only l per cent.
ad. .yalorem, or If there had been no duties
the country would have been prosperous.
Now II you can produce such convul-
sions in the world to-day, IL you can
start a great famine, If you can discover
new gold fields, with nlimited millions
thrown into the laps of the people, If
you can have every nation in Europe
disturbed by revolution, If you can
have three of the greatest nations of
Europe go to war for two years and a
half, then we will all quit talking tariff
and go to supplying vacuum which that
condition of things in Europe would
create. Applause.
END OF THE GOLDEN ERA.
In the fall OF 1856 when this tariff
had been under way for ten years, this
great war In Europe came to an end and
so did all prosperity under the tariff of
1876. Applause
You all remember what happened in
1s57--one of the severest panics and de.
pressions this country ever encountered
AS long as these accidental props, these
fortuitous happenings, these acciden tai
revolutions, discoveries of gold lasted.
the country was prosperous. AS soon
as they ceased, the prosperity under the
tariff OF 1916 ceased also. Now l insist
that we do not want famines, we do
not want revolutions, W. do not want TO
have thousands of men slaughtered
by war in order to keep up free trade
tariff and make II look prosperous when
1t is not. Laughter and applause.
Give us II protective tariff and we can
get along without slaughter or the star
vation OF men. We can make ourselves
self-sustaini' &. with something beyond
for the people that need help from our
abundance.
In connection with the tariff OF 1876,
| call your attention historically to two
other tariffs In addition to that the
only low tariffs that the United States
has ever had, the one suddenly lower
ing duties, which was the one made az
ter the war OF 1879, the compromise
tariff of 1898, and the one In lS48, and
every one of them led TO business pros
tration In this country, which lasted in
greater or less degree until there was u
protective tariff enacted. Applause.
Nou never heard of n free trade tariff
coming to the relief Of the people
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