The Portland daily press., 1890-10-30

Ocnnts Fark Ineatre before 1000 people.
Hundreds were turned away. The speech
was mainly devotsd to the tariff.
MR.. BLAINE CHEERED
BY tho Hoosler Farmers who Heard
Him at South Bend.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, October 29.-Secretary
Blaine arrived here in snow and rain
storm this morning. When he spoke in the
skating rink at o. M, 1t was packed. Many
farmers from the surrounding country were
present and they gave the speaker a bolster
GUS welcome. Mr. Blaine at once tackled the
tariff question. He said:
81 shall discuss no particular line or Sec
tion of any bill. l wish to call your atten-
tion to few general facts which / think are
more important than any stated bill can be
that embodies these facts. These general
facts, to begin with. are that the people of
this country today owe their prosperity in
larger degree to the system Of protection
than to any other law ever passed by Con-
gress. You hear great deal aboutsadvance
In prices and the oppression of the peor
man. undertake to call your attention to
the fact thatiunder the last free trade tariff,
which ended in the beginning of 1861, you
were paving more for everything that en-
tered into your living. your household ex-
penses, what you had on your table, what
you had upon your back, than you are pay
ing today. Yet the whole country Is re-
sounding with the appeals Of the Democrat
ic party to vote against the Republican par
ty because of the high prices they are put
ting on you. We have have had protection
now 20 years. Go back If you please and
consult the old tariff, you younger men land
you older ones Will remember it,; compare
Its results with those of the present tariff
compare them article by article, and you
will find in almost every case that they are
vastly cheaper now than then. The Demo-
cratic party allege that protective duties in
crease prices. That is their strongest point.
don't stand here to argue theories. / in
vite your attention to the fact that during
the 20 years of protection the tendency OF
prices for the luxuries and necessities Of this
life has been steadily downward.
So much for that aspect of the tariff Every
man who has household has to consider
that much. If you do not find that you are
paying less for every single item than you
were under the free trade law enacted in
1876, / will come back here and retract what
l have said. If protection does so much for
the individual, you have lar grander sub
ject to contemplate when you look at the ag-
gregate progress of the country under the
system of protection. There is no country
on the globe whose progress can compare
with ours We have more railroads than all
the continents and Islands in the world.
Five-sixths of the railway mileage Of this
country has been built since the Republican
party came into power under Abraham Lin
coin in 1861.
farming interests9 What have we done for
the population of this country? We have
considerably more than doubled the pOpula-
tion during the 20 years of prote.tiOn.
would like to ask any gentleman. Demo-
craJ or Republican, what part OF the people
of the United States, or what portion Of the
government of the United States has Teen
injured during that period. We had, to be
sure, a very great struggle and bloody war
for the maintenance OF tie Government, but
we have acquired wealth despite the strain
on the people of paying the expense OF that
war, the payment OF sum almost incal-
culable. When a man says to you, you are
injured and plnched In your daily living In
consequence of this tariff, ask him IL you did
not pay more for thugs under free trade
than you do now. Congress has taken an
other step and has vindlcated the reputation
of the Republican party. which Is always
ready to take a step forward and at the time
the step should be taken.
do not desire to speak Of any person or
party, but call you TO witness that all the
great movements OF advancement made, all
the great steps taken in this country, have
been taken by Republicans, the Democrats
needed further protection and we have got
ten it. We have lived side by side with sew
eral republics in South America ove- 60
years, and have acted toward them like an
lUuuIktHL 1dkucls W. Hdto Dccu bhkluR
their coffee, sugar and other things ana ney-
er asked them to let us in. We have let in
nearly free SS6,000.000 year In coffee, etc.
We say to them, THAT is great favor to
you. We have let you put sugar III this
Bend can carry his products to
Chicago. Now let us play fair.
If we let your sugar in
free, you must let our flour into your coun-
try. This seems like a very sensible pro-
7 VIC did NOT fhfnlx 6 . ka
fore. When the time seemed right to take
the step the Republican party took 1t. For
a time the Republican party was divided.
That showed that they were a set of reason
ing men. After while, in due time. the
Republicans all became solid for it. When
the Republicans were divided the Democrats
were unanimous for it, just as soon as the
Republicans became unanimous you could
not get Democrat to vote for 1t at all.
ILaughterl At first the Democratic Sena-
tors said, rGo on; that's a splendid thing"
We were about six or seven weeks bringing
the Republicans to vote for it. When the
roll was finally called, not one Democrat
voted for 1t, after they had said it was good
thing. III the Demscrats had good idea,
the Republicans would stand by them, The
Democrats won't stand by us unless the Re-
publican party Is divided. do not call that
wise financiering or patriotic conduct We
should not divide when the prosperity of
this country is involved. An American is a
crat or a Republican. [Cheers]. | think
any Democrat or any Republican makes
himself smaller If he will stand in the way
of American progress because 1t may harm
his party. [Applausel
No great results can come from that. We
have unified the Republican party, and there
has never been time since the election of
Lincoln when the Republi an party united
could not carryanything. Voices: fright,
right you are, Mr.. Blaine"
w khA Of InAf
united, to stand together as they did on the
field of battle during the time Of war. There
| Is a great deal of interest displayed all over
| the country about the State Of Indiana, In
diana is one of the fighting states. You are
trained in political fighting You have new
| er mad an easy-going election since can re-
member. This time, fellow Republicans,
stand toe to toe and carry IL 10 the bitter
| end. You want to watch this issue, for, IL
you stand up, other states WIZ ts pc stronger
| in its President. She should not go back In
a single degree on the President who sits in
| the presidential chair Of the United States.
A Democratic newspaper this morning
saws. "Reciprocity Is placed where we not
need it the tariff, instead, where we do need
H." They want 1t in England. 1t would be
admirable there. would not 1t? There would
be no good wages in this country then. We
have gotten along by ourselves 100 years. l
think today we are really better able to
help ourselves than ever before. Republics
should be brought closer and closer together,
When we can help them and they can
help up, 1t is the first business
to do so. Reciprocity is bringing these ma
tlons closer together. l believe In the next
two years we can open to the farmers of the
United States a market of 81, ,000, 600 people
in addition to what we now have. 1t Is a
greater step Of progress than the Democrat.
ic party has taken in the last 80 years. These
are simple facts, not theory. III we hiring
sugar from Cuba and coffee from Brazil, they
must take our farm products,
At the conclusion of his speech. Mr..
Blaine went to Plymouth, where he met his
wife and daughter. and they went on 70
Washington together.